save file location?

[GoreTiger]

Where are the save files located for NMS?

I turned off cloud sync due to bugs people were reporting, But now I'm on a pc and need to transfer my save files over.

[Nettle]

Copy and paste:

%AppData%\HelloGames\NMS

[GoreTiger]

Originally posted by Unarmed Bandit:

Copy and paste:

%AppData%\HelloGames\NMS

My pc couldn't find this, But the save is still in-game.

[Musashi]

your savefiles are here --->
C:\Users\YOUR-PCNAME\AppData\Roaming\HelloGames\NMS\st_76561197996414717

AppData is a hiddenfolder... the last folder has different numbers on your pc

[GoreTiger]

Originally posted by Musashi:

your savefiles are here --->
C:\Users\YOUR-PCNAME\AppData\Roaming\HelloGames\NMS\st_76561197996414717

AppData is a hiddenfolder... the last folder has different numbers on your pc

So I'm dumb, If it's a hidden folder how do I access it then?

[Musashi]

In your Explorer ...View...activate --> Hidden Elements

[Nettle]

Typing %AppData% into File Explorer's address bar should lead you right to it.

No need to unhide anything.

[GoreTiger]

Originally posted by Unarmed Bandit:

Typing %AppData% into File Explorer's address bar should lead you right to it.

No need to unhide anything.

It doesn't. It either gets stuck on "searching" or shows up nothing found.
I thought i could turn back on cloud save, boot the game up on my old pc, save once in-game, and steam would cloud save it for me to transfer to this pc but i guess that doesn't work.

I'm really worried, I have about 2 months of effort put into that save, I really don't want to start over..

[Nettle]

Hmm. Maybe it only works in Windows 10. Well, finding hidden folders it is then!

• Windows 10[support.microsoft.com]
  
• Windows 7, 8.1 and 10[support.microsoft.com]
  
• Windows 95 onwards[www.bleepingcomputer.com]

[GoreTiger]

It still shows the folder as being empty, even when i've enable Hidden files.
appdata -> local -> it's empty.

[Musashi]

You r looking in the wrong folder
thats the folder
C:\Users\YOUR_PCNAME\AppData\Roaming\HelloGames\NMS\st_76561197996414717

[GoreTiger]

Originally posted by Musashi:

You r looking in the wrong folder
thats the folder
C:\Users\YOUR_PCNAME\AppData\Roaming\HelloGames\NMS\st_76561197996414717

Originally posted by RockNRollRebel:

Originally posted by GoreTiger:

It still shows the folder as being empty, even when i've enable Hidden files.
appdata -> local -> it's empty.

Appdata>Roaming, not Local

I've done it under users, and it still doesn't show up. The "roaming" folder doesn't even show up. It just shows Appdata>Local>Nothing

[Musashi]

Which folder do u see in APPDATA ?

[Musashi]

thats on my PC http://prntscr.com/sdtxiq

[Musashi]

<<<But now I'm on a pc and need to transfer my save files over.>>< Thats someting I dont understand...Does it mean that your PC is brandnew and has no other games installed ?

[Nettle]

I have just realised I failed to clarify one very important detail. Silly me.

Still, I spent quite a while composing this and it seems a shame not to post it.

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Boot up your old computer, verify the game still loads the save you seek, exit the game and open a command prompt. Take note of the path displayed: that's your user profile.

Not Default. Not Public. Probably not Admin.

If you still can't find your saved games download the save editor and have it locate them for you.

On that computer.

https://github.com/goatfungus/NMSSaveEditor#compatibility

~~~

If you no longer have access to your old computer for whatever reason, check here:

https://store.steampowered.com/account/remotestorageapp/?appid=275850

This is where Steam keeps your stuff for this game.


To whomever else it may concern: if you want to recover data from something, make sure you have the 'something' to hand before asking where the data is. Do not throw it away, do not sell it, do not reinstall the operating system and do your level best not to fiddle with it too much.

You cannot retrieve that which is already lost after the fact. You'd need a time machine for that.