Is there any way to move save files from xgp to steam

[天影]

I played NMS 30+ hours with Xbox Game Pass for pc in win10. And today I purchase it in steam. Now I want share the save file

[nandogaiofa]

Same issue, I've found both folders.

Steam:
C:\Users\USER\AppData\Roaming\HelloGames\NMS

XGP:
C:\Users\USER\AppData\Local\Packages\HelloGames.NoMansSky_bs190hzg1sesy\SystemAppData\wgs

But the files content are very different so I don't know how to transfer them from one account to the other.

Has anyone done this?

[GentleOne]

i did the exact same thing, but your xbox saves are coded differnet so no you cannot transfer

[天影]

The saves in xbox are encrypted, so I have to create a new archive. Maybe NMSSaveEditor is a great way to catch up quickly

[omally72]

Been looking around for this myself, as I'm really enjoying the game since it came out on game pass . It bugs me to no end that they encrypt the game files; a couple months ago I spent 3 hours just trying to get to the intro movies of one game so I could skip them when starting it - I never could, no matter what I tried. Even if I was inclined to pay MS $5 a month for as long as I want to play this game, I'm not inclined to give them any money with the way they restrict access to game files. I guess I'll just have to start over - at least I know some of the tricks, so it won't take me as long to make up what I'm losing.

[DarkH2O]

Im in the same boat. I have 50 hours spent in it. I finally found 2 rare ships that appeared for me. I dont even have 4 glyphs so its hard for me to find rares. After they said the $5 pc only membership was going to $10 I said forget that and got the same on Steam. Now I cant bring my saves over. I'll never do xgp again.

[Bowi]

Honestly, this is the only reason why I won't use Xbox Game Pass and Microsoft Store in the foreseeable future. (I'm trying XGP for 2 months.)

[Novoca1n3]

I started off on Xbox then switched to Steam after about 500hrs of playtime. Got sick of all the constant crashes on Xbox (haven't had 1 on Steam so far). I joined a multiplayer game with both IGN's then transferred materials from Xbox to Steam. Also used my Xbox Nanites\Units to purchase module upgrades\high value items and transferred those. Yes you lose a tiny bit with buy\sell rates however better than losing it all lol.

While doing this I did stumble across a glitch though (similar to the dupe glitch). I would purchase a heap of module upgrades and start transferring to my Steam account. After about 15-20 transfers the Xbox would crash. When I logged back in the items had transferred however my Nanites reverted back to pre-purchase values. This only works if you don;t do an auto\manual save after purchasing items. This also works for items purchased with units

[Emex^7ruls^2ier]

Does anyone know if this is now possible?

I have been playing on xbox game pass (I actually like the game pass) I notice in the original post nan mentions the save locations between steam and xbox but I wondering if these are now the same?

My save game location for xbox game pass is

C:\Users\emex\AppData\Roaming\HelloGames\NMS

Then in there is DefaultUser/Cache is this the same for Steam and are all the file extensions .DDS?

[Gumsk]

Originally posted by Emexrulsier:

Does anyone know if this is now possible?

I have been playing on xbox game pass (I actually like the game pass) I notice in the original post nan mentions the save locations between steam and xbox but I wondering if these are now the same?

My save game location for xbox game pass is

C:\Users\emex\AppData\Roaming\HelloGames\NMS

Then in there is DefaultUser/Cache is this the same for Steam and are all the file extensions .DDS?

This is still not possible. The best you can hope for is that maybe the NomNom save editor might one day be able to convert them.

DDS files are images.

[Svartsten]

https://www.pcgamesn.com/xbox-game-pass-pc-steam

[Captain.Jartyk]

The method they describe there may work on some games, but for NMS it will not work, as the save format for NMS has some differences between the Steam and Xbox Gamepass platforms.

But the player 'Gumsk' has come up with a way to solve that problem, it's quite complicated, but you can read his description of the process in this 'Reddit' post.
https://www.reddit.com/r/NoMansSkyTheGame/comments/lk6yk6/how_to_move_a_gamepass_save_to_steam/