Is it possible to back up my save on gog, get a refund buy on steam

[Splat ♥]

And continue where i left off

My friend was 20 quest ahead of me and kept nagging me to do quest so i do and get 1 quest ahead of them and now they never want to play again

So since they dont want to play and the majority of players are in steam and i want to keep playing

Is it possible to switch to steam ?

[it's a gabe]

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unnecesaurus 🌈 の投稿を引用：

The directory should be the same for both. So where you got the GOG save, that's where you need to put it to play n Steam.

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i dont udnerstand can you show me with a video or a bunch of screenshots

Let me put it VERY simply:

No Man's Sky, like any other games, saves its save files in a folder (a.k.a. directory). This folder is in the AppData directory (a.k.a. folder). It's a standard folder, meaning all versions of the game on PC should use it to access and write (a.k.a. save) the save files. So, your save from GOG is in this folder, right? When you install the Steam version and launch it, it should read that save because it's using the very same folder to access and write save files.

Beyond that, I can't help you. This sort of hierarchy is basic PC stuff any gamer should know.

[Splat ♥]

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Splat の投稿を引用：

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i dont udnerstand can you show me with a video or a bunch of screenshots

Let me put it VERY simply:

No Man's Sky, like any other games, saves its save files in a folder (a.k.a. directory). This folder is in the AppData directory (a.k.a. folder). It's a standard folder, meaning all versions of the game on PC should use it to access and write (a.k.a. save) the save files. So, your save from GOG is in this folder, right? When you install the Steam version and launch it, it should read that save because it's using the very same folder to access and write save files.

Beyond that, I can't help you. This sort of hierarchy is basic PC stuff any gamer should know.

the steam version is reading the game saves from somewhere else

im loading a save file from 6 months ago

[it's a gabe]

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unnecesaurus 🌈 の投稿を引用：

Let me put it VERY simply:

No Man's Sky, like any other games, saves its save files in a folder (a.k.a. directory). This folder is in the AppData directory (a.k.a. folder). It's a standard folder, meaning all versions of the game on PC should use it to access and write (a.k.a. save) the save files. So, your save from GOG is in this folder, right? When you install the Steam version and launch it, it should read that save because it's using the very same folder to access and write save files.

Beyond that, I can't help you. This sort of hierarchy is basic PC stuff any gamer should know.

the steam version is reading the game saves from somewhere else

im loading a save file from 6 months ago

That's the theory anyway. If no one here knows exactly where the GOG version stores its saves (which is odd because, again, it should be the same folder, in theory), you gotta ask that on the GOG forums.

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Splat の投稿を引用：

the steam version is reading the game saves from somewhere else

im loading a save file from 6 months ago

That's the theory anyway. If no one here knows exactly where the GOG version stores its saves (which is odd because, again, it should be the same folder, in theory), you gotta ask that on the GOG forums.

the gog saves is correct


my steam saves is wrong and idk how to find out where its reading the saves from

[it's a gabe]

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unnecesaurus 🌈 の投稿を引用：

That's the theory anyway. If no one here knows exactly where the GOG version stores its saves (which is odd because, again, it should be the same folder, in theory), you gotta ask that on the GOG forums.

the gog saves is correct


my steam saves is wrong and idk how to find out where its reading the saves from

Wait, six months ago? You had the game on Steam before, then? Cuz if you had it on GOG for a week, how come you're loading a save from six months ago? The only way to explain that is Steam cloud save. There's the possibility that it overwrote your GOG save if you didn't back it up. But then again, notice the wording. It's a possibility.

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Splat の投稿を引用：

the gog saves is correct


my steam saves is wrong and idk how to find out where its reading the saves from

Wait, six months ago? You had the game on Steam before, then? Cuz if you had it on GOG for a week, how come you're loading a save from six months ago? The only way to explain that is Steam cloud save. There's the possibility that it overwrote your GOG save if you didn't back it up. But then again, notice the wording. It's a possibility.

i need access to a group outside of steam / reddit where its acceptable to talk about other methods but all i find is guides on how to do things in game

[it's a gabe]

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unnecesaurus 🌈 の投稿を引用：

Wait, six months ago? You had the game on Steam before, then? Cuz if you had it on GOG for a week, how come you're loading a save from six months ago? The only way to explain that is Steam cloud save. There's the possibility that it overwrote your GOG save if you didn't back it up. But then again, notice the wording. It's a possibility.

i need access to a group outside of steam / reddit where its acceptable to talk about other methods but all i find is guides on how to do things in game

Other methods? Oh. Right. Well, you should look up general guides on how to backup save files (for any games). You're not the first person to ask this sort of question, so I'm sure there's plenty of material out there. Then try and apply that knowledge to this situation. You'll have a hard time finding people to help you here on Steam if you're talking about "other methods."

[H1nks]

method 1. C:\users\%username%\appdata\roaming\hellogames\nms

method 2. C: \users\%username%\documents\mygames ( then find the game file'folder you're looking for )

[Pul Myfinger]

idk, but try adding it to your Steam account

[Splat ♥]

so i deleted the saves from in game and closed steam version

launched teh gog version to checkm y save wasnt gone it wasnt, closed steam

while watching the hellogames folder where saves should go files showed up as gog copy was closing


launched steam version

saves i had just deleted are back

[Captain Brendig]

Never bought any GOG games myself, but from some very quick research it seems that both versions are stored in the same path appdata\roaming\Hellogames\NMS\

Difference is that GOG save files are stored in 'defaultuser', while Steam saves are stored in 'st_xxxxxxxxxxx' (the x's are numbers indicating your steam ID, I think). This is the folder where you want to copy to. Of course backup everything first.

Try copying your GOG saves over to the st_ folder, then launch the Steam client, and under top left 'Steam' drop down switch to offline mode. This should prevent cloud sync from overwriting the new saves. Then try launching the game from within the steam client. If that works, try turning off cloud sync before going back to online mode.

[hanleymark]

unnecesaurus 🌈 の投稿を引用：

Splat の投稿を引用：

the steam version is reading the game saves from somewhere else

im loading a save file from 6 months ago

That's the theory anyway. If no one here knows exactly where the GOG version stores its saves (which is odd because, again, it should be the same folder, in theory), you gotta ask that on the GOG forums.

Actually it is in the same folder. Sort of. Gog saves will be in a folder in hellogames\NMS called default user and steam saves are in a folder in hellogames\NMS named after your steam user (st and a bunch of numbers). You MUST copy the contents of the default user folder to the st folder in order for the steam version to read and load your save.

And you MUST turn off cloud saves in steam. In file / settings

[Splat ♥]

cbkohoh の投稿を引用：

Never bought any GOG games myself, but from some very quick research it seems that both versions are stored in the same path appdata\roaming\Hellogames\NMS\

Difference is that GOG save files are stored in 'defaultuser', while Steam saves are stored in 'st_xxxxxxxxxxx' (the x's are numbers indicating your steam ID, I think). This is the folder where you want to copy to. Of course backup everything first.

Try copying your GOG saves over to the st_ folder, then launch the Steam client, and under top left 'Steam' drop down switch to offline mode. This should prevent cloud sync from overwriting the new saves. Then try launching the game from within the steam client. If that works, try turning off cloud sync before going back to online mode.

how do you disable cloud sync

and ok now it makes sense

so i hav 2 steam number files one is full of saves and the other is blank except for an empty cache file

[hanleymark]

cbkohoh の投稿を引用：

Never bought any GOG games myself, but from some very quick research it seems that both versions are stored in the same path appdata\roaming\Hellogames\NMS\

Difference is that GOG save files are stored in 'defaultuser', while Steam saves are stored in 'st_xxxxxxxxxxx' (the x's are numbers indicating your steam ID, I think). This is the folder where you want to copy to. Of course backup everything first.

Try copying your GOG saves over to the st_ folder, then launch the Steam client, and under top left 'Steam' drop down switch to offline mode. This should prevent cloud sync from overwriting the new saves. Then try launching the game from within the steam client. If that works, try turning off cloud sync before going back to online mode.

Thinking alike i see. I tested this and it does work.

[hanleymark]

Splat の投稿を引用：

I dont understand where to put gog save into steam and play where i was

The location of the game and where the game saves are stored are not the same. The other posts in the thread explain where to put your gog saves in order to play them on steam.