Lost ScreenShots New Computer

[AflorA Studios]

Good day,
Would anyone happen to know how to add back screenshots taken on an old computer?
I have changed computers and now all the OLD screenshots I had on steam are no longer showing. I have A file of all the Originals from that computer. (that I could save)
I know I am able to add each one as "Artwork", However, it's just not the same.

Thanks for the help,
Hope you all are having fun and Happy Gaming

[Kantvandrer]

If you haven't uploaded them, you might be out of luck. The ones that's saved in Steam has a tiny cloud on them, the others are stored locally on your computer.

Edit: Read a bit fast there. It might work if they've kept their original names to put them in the right folder? Click on screenshots and "view on disk" and see if it works if you put them there?

[AflorA Studios]

Thanks, I tried to add a few to the folders. No, go. :( that is alright. I'll just have to make a small slid show of them all. So I still have them all in one place. lol

Thanks again

[entuland]

There _is_ a way around that. But that requires you to capture an equal amount of dummy screenshots to be replaced.

Go to the game, capture a crabload of screenshots, then go to their folder and replace the files (keeping the same names) with the old files. I have a feeling that there are also thumbnails stored somewhere but never really investigated the thing.

Replacing / editing a screenshot on that folder surely works and lets you upload them with the Steam facilities.

[AflorA Studios]

Wow! Sweet! I'll give it a try with a few! Thanks for the help and info, :) H.G

[entuland]

Originally posted by CatSmiles:

Wow! Sweet! I'll give it a try with a few! Thanks for the help and info, :) H.G

You're welcome :)

I investigated it further: you don't really need to grab dummy screenshots, as you restart Steam it should be able to pick up any new file you put there as long as the naming is coherent with the others. There is a "thumbnails" folder there but for some reason even adding a specific thumbnail there it doesn't get used by the Screenshots browser within Steam, I guess that gets used when uploaded or it simply regenerates it, no idea.

[AflorA Studios]

Thanks, I'll be giving this a true...

[Lil Puppy]

Just install Steam on your new computer and then copy the steam directory from your original computer over to the new one.

In the Steam Settings there is an option to tell steam where to save screenshots on your computer, if you use that in the future you can just put it in your documents/pictures folders and use a backup program next time to move data to new computers.

By default, all your steam screenshots are stored in a folder in the steam install directory that looks like this:
<SteamInstallFolder>\userdata\65074992\760\remote\361420\screenshots
breakdown:
<SteamInstallFolder> \userdata \ <userID> \760\remote\ <gameID> \screenshots

So if you just copy the userdata folder from your old computer to your new one you'll have all the screenshots from all your games, this includes the thumbnails and whether or not they're on the cloud because there's a file in each of those screenshot folders that tells steam if the screenshot has a thumbnail and if it's in the cloud (if you don't save that file, Steam will download it next time you look at that game's screenshots from the steam interface).

In the 760 folder there are two files, remotecache.vdf and screenshots.vdf
those two files tell steam where the screenshots, thumbnails, and if it's stored in the cloud.

So you just need to copy the <userdata> folder over to your new computer.

[AflorA Studios]

thanks

[Queen Droxxanna]

well that sort of explains why none of my screenshots from before last week are no longer on steam under manage screenshots. I got a new computer too.

[4LCH3M1ST]

Just wait until you amass your own 80+ blueprints you use for every aspect of the game and then the game decides to delete them and there's no support, but they got my money and it was worth the 2900 hours invested, too bad it's not worth playing any more without blueprints. Good luck :)

[Queen Droxxanna]

oh i was able to transfer my screenshot files, they just are not on steam. As for my bps, i have several hundred, and copies of all of them. I got almost 7000 hours in game, and still learning new creative ideas.
support has always been good to me.

[C4PC4VEM4N]

Originally posted by 4LCH3M1ST:

Just wait until you amass your own 80+ blueprints you use for every aspect of the game and then the game decides to delete them and there's no support, but they got my money and it was worth the 2900 hours invested, too bad it's not worth playing any more without blueprints. Good luck :)

Does surprise me you saying there is no support when from my own experiences with the game and support they have both generally been good and actually gave support when there was a need for it, and unlike many other games which I have come across over the years the support in this game is one of the best so far

Other games I have played their support used to blame the players and their machines, even at times when everyone who played the game had the very same experience and issues in game

For one example, there was one game that every single player who played the game had a wifi signal icon flashing on screen that was a fault on the server side of the game and not peoples machines or connection like that games developers and support tried to blame it on, and so far the support in this game has not done anything like that

Needless to say that game that I gave as an example is now closed down and no longer online, due to the way the developers run it into the ground and would not fix issues, instead of blaming the players

Your issues with the BP's could be related to steam / steam workshop and not the game, not saying it is for definite as I do not know for sure obviously, but it is a possibility, one thing I do know is so far support on this game actually fixes issues when they arise, admittedly sometimes it takes longer all depends on the urgency of the issue and what other issues have to take priority

[AflorA Studios]

support for the game is still 100%