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JMO Dec 6, 2022 @ 6:52pm
Moving saved games to a new computer
I just bought myself a screaming-fast new PC. Right now it is sitting next to my old PC. i would love to resume existing FO4 games on the new PC. Is there a guide to which files/folders I need to copy to what locations from one PC to the other to make this happen?
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Originally posted by Lady Aeleanor:
You don't say if you have mods. If you don't, then the best way would be just to install the game to your new PC through Steam. The get yourself a USB drive and copy the "My Documents > My Games > Fallout 4 > Saves" folder. Then copy it into the same location on your new computer. That's the simplest way.
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Lady Aeleanor Dec 6, 2022 @ 7:02pm 
You don't say if you have mods. If you don't, then the best way would be just to install the game to your new PC through Steam. The get yourself a USB drive and copy the "My Documents > My Games > Fallout 4 > Saves" folder. Then copy it into the same location on your new computer. That's the simplest way.
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JMO Dec 6, 2022 @ 7:10pm 
Apologies. The only mod i have is Tales from the Commonwealth
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Lady Aeleanor Dec 6, 2022 @ 7:16pm 
Originally posted by JMO:
Apologies. The only mod i have is Tales from the Commonwealth
I think you'd be ok with using the same save, as long as you installed that mod, otherwise it could cause issues if it was missing.
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JMO Dec 6, 2022 @ 7:21pm 
I figured it would be something like that. Will try, thanks!
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_KC76_ Dec 6, 2022 @ 7:58pm 
Originally posted by JMO:
I figured it would be something like that. Will try, thanks!

Do a fresh install on the new computer, then copy everything from the old one to a portable drive, and paste it to the new one, over-writing the "fresh install" with your old game files including mod stuff and the saved-games .. you will need to edit the INI files manually to update your GPU information and Screen Resolution, if they changed.
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JMO Dec 6, 2022 @ 8:01pm 
Wait. You are saying I need to edit .INI files just to restore a game save? Why? This new computer has completely different graphics CPU, all of it. Why would I want to copy over .INI files?
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_KC76_ Dec 6, 2022 @ 8:04pm 
Originally posted by JMO:
Wait. You are saying I need to edit .INI files just to restore a game save? Why? This new computer has completely different graphics CPU, all of it. Why would I want to copy over .INI files?

You may not need to, but if the mod you use has any custom INI edits to it, you will lose them if you do not copy the INIs .. it's your choice, add what you need, or remove what you don't. I have very custom edited INIs and it would make more sense and less time to edit my GPU info, than to edit Vanilla INIs .. your case may be different.
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JMO Dec 6, 2022 @ 8:13pm 
Appreciate the comment. I will compare them side-by-side but unless there is an issue I hope to leave them alone. Mostly i just want to save complete quests and vanilla game save state.
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RossenX Dec 7, 2022 @ 12:41am 
Savegames are saved in your steam cloud, so you shouldn't need to do anything really. Only thing you'd need to do is make sure you have the mods that you had on your old PC.
I recently upgraded my PC and all i had to do was:
1) Copy MO2 from my old pc to my new PC
2) Copy steamapps/common/Fallout 4
3) Copy steamapps/appmanifest_377160.acf
4) Copy Steam\userdata\<Whatver ID you are> from old pc to new pc. (This holds all your cloud data and cloud saves etc)

and all the saves and whatnot were all there and working as expected.
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_KC76_ Dec 7, 2022 @ 12:56am 
Originally posted by RossenX:
Savegames are saved in your steam cloud, ...

Only if you use Steam Cloud .. and a poor internet connection did not corrupt your cloud save transfer.
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RossenX Dec 7, 2022 @ 1:31am 
Originally posted by KingConrail:
Originally posted by RossenX:
Savegames are saved in your steam cloud, ...

Only if you use Steam Cloud .. and a poor internet connection did not corrupt your cloud save transfer.

In that case they can then just also copy:
documents/my games/fallout 4
folder from the old pc to the new pc, this has all the actual save files.
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