save game location and cloud saving?

[Renalynn]

I have been hunting my computer all over the place, googling and combing through these forums. I started playing this game on my desktop windows 10 and realized that i really would rather have that save game (7 hours of crack like game happiness) on my laptop (also windows 10 if that need be relevent)....

It would be most ideal if i could use the steam cloud to be able to freely switch between the two devices. Will that ever be a thing in the futhre?

Either way in the mean time is there a way to track down the progression files and transfer them from one system to the other? I already transfered all game information that i could find on my computer that was tagged with shoppe keep.

None of that effected the progression on my laptop.

[RapheePlays]

Hi Renalyn,

I will make a note of it and ask Arvydas if he can add this in. It might be quite a simple addition but will see if it can be implemented. May be able to come back to you on this later today.

All the best,
Chris

[Renalynn]

Thank you so very much for looking into it <3

[Regelos]

This feature right here! I love this I just started playing and use my laptop at night but occasionally I play my desktop. I am so used to steam saves that it surprised me that it wasn't here.

I really hope you can add this.

[fortgeorge]

Any word on this? I switch between computers frequently and would rather have a unified save. Will check for a save file to manually transfer until then.

[Alexacutioner]

I recently moved to a new computer, and copied all the relevant Steam files and Shoppe Keep files I could find. I opened the game on my new PC and was prompted for a shop name. My existing shop appeared to be among the saved files ready to select, so I checked that out without entering a new shop name. My shop opened, and my inventory and store layout appeared as expected, however all my unlocked items were gone. No access to the garden, no champion, no crafting, no grinder.... and I was reset to level 1. Where is this info saved? I would like to move it to my new PC so I don't have to start over.

[RGeezy911 ☕]

Originally posted by Alexacutioner:

Where is this info saved?

Currently, all of that data is saved in the Windows registry. If you want to attempt a transfer, do the following:

• Hit the Windows key, and type "regedit" without quotation marks.
  
• Navigate to: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Strange Fire\Shoppe Keep: Early Access
  
• On the left pane, right-click on the Shoppe Keep: Early Access folder, and click on Export.
  
• Save the file in a place you can remember, and you're done.

NOTICE: Importing these registry keys may not work on different Windows OS versions. Using / editing the registry is for advanced users. Take caution.

[Alexacutioner]

Originally posted by RGeezy911:

Originally posted by Alexacutioner:

Where is this info saved?

Currently, all of that data is saved in the Windows registry. If you want to attempt a transfer, do the following:

• Hit the Windows key, and type "regedit" without quotation marks.
  
• Navigate to: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Strange Fire\Shoppe Keep: Early Access
  
• On the left pane, right-click on the Shoppe Keep: Early Access folder, and click on Export.
  
• Save the file in a place you can remember, and you're done.

NOTICE: Importing these registry keys may not work on different Windows OS versions. Using / editing the registry is for advanced users. Take caution.

:diplomacy:

Thank you!!! Looks like it worked! :)

[Darklady5]

Originally posted by Reel Big Kris:

Hi Renalyn,

I will make a note of it and ask Arvydas if he can add this in. It might be quite a simple addition but will see if it can be implemented. May be able to come back to you on this later today.

All the best,
Chris

I have played this game a few times but I am still unable in 2018 to find the savegame location, so what happens is that I had to format my PC and lost everything; I have been searching all the threads here about the savegame location etc, nothing works and can't find it anywhere! Why on Earth don't you enable Sream cloud for the game??? even today there are people complaining about this same issue but it seems you are more concerned about the new game rather than fix the issues with the 1st one, it's really sad.

[Aidyn]

Originally posted by Darklady5:

Originally posted by Reel Big Kris:

Hi Renalyn,

I will make a note of it and ask Arvydas if he can add this in. It might be quite a simple addition but will see if it can be implemented. May be able to come back to you on this later today.

All the best,
Chris

I have played this game a few times but I am still unable in 2018 to find the savegame location, so what happens is that I had to format my PC and lost everything; I have been searching all the threads here about the savegame location etc, nothing works and can't find it anywhere! Why on Earth don't you enable Sream cloud for the game??? even today there are people complaining about this same issue but it seems you are more concerned about the new game rather than fix the issues with the 1st one, it's really sad.

The post just before yours does say where to find the saves. But, if you did format your pc, then no, you will not find those saves. And I am quite sure that the reason why they didn't enable cloud save is because (I suppose) steam charges extra for this.

[Darklady5]

Originally posted by Aidyn:

Originally posted by Darklady5:

I have played this game a few times but I am still unable in 2018 to find the savegame location, so what happens is that I had to format my PC and lost everything; I have been searching all the threads here about the savegame location etc, nothing works and can't find it anywhere! Why on Earth don't you enable Sream cloud for the game??? even today there are people complaining about this same issue but it seems you are more concerned about the new game rather than fix the issues with the 1st one, it's really sad.

The post just before yours does say where to find the saves. But, if you did format your pc, then no, you will not find those saves. And I am quite sure that the reason why they didn't enable cloud save is because (I suppose) steam charges extra for this.

Actually I have looked for the save game location and found it but the thing is that the file - strange Fire - is empty there are no savegames files whatsoever.

[Jon.Topps]

Sorry for the necro post, but did anybody figure out where the save files actually are? I would prefer not to mess with the registry files, and it's pretty standard practice to have actual save files for things like this. Anybody ever figure it out? Thanks.

[Renalynn]

nah it wasn't resolved

[jasoncollege24]

I find myself curious why unlock progression is saved in the Windows registry, as opposed to the shoppe's save file.

I was forced to do a clean reinstall of Windows. i had my user folders setup elsewhere (Documents, Music, etc). I don't backup the registry for a clean reinstall.

When I loaded my save file, I was prompted for a shoppe name, which I ignored. All my furniture, and inventory items were present, but everything else in the game assumes this is a brand new shoppe.

The fact my items, and furniture are there, suggests the presence of a physical save file, either in the game's install folder, or the Documents folder.

My suggestion to devs would be to move ALL of the shoppe info into the shoppe's save file, instead of splitting it between the registry, and the save file. If any of it is global to some kind of user profile, just make a new file for that, and store it in the same place.

It really doesn't make any sense to save this information in the registry, because reinstalling Windows is often a recommended troubleshooting step. This is especially true in cases of registry corruption.

hope this helps someone! :)

[Aidyn]

You are... what, 6-7 years too late to suggest a complete rework of the save system?

[jasoncollege24]

Never too late to make a suggestion. Even if there is no intention of ever working on it again, someone else can potentially learn from it (Future game dev for example)