A Tool to Enable Save Files Sharing

[LimboMist]

A couple of days ago my save files became unreadable due to a second user account login on the same computer, during which the game overwrote the original GameData.dat.

After searching the whole web for a solution but without any success, I decided to gather as many game saves as possible to study its patterns.

Thanks to 5 kind players who sent their game save folder to me, I have finally found the way to recover my 40 hours of joy and sadness, along with which I also have discovered a way to make save files sharing now possible!

To avoid boring people with technical details, I made a small tool named NierAutoModSave.

With this tool you can use any save files from anyone!

Not that I'm encouraging people go head on with someone else's saves without savoring the beauty of the game, I'm merely provide a possible way for the broken hearts whose game save files have been damaged or lost due to various reasons.

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You may download the exe from here:
https://github.com/jimmyazrael/NierAutoModSave/raw/master/NierAutoModSave_en_v_0_1.exe

If you are interested in the script, here's the GitHub repo: https://github.com/jimmyazrael/NierAutoModSave

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Here's the guide (actually it's also in the github repo description):

This tool will guide and help you to import Nier:A's saves shared by others.


Warning:

If you're using Steam Cloud Sync, switching saves will cause conflict between the cloud saves and the local files, and if choose to update cloud saves, it will raplace the original cloud saves. You are advised to disable the Cloud Sync feature for this game to avoid trouble when using this tool.


Requirement:

1. (!!IMPORTANT) Preferably you should have received the whole save folder, or at least you should have the following files: GameData.bat, one or more than one of the SlotData files and probably SystemData.dat. Although the use of SystemData.dat is still unknown.

2. Please make sure you back up your own save folder, as using other's save file will make yours unreadable. If you would like to use your save files again, simply treat your own backup save folder as the one shared by someone else and repeat the very same steps stated below.

Steps:

0. ( !IMPORTANT) PUT YOUR STEAM TO OFFLINE MODE;
1. Back up your WHOLE save folder, which is likely located at Documents\My Games\NieR_Automata ;
2. Remove everything except Graphic.ini in that folder;
3. Put the files (except Graphic.ini) you received from another player in the folder;
if you prefer exe:
4. Put NierAutoModSave.exe in the same folder, run it, follow it, done.
else if you prefer .py script and you have Python installed:
4. Put NierAutoModSave.py in the same folder and run it, follow it, done.

[Neoz]

i lost my save file during install new windows, can anyone upload save file for me please.

[BatyaNaARBATE]

Does anyone have save file before the quest "descent into the pit at the base of the aliens." Right after the quest in the village of Pascal, when the ruins of the city were attacked by giant robots. Please, upload it if you have

[ZoddHand]

Dude thank you so much.

[optimistic cynic]

Okay So after my computer crashed I could no longer see my saves. I checked and backed up the folder that has the saves and attempted to use your program. however it is saying it needs a gamedata.bat, and my folder only contains a gamedata.dat. how do I get that bat file?

[Cliff]

Originally posted by optimistic cynic:

Okay So after my computer crashed I could no longer see my saves. I checked and backed up the folder that has the saves and attempted to use your program. however it is saying it needs a gamedata.bat, and my folder only contains a gamedata.dat. how do I get that bat file?

Open steam cloud after you get the data close it again.

[optimistic cynic]

So I copied my save folder after stuff went wrong, but the bat didn't exist anymore. I still see the saves though. You program doesn't appear to work in this situation but I figured I could ask if it is possible to get my saves working again without the bat file and just the saves? really don't want to have lost everything.

[SergeantSalz]

works perfektly fine...
thank you so verry much <3 #nohomo

[76561198016555760]

Originally posted by optimistic cynic:

So I copied my save folder after stuff went wrong, but the bat didn't exist anymore. I still see the saves though. You program doesn't appear to work in this situation but I figured I could ask if it is possible to get my saves working again without the bat file and just the saves? really don't want to have lost everything.

you could try mine
http://steamcommunity.com/app/524220/discussions/0/2741975115060591284/

[jaacdestructo]

Thanks I can continue my game because of you! (save game from pirate version haha)

Buttt.... I dont have any achievements. How to restore it?

[Aemony]

Originally posted by jaacdestructo:

Thanks I can continue my game because of you! (save game from pirate version haha)

Buttt.... I dont have any achievements. How to restore it?

? The achievements are stored in your Steam account, not within the save game itself. You'll probably have to buy the missing achievements to unlock them after you've completed ending C or D.

[jaacdestructo]

Originally posted by Aemony:

Originally posted by jaacdestructo:

Thanks I can continue my game because of you! (save game from pirate version haha)

Buttt.... I dont have any achievements. How to restore it?

? The achievements are stored in your Steam account, not within the save game itself. You'll probably have to buy the missing achievements to unlock them after you've completed ending C or D.

Thanks for the tip

[TheAlmightyHero]

thank you a ton

[sobi123]

You are a beautiful human being !

[Based Orangutan]

I coulnd load my save files so i used this and it worked, Thank you so much man you are a real hero

[Mana]

Is it possible to do this by replacing the signature of the "donor" file with your own, meaning you won't need to switch between them?