How to transfer campaign progress from PC to another?

[FUXOFT]

My wife wants to try The Colonists on PC. But she previously played about half of the campaign missions on Switch and doesn't want to play those missions again on PC. Is there a file to edit to allow her immediate access to the later campaign missions? Also, I have almost finished the campaign so I could probably copy my campaign progress to her PC if I know which file it is. I don't have problem with copying / editing binary files if I know what to look for.

P.S: We are both on Linux.

[codebyfire]

You may be able to copy the player_data.dat file over from this location on PC:

%userprofile%\appdata\LocalLow\Codebyfire Ltd\The Colonists\PlayerData

or for other platforms including Linux you can find the paths here:

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Application-persistentDataPath.html

Alternatively the easier/safer option might be to create a savegame file at the start of the earliest relevant mission, send that over, and then subsequent missions will be unlocked once you complete that game.

[FUXOFT]

Originally posted by Rich:

You may be able to copy the player_data.dat file over from this location on PC:

%userprofile%\appdata\LocalLow\Codebyfire Ltd\The Colonists\PlayerData

or for other platforms including Linux you can find the paths here:

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Application-persistentDataPath.html

Alternatively the easier/safer option might be to create a savegame file at the start of the earliest relevant mission, send that over, and then subsequent missions will be unlocked once you complete that game.

Oh, so the campaign completion status is included in the individual save games? I can save my game right before the end of mission 4, copy it to another PC, complete it there and on the other PC, I will subsequently unlock all missions until mission 4? That sounds nice, thanks.

[codebyfire]

It won't unlock all missions, it'll just register that mission as complete and therefore will unlock the sebsequent one(s).

[FUXOFT]

I have found the player_data.dat file in my $HOME/.config/.unity3d/Codebyfire Ltd/The Colonists/PlayerData

But, strangely, when I replaced my wife's player_data.dat (1.1 KB) with my player_data.dat (1.3 KB), I've seen no change at all. I still see HER progress in her Campaign, not my progress.

Are you sure player_data.dat is the right file?

The second method you suggested is unfortunately impractical because I don't have saved games from most of my completed missions.

[codebyfire]

You should just be able to send a savegame at the start of the first mission you'd like to play.

[FUXOFT]

Originally posted by Rich:

You should just be able to send a savegame at the start of the first mission you'd like to play.

Oh, that's logical, thanks.