Import save game file from xbox game pass for PC version

[upselo]

Hi,

I tested and played quite a lot of your game thanks to Game Pass for PC, and now I have the Steam version forever, but I wonder if it's possible at all to import the save game file from one version to the other, to retrieve all the unlocks I already have?

Located the save file from xbox app, and renamed it and copied it in the steam save folder, but it got renamed to xxxx.b01 and it didn't work.

Did I do something wrong, or is it just not possible?

Thanks.

[DrWDSo]

Officially this is not supported, meaning we haven't really tested this. But that doesn't mean its not possible...

The .b01 is an automatic backup, used as fallback in case the savegame get corrupted in any way. So normally this gets created but not read at all, so dont worry about that one.

However there are is one savegame which is stored in the "Steam Cloud" and one which is stored only locally (normally they should be in sync, Steam Cloud has the priority). You need to make sure to change the one in the Cloud folder...

The base folder should be this:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\userdata\[YOUR USER ID?]\711540

In the subfolder "remote" is the actual savegame, while in the base folder there is a remotecache.vdf which has to be edited. I am sure there is a good tutorial out there how to edit this to make the local copy the "most recent" one.

[wadstroem]

引用自 upselo：

Hi,

I tested and played quite a lot of your game thanks to Game Pass for PC, and now I have the Steam version forever, but I wonder if it's possible at all to import the save game file from one version to the other, to retrieve all the unlocks I already have?

Located the save file from xbox app, and renamed it and copied it in the steam save folder, but it got renamed to xxxx.b01 and it didn't work.

Did I do something wrong, or is it just not possible?

Thanks.

Hi, may I ask how and where you locate the saves files from the xbox app? Location of the files in windows that is.

[WP Guru]

The Xbox Game Pass location is a little cryptic, take a look in %APPDATA%Local/Packages/Thunderful.LonelyMountainsDownhill followed by a cryptic number. A couple of folders deeper is a file with a long cryptic name and no extension. That's the save file. If you copy that to the Steam cloud location as DrWDSo explained, and rename it to what your Steam save is called, it'll work.

I've just done it and have written a step by step article for anyone who wants to do this: https://wpguru.co.uk/2022/11/how-to-transfer-lonely-mountains-downhill-saves-from-xbox-game-pass-to-steam/