recover saved games?

chris455 · 12-23-09, 12:10 AM

Guys,
what can I do to back up my saved games, and if I ever need to re-install SH4, how could I import my old saved games into the new install?

Laconic · 12-23-09, 12:22 AM

In your My Documents folder there should be a file called "SH4." All of your savegames and game settings are found in that folder. That's for XP, anyways...not sure about Vista or (heaven forbid) Windows 7, but it should be somewhere similar.

G2B · 12-23-09, 12:25 AM

Your saved games are in the SH4 folder which should be in your Documents folder. You should be able to back it up.

Just burn a copy onto some type of disc or flash drive or external hard drive, if you have to reinstall just swap the SH4 folder in your Documents with the backup, just make a copy of the clean new SH4 folder before you replace it, stash it on your desktop or someplace safe, just in case the backup does not work.

I think as long as your install matches the saves it should not be a problem to put them back . So if you have mods installed you need to have them exactly the same or backup save's won't work. I hope this is right.

chris455 · 12-24-09, 01:37 PM

This worked like a charm, much thanks to all & Happy Holidays!

12-23-09, 12:10 AM	#1
chris455 A-ganger Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 71 Downloads: 97 Uploads: 0	recover saved games? Guys, what can I do to back up my saved games, and if I ever need to re-install SH4, how could I import my old saved games into the new install?

12-23-09, 12:25 AM	#3
G2B XO Join Date: May 2009 Location: Guam, I think Posts: 420 Downloads: 80 Uploads: 0	Your saved games are in the SH4 folder which should be in your Documents folder. You should be able to back it up. Just burn a copy onto some type of disc or flash drive or external hard drive, if you have to reinstall just swap the SH4 folder in your Documents with the backup, just make a copy of the clean new SH4 folder before you replace it, stash it on your desktop or someplace safe, just in case the backup does not work. I think as long as your install matches the saves it should not be a problem to put them back . So if you have mods installed you need to have them exactly the same or backup save's won't work. I hope this is right. __________________

12-23-09, 12:22 AM	#2
Laconic Soundman Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 142 Downloads: 109 Uploads: 0	In your My Documents folder there should be a file called "SH4." All of your savegames and game settings are found in that folder. That's for XP, anyways...not sure about Vista or (heaven forbid) Windows 7, but it should be somewhere similar.

12-24-09, 01:37 PM	#4
chris455 A-ganger Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 71 Downloads: 97 Uploads: 0	This worked like a charm, much thanks to all & Happy Holidays!