Articulate Vlish Elwro Posted June 27, 2011 Share Posted June 27, 2011 Hi, I want to stop playing A4 on my Win 7 laptop and switch to my PC. I cannot find the savegames anywhere! The \Program Files (x86)\Avernum 4\Data folder contains the 20 savegame folders, but they're filled with 4 bytes "temp" files. But the savegames load properly, so I know they're there somewhere. I searched for 30 minutes but I am unable to find them. Could anyone help? (And yes, all the hidden files and folders are displayed.) Cheers, L. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Articulate Vlish Elwro Posted June 27, 2011 Author Share Posted June 27, 2011 OK, found them. If anyone is in a similar position in the future, here's the location: \Users\User\AppData\Local\Virtual Store\Program Files (x86)\Avernum 4\Data Why they're in such an obscure location is beyond me :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Randomizer Posted June 27, 2011 Share Posted June 27, 2011 Avernum 4 was based on the Geneforge engine and kept save games stored within the game folder. Earlier Avernum games allowed you to store them anywhere and later ones used the (My) Document folder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Micawber Posted June 27, 2011 Share Posted June 27, 2011 In win xp, they would have been in C:\Program Files\Avernum 4\Data, which was fairly obvious. However due to the security improvements in win vista & 7, ordinary users don't have permissions to write to C:\Program Files, so they end up in the user's 'virtual' Program Files as above. This will actually happen in the same way for all legacy apps. This, together with script editing, is a reason why my advice is always is to give yourself ownership of the Avernum/Geneforge program folders. It just makes things easier all round, and if you're the only user of the computer, it makes no difference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast The Mystic Posted June 28, 2011 Share Posted June 28, 2011 Another way to make things easier is to make a "Game Files" folder in your drive's root directory, and install all your games there in lieu of "Program Files." This makes your saved games easier to find if they're saved to the game's folder, because everything will be in one convenient location. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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