Fledgling Fyora kayemcee Posted March 27, 2007 Share Posted March 27, 2007 query: in G1,2 & 3, to clear out old saved games one merely had to delete the saved files from the game data file. however, when i try to do this for G4, i somehow ended up losing the programs .msi file. luckily i caught that before i emptied my trash! so, how do i remove old saved files without trashing my entire game??!? oh, might be helpful to mention using windows xp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Lilith Posted March 27, 2007 Share Posted March 27, 2007 Why do you want to remove old saved games? You can always just save over them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fledgling Fyora kayemcee Posted March 28, 2007 Author Share Posted March 28, 2007 this i know. but when i start a new game, i prefer to have all the old saved games gone because i tend to save each section using the same names game to game. gets a mite confusing to have three saved games named the same.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Randomizer Posted March 28, 2007 Share Posted March 28, 2007 I found it's quicker to make a new game folder from the compressed file after renaming the old game. It takes time to find a saved gamed, but you don't lose any. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Dikiyoba Posted March 28, 2007 Share Posted March 28, 2007 Aren't the G4 saved games actually in the My Documents folder now? That has been my experience with them on Windows XP at least, and removing the G4 Saved Games folder from My Documents should make the game generate a new folder and empty set of save files the next time you play it. Dikiyoba. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Zeviz Posted March 28, 2007 Share Posted March 28, 2007 I just tried Dikiyoba's method and it seems to work fine. However, you should probably copy back Geneforge4Settings.dat file in the "Geneforge4 Saved Games" after the game regenerates this folder. I would also recommend renaming the old Saved Games folder rather than deleting it, so you'd have an option to go back to an older game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fledgling Fyora kayemcee Posted March 31, 2007 Author Share Posted March 31, 2007 many thankies, everyone. i had not noticed the game placed a folder in my documents. deleting all the sub folders EXCEPT the G4 settings file did the trick. while the suggestion to save the old game in a different file would work, as a rule when i am done with the game, i don't revisit it. what can i say - i dislike having old games clogging up my hard drive.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenderfoot Thahd Heimdal Odinsson Posted April 1, 2007 Share Posted April 1, 2007 Is there anyway to force Geneforge 4 to keep it's saved files in a different directory? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Micawber Posted April 2, 2007 Share Posted April 2, 2007 Probably not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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