Is there a way to change the save game location?

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Mar 21, 2016, 9:06:45 PM

Is there a start up flag in Steam (launch options), to change the save game location for Endless Legend, Endless Space, etc?

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Mar 22, 2016, 1:19:22 PM

As far as I am aware, this is not possible.

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Mar 22, 2016, 5:13:57 PM

OK, there's a way for everything in IT ^^

1. Create a folder where you wish to have the savegames located (e.g. D:\EL_SaveGames)

2. Move the contents of your savegame folder (e.g. C:\Users\YOURUSER\Documents\Endless Legend\Save Files\*) to the new location and delete the source savegame folder itself

3. Create a hard-link pointing to the new savegames folder using the /J switch (e.g. mklink /j "C:\Users\YOURUSER\Documents\Endless Legend\Save Files" D:\EL_SaveGames)

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Mar 22, 2016, 5:25:41 PM

Now post the same thing to explain the last step to a 29 year-old with the technical know-how of a potted plant.

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Mar 22, 2016, 5:49:43 PM

Frogsquadron wrote:
Now post the same thing to explain the last step to a 29 year-old with the technical know-how of a potted plant.

Cheers, I was 29 too until less than two weeks ago ^^

Actually it's called a "junction" (https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa365006(v=vs.85).aspx , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NTFS_junction_point).

It's similar to a shortcut to a folder, with the advantage that once accessed, all files 'appear to be there' instead of you being 'redirected' to the target location. Try out both (shortcut and junction) and see how they behave ^^

EDIT: Not sure if you meant this, but the third step involves opening a command-prompt (Start - Run - CMD) and typing in "mklink /j SOURCE_FOLDER DESTIONATION_FOLDER" (without the quotes and replacing the folder locations as appropriate; make sure to add quotes to the folder paths of there are spaces within the paths). Hope I didn't offend anyone by adding this ...

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Mar 22, 2016, 6:28:52 PM

Different steam games save things in different locations. Most of what I have use either "My Games", or the Documents folder (which these games do). I was hoping there was something for the platform that is used for Endless Legend, Space, etc, that could specify save location, mod location, etc.

I suppose if this isn't possible, I will simply use a script to create junctions to the save folders, then another to remove them when done (cleanup).

I want to move everything game related to another drive.

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Mar 23, 2016, 1:25:21 PM

Nice and organized now.

[CODE]mklink /j "%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Endless Legend" "D:\Games\GameFiles\Endless Legend"

attrib /L +s +h "%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Endless Legend"[/CODE]

Did the same for all other save locations, so all folders are now in D:\Games\GameFiles, regardless of where the applications are looking for them. I hid the junctions, which of course only works if you are not showing hidden and system files.

Have not tested them all, but I think it should work. Now I will just have to wait and see what the backup program does with this.

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Mar 23, 2016, 2:24:12 PM

Cool ! Don't know why you'd hide the junctions, but glad it worked.

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Jan 11, 2022, 3:16:08 PM

It is really unfortunate that they put folders directly in "documents' instead of under "My Games" or "Saved Games". Basically like dropping install folders under c:/. I always show hidden folders.

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