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Moving saves from one PC to another

FleugFleug
edited February 2014 in The Walking Dead

Hi,

I just bought a new computer. I played season 1 of the Walking Dead and the first episode of season 2 on my old computer.

I'd like to know if there is anyway to move my saves and choices from season 1 and 2 from my old PC to my new one. I understand season 1 has Steam Cloud, but season 2 doesn't.

I tried to copy and paste the save files from My Documents but it didn't work. Is there any "official way" to do this?

It's not that I need this right now, but I'd like to solve this problem by the time episode 2 from season 2 is released. Is there any plan to release Steam Cloud for season 2?

Will season 2 need season 1 files for every episodes? Or does the importation occurs only once?

That's a lot of questions. But if someone would be kind enough to answer me, that'd be great. Thanks.

Comments

  • FreddeN93FreddeN93 Banned
    edited February 2014

    Yes, there is a way and it works just fine for me. I don't know if this is a official way of doing it, but like I said no issues whatsoever for me. Make sure you have a fresh install of both Season One, and Season Two on your new PC, with no old save files already on there. Run both games once to the main menu, this will create the folders. Just quit and follow the steps.

    And no, you only have to load your Season One save slot once. Your Season One saves should be safely stored within your Season Two save files. However, if you wish to start a new save slot in Season Two, you will have to load your Season One save slot again.

    For Season One, (complete season should have 75 save files including 400 Days):

    1. Go to C:\Users\USERNAME\Documents\Telltale Games\The Walking Dead
    2. Copy all files within this folder named save_1.save, save_2.save etc, prefs.prop, and put them on a USB Flash Drive.
    3. Open the USB Flash Drive in your new PC, and drop the files into the same destination folder you copied them from.

    For Season Two:

    1. C:\Users\USERNAME\Documents\Telltale Games\The Walking Dead Season Two
    2. There are a lot of files in there, and you want to copy all of them, and put them on a USB Flash Drive.
    3. Open the USB Flash Drive in your new PC, and drop the files into the same destination folder you copied them from.
  • TelltaleMikeTelltaleMike Former Telltale Staff

    Yes, this is a way of transferring the files correctly, but please note this is an unsupported process, and any lost files or corrupted saves may not be able to be recovered.

    FreddeN93 posted: »

    Yes, there is a way and it works just fine for me. I don't know if this is a official way of doing it, but like I said no issues whatsoever fo

  • FleugFleug

    Thank you so much!

    FreddeN93 posted: »

    Yes, there is a way and it works just fine for me. I don't know if this is a official way of doing it, but like I said no issues whatsoever fo

  • gageracergageracer
    edited March 2014

    Thank you for not having steam cloud or similar thing for S2.I played first episode then my PC crashed and i had to format my HDD.Now E2 is here but it did not see my E1 and randomly generates.Really good decision for a game so dependent on its saves.At least put saves to the games folder so when we format C Drive, we won't loose the other drives.How crazy, right?

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