Import downloaded save file to steam game

Whomping Walrus 1 Mar pm. Mugiwara If you're trying to use somebody else's save file, you have to convert it first so that the game will think you made it yourself. If you don't, the game sees that other person's Steam ID in the file and just deletes it.

Here's a guide which should show you how you can do that. It's not hard. Cool Guy Heavy 27 Feb pm. Now I have to restart, what do I do so it works? When I start up the game it says no save file located. No videos on youtube talk about this. Whomping Walrus 12 Nov, am. The user's ID is embedded in the file in a couple ways, with one of those ways probably being something like a hash, which is difficult to forge.

I made a tool [nathanjrollins. You can run anyone else's save file through that and it should modify it to appear as though you created it yourself legitimately :. Sine 29 Mar, pm. I know it's not hard, I've gotten 5 stars on all the levels before, but it's just so ridiculously tedious to get it to work as you want it to Most of it is memorization though It's not that hard, I can beat it in a day. Just train and pick all the timers before you start the killing.

When it comes to Assignment Ada, Separate Ways, Normal difficulty, Professional difficulty and the shooting range, I can beat it in under a week.

However throw Mercenaries in there and you're adding about, oh I don't know, 12 more years and I'll still never finish it Share to your Steam activity feed. You need to sign in or create an account to do that. Sign In Create an Account Cancel. All rights reserved. All trademarks are property of their respective owners in the US and other countries.

Created by. Bodomi Offline. Category: Modding or Configuration , Secrets , Walkthroughs. Languages: English. Guide Index. Guide Contents. How to create additional Steam library folders. How to change the default install location for games. Transferring games between library folders on the same computer. Transferring games between different computers. Save files and configuration files.

Ending Words. You can use the side-bar on the right to jump to the section you need. Creating additional Steam library folders means that if you have more than 1 drive on your computer you can create Steam game folders onto those other drives as well.

You can keep games you actively play on the SSD and create an additional library folder onto the HDD and use the HDD for games that do not require a fast drive, very big games you can't fit on your SSD or to keep games you're not currently playing.

Once you start playing them or if you get more space on your SSD you can then transfer them over to the other library folder.

Step-by-step walk-through: In the upper-left corner click on Steam and then Settings. Click on the Downloads tab. Click on the Steam Library Folders button. Click on the Add Library Folder button. Click the drop-down menu at the top and select the drive that you want to create a library folder on. From here either select a folder you've already created, or click on the New Folder Now you can install games onto this new folder.

To install games onto to it you simply select it during the installation process of any game. This can be a little bit confusing for a new user, so here is a video that shows how to select the new folder. Video walk-through:. If you're the only one using Steam on your computer than figuring out your user id is easy, it'll be the only subdirectory of the userdata directory.

Finding out the game id will probably require looking it up on the Internet. The hard part is figuring out where the non-Steam version of the game saves it's files. There are numerous locations games developers have chosen to store save files, so you'll need to search for them.

Sometimes they'll put them in your "My Documents" folder. Even within that folder there can be lots of different places they can story the files. These directories, and their subdirectories are normally hidden so you may need to turn on the option that lets you see hidden files in Explorer.

If you manage to find them then there's a decent chance if you copy them to the appropriate Steam cloud save subdirectory you'll be able to use them in the Steam version game. Finally any game that uses Games for Windows Live likely encrypts its savefiles as crude method of copy protection.

Unless the developers provide a means to decrypt the savefiles and use them with Steam there's nothing you can use these save files with the Steam version of the game. Be careful with any solution that involves copying your save files. Don't move them, just copy them. You don't want to delete your old save files in case something goes wrong. Sign up to join this community. The best answers are voted up and rise to the top. Stack Overflow for Teams — Collaborate and share knowledge with a private group.

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