Saved Games in DOSBox
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Hi. If a game has had the DOSBox treatment so as to run on a modern machine, can anyone say where its saved games are likely to be stored I'm playing Blade Runner and the original saves location would have been c:\westwood\blade\save. However, I'm running the game on D Drive of my Win7 machine and can't find anything that resembles a save game file anywhere on the drive. [Or on C Drive either. I've looked there as well ] Cheers. Mad
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Re: Saved Games in DOSBox
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Don't say that !! Even if you don't have the solution you had the good heart to reply, thank you Anyway, I contacted the man who did the DOSBoxing and he has now actually sent me the solution. [But it does involves stuff with which I wouldn't meddle ] So I'll just happily carry on playing this wonderful old game
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Re: Saved Games in DOSBox
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Blade Runner is a Windows game. Did this person hack together a DOS interpreter? The non-hacked game creates a subfolder called "SAVE" and the save files themselves are named "*.SAV". You said that you installed it on your D: drive, so this will not apply, but with UAC on, a legacy game installed in a system folder like "Program Files" will redirect file writes to the Virtual Store, if it is an allowed file type. Anyway, I made an installer for Blade Runner. It works with either the 4CD or DVD versions. It includes a compatibility patch I made to allow it to run on Win7 and sets it up for disc-less play. Note that there is another installer out there does not have a compatibility patch and is of questionable legality as it includes the game's main data file. My installer properly concatenates the resources from the disc(s), so it includes no copyrighted game data. Blade Runner Setup
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Re: Saved Games in DOSBox
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Hi Collector I have used some of your installers. However, I didn't know you had made one for Blade Runner. Anyway, thanks for that info - even though I'm afraid I don't understand all of it. My techie capabilities are very limited !! Cheers. Mad
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Re: Saved Games in DOSBox
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Thanks for all that info, oldmariner I have to say that I always go for games that have already been "DOSBoxed" as my efforts to use the programme myself have proved futile [And all the ones I have purchased so far have worked flawlessly.] The only reason for wanting to find the saved games in THIS instance was that I was considering leaving the game permanently installed on my Win7 machine - just deleting only the saved games after I'd played the game. But it's no problem to uninstall/reinstall - which is what I will do. Cheers. Mad
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Re: Saved Games in DOSBox
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Mad,
You said "Dosboxed" Do you mean you are using something like a game from GOG? If so there is a different answer to where your saves are.
If that is the case they could be anywhere. I have the Longest Journey GOG version installed.
The game is installed in C:\program filesx86\GOG\The Longest Journey
The game saves are located in Documents and settings/ user name/ application data/The Longest Journey
Now then I have saves from GOG versions of Gabriel Knight 1 and Broken Sword 2 They are both in the same place. A real treasure hunt.
Documents and setting/user name/local settings/Virtual store/GOG.com/Broken Sword
For Gab it is the same except switch broken sword for Gabriel Knight.
It has been my experience that GOG saves will be placed somewhere in Documents and Settings but not always in the same place as illustrated by the convoluted nonsense with these games. Sometimes they go under application data before local settings. sometimes instead of Application Data they use App data. There is no consistancy to this irrational haphazard treasure hunt.
For Dot Emu and the new one shiny loot more than likely it is the same story
That is exactly why when I use Dosbox I direct the thing to C:\Gabrielknight The game goes there and the saves follow. I know it is not MS correct but tell somebody who cares.
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Re: Saved Games in DOSBox
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Mad probably got Blade Runner from the eBay guy who fixes old games so they run in modern OS. www.ebay.com/itm/230886478373I don't know if he uses DOSBox or something else. The pictures of the game box at Mobygames say Blade Runner is for Windows 95 and NT, so I'm thinking he uses something other than DOSBox.
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Re: Saved Games in DOSBox
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Yes. That's where I got it, Jenny100 And he DOES use DOSBox. And this is the only game (so far) where the save games have not been easily and separately accessible. As I have said, it's not a big deal. I'm very happy with the game. It runs perfectly
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Re: Saved Games in DOSBox
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Is the problem with the way the game saves? I once played an old game that saved by putting entries in your registry -- not in any save file but inside files that were part of Windows. I didn't care for that save system at all. I think it was Neverhood http://www.chiptape.com/chiptape/misc/neverhood.htm
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Re: Saved Games in DOSBox
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Hi Collector I have used some of your installers. However, I didn't know you had made one for Blade Runner. Anyway, thanks for that info - even though I'm afraid I don't understand all of it. My techie capabilities are very limited !! Cheers. Mad No need to understand it. No need to mess with DOSBox. Just place your CD or DVD in your drive and run the installer. Sit back, wait for the installer to finish and then enjoy the game. The saves will be found in the "SAVE" folder inside of the game. Simple. Note that it does require the original media, but the seller should have included the original media. If not you should demand your money back, as he would be distributing copyrighted material.
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Re: Saved Games in DOSBox
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Hi Jenny100 Saving and loading during the game is normal but, as with most computer related stuff, I don't know the technicalities of how they "work" And Collector .... Yes. I know how to use your installers because I've used them before. I just wasn't aware you had created one for Blade Runner. And yes again. The seller does include an original game disk Cheers. Mad
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Re: Saved Games in DOSBox
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Saving and loading during the game is normal but, as with most computer related stuff, I don't know the technicalities of how they "work" What I meant was that if the game uses some weird system to create a save, like Neverhood did, you'd never find any save files because there aren't any.
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