STALKER tech. question

[DraQ]

Does anyone know where this game keeps saves and settings?
And, preempting forseeable 'Yes.' answers, where does stalker keep it's saves and settings?

 

[Jasede]

Oh, you think you're clever~

We are too smart for you though. The answer is: on your harddrive.

 

[Micmu]

Have you checked C:\Documents and Settings\ [user] \Application Data\ [Publisher/Developer/Game] (or ...[user] \Local Settings\Application Data\...) ?

 

[Jasede]

Aww you're spoiling it. But yes, that's where it is. Of course, that only applies XP; it's in different places in Win98 and Vista, but basically the same.

Try for XP: C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents\STALKER-SHOC\savedgames

If you don't use XP, open FSGAME.ltx in the install directory with notepad, search for "$app_data_root$=true|false"
and change the directory after false| into one of your liking.

 

[inwoker]

Win98? You mean that dos with interface?

 

[Jasede]

Win98 SE is about as stable as XP, I recommend it as the best OS that is easy to use also, as well as configure.

XP is about just as good though, and more compatible with newer games - though usually all you need to do is edit the .exe files because they use a different icon format and the key to get them to run is to remove some XP-specific things in the .exe. At least that worked for me for three XP-only games, most notably Thief 3.

Also I really, really, really like having Dos "built-in". The cmd.com or command programs in XP do a poor job at emulating it. I'd quite often do my work in Win98SE in dos-mode with Norton Commander and its great editor.

Those were the days.

 

[inwoker]

Win98 SE is about as stable as XP

sig material
are you aware of dll hell, fat32 stupid file system, direct hardware access for programs, no security built-in, no permissions, no quota, <=1gb ram, memory managent is total failure, slow copying of large files etc.

 

[Micmu]

Win98 SE is about as stable as XP

Flat out lie.

 

[DraQ]

Ok, so they are probably among the files I didn't back up. Oh well...