Changing OS host name and Game Saves
I changed my steam deck's hostname and found my game saves in Middle Earth : Shadow of War (from GoG) suddenly missing.
After a mild amount of panic (I had played tens of hours already and didn't want to replay), I found the game save location in the launcher configs. I browser to that directory and saw save files for both hostnames. I deleted the new name (noting the syntax), and then renamed all the older saves to the new name. After relaunching, all my game saves were back!
Thought I'd share in case anyone else runs into the same issue.
Cheers
4 Replies
ambitious-aqua•3y ago
Nice :)
rival-blackOP•3y ago
I was showing my steam deck to a coworker and my heart sunk when the game presented "New Game" at the initial menu.
other-emerald•3y ago
you also showed your coworker a major aspect of Linux gaming in general right there -- the abject fear of everything going catastrophically wrong
rival-blackOP•3y ago
I held it together while showing him, but you bet it was the first thing I looked into when I got home! 😱
Even signed into my windows gaming rig to see if GoG even had a copy of an older game save of mine