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Technical Problem
Hi All,
I want to start a PBEM game of Dominions 3 with my nephew and am having a small problem. I have read in the manual that all my games get saved in a /savedgames folder and that inside my /savedgames folder I should find a /newlords folder which contains my pretender files. The problem is - I have searched all the directories on my hard drive and have neither a /savedgames nor a /newlords folder. The dominions3 folder does exist but it doesn't contain either of these folders. I am running the game under Windows Vista - does it put the folders somewhere else? I know this is probably a silly question but I have been looking now for a long time. Regards, Ray Fischer |
Re: Technical Problem
I bet it's that stupid "Virtual Storage" again. I used Vista to play Dominions for a while, and instead of saving stuff like .2h-files in the program's folder as a naif like me expected, it saved them in the user's folder under AppData\Local\VirtualStore if memory serves. (As in, C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\Domin ions3)
(I understand this is part of the heightened security or something, not allowing programs to write files anywhere without special permission. I'm glad I only have to use Vista occasionally, the PoS that it is http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif ) |
Re: Technical Problem
Using the search function on "vista", there's another "Technical problem" thread on the first page.
Other ways to reach the application data path is to enter %appdata% into the address field of your windows explorer. Or is that does not work: %userprofile%\Local Settings\Application Data |
Re: Technical Problem
I asked this question a while ago (not that I use Vista, but a player in a game I was organising did), and this was a useful response I got (from Ballbarian):
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Re: Technical Problem
Thanks everyone. That was the information I was looking for. I have found the folders now.
Regards, ---Ray Fischer |
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