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):

Re: Technical Problem
 

Thanks everyone. That was the information I was looking for. I have found the folders now.

Regards,

---Ray Fischer