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switching save to another pc

Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2009 1:01 am
by gvierstra
I want to continue my game from the old lapper to the new one. I have AE installed and updated. I think I can email a 'game save' file to the new PC and insert into a game saves folder in AE. Then it would show up in my 'load saved games' list and off i go to take Entiwok.

I don't know where in the WITPAE folders I would find the folder for my latest save on the old pc or where to put it in the new pc (assume same folder)

am i at least warm? can you give me the save game location and probable file name to look for a game 3-23-42 name = #47

help please, thanks

RE: switching save to another pc

Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2009 1:06 am
by scott64
Are you on Vista?[&:]

RE: switching save to another pc

Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2009 1:09 am
by gvierstra
old pc is win xp and new one is vista

thanks for the help

RE: switching save to another pc

Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2009 2:25 am
by michaelm75au
Search for a folder called SAVE on your PC.
It will probably be located in "\Matrix Games\War In The Pacific Admiral's Edition" or your C or D drive if you used the default install.

RE: switching save to another pc

Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2009 6:33 pm
by gvierstra
I know where the save folder is in the game folder but it has approx. 100 files in it with no clear indication of what to copy to the other PC.

Is that my 'latest save' and i should copy the entire contents of the save folder to my other pc's 'save' folder then go to 'load saved game' am i getting warmer?

Thanks for your help

RE: switching save to another pc

Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2009 9:05 pm
by michaelm75au
Sort the files by date, and take over say a week's worth of files.
The most recent should be at the top (or bottom depending on sort sequence).

RE: switching save to another pc

Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2009 10:09 pm
by gvierstra
Thanks, i'll give it a shot. I had the files sorted by type and it made no sense to me.


The date sort should give me an idea of the grouping of the files for each save.

cool...

RE: switching save to another pc

Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2009 10:57 pm
by michaelm75au
I find that I generally always sort by date when looking at any files on my PC.
That gives an idea of what has changed recently.

RE: switching save to another pc

Posted: Fri Nov 13, 2009 7:39 am
by Chris21wen
ORIGINAL: michaelm

I find that I generally always sort by date when looking at any files on my PC.
That gives an idea of what has changed recently.


You need to be careful using this method. Files have two (or more) date stamps associated with them. By default the creation date is normally visible but it's the modified date that you want to use with saves. If you right click on the column list you can select which.

RE: switching save to another pc

Posted: Fri Nov 13, 2009 8:38 am
by treespider
The actual save file is called :

wpae###.pws

with ### corresponding to the slot number where you saved the file.

wpae001.pws is the combat replay file.