I actually prefer my save data to be out of sight and out of mind – I don’t want it cluttering up my documents folder. It’s easy enough to access Appdata if necessary, but modern cloud save services have made it all but unnecessary.
iatemyneighborscat
I ain’t gonna let the reading rainbow guy tell me what to do
AeitZean
Just put the saves in the game directory, wtf is up with putting files in places without telling the user 🙄
TheTank18
registry
Honza2268
I am considering symlinking at least some of the appdata subfolders, because they’re taking up a non-insignificant portion of my system drive
Even more classic is games saving to their install folder. On their own separate hard drive. So that if Windows goes tits up, all my saves are secure.
But *noooo*. Microsoft thinks it’s much more fun that I have to go trawling through My Documents, My Games, AppData Local and Roaming to copy them almost one by one to a location where I know they’ll be safe. *On the damn separate hard drive the games are installed to*.
Mallissin
Documents best location if you do backups.
AppData/Roaming is okay I guess but still a little too hidden for my taste.
Games that save to AppData/Local or LocalLow are really disappointing.
SpecialMango3384
I keep mine under D:/SteamLibrary or D:/Non-Steam Games
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I actually prefer my save data to be out of sight and out of mind – I don’t want it cluttering up my documents folder. It’s easy enough to access Appdata if necessary, but modern cloud save services have made it all but unnecessary.
I ain’t gonna let the reading rainbow guy tell me what to do
Just put the saves in the game directory, wtf is up with putting files in places without telling the user 🙄
registry
I am considering symlinking at least some of the appdata subfolders, because they’re taking up a non-insignificant portion of my system drive
F*ck appdata, all my “friends” hate appdata
https://preview.redd.it/1ft373rnhm7d1.jpeg?width=658&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2303f86166d4b79ee21215a6b43884d64d9a164d
Even more classic is games saving to their install folder. On their own separate hard drive. So that if Windows goes tits up, all my saves are secure.
But *noooo*. Microsoft thinks it’s much more fun that I have to go trawling through My Documents, My Games, AppData Local and Roaming to copy them almost one by one to a location where I know they’ll be safe. *On the damn separate hard drive the games are installed to*.
Documents best location if you do backups.
AppData/Roaming is okay I guess but still a little too hidden for my taste.
Games that save to AppData/Local or LocalLow are really disappointing.
I keep mine under D:/SteamLibrary or D:/Non-Steam Games