Saved Game Backup Help

NI_t3n_IChi_RYU · 11-16-2006, 11:47 PM

Yo every1 i got my new pc and i wana start playing FEAR now!!

Im gona get a new operating system tomorow so ill reinstall windows tomorow atm im using home edition and ill be getting either professional or 64 bit version ( cant remember wot hes sending me)

Can i start playing now and save it then back it up on a usb pen drive, then install a new windows, then install fear again and start off where i left off.

Thx in advance

PC eye · 11-16-2006, 11:53 PM

You can save everything from the save folder and recopy the saves back into the game directory on the new installation. But you will still have to run the game from the start in order to see the new autosaves created. Once you get so far simply exit to the menu and load the previously saved game. Once you enter the save resave it again to update it.

NI_t3n_IChi_RYU · 11-17-2006, 12:04 AM

ok so i have to play it to where it first saves the game ( like 5 mins in) Then i can load up my save game

PC eye · 11-17-2006, 03:56 AM

Some games won't run saves right from that point when they are first installed. You have to upto where you saved the game and then load the game save itself. Other games will load saves right away. But the auto saves that the game itself creates won't be there if needed. Games like Half Life require you to go through certain parts to get things like the suit Freeman wears and the gravity gun.

That's also the way it is with the gun mounted on the air boat. If you simply use a cheat code to get items you still can't finish certain parts of a game at times. You have to play them through for the auto saves to be created first.

11-16-2006, 11:47 PM	#1 (permalink)
NI_t3n_IChi_RYU Silver Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Essex, Greater London Age: 21 Posts: 198	Saved Game Backup Help Yo every1 i got my new pc and i wana start playing FEAR now!! Im gona get a new operating system tomorow so ill reinstall windows tomorow atm im using home edition and ill be getting either professional or 64 bit version ( cant remember wot hes sending me) Can i start playing now and save it then back it up on a usb pen drive, then install a new windows, then install fear again and start off where i left off. Thx in advance

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11-16-2006, 11:53 PM	#2 (permalink)
PC eye Diamond Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Inside a pc Posts: 19,730	You can save everything from the save folder and recopy the saves back into the game directory on the new installation. But you will still have to run the game from the start in order to see the new autosaves created. Once you get so far simply exit to the menu and load the previously saved game. Once you enter the save resave it again to update it.

11-17-2006, 12:04 AM	#3 (permalink)
NI_t3n_IChi_RYU Silver Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Essex, Greater London Age: 21 Posts: 198	ok so i have to play it to where it first saves the game ( like 5 mins in) Then i can load up my save game

11-17-2006, 03:56 AM	#4 (permalink)
PC eye Diamond Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Inside a pc Posts: 19,730	Some games won't run saves right from that point when they are first installed. You have to upto where you saved the game and then load the game save itself. Other games will load saves right away. But the auto saves that the game itself creates won't be there if needed. Games like Half Life require you to go through certain parts to get things like the suit Freeman wears and the gravity gun. That's also the way it is with the gun mounted on the air boat. If you simply use a cheat code to get items you still can't finish certain parts of a game at times. You have to play them through for the auto saves to be created first.