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Channging default save game location
Posted: Mon Nov 16, 2015 6:14 am
by Unknown
Is it possible to change the autosave location?
Re: Channging default save game location
Posted: Mon Nov 16, 2015 7:31 pm
by cazfi
If you want to run everything directly from the client, there's no way to change the savegame location, but...
1) Savegame location
is controlled by server commandline parameter
2) When client spawns internal server for itself to use, it gives the server that savegame location you're seeing
3) There's no way to change how client launches server
But if you run server separately/independently, and just "Connect to Network Game" client to it, you can launch the server yourself such a way that savegames end to different directory.
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> freeciv-server --help
Encodings: Data=UTF-8, Local=UTF-8, Internal=UTF-8
This is the server for Freeciv version 2.90.99-dev
You can learn a lot about Freeciv at http://www.freeciv.org/
Usage: freeciv-server [option ...]
Valid option are:
-A, --Announce PROTO Announce game in LAN using protocol PROTO (IPv4/IPv6/none)
-B, --Bind-meta ADDR Connect to metaserver from this address
-b, --bind ADDR Listen for clients on ADDR
-d, --debug NUM Set debug log level (0 to 4, or 4:file1,min,max:...)
-e, --exit-on-end When a game ends, exit instead of restarting
-F, --Fatal [SIGNAL] Raise a signal on failed assertion
-f, --file FILE Load saved game FILE
-h, --help Print a summary of the options
-i, --identity ADDR Be known as ADDR at metaserver or LAN client
-l, --log FILE Use FILE as logfile
-M, --Metaserver ADDR Set ADDR as metaserver address
-m, --meta Notify metaserver and send server's info
-p, --port PORT Listen for clients on port PORT
-q, --quitidle TIME Quit if no players for TIME seconds
-R, --Ranklog FILE Use FILE as ranking logfile
-r, --read FILE Read startup script FILE
-S, --Serverid ID Sets the server id to ID
-s, --saves DIR Save games to directory DIR
-v, --version Print the version number
--scenarios DIR Save scenarios to directory DIR
Report bugs at http://gna.org/projects/freeciv/
Re: Channging default save game location
Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2015 5:56 am
by Unknown
Thank You for the help.
Re: Channging default save game location
Posted: Thu Dec 03, 2015 9:03 pm
by djconklin
Where does the game save the saved games? I want to go back to an older game but I can't find the saved game files. I need to know the actual location of the saved game files--not to browse.
Re: Channging default save game location
Posted: Fri Dec 04, 2015 9:44 am
by Jim-11
In my Win 7 x64, the Freeciv games are saved to:
C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Roaming\.freeciv\Saves
I don't need to change the save location, but it is handy to be able to delete, rename, copy or move saved files. To do that easily, I right click the \.freeciv\Saves save folder, drag to the desktop, and then select create a shortcut. I can then double click the shortcut and do whatever I like with the saved files.
Re: Channging default save game location
Posted: Sun Dec 06, 2015 1:32 am
by djconklin
I don't see a folder named "appdata"--how do I turn that on?
Re: Channging default save game location
Posted: Sun Dec 06, 2015 5:50 am
by Unknown
Goto Folder Option and enable Show hidden files and folder option under View tab.
Re: Channging default save game location
Posted: Mon Dec 07, 2015 6:54 pm
by djconklin
Thank you!
Re: Channging default save game location
Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2020 10:07 am
by wildlingofthewall
cazfi wrote:If you want to run everything directly from the client, there's no way to change the savegame location, but...
1) Savegame location
is controlled by server commandline parameter
2) When client spawns internal server for itself to use, it gives the server that savegame location you're seeing
3) There's no way to change how client launches server
But if you run server separately/independently, and just "Connect to Network Game" client to it, you can launch the server yourself such a way that savegames end to different directory.
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> freeciv-server --help
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-s, --saves DIR Save games to directory DIR
Hi cazfi,
does this still apply for 2.6.2?
Re: Changing default save game location
Posted: Sun Sep 13, 2020 6:52 pm
by cecilieaux
Jim-11 wrote:In my Win 7 x64, the Freeciv games are saved to:
C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Roaming\.freeciv\Saves
In Linux it's /home/{user}/.freeciv/saves