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[Glassed Silver]

Heya guys!

I'm looking for a gamesave backup tool for Windows.
I know there are a bunch, like MASGAU, SaveGame Backup Manager, GameSave Manager, SaveGame Backup and probably tons more.

However, I want a tool that can handle different locations for savegames like the directory for a savegame might be a certain path on Windows 7, but completely different on Windows XP for example.
Also, I hope to find a way to backup my gamesaves, if possible all of them out of the box, but I don't believe in that ( ) so it'd be great to have a tool that is still maintained and supported by the dev(s) (preferably it should be more than one guy, but that's a side thing... For development stability's sake) - in such a way that I can submit my gamesave info and find it in the tool rather soon. (I don't want JUST the customized backup option I want to contribute - official support is better than hacking stuff together myself and dealing with possible difficulties like different paths on different platforms) and generally out-of-the-box full compatibility is king!


Thanks in advance!

Glassed Silver:win

[The King of GnG]

Directory Synchronization programs are the way to go, imho....

[Glassed Silver]

The King of GnG, on 08 August 2012 - 13:49, said:

Directory Synchronization programs are the way to go, imho....

They are not, apparently some games need some registry values for gamer profiles and to be honest: it's about having automation out-of-the-box.

It's cool for me to set up such synching, however, I'd much rather having something like one of those applications I listed I believe, that creates backups on the fly like folder sync (basically the moment the game stops, they are backuped), but is dedicated to gamesaves and hence, I don't have to look out for all the quirks and paths for different versions of Windows on top of that for my 59 games (and that's just the Steam ones...)

Glassed Silver:win

[Glassed Silver]

#el bumpo

Glassed Silver:mac

[+Xinok]

I think you listed all there are. MASGAU seems to be the most popular, it does adjust the path by OS, and it's still being actively developed.

[Glassed Silver]

I hoped for some experiences some might have had with any of these tools.

Glassed Silver:mac