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Posted: Sat Nov 27, 2010 1:29 pm
by another_commander
Have you tried searching your C: drive for files ending in oolite-save? The older versions used to be installed by default inside C:\Program Files\Oolite, while the new ones are installed in C:\Oolite. My guess is that you will probably find your saves inside C:\Program Files\Oolite\oolite.app\oolite-saves.
In any case, all of the Oolite installer versions I can think of do not overwrite existing saved files, so I am reasonably confident that your savefile is still somewhere in your hard disk. Best thing would be to locate it manually and then copy it over to the new oolite-saves folder.
Posted: Sat Nov 27, 2010 2:30 pm
by Kaks
another_commander wrote:My guess is that you will probably find your saves inside C:\Program Files\Oolite\oolite.app\oolite-saves.
Since we're talking vista here, there's the always 'entertaining' vista (and win7) program files hide & seek problem, as explained on this page:
http://www.clipboardextender.com/off-to ... e-and-seek
The condensed version, adapted to Oolite:
# If you save anything in the Program Files directory in vista/win7, you’re asking for trouble. Be sure to check the VirtualStore cache.
# The Virtual Store for older Oolite versions should be in: C:\Users\<userid>\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\Program Files\Oolite
Posted: Sat Nov 27, 2010 5:48 pm
by tonycro
another_commander wrote:Have you tried searching your C: drive for files ending in oolite-save? The older versions used to be installed by default inside C:\Program Files\Oolite, while the new ones are installed in C:\Oolite. My guess is that you will probably find your saves inside C:\Program Files\Oolite\oolite.app\oolite-saves.
In any case, all of the Oolite installer versions I can think of do not overwrite existing saved files, so I am reasonably confident that your savefile is still somewhere in your hard disk. Best thing would be to locate it manually and then copy it over to the new oolite-saves folder.
spot on
found the old installation in program flies (x86) - i had looked in the 'normal' prog files
anyway the old installation still finds my last save
onto find some pirates - thanks for all the help chaps
tony