stormbringer3 wrote:I really appreciate the attention given to my question. I'm totally confused. The current save setup is because of Windows but I can't use windows to open them????
I really like this game but having access to no saves but autosaves does put a damper on it for me. Pocus mentioned deleting a file to give me the old system but I just don't know where to find it. I buy my games through Matrix so I installed it into my Matrix Games folder. When I go there and open EAW I can find many folders for the game but when I open what I think are the likely ones to check, I see nothing like Pocus described. What folder should I open?
Thanks for your help.
I'd check documents, then games (or my games) and see if there is an eaw folder there.
If so, inside that folder is the default save game folder.
Regarding the save game/windows thing that is confusing. Windows just says where to save something, it doesn't care what it is that's being saved. So for example, if you have an excel file on your computer that downloaded from the internet but didn't have the excel program installed, windows wouldn't know what the file was, nor could it open it. You would need excel installed and to open the file from within excel.
Now using that example with regards to the save game. Windows won't know what the file is and wouldn't be able to open it, however, within EAW, the program knows what the file is and how to open it.
If you wish to save games using a different name so that you can have multiple games going at once, then see page 9 of the manual... I think that's the page---working from memory as I'm at work. It explains how to give a different name.