Doom 3: Using native installer and can't locate saved game files or config files
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Doom 3: Using native installer and can't locate saved game files or config files
Maybe this is because it's a native installer, I'm not sure, but I don't see the saved game files or the config files.
I myself like to copy them on a CD and in case I ever reinstall the system, I can easily copy them back in the folder (once the game is installed) and be all set.
I'm sorry if I'm a pest, asking a load of questions.
Oh, the info, lol, almost forgot:
This is Doom 3, using a native installer which does not seem to be connected with cedega/wine.
whats are the files named though? It's been a while, but I think I remember it being in "main" or "base", and having doom.cnf or something like that, and seeing "saved' and/or "autosave". but I don't see it. I'm not fimilar with native installers, and what file it may be under.
Not 100% sure about Doom 3 but since Quake 4 is based off the Doom 3 engine I'm willing to bet it would apply. The Quake 4 README says that while the game is cross-platform, savegames are not. Windows saves won't work in linux if copied and vice-versa.
in my experience, Doom3 and Quake4 run beter on Linux than on Windows XP. the savegames are kinda cross-platform, i used the savegames from D3 from windows and the game starts at the begining of that level and not the point where i saved the game.
also, the doom3 savegames like all ID soft engines are located in the Base* directory ( both in the installation dir and in linux in the $home/.doom3/base dir )
no mate, the pak files store nothing but data ( sounds, maps, textures, movies, etc etc ) the saved games are never stored in the pak files. look the system is almost the same for windows and linux, its the same engine afterall, just compiled using different libraries. on my comp i recall seeing the savegames folder in both teh hidden folder in $Home and in the place where i installed the game, will check up to see which is the windows version and which is the linux version. either way you will be able to use both with just the problem that you start from the begining of the level where you save the game.
ah, in the /home/jeremy/.doom3 folder. I kept looking in /home/jeremy/doom3/ folder. there's a difference I see. and now I finally see the files I can save. I tried /home/jeremy/doom3 while viewing hidden files, but not in /home/jeremy.
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