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[-] WarmSoda@lemm.ee 33 points 1 year ago

Documents folder: obviously where video game files should go...

[-] ivanafterall@kbin.social 10 points 1 year ago
[-] WarmSoda@lemm.ee 16 points 1 year ago

I can't stand when games do it. Just put the files in a designated folder where the game is installed dammit!

[-] ivanafterall@kbin.social 26 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I'll meet you halfway: I created a new folder in the hidden folder %AppData% --> .NameofPublisher --> GameName

[-] WarmSoda@lemm.ee 10 points 1 year ago

...make it stop...

[-] gandalf_der_12te@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

That actually makes sense!

[-] Jerkface@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 year ago

In C:\Program Files? Or C:\Program Files (x86)?

[-] elint@programming.dev 1 points 1 year ago

C:\Program Files\ unless your program is 20+ years old and you still haven't written a version for modern-day systems. 32-bit is dead.

[-] Jerkface@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago

Let's take a look at the old ssd...

C:\Program Files (x86)\Epic Games
C:\Program Files (x86)\GOG Galaxy
C:\Program Files (x86)\Hearthstone
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\

etcetera

[-] famousringo@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago

We’re walking about Windows, here. If 32-bit ever dies on Windows, it will be lovingly stuffed and placed on the mantle like a pet whose owner can’t admit it’s gone.

[-] NotAnonymousAtAll@feddit.de 8 points 1 year ago

Please don't mix executables and data created by applications, even if the application happens to be a game. Those are supposed to be separate. That being said, "Documents" is obviously the wrong place for save game files.

Documents/games

Or

Documents/My Games

Or

Document/[Game Name]

[-] WarmSoda@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Or

Gamefolder/Documents/

Why can't they do that?

[-] neocamel@lemmy.studio 3 points 1 year ago

Dude fucking iRacing...

[-] Arnaught@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

Hey, some games don't even bother with the documents folder! They just dump their saves right in your home folder!

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