New Profile Every Time I Reinstall?

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  1. KaityUK

    KaityUK New Member

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    Hi all,

    I've just reinstalled TSW2 and once again my previous profile has disappeared, despite me logging on at the start. This is about the fourth time this has happened.

    Is my profile bugged or does this happen every time you uninstall and reinstall?

    With TS your profile was linked to Steam and progress kept between installs, so why is TSW2 different?
     
  2. doublefine7

    doublefine7 Well-Known Member

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    Because your TSW profile is saved locally while your Log-in is related to Dovetail Live. Your TSW Profile and the DTL Login are two different entities. You can backup your TSW profile with all your progress. You find it under <user>\documents\mygames\trainsimworld2\saved\savegames\
    PP_<profilename>.sav is your profile while the ones beginning with BAK is a backup. Copy both and save the copies on an external harddrive.
    If you have to reinstall TSW and your trainsimworld2-folder has been deleted, simply copy the BAK and the PP file into the savegames folder and you will keep your progress.
     
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  3. KaityUK

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    Thank you for that, oddly my documents folder is always redirected to my D drive, but it seems that when I reinstalled it overwrote that was already there.

    However, forewarned for the future.
     

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