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Quick Questions About Steam??

Justinbaileyman

Justinbaileyman

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I am still pretty new to steam and have about 10-15 games now and before I go and buy any more, I was wondering what happens to those games if my harddrive decides to takes a dirt nap?Can I redownload those same games for free and what happens to all my saves?
 
Yeah you can re-download the games as many times as you like. Steam also has a built in backup feature if you'd like to store local copies.

As for your saves, depends on the game. Some sync with Steam's cloud which can act as a backup, but most are stored locally and would be lost.
 
Thanks for the quick answer.. That is a relief to know my hard earned money wont go down the tube if my harddrive die's. I guess the next question would be where are the saves stored from steam on my harddrive? I am using windows 10 preview if that helps. I will back up my saves on a flash drive then soon as I find out where they are stored.
 
Justinbaileyman said:
Thanks for the quick answer.. That is a relief to know my hard earned money wont go down the tube if my harddrive die's. I guess the next question would be where are the saves stored from steam on my harddrive? I am using windows 10 preview if that helps. I will back up my saves on a flash drive then soon as I find out where they are stored.
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what if Steam dies? before the Steam lovers or haters get up in arms, i have so damn many Steam games the SUMMER SALE is just a 'what you bought at full price" regret sale for me.
 
clok1966 said:
what if Steam dies? before the Steam lovers or haters get up in arms, i have so damn many Steam games the SUMMER SALE is just a 'what you bought at full price" regret sale for me.
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What if Microsoft stops selling Windows and remotely disables all existing copies?

Both are more likely than a meteor crashing into your home and vaporizing you when you just want to play some Defense Grid, but I'm not losing sleep over any of the three.
 
BlueWeasel said:
Instead of trying to locate the individual save folders, use Gamesave Manager to select and backup.
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Actually, I upgraded my primary SSD recently and reloaded a clean copy of Windows - keeping my existing storage drives. Steam located my exist game stores and restored what I had with no effort on my part.

I DID lose a lot of save games, since many of them save on the C: drive - but the games themselves were intact.

I was impressed.
 
most steam game saves are stored in their respective game folders in:
user\my documents\my games

some are stored in folders located in:
user\my documents
program files(x86)\steam\steamapps\common
program files(x86)\steam\steamapps\user

some (rpgmaker games?) are stored in:
user\[hidden]appdata\roaming

I relocated most of my user folders, including user\my documents, to the HDD, and steam is directed to install games to HDD so last time I reinstalled windows (SSD) I only lost my rpgmaker based game saves :S, silly rpgmaker... whose idea was that? Oddly enough, RPG Maker saves games/projects you actually make into the my documents folder... :S
 
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On a tangent note, I love how Microsoft has tried to standardize where things go (like telling game devs to put user-created files like save games under 'my documents', etc) but then they change this standard on every new Windows version.
 
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TeknoBug said:
Who would fill up their SSD with games? That's why an SSD for OS and HDD(s) for games/storage. 😛
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People who want fast loading times. I generally keep a few of my main games on my primary SSD and either delete them or cycle them to HDD backups when they've run their course.
 
TeknoBug said:
Who would fill up their SSD with games? That's why an SSD for OS and HDD(s) for games/storage. 😛
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I have a 1 TB SSD. What is this "fill up" you mention? 😛

In any case, SSDs make a huge difference in loading times, which aside from convenience can make a difference in which weapon class you get in an online multiplayer FPS. Since I upgraded to the SSD I'm able to get virtually any weapon I want in Red Orchestra 2, the specialized classes are first-come-first-served.

In any case, thanks to 3D NAND SSDs are expected to reach price parity with hard drives next year.
 
TeknoBug said:
Who would fill up their SSD with games? That's why an SSD for OS and HDD(s) for games/storage. 😛
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I have both, I put games I know I will fire a lot (like Crusader Kings 2, Europa Universalis 4) in the SSD, and games I'm just checking out in the HDD.
 
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