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Magical Battler - How to transfer and backup saves.
🕑 Added 2020-12-27 19:33:50 +0000 UTCThis post is about how to backup, import and transfer saves.
I am making the game in such a way that older saves should always work on newer versions of the game. It cannot be done the other way around.
Due to technical limitations the saves of the public version of the game (hosted on Itch.io) are not available on the Patreon version of the game (hosted on my own site).
This is because the saves are stored in the browser and tied to their respective pages.
The saves however can be transferred from the public to the Patreon version.
If you have any doubts about any step let me know and I'll try to make them as clear as possible.
How to backup a save from the Patreon version of the game
This will prevent you from losing the saved data in case of having to change computers or browsers.
- Go to the backup tool: https://www.caesarcub.com/games/battler-import_v2/
- On the Current Saves column click on the slot you want to backup. (You can check the game to see you are selecting the right slot).
- Rename the save file to something that will help you remember it and Save it.
And that's it. All the data is saved.
How to import a save to the Patreon version of the game:
This will help you put the data you backed up on the previous section in your game.
This is a bit more tricky.
The way the backup tool is done, it REPLACES save files.
- Start a new game and save.
- Take note of the SLOT NUMBER you did the new save. This will be REPLACED by the backed up saved data, so this means the data in the save slot you pick will be IRREPARABLY LOST.
- Go to the backup tool: https://www.caesarcub.com/games/battler-import_v2/
- On the Import a save column go to the step 1 and click on the "Choose file" button.
- Select the save file you want to import.
- Go to the step 2 section and select the slot you want to replace. The slot you select will be REPLACED by the imported data permanently, so be very careful on it.
- If all actions are done properly, the Import button on step 3 will be green and the selected slot will be on a different hue of blue. Click on the Import button.
The file should be imported now, and you can go to the game and play.
How to transfer a save from the Itch.io page to the Patreon version of the game:
This is so you don't have to replay the game if you already did a lot of it in the public version.
Warning: While the tool allows you to move a save from Patreon to Itch.io (the public version) it will most likely break the save, because the public version of the game is older.
- Follow the steps to back up a game, but use this URL instead: https://caesarcub.itch.io/magical-battler-transfer-tool?secret=1kmWzFkk9qC9WqHAwMqvEBMZiw
- Follow the import steps with the file created on the previous step.
The file should be transferred correctly from one site to the other.
I hope these steps are not too complicated.
If there are any doubts I can try to help out.
Please be careful when overwriting data, because I have no way to help recover any lost save games.
Comments
CaesarCub
I'm still working on the new version. But this seemed like something useful to have for transferring saves from Itch.io
Mikha Bruin
Thank you, it's a very useful tool for in-browser games! My heart leapt when I thought it was an updated game version post... well, will work on saving the saves for now! Happy New Year!
