First off the way my folders are set up is slightly different than what your code expects to find. Here's the text address of where my saves reside:
I:\Documents\NBGI\DARK SOULS REMASTERED\28696054
I have no idea why that extra folder with a number in it is there? But anyway, I was able to fiddle with the code in backupcmd.bat so that at least the save was backed up correctly. Here's what I changed:
> set backupdir=I:\Documents\Dark SoulsRemasteredBackup > %backupcmd% "I:\Documents\NBGI\DARK SOULS REMASTERED\28696054" "%backupdir%\saves"
And that did work.
But when I ran the restore backup? No matter what, and I've tried everything (I know a little about bat files), I always get the "0 files copied" message which supposedly means that the files are identical ... even though they aren't. It's almost like there's a third file caught up in this mess ... but I swear I think that number in the path is goofing things up, somehow? Or maybe that my Documents folder is on the I drive? Surely not?
Please help? I know I can manually copy the backup and paste it over the true save ... but would much rather use your nice bat files as intended. :) Thanks in advance if you can help me out!
Hi! Sorry for the slow reply, the numbered folder within your dark souls remastered folder seem to correlate with your steam ID. The backup bat file is intended to copy the entire DARK SOULS REMASTERED folder, not the lower level folder. I expect the issue is probably related to your Documents folder being on your I: Drive like you suggest but I'm not 100% sure how to fix that as I don't often write in batch script. I'm working on a more in-depth program at the moment written in C++ that souls hopefully fix your issue but other than that I'm unsure.
When I startup the batch file it tries to search for Dark Souls Remastered and it says File not found. Does the batch file have to be placed in the save folder or in the DSR data folder where the exe is? I ran the batch file in both places and pressed a key to continue and it kept failing to find DSR. Will that be an issue or is that normal?
What exactly does it say? There are two main reasons for not copying your files: - If your files aren't in documents\NBGI\DARK SOULS REMASTERED then it will fail to find them - If the last backup it made is newer or identical to the current active files
Are you sure you're using the right version? If you use the incorrect batch file it won't be able to find the correct folder. Sorry for not providing a lot of support on this, I'm working on a more in depth solution.
It pisses me off that the creator of the Watchdog mod for Dark Souls Prepare Edition decided to not port over the mod to the Remaster. It's ridiculous that they decided to not do it. Just because Fromsoft is lazy with basically everything doesn't mean he should forsake the community and let us be completely vulnerable to hackers. with the Watchdog program at least we could kick certain hackers from our world.
he decided not to make it, so that fromsoft has no options but to either watch their community die or to fix their games themselfs rather then rely on the consumers to do it themselves.
Though the creator has said he wont port it because he doesn't want to support From's lazy work/outsourced work, It's unfortunately not as simple as just porting it; the mod would almost need to be remade from scratch.
Just a Quick question, Using the regular version as i don't use one drive. Where is the tool backing up the save file. I was running it tonight and it appears to have been doing something but i cant find where it put the backups?
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First off the way my folders are set up is slightly different than what your code expects to find. Here's the text address of where my saves reside:
I:\Documents\NBGI\DARK SOULS REMASTERED\28696054
I have no idea why that extra folder with a number in it is there? But anyway, I was able to fiddle with the code in backupcmd.bat so that at least the save was backed up correctly. Here's what I changed:
> set backupdir=I:\Documents\Dark SoulsRemasteredBackup
> %backupcmd% "I:\Documents\NBGI\DARK SOULS REMASTERED\28696054" "%backupdir%\saves"
And that did work.
But when I ran the restore backup? No matter what, and I've tried everything (I know a little about bat files), I always get the "0 files copied" message which supposedly means that the files are identical ... even though they aren't. It's almost like there's a third file caught up in this mess ... but I swear I think that number in the path is goofing things up, somehow? Or maybe that my Documents folder is on the I drive? Surely not?
Please help? I know I can manually copy the backup and paste it over the true save ... but would much rather use your nice bat files as intended. :) Thanks in advance if you can help me out!
- If your files aren't in documents\NBGI\DARK SOULS REMASTERED then it will fail to find them
- If the last backup it made is newer or identical to the current active files
Sorry for not providing a lot of support on this, I'm working on a more in depth solution.
for anyone else struggling with basic reading like me
C:\Users\(Username here)\Documents\Dark SoulsRemasteredBackup\saves
I did this never before in any Dark Souls game.