The version on GitHub is more recent, with a UI option to set where backup files should be saved. It has to be built from source. Fortunately, that's easy; it doesn't need any fancy setup; just load the solution in Visual Studio and hit Build.
I'm afraid writing a Visual Studio tutorial is a bit beyond me, but you should be able to find one online that shows you the basics. That said, the steps are: 1) download and extract the source files, 2) open the .sln file in Visual Studio, 3) press the "build solution" button at the top, and 4) locate the executable file it created, which is probably in a "Build", "out", or "dist" folder where the source is. One of the panels on the bottom of the application, "output" I think it is called, will contain text that describes what happened during the build, including the output folder.
And would it allow me to change which folder I want to backup its saves? Using different accounts, the current program only backups one folder and I can't choose another.
I might as well. If you don't trust me for any reason, you should build it from the source. It's not super complicated, but I know installing Visual Studio just for this one thing might be a bit much. https://drive.google.com/open?id=0By_du8NjegqCS0hZRmtlal9wNUU
in case you want this to work as a quick save - quick load function: F7 backs up your save and F10 Restores it (you can change that as you like). however you can do this: exit to main menu so the game saves (like before a boss or something) F7-> go back in -> die -> exit to main menu -> F10 -> Go back in you can also add similar line but change the save key and the output name of the folder like:
FileCopyDir (copies folder), Z:\something\ (Folder that will be copied), Z:\somethingAlse\ (Copy that will be name under a different name), 1 (one to overwrite existing folder, otherwise 0 to not overwrite if it already exists, if you are interested in that)
Keep in mind to change '[your username]' and also the folder '0110000100000666' might also be a different directory so change that too if your folder's name is different also... you might want to right click on it -> compile it to create an .exe file and run it as administrator each time you play. In case you have any issues administrator rights should solve them. It'll be a tray icon that you can right click->exit when you're done with it.
as a bonus you can make a batch file to run the game and the script at the same time (kinda): make .txt file and type:
'D:\Games\' -> example wherever your game is located. 'timeout 5' function gives you 5 seconds to click yes on the administrator prompt before proceeding to run the game. You can remove it entirely or change the 5 into... 3 or 2 seconds or whatever works for you well... GOOD LUCK
Considering it is 2018 and based on the 2017 comments, I'm better-off manually saving without this tool... meaning go my saved game location and making my own backup. Yeah, it defeats the purpose of the mod-tool but I'll be better-off in the long run.
Hello, i have an issue, i finished the game and i wanted to restore a backup save right before the end but doesnt work i click on 'restore a save' i select the BAK file i need it say it worked but it actually doesnt, the save file is corrupted What should i do ?
works,other than the fact that you have to know that it doesn't actually create a save until the time you set it to goes by,people doing this for the first time are going to assume it creates a backup right when you start it then again after the time it's set to has gone but nope,so i now have to go through the game again,if i ever decide to, which i probably wont cause of you, who knows how many people you have screwed over by not saying one simple thing.
Is there any way to change the save file path? The reason I ask is because with recent discoveries, family sharing on a separate account has fixed/improved the blue covenants and their summoning problems. The thing is, this tool only detects my regular steam account's save path, and thus will not back-up any saves while I'm playing on an alternate account, since it puts it in a different folder than the one the tool detects.
http://i.imgur.com/E7Mit1b.png Here you go. 2 Steam accounts playing on one computer produces 2 folders, each named after the ID one account, naturally. It's the steamID64 number in hexadecimal notation. My primary account has a steamID64 of 76561197993652622, so its save folder name is 0110000101fd718e. See here: http://steamidfinder.com/lookup/corrodias/ Each folder has a single file named "DS30000.sl2" inside, as you'd expect. Hopefully you won't mind if I don't include a screenshot of that.
Absolutely love this tool. Before I found this, I was just keeping the save folder open and making backups manually whenever I thought about it... which was usually after I wished I had a backup
I noticed before you said it only recognizes the first folder in the save game folder. I have 2 characters I play and switch between, and they each have their own folder in the Dark Souls 3 save folder. Is there anyway to make it use the other one so I can use this for my second character as well?
-=EDIT=-
Apparently I'm just dumb. While I do have the two folders in the save directory, the one folder that the app uses actually contains save data for both characters. I'm not quite sure what the other folder is used for. It has the same number format as the other folder, and contains what appears to be a save file in it as well... I decided to test it and cut/pasted the folder in question out of the save folder temporarily and ran the game, and was able to load up both character saves without issue. I since put the folder back, but not sure what it's for... Anyone have any ideas.
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And would it allow me to change which folder I want to backup its saves? Using different accounts, the current program only backups one folder and I can't choose another.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0By_du8NjegqCS0hZRmtlal9wNUU
Download 'AutoIt' and install it.
then create an 'Auto Hotkey Script'
edit it with notepad an write this:
#UseHook
Source = C:\Users\[Your Username]\AppData\Roaming\DarkSoulsIII\0110000100000666\
Destination = C:\Users\[Your Username]\AppData\Roaming\DarkSoulsIII\0110000100000666-bkp\
f7::
FileCopyDir, C:\Users\[Your Username]\AppData\Roaming\DarkSoulsIII\0110000100000666\, C:\Users\[Your Username]\AppData\Roaming\DarkSoulsIII\0110000100000666-bkp\ , 1
Start:
FileCopyDir, %Source%, %Destination%
TrayTip , Backup, Done !, 1
Return
f10::
FileCopyDir, C:\Users\[Your Username]\AppData\Roaming\DarkSoulsIII\0110000100000666-bkp\, C:\Users\[Your Username]\AppData\Roaming\DarkSoulsIII\0110000100000666\ , 1
TrayTip , Reload, Done !, 1 ;show for 1 seconds
return
in case you want this to work as a quick save - quick load function:
F7 backs up your save and F10 Restores it (you can change that as you like). however you can do this: exit to main menu so the game saves (like before a boss or something) F7-> go back in -> die -> exit to main menu -> F10 -> Go back in
you can also add similar line but change the save key and the output name of the folder like:
f7::
FileCopyDir, C:\Users\[Your Username]\AppData\Roaming\DarkSoulsIII\0110000100000666\, C:\Users\[Your Username]\AppData\Roaming\DarkSoulsIII\0110000100000666-bkp\ , 1
f8:
FileCopyDir, C:\Users\[Your Username]\AppData\Roaming\DarkSoulsIII\0110000100000666\, C:\Users\[Your Username]\AppData\Roaming\DarkSoulsIII\0110000100000666-another-bkp\ , 1
FileCopyDir (copies folder), Z:\something\ (Folder that will be copied), Z:\somethingAlse\ (Copy that will be name under a different name), 1 (one to overwrite existing folder, otherwise 0 to not overwrite if it already exists, if you are interested in that)
Keep in mind to change '[your username]' and also the folder '0110000100000666' might also be a different directory so change that too if your folder's name is different
also... you might want to right click on it -> compile it to create an .exe file and run it as administrator each time you play. In case you have any issues administrator rights should solve them. It'll be a tray icon that you can right click->exit when you're done with it.
as a bonus you can make a batch file to run the game and the script at the same time (kinda):
make .txt file and type:
@echo off
start "Backup.exe" "D:\Games\Dark Souls 3\Game\Backup.exe"
timeout 5
start "DarkSoulsIII.exe" "D:\Games\Dark Souls 3\Game\DarkSoulsIII.exe"
exit
change that file.txt to file.bat
'D:\Games\' -> example wherever your game is located.
'timeout 5' function gives you 5 seconds to click yes on the administrator prompt before proceeding to run the game. You can remove it entirely or change the 5 into... 3 or 2 seconds or whatever works for you
well... GOOD LUCK
i click on 'restore a save' i select the BAK file i need it say it worked but it actually doesnt, the save file is corrupted
What should i do ?
Is there any way to change the save file path? The reason I ask is because with recent discoveries, family sharing on a separate account has fixed/improved the blue covenants and their summoning problems. The thing is, this tool only detects my regular steam account's save path, and thus will not back-up any saves while I'm playing on an alternate account, since it puts it in a different folder than the one the tool detects.
Thanks for the work!
Here you go. 2 Steam accounts playing on one computer produces 2 folders, each named after the ID one account, naturally. It's the steamID64 number in hexadecimal notation. My primary account has a steamID64 of 76561197993652622, so its save folder name is 0110000101fd718e. See here: http://steamidfinder.com/lookup/corrodias/
Each folder has a single file named "DS30000.sl2" inside, as you'd expect. Hopefully you won't mind if I don't include a screenshot of that.
I noticed before you said it only recognizes the first folder in the save game folder. I have 2 characters I play and switch between, and they each have their own folder in the Dark Souls 3 save folder. Is there anyway to make it use the other one so I can use this for my second character as well?
-=EDIT=-
Apparently I'm just dumb. While I do have the two folders in the save directory, the one folder that the app uses actually contains save data for both characters. I'm not quite sure what the other folder is used for. It has the same number format as the other folder, and contains what appears to be a save file in it as well... I decided to test it and cut/pasted the folder in question out of the save folder temporarily and ran the game, and was able to load up both character saves without issue. I since put the folder back, but not sure what it's for... Anyone have any ideas.
How does this thing even work.