james-firth / hyper-save-drifter

For those who drift between computers. A commandline tool for migrating Hyper Light Drifter saves between computers.

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✋ Stop! Back up your save files before use. Note: This program has only been tested moving from Windows to Linux so far. More testing will be done. Please make github issues for any feature suggestions or problem that arise.

Installation

• Currently no setup required! Just run hyper_save_drifter.py
  • If you are not familiar with python, please install python and then run the command (via commandline) python hyper_save_drifter.py from the folder you copied this to.

Usage

hyper_save_drifter.py -h will show help

1. Copy your old save file from your other computer to your new computer
   • Save Game Locations (Depends on OS)
2. Create a new save file on your new computer
   1. Start a new game and watch (or skip) the initial cutscene
   2. The game should now auto-save
   3. Once it has saved, exit the game.
3. Find the save file you just created
   • Save Game Locations (Depends on OS)
4. Run python hyper_save_drifter.py /path/to/my_old.sav /path/to/temp.sav [--save-num save_slot_number] [--change-name my_new_filename]
   • Replace the paths with the path to your old save file and your temp save (created in Step 2)
     • eg: C:/Users/James/Download/from_old_pc.sav or /home/James/Downloads/from_old_pc.sav
   • --save-num is optional if you want to set the save slot number to something (default is 4th slot)
     • NOTE: The saves are zero-indexed. Therefore, to save in slot 1 set --save-num 0 to save in slot 4 set --save-num 3
   • --change-name is optional and changes the name your your save file.

Plans/To-Do

• GUI interface for people who don't like CLIs
• More checks and confirmations to ensure everyone is happy with the result.
• Back-up files before doing anything.
• Test more OS versions to be safe.

License

Back up your save files before you use this! Despite testing, things can go wrong and I wouldn't want anyone's files being deleted. I am not responsible if your save file is lost, corrupted or otherwise damaged. Again BACK UP YOU SAVE FILES

The MIT License (MIT)

Copyright (c) 2016 James Firth

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