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Make 2 or more saves, Switch Save
By Kauna23
Restart a game deleting existing save or switch between 2 (or more) saves
   
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Category: Game Modes, Gameplay Basics, Modding or Configuration, Walkthroughs
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Make 2 (or more) saves 
Show hidden folders on Windows 
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Make 2 (or more) saves
You can make as well different saves for 2 or more separately games

- Go to Library - No Man's Sky - Proprieties and disable Steam Cloud option under Update tab
- Go to WIndows install HDD ex.. C:\ - C:\User\your name\AppData\Roaming\HelloGames (appdata folder is hidden see below, a short way is to digit %appdata% in Cortana search)
- cut the NMS folder and paste somewhere else (ex on desktop), this folder will be save n°1
- Then start a new game that will create a new NMS folder, this folder will be save n°2.
- Every time you want to switch a save simply cut the NMS folder and replace with the other
- Steam Cloud must remain disabled for obviously reasons

You can make every saves you want
Pre order remain active at the restart of a new game
Show hidden folders on Windows
*To show Hidden Folders
Control Panel -- Appearence and Personalization -- File Explorer Options -- View

54 Comments
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Grymm 10 Aug, 2018 @ 1:32am 
My basic process, and certainly with the second Freighter-acquisition 'bug', is to:

1. Before playing per day, go and make a simple dated duplication for the folder in: X:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Roaming\HelloGames\NMS (I add the date to the end)
2. Start game. Play, etc.
3. ALWAYS carry at least one Beacon with you and place it at strategic times to force a Save. As this is not the Save you get climbing out of ship or getting a new ship/freighter, etc. it means you have a Save that will not be overwritten.

IF I have some disaster, I can revert to that Manual save. If I have a complete disaster, I can revert to the folder-save I did earlier. I lose some play time, but it's not a complete disaster.

I am sure there are other better solutions, but this simple solution works for me :steamhappy:
Друг 29 Nov, 2016 @ 10:53am 
Rename it "How to switch saves", cuz after newest update you can delete them
II-6thLA(F)Sgt.protocore 27 Oct, 2016 @ 8:11pm 
press windows+r/insert:%appdata%/delete hello game folder/relaunch the game/save your first game
Apex 27 Oct, 2016 @ 4:51pm 
I just want to delete the last couple of saves how do i do that?
II-6thLA(F)Sgt.protocore 26 Oct, 2016 @ 9:34pm 
salut sandtrooper ,
appuies sur ta touche windows+r,une fenetre s'ouvre tu entre:%appdata%,valide,supprime le dossier hello game,relaunch ton jeu , fait ta premiere sauvegarde,c'est bon normalement
sandstrooper- [debute] [french] 1 Oct, 2016 @ 8:32am 
bonjour les gens, voila j'essaie de delete ma sauvegarde mais j'y arive pas meme avec vos detail quelqu'un aurais t'il une autres solution.
merci
InhumAnts 19 Aug, 2016 @ 11:33pm 
@Aetheogh dude when you make a new game make sure not to save or hop in/ out of your ship and you should be able to just relaunch the game to give you a new planet. Not saving on a fresh file = New Planet on Launch :)
Lord947 17 Aug, 2016 @ 11:13am 
El juego seme inicia pero la pantalla seme queda en negro pero se oye la musica y todo lo demas pero no veo nada, que puedo hacer para solucionar el problema? os lo agradeceria mucho
Daddy Thickinis 17 Aug, 2016 @ 12:45am 
So I was 40 ours in the game and it reset me to nothing where can I locate saves or something so I can get back to where I was
Awkward White Male 16 Aug, 2016 @ 9:13pm 
My question is, could you follow these steps to potentially force NMS to play your original save. It keeps bringing me to the "Initialize" screen, I have 19 hours in, but it will not load my save file.