Is there a way to backup casino game saves to prevent corruption?
Hi folks, I run a wiki and forum for casino gamers. Some people have reported having their slot machine progress wiped out. What's the most reliable way of backing up casino game save files? What tips, tricks, software, or advice do you have?
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Casino games typically store their save games on a player’s local machine, typically in the game installation folder or the game’s AppData folder. Remind players to back up their local save games to an external hard drive or cloud storage service such as Dropbox or Google Drive.
Second, many casino games – particularly online slots – also use accounts to save play. So, suggest checking whether your games or even the casino website provides “cloud saves. ”
last piece of advice: many users don’t know where to store their save files. Consider adding a few basic tips about where to locate the files (on PS3, PC, XBox 360 etc) for the most popular games – you may be surprised how much this can help.
Finally, if the user’s save data gets deleted, it may be able to be recovered. Have them restore from an older backup. And confirm that it restores the save data properly before deleting the restore file.
If people are losing their slot machine progress, that’s probably because of bad save files. The first line of defense is to keep manual backups of your save files, which you can find in system gt; user gt; game, or a folder named after the particular casino game within the casino appdata. You could copy this to Google Drive, an external drive, or USB stick. It would be good practice to name the file with the date and keep multiple copies. Many of these games will have autosave functionality – check the settings. You could also see about running a nightly script on the local server (if there is one) to back things up, although you’d want to make sure players don’t close the game client while playing.