Saving RTW on Vista Problem

[Good Ship Chuckle]

Thank you for the quick response!

So is this a problem that everyone using Vista has? Including yourself?

I'll also try copying the folder into the real directory, and see if the game recognizes it.

[Thor the Bassist]

Thank you for the quick response!

So is this a problem that everyone using Vista has? Including yourself?

Hehe, no sorry I dont use Microcrap Vista still on XP I've just found files in Appdata before. I'm not impressed by the fact Vista puts saves in there to be honest. Perhaps a Vista user will know if you can change the setting to stop that directory being moved. I remember being insulted when XP asked me whether I wanted to view program files because I could damage my machine, I thought "I've been doing this on 98SE why not tell me before". Then I promptly disobeyed it and made the directory viewable.

[Good Ship Chuckle]

Ah-ha! Shazaaam!

I'll also try copying the folder into the real directory, and see if the game recognizes it.

It worked. I copied the missing folders that were in the mysterious directory (which btw were the saves, temp, preferences, and custom folders) and pasted them directly into the actual RTW directory. I then played the game, created a save, and then looked for it in the save folder in the actual RTW directory and there it was! All I had to do was some old fashion copy and pasting. Btw, I completely deleted the mysterious directory once I was done copying and pasting.

Thanks for your help Thor the Bassist. Though I wish I would've gotten some input from someone who uses Vista, as to whether they too have the same saving problem.

Another bug bites the dust!

[HouseOfHam]

Welcome to Vista. You have found the "User Account Control: Virtualize file and registry write failures to per-user locations" feature.

More information here:

http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=106639

[Thor the Bassist]

"User Account Control: Virtualize file and registry write failures to per-user locations"

Heck. Someone really needs to tell Microcrap that that doesn't make them sound clever at all.

[Motep]

Or, you could click the "compatability files" link at the top of the folder, and it will show you the things that are in appdata.

But the cop/paste makes things much simpler....

[HouseOfHam]

Copy/paste is not a solution. You will see the file in explorer, but that's not the file the game will actually be saving your game to, unless you turn off the UAC feature.