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Title: File Location
Post by: Wizard Indie Games on June 29, 2020, 06:51:54 AM
Like all good game developers I need to make backups of my work. Strangely, I can't seem to find the folder where my projects are.

Could someone please help?

BTW, sorry for all the stupid questions but I am just trying to get started.
Title: Re: File Location
Post by: Setap on June 29, 2020, 08:40:38 AM
C:\Users\{insert your name here}\AppData\Local\Platform_Builder\Slot1

the 1 can be changed from 1 to 8 depending on which slot you used for the game
Title: Re: File Location
Post by: Wizard Indie Games on June 29, 2020, 10:27:02 AM
Excellent. Thank you very much!
Title: Re: File Location
Post by: TingThing on June 29, 2020, 02:02:02 PM
Don't forget that you can also export your games for PB from the main menu game selection screen. Save those exports somewhere to be used as a backup. And levels automatically save backups which you can access under menu in the course editor.
Title: Re: File Location
Post by: Wizard Indie Games on July 03, 2020, 09:30:38 AM
Can the exported game be loaded into PB for editing?
Title: Re: File Location
Post by: Setap on July 03, 2020, 04:58:30 PM
Can the exported game be loaded into PB for editing?
If you choose to save it has a PB file then yes
Title: Re: File Location
Post by: CGM on July 03, 2020, 10:52:22 PM
It's a PBX file. PBX files are PB game files which can be used to send to TingThing to read your game and fix issues, or used to send games between computers, and for saving backups. It's basically like a Zip file with all of your PB game data, and you can just put it into other copies of PB. It's just like Game Maker's GMZ (or whatever kind of file it's called) files.
Title: Re: File Location
Post by: Wizard Indie Games on July 05, 2020, 01:44:16 PM
Good to know. Thanks.