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The Continue Playing menu isn't showing many of the saved game folders that I have. Now, some of those folders are not showing up because I Abandoned the fortress, but I copied those files out and then pasted them back into the save game folder after abandoning them, so shouldn't they show up now? --[[User:Romeofalling|Romeofalling]] 01:21, 27 September 2010 (UTC)
 
The Continue Playing menu isn't showing many of the saved game folders that I have. Now, some of those folders are not showing up because I Abandoned the fortress, but I copied those files out and then pasted them back into the save game folder after abandoning them, so shouldn't they show up now? --[[User:Romeofalling|Romeofalling]] 01:21, 27 September 2010 (UTC)
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:Um... in order to safely savescum, you need to copy the ENTIRE region folder as a unit.  Copying bits and pieces out of that folder, and then pasting them back in, won't necessarily create a valid savegame. --[[User:DeMatt|DeMatt]] 06:43, 27 September 2010 (UTC)

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The Continue Playing menu isn't showing many of the saved game folders that I have. Now, some of those folders are not showing up because I Abandoned the fortress, but I copied those files out and then pasted them back into the save game folder after abandoning them, so shouldn't they show up now? --Romeofalling 01:21, 27 September 2010 (UTC)

Um... in order to safely savescum, you need to copy the ENTIRE region folder as a unit. Copying bits and pieces out of that folder, and then pasting them back in, won't necessarily create a valid savegame. --DeMatt 06:43, 27 September 2010 (UTC)