moormaster / CloudSavegameLink

Link save game directories to cloud synced directories

CloudSavegameLink

A simple set of batch scripts for replacing save games directories of games with symlinks to cloud synced directories

Usage

1. Place the script in any directory

2. Optionally create a global-config.bat file in the same directory

    + C:\..\ScriptDir  
    |-- CloudSavegameLink.bat     core script
    |-- global-config.bat         optional script where additional global variables can be set
   

3. For each game ...

   1. find out the savegame location ( i.e. by looking it up on https://pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Home )

   2. create a folder with a config.bat containing one line:

       set savedir=C:\Savegame\Path\Of\Game
      

   3. execute cmd.exe with administrator rights (needed for creating symlinks to directories)

       C:\..\ScriptDir\CloudSavegameLink.bat "C:\..\CloudSyncedDir\Savegames\MyFavoriteGame"
      

Example

You have created a global-config.bat like this:

    + C:\Scripts
    |-- global-config.bat
        set steamdir=C:\Games\Steam\SteamApps\common
        set origindir=C:\Games\Origin Games

Your cloud synced directory could look like

    + C:\Dropbox
    |-+ Savegames
    | |-+ MyFavoriteGame
    | | |-- config.bat:
                set savedir=C:\Savegame\Path\Of\MyFavoriteGame 
    | |-+ SteamGame
    | | |-- config.bat:
                set savedir=%steamdir%\SteamGame\saves
    | |-+ OriginGame
    | | |-- config.bat:
                set savedir=%origindir%\OriginGame\saves
    | |-+ OtherGame
    | | |-- config.bat:
                set savedir=C:\Some\Other\Game\saves

To replace the original savegame locations of each game you ran the following commands in cmd.exe

    C:\Scripts\CloudSavegameLink.bat "C:\Dropbox\Savegames\MyFavoriteGame"
    C:\Scripts\CloudSavegameLink.bat "C:\Dropbox\Savegames\SteamGame"
    C:\Scripts\CloudSavegameLink.bat "C:\Dropbox\Savegames\OriginGame"
    C:\Scripts\CloudSavegameLink.bat "C:\Dropbox\Savegames\OtherGame"

The savegame directories of your games are now linked to the dropbox location

    C:\Savegame\Path\Of\MyFavoriteGame              <==> C:\Dropbox\Savegames\MyFavoriteGame
    C:\Games\Steam\SteamApps\common\SteamGame\saves <==> C:\Dropbox\Savegames\SteamGame
    C:\Games\Origin Games\OriginGame\saves          <==> C:\Dropbox\Savegames\OriginGame
    C:\Some\Other\Game\saves                        <==> C:\Dropbox\Savegames\OtherGame