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Is there a way for me to export my characters somewhere other than my hard drive or the cloud?

20884322088432 Member Posts: 229
in Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition
My computer had to be completely reset and the cloud saves were no longer there when I restored my computer. Is there a way for me to save them on a USB drive or better yet a DVD?

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  • sarevok57sarevok57 Member Posts: 6,021
    you can easily save them on a USB, you can just transfer your save file on to a stick, or export your character folders on to a USB stick as well

    ( although by default exported characters will always export to the original character file so any new characters that you export you will have to manually transfer over to a USB )
  • 20884322088432 Member Posts: 229
    sarevok57 wrote: »
    you can easily save them on a USB, you can just transfer your save file on to a stick, or export your character folders on to a USB stick as well

    ( although by default exported characters will always export to the original character file so any new characters that you export you will have to manually transfer over to a USB )

    How do I do that?
  • jmerryjmerry Member Posts: 3,941
    It's just a file (two, actually). Wherever your "save" folder is, there should also be a folder for "characters". Copy the __.chr and __.bio files for whichever exported character you're interested in to anywhere else and do what you want with it.
  • 20884322088432 Member Posts: 229
    where are the folders that the files are in though? I have no 'save' or character file that I can see. I installed it from steam and its in its program 86x >steam>steamapps etc folder but I can't find any of these things in the baldur's gate ii enhanced edition folder in steam apps
  • 20884322088432 Member Posts: 229
    and what will the format be for tha character files?
  • Grond0Grond0 Member Posts: 7,461
    edited May 2021
    By default the save files (along with character information, portraits and screenshots) are in >documents>Baldurs Gate II - Enhanced Edition

    Character files are .bio and .chr which are read by the game engine
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