How do I transfer Borderlands 2 game save files onto another account or computer?

How do I move the game save from my friend's Steam account onto my account? This is on the same computer.

Also, how do I put game save files on a hard drive and move it onto a different computer?

The game I'm trying to do this on is Borderlands 2 on Mac OS X Version 10.7.5.

Best Answer

Borderlands 2 savegames are stored in

Windows:

C:\Users\[user]\Documents\My Games\Borderlands 2\WillowGame\SaveData\__numerical_id__\

Mac:

~/Library/Application Support/Borderlands 2/WillowGame/SaveData/__numerical_id__/

Just copy the folder from one Computer to the other.

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Quick Answer about "How do I transfer Borderlands 2 game save files onto another account or computer?"

In the main menu of Borderlands 2 select the character you wish to transfer.

Select the bottom option on the menu, “Cross-Save”

While connected to the Sony Entertainment Network/PSN select “Upload Current Character”

How do I transfer my Borderlands 2 character to another account?

the save games are stored in your \\Documents folder (that is if you're a windows user), there's a Borderlands 2 directory in \\My Games, the saves are in \\Documents\\My Games\\Borderlands 2\\WillowGame\\SaveData, there's a folder with a numeric name, copy/paste that folder in your other computer.

How do you transfer Borderlands 2 saves to PC?

You can transfer the game progress from your Windows 10 PC to your new Windows 10 PC manually by copying the folder with game saves.

Can you transfer game saves from one computer to another?

Just like on the Windows edition of the game, inside the SaveData folder will be a folder named after your Steam ID, within which you can find your Borderlands 2 save files.

Borderlands 2 importing character saves \

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Answer 2

For mac user that got the game from app store, here we go:

Go to terminal and paste this command:

defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles YES

then go to user:

admin user (you) -> library -> containers -> com.aspyr.borderlands2.appstore -> data -> library -> application support -> borderlands 2 -> willowgame -> save data

Done.

Answer 3

OK, apparently the previous messages didn't take into account permissions or SteamPlay cloud sync.

First thing you want to do is turn off SteamPlay cloud sync on your account (the one you are copying to) Then you need to copy the game files (mentioned in the other answers). If you don't have read permission, from your account make sure to set that up on your friend's account.

After that you may need to change the permissions on the new save. (I'm not sure if finder's copy routine defaults to parent directory permissions or source directory permissions. It's best to check and change them if necessary.)

Finally you need to open the game with with the new save file, quit it, turn back on SteamPlay cloud sync, and then open and close the game again to sync the saves to SteamPlay.

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