Which Half-Life 2/Ep1/Ep2 save files store what in my Steam folders?
I was hoping to find the answer to this question somewhere, since it seemed so simple, and since Half-Life 2 and Episode 1 and 2 are such popular story driven games, but with no luck. I have a multitude of files spread across my Steam folders, some of which I'm aware as to what they store, and some of which I'm asking this question for.
I already know that game save files for loading progress are stored under Steam\SteamApps\common\Half-Life 2\episodic\save as well as episodic\cfg but my question is about the files inside of Steam\userdata\60342540\203160\Storage and it can be noted that for this example I'm using Half-Life 2 Episode 1 (steamid: 203160) inside of the storage folder there are the files "profile.dat","save1.dat","save2.dat", as well as the user's spray within the folder "\materials\" and a config file within "\cfg\".
My best guess is that "profile.dat" stores the in-game settings, "save1.dat" and "save2.dat" indexes all of the save files that can be loaded. Looking at "config.cfg" in a text editor shows that it stores key bindings as well as all the pre-defined in-game variables. However, I'm still not certain about "profile.dat" and the various "save.dat".
What do "profile.dat" and the "save.dat" files store, at least for Half-Life 2/Ep1/Ep2?
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Where are half life saves stored?
Apparently the location changed from ~/Steam/SteamApps/common/Half-Life/SAVE to ~/Steam/SteamApps/common/Half-Life/valve/SAVE.What folder are Steam saves in?
Windows: C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Steam\\userdata Here, you should look for folders named Local, localLow, or roaming, search for the specific game and find the save files. You may also find them in Documents under the My Games folder.How do I access my Steam save files?
To find your save files, visit Valve's View Steam Cloud page in your web browser and sign in with your Steam account. You'll see a list of games using your Steam Cloud storage. Locate the game in the list\u2014and click \u201cShow Files\u201d to see all the files for a game.Locating save files within the Steam userdata folder
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