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--- save_data [2025/12/02 11:51] – Magoloric link update francis
+++ save_data [2026/04/06 21:06] (current) – Overhauled page braixenfan
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 ====== Save Data ======
-The **save data** for //Oh So Hero!// is stored in your **user folder**, not the app folder. This allows the save data to automatically carry over across new versions of the game. If moving to a new computer, make sure to backup the user folder save data. The location of this differs for each operating system, as detailed in the sections below.
+The **save data** for //Oh So Hero!// is stored outside of its installation folder. This allows the save data to automatically carry over across new versions of the game. The location of this differs for each operating system, as detailed in the sections below.
 ===== Managing Data In-Game =====
-You can delete your save files in-game. When selecting a save slot, instead of picking Continue, pick Erase. The only data you can't erase in-game currently is gallery data; in that case, you'll need to manage it out of game.
+The player can create, update and delete save-files in game.
+To create a new Save file, navigate to the main menu and select an available save slot. Doing so will immediately start the game, playing the beginning cutscene and placing the player in the [[Sheo Islands Beach]] with an empty inventory, ready to start their adventure.
+The game manages two kinds of save files, gallery data and game save files, both will automatically be updated by the game after the player performs any action that warrants it. The gallery data file is updated after every scene the player encounters, this is so the player can later visit the [[Gallery]] and have direct access to every animation they've naturally encountered in their playthroughs, regardless of which save file. Actual game save files work just like in any other game, logging the player's progress as they venture through the game and keeping track of their current inventory, location, status, etc. This save file is updated with the player's current adventure every time they step over an [[Gameplay#Entrance]] or after a Game Over.
+Finally, to delete a save file, the player has to navigate to the main menu and select the save slot they want to clear, and instead of picking Continue, pick Erase. This opens the save slot for the player to create a new file and start a fresh adventure. Gallery data cannot be deleted from inside the game.
 ===== Managing Data Out of Game =====
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 ==== 🪟 Windows ====
-At your Desktop, press **Windows+R** on your keyboard to open the Run window.
+Your save files are stored in the user's ''LocalLow'' folder, to reach this folder easily, press **Windows+R** on your keyboard to open the **Run** window. Next, copy and paste the following line into the "__O__pen:" textbox and click OK:
-Next, copy and paste the following line into the "__O__pen:" textbox and click OK:
 **''%USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\Full Frontal Frog\Oh So Hero!''**
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   * **GalleryData.es3**
   * **SaveFile01.es3** (also **02**, **03**)
+These files store the metadata necessary to keep scenes unlocked in the [[Gallery]], and also your game progress respectively.
 Additionally, **Player Prefs** are stored in the Registry:
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 **''Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Full Frontal Frog\Oh So Hero!''**
-=== Resetting Options and Key Bindings ===
+For a rundown on how to clear Player preferences, like your controller bindings and graphics configurations, see [[Troubleshooting#I accidentally goofed my options or key bindings. What do?|the Troubleshooting page]].
-If you accidentally goofed your options or key bindings, there is a solution. On Windows, you can reset all of your options by running a simple command on the command line:
-''REG DELETE "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Full Frontal Frog\Oh So Hero!" /f''
-This will not affect your save data or gallery data.
-Alternatively, you can download this batch file, then double-click it to run it:
-[[https://www.dropbox.com/s/k73lqbotqmms14e/OSH%20Reset%20Options.bat?dl=0]]
 ==== 🍎 macOS ====
-Using **Finder**, press **Shift+Cmd+G** (Go to Folder) or Navigate to the following location:
+Using **Finder**, press **Shift+Cmd+G** (Go to Folder) or navigate to:
 ''~/Library/Application Support/Full Frontal Frog/Oh So Hero!''
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 You'll find **GalleryData.es3** and **SaveFile01.es3** here.
-=== macOS Alternate Locations ===
+=== Alternate Locations ===
-If you're using macOS with Apple Silicon, the path may be different.
+Depending on the game version, save data may be stored in a different folder:
-On macOS 10.15 Catalina with Oh So Hero build version up to 0.20.800 the pathway is:
+For builds up to [[changelog_v0.20#Oh So Hero! v0.20.800 Bug Fix Build|version 0.20.800]]:
 ''~/Library/Application Support/co.ff-f.OhSoHero''
-With Oh So Hero build version from 0.21.000 onward the pathway is:
+For builds from [[changelog_v0.21_to_v0.24#Oh So Hero! v0.21.000|version 0.21.000]] onward:
 ''~/Library/Application Support/com.FullFrontalFrog.OhSoHero''
+On Apple Silicon Macs, installations may sometimes use a different location (for example, due to Rosetta or reinstallations). If you cannot find your save files, check all of the paths above.
 ==== 🐧 Linux / Steam Deck ====
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 Although we are able to build for Linux, our knowledge of the platform is limited. If you know the location of said files for a particular Linux OS that differs from this location, please [[contact|contact us]] so we may update this information.
-===== Limitations =====
+===== Steam Cloud =====
-If you are moving to v1.00.000 (Act 1) from an older version, we recommend you erase your data and start a new save, as old data may cause your game to crash or hang.
+If you are playing //Oh So Hero!// on Steam, it will use Steam Cloud by default to sync your save files. This works cross-platform on all the locations listed above.
-On a similar note, save data from a version older than 0.15 (//Pre Edition II//) is not compatible with newer builds of the game.
+This can be enabled or disabled within Steam itself in ''Settings -> Cloud'' for the global setting, or individually within the game's ''properties -> General -> Steam cloud''.
-===== Steam Cloud =====
+===== Limitations =====
+If you are moving to [[changelog_v1.00_to_v1.08#Oh So Hero! v1.00.000|version 1.00.000]] (Act 1) from an older version, we recommend you erase your data and start a new save, as old data may cause your game to crash or hang.
+On a similar note, save data from a version older than [[changelog_v0.15#Oh So Hero! Pre Edition II (v0.15.000)|version 0.15]] (//Pre Edition II//) is not compatible with newer builds of the game.
-If you are playing //Oh So Hero!// on Steam, it will use Steam Cloud by default to sync your save files. This works cross-platform on all the locations listed above. If you are migrating to the Steam version from an older version of the game, you may want to erase your data and start a new save. Old data may trigger achievements prematurely and could also cause the game to crash or hang.
+While migrating save data from [[changelog_v0.15#Oh So Hero! Pre Edition II (v0.15.000)|version 0.15]] into [[changelog_v0.16#Oh So Hero! v0.16.000|version 0.16]] is entirely possible, 0.15 did not generate a [[Gallery]] metadata file, meaning that the player's unlocked scenes aren't kept track of in the earlier version and the player will need to encounter them again to unlock them in the gallery.
 ===== Save Files =====
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 ==== v0.19.000 ====
-The following data is old and is no longer recommended for most players.
+The following data is only intended to be used in earlier versions of the game, it is not recommended to use these files on the release builds and onwards.
 [[https://wiki.ohsohero.com/_media/osh_savefiles_0.19.000_magoloric.zip