HW2 Missing folder?

[fu12]

So i beat the campaign and i wanted to go back and do it all over again while cheating.....unfortunately i appear to be missing the persist.lua that is needed to hack the campaign. I know it should exist, but my entire profiles directory is sort of missing. Anyone know why that might be?

[ÜberJumper]

Search your machine for the file. You can also search for a directory named after your profile name.

[ORCACommander]

C:\Program Files (x86)\Sierra\Homeworld2\Bin\Profiles\Profile1\Campaign\ASCENSION
(Vista/W7 64 bit)

there is a file named for each mission number

[fu12]

my point is that in the profiles folder, there is only an empty folder labeled Badges. Nothing else. No hidden files. Nothing. And i've done a full computer search for anything labeled persist. Nothing. The campaign still carries over units from the last mission....but how its doing that without the persist.lua, ive no idea.

[TON_Viper]

Here's a thought: Vista and Windows 7 are a bit picky with how programs are allowed to access the program files folder. If you're playing the game in one of those operating systems, take a look in the C:\ProgramData\ folder instead. That is where Windows allows programs to keep files they would normally save in their program folders if it disallows them from placing them there. It is a hidden folder, so you'll have to enable showing hidden folders to see it.

[fu12]

Nope. Not there either....

[ÜberJumper]

It's on your PC, it has to be.

Try using a file monitor program to record what files the Homeworld2 executable is accessing.

Also, check to make sure you're actually running HW2 from where you think you're running it.

[ORCACommander]

you can get it to write to its program folder if you run in admin mode

[TON_Viper]

Personally I just make a c:\games\ folder which I use for all of my games instead of C:\program files\

This has the benefit of totally sidestepping all of those admin issues older games can have with Vista / Windows 7.