When running the game from the executable file (.exe) it does launch the game but all my characters and progress do not load (it is like I opened the game for the first time). This happens even if Steam is already open. By running it from the URL shortcut, it works fine.
Every other game in steam I have doesn’t do this.
The reason I’m doing this is that I run my games from inside Kodi, and Kodi doesn’t run Games from urls only from .lnk
I know this is trivial, but any help is much appreciated!
I have tried to find out more about using kodi to launch .exe files. It seems it is not an encouraged practice do this because of a multitude of reasons, including security.
As to your issue, it looks like there is a gap between the .exe file being launched through Kodi and it not finding your save files (those are located in AppData - LocalLow - Moon Studios - NoRestForTheWicked - Datastore - 24313).
Maybe with that info you can find a solution.
Since this is a self-inflicted problem, we cannot offer you support. (Because the fix would be; stop using Kodi to launch the game)
Your best bet is finding a solution yourself, or maybe someone with enough technical knowledge can aid you by seeing your topic.
I will move your topic to General, and wish you the best of luck!
Thank you for your reply! I did not expect official support for this problem of course, just some advice! But Kodi doesn’t have to do with it. Even if you run it by the .exe it has this behavior. I just find it strange that this is the only game that does that. Every other game when running the .exe (instead of the url) opens steam and loads saved data and everything…
I would like for you to start with submitting some files, which files they are and where they can be found you can read here: How to Properly Report Bugs!
Unfortunately, I did not track this behavior (I did install the game just recently to my media center). I will try the solution you proposed, but I think it will not help because the game saves do load when I run it by the url shotcut. Additionaly the same behavior does occur to my main pc also (so I do not think that there is a corrupted file that causes the “problem”). Again, thank you for your interest!
So every game installed in steam creates a shortcut on desktop (a URL that points to the Steam Library and not a .lnk that points to the .exe) and a folder (with the Game data, of course) under “\Steam\steamapps\common\GameName”. In this folder is located the executable (.exe) of the game.
When I run the CoH 3 executable (RelicCoH3.exe), Steam app is opening (if it is not open already) and the game runs as if I have run it normally (from the shortcut or the library), with all saved data and progress. And this happens with every game I have (or had in the past) installed in Steam app.
When I run NRFTW
From the URL shortcut or from inside the Steam app it is working fine and all the data and progress is loaded as it should.
When I execute the game from the executable (NoRestForTheWicked.exe), regardless if Steam is open or not (it doesn’t open automatically like CohH3 and all the other games) the game data and progress do not load.
Hello again. For the moment you’ll have to wait a bit for the next patch, which will fix this automatically.
Please, launch the game from Steam until this is fixed, don’t launch it using the exe file. The progress you do right now playing directly from the exe will most likely not carry over automatically once this is fixed, since it’s being saved under “LOCAL” and not your Steam ID.
If you already did play from the exe and want your progress moved to Steam, feel free to reach out to me on Discord (cascaseno).
. I’ll keep you updated.