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S2-savegames-guide.md

Small Shapez 2 savegames guide

Last updated : 0.0.8

Accessing a savegame

  1. In-game, go in the 'Play' menu and click the 'Show Folder' buttonshow folder button

  2. Still in that menu, get the UID located in the bottom of your savegamesavegame UID

  3. In the folder that opened at step 1, open the folder whose name is that UID

  4. What's in that folder is all the backups of your savegame

Recovering a savegame

If you are unable to play your savegame

  1. Access your savegame with the above steps

  2. Locate the most recent backup, it's the one with the highest number after backup-v in the name and by default should be the lowest one in the list

  3. Delete or move to another location that backup

  4. Don't forget to quit the 'Play' menu and go back in to reload the savegames list so the game acknowledges you have deleted that backup

  5. Try to play your savegame, if you are still unable to, restart at step 2

Editing a savegame

Savegames are .spz2 files but they are actually zip archives. So to open one, open it like it's a zip archive (for example, you can set the default application to open .spz2 files to an archive opening application). Some notes about the files and folders in a savegame :

  • maps/main/islands : Information about the contents of islands, delete everything except 0.bin to remove all islands from your savegame

The other files and folders should be self-explanatory as to what they contain

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