I can't find the save file

[David Bedlam]

I've got about a dozen superfluous save files that are clogging up my load screen, but I can't find the folder they are in to prune them.

I looked in game and they should be just above the scenario folder, but when I open up the smac folder, it's not there. I tried doing a search for the .sav part of the file, but I got nothing.

Where are they?

 

[Petek]

Same problem in this thread, but in Vista. Does anything in that discussion help?

 

[Fugitive Sisyphus]

I've got about a dozen superfluous save files that are clogging up my load screen, but I can't find the folder they are in to prune them.

I looked in game and they should be just above the scenario folder, but when I open up the smac folder, it's not there. I tried doing a search for the .sav part of the file, but I got nothing.

Where are they?

Windows 7(and probably vista) doesn't allow programs to write to the program files directory. To maintain comparability with old programs like SMAC it creates a virtual directory to write them to. My Alpha Centauri saves are located at
C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\Program Files (x86)\Firaxis Games\Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri\saves whre USERNAME is my user name.

You can just to a search for a known filename ( e.g. Mogan xxx.sav ) to find the save directory.

 

[David Bedlam]

And that was exactly where they were (apart from the USERNAME bit)!

Thanks a ton Fugitive Sisyphus!