Where to Find the Save Game File in the Doukutsu Directory, and How to Copy It?

Jan 21, 2013 at 6:30 AM
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Another Cave Explorer come to join the Mimiga village…
So far, I’ve played Cave Story to the point where I’m at the Plantation, I’ve saved Curly, but I haven’t restored her memory or done stuff for Sue’s mother yet. I want to copy my save game and keep it on the side while I commence at whatever gameplay direction I take. Then, when I’ve completed the game for one ending, I can be able to reload the copied save to take on the other ending. Problem is, I can’t find where the save file is supposed to be. How do I find my save file in the Cave Story directory folder, or is it in a satellite folder? Also, once I find it, how is there a special method I should use to copy it?
 
Jan 21, 2013 at 6:42 AM
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What platform are you playing on?

If it's regular Cave Story for PC, then just enter your Cave Story folder and make a duplicate of profile.dat. I'm not sure about other versions, but Cave Story+ allows for multiple saves if I'm not mistaken.
 
Jan 21, 2013 at 8:37 PM
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profile.dat --> copypaste to anywhere

Rename to whatever you want

When you're done delete the new profile.dat (or back it up, idc) and rename the old .dat to profile.dat

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And after you're done with your new save file...

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Jan 21, 2013 at 11:03 PM
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It'll usually be perched at the end, after all the other files like DoConfig and window.rect. To copy it, just right click it and click the copy tab...
 
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