Documentation is for my failing memory, not necessarily for publication.

Windows tool for archiving / restoring sets of files. Totally not made to be used for quick save / load in games that aren't designed for it.

Written initially for Steam install of Ark Survival. Works with bare minimal functionality. Integrates well with Glue!

Command-line interface.

Savescum operation=value setting=value ...

Spaces may only be used within quoted (TODO verify) values.

gamePath=<full path to game's save directory> gamePath=d:\games\SomeGame\SavedGames

backupPath= gamePath=d:\games\SomeGame\SavedGamesBackup

Directory will be created by save operations if it doesn't exist.

operation=<save|load>

Some operations may have additional required settings.

Copies entire gamePath directory into backupPath directory, named with optionally specified prefixBackup and appended 00n suffix e.g. PrefixSavedGames001

• Backs up gamePath directory before restoring into it. Backup is named with date / time suffix.
• Deletes gamePath directory.
• Finds largest 00n suffix backup and uses it to replace directory that was just backed up and deleted.

backupPrefix= backupPrefix=SomegameBackupSaves

Must not contain characters that are invalid for file paths for the given platform, such as ? or *.

Recently used for Ark Survival:

Savescum operation=save gamePath=G:\games\steam\steamapps\common\ARK\ShooterGame\Saved\SavedArksLocal backupPath=G:\games\steam\steamapps\common\ARK\ShooterGame\Saved\BackupArksLocal backupPrefix=BackupArk

Savescum operation=load gamePath=G:\games\steam\steamapps\common\ARK\ShooterGame\Saved\SavedArksLocal backupPath=G:\games\steam\steamapps\common\ARK\ShooterGame\Saved\BackupArksLocal backupPrefix=BackupArk protectPrefix=OverwrittenArk