finding save games on gog.com gold box d&D games and errors fix

To disable Cloud saves for a single game, find that game in your list 

GOG implemented the cloud save update, and I discovered that the Gold Box Companion (GBC) wasn't finding any of my saved games created after the update. The problem appears to the a simple one - the location of the saved game files was moved from /SAVE to /cloud_saves/SAVE, and now GBC can't find them.


This can be a problem especially when writing new campaigns for FRUA like I am. for now the easiest workaround is this: every time you save and quit a Gold Box game, copy the /cloud_saves/SAVE folder up one level to /SAVE. That way GBC will find what it needs when you start playing next time. As long as you keep the contents of the two folders synced I think this will work.

SO! Be sure that after you quit your game you do that! And make sure the folder SAVE is in it too!

Disabling cloud saves in Galaxy should fix it (that worked for me at least). You can do it on a game by game basis or for Galaxy as a whole. To disable Cloud saves for a single game, find that game in your list and select settings (right click in the list on the left) and remove the checkmark in the Cloud saves setting under Overrid Features.

 To do it for all games open the Galaxy settings (found in the menu from the small GOG logo at the top of the list) then go to the Features tab and remove the check mark from Cloud saves. You can do it on a game by game basis or for Galaxy as a whole.

 To disable Cloud saves for a single game, find that game in your list and select settings (right click in the list on the left) and remove the check mark in the Cloud saves setting under Override Features. To do it for all games open the Galaxy settings (found in the menu from the small GOG logo at the top of the list) then go to the Features tab and remove the check mark from Cloud saves. Edit: You should probably verify/reinstall the game to make sure it can start up again.

A BETTER WAY WITH DOSBoX

Here's a better way. Lest say for Forgotten realms Unlimited adventures Or better still, POOL OF RADIANCE!!Try going into the dosbox_por_single.conf file and deleting the line (and only that line): mount C "..\cloud_saves" -t overlay

OH! And deleting the mount line in the configuration I believes also works!!

Oh! And if the start adress gives you an error, set it too $1000000.


Update:A new version of Gold Box Companion (v2.5) was released 3 July 2019 that claims to be compatible with GOG cloud saves. From the GBC site: 

What's new in v2.50 (03-July-2019) 
Support for cloud saves folders of the GOG-versions. There is a checkbox to check if you want to use them. If you configure the games with the "Setup GOG" button then it's set on in those games but can be disabled later if wanted. Note that GBC only sees saves from one folder while the game seems to see saves from both cloud folder and normal save folder. 
"Setup GOG" button now also configures FRUA. 
You no longer set the FRUA folder to a design subfolder but instead set it normally as the other games and then a design is selected from a dropdownlist. 
"GOG Settings" button should now work again. 
Lots of previously unknown effects identified (thanks to Null Null and others). 
Pool of Radiance's "two-handed sword +1, +3 vs undead" effect description corrected. 
Monster manuals for all games included in the Resources-folder but can also be launched from GBC's main window or from the homepage. 

I will be writing a new mega campaign for Shadowrun Hong Kong

Its gonna be big, massive, kinda like realms for D&D. But for shadowrun.

I also intend to finish in in a year While still writing campaigns for ROE2 and BREACH 2-3.

Its a mega campaign with several story arcs following at least two people.

It will be based on the storylines of the SNES, SEGA GENESIS AND SEGA CD VERSIONS OF SHADOWRUN. (THE ONES INVOLVING JAKE ARTIMAGE, JOSHUA, MAO AND D-HEAD ETC.) A little bit of Dead man's switch and As well as a bit of other cyberpunk sci-fi fantasy stories. IE: Johnny Mneumonic, Neuromancer, AD&D Treasure of Cloudy Mountain, As well as I think one or two Bernard Cornwell books.

Anyway, It'll be long and probably span multiple campaigns.

It will also be based in several areas of Japan and Most of the United States. SEATTLE OF COURSE IS ONE

Then there's a fictitious city state off the coast of Japan that has trolls and Orcs (Japan expelled its orc and Troll population after the magic returned I think) and I think Oakland California

In addition I am looking for several other cities in the US. Not sure which ones. If you know of a small town or city that no one knows about that you'd like included PLEASE LET ME KNOW.

All I know is one of the major centers for the storyline will be BERLIN NEW HAMPSHIRE In the United States. Oh! And Duluth Minnesota and Harpers Ferry West Virginia!!

Leave a comment if you want your town mentioned. I'm only taking small towns no one has heard of.

Shadowrun Returns is bad! Get Shadowrun Hong Kong instead or Dragonfall!

If I am wrong and Dragonfall is just as bad, let me know!!!

But Shadowrun returns, its full of bugs, the patch doesn't help, its mainly obsolete. Also, the game doesn't run a lot of campaigns and modules.

Unless you really need to, rely on Dragonfall or BETTER STILL HONG KONG.