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Mac Version Save Game LocationCodePenguin11/01/2008 - 00:53

Where does the Mac Version save the pers2.dat file?  I want to use my windows save game file on the mac instead but I can't seem to find the location.  Thanks.

Re: Mac Version Save Game LocationCodePenguin11/01/2008 - 01:18

Save games on the Mac are stored in:

  /Users/USERNAME/Library/Application Support/WorldOfGoo/pers2.dat

Re: Mac Version Save Game LocationCodePenguin11/01/2008 - 01:32

It looks like the save game files may not be portable.  I copied the one from my Vista machine to my Mac and when I run the game, it just creates a new file (All profiles are missing).  There are no error messages or anything.  Anyone else have success with moving save games from windows to the mac?

Re: Mac Version Save Game Locationron11/01/2008 - 02:24

that's correct, they're not portable between windows and osx.  it was a tradeoff we made in order to make them portable between PPC macs and intel macs.

Re: Mac Version Save Game LocationSoultaker11/01/2008 - 12:07

That's interesting; I wonder what happens if you submit a Mac profile to my site. Any Mac user willing to give it a go?

Re: Mac Version Save Game Locationtridash11/01/2008 - 12:17

Nothing happens.

I compiled the c++ tool for decryption someone made under OS X, but while it could decrypt/encrypt windows save/general files, it couldn't do mac asset or save files.

If the encryption's byte-order dependent, that might be causing the problem? (if PPC/big-endian byte order has been used?)

Re: Mac Version Save Game LocationSoultaker11/01/2008 - 14:36

It might be something like that, although I would expect AES to be defined in a byte-order independent manner; it makes no sense for a standard encryption algorithm to be platform dependent. Then again, maybe 2D Boy implemented it differently.

Would you mind e-mailing me a pers2.dat file from the Mac so I can take a good look at it?

Re: Mac Version Save Game Locationtridash11/01/2008 - 15:02

sent

Re: Mac Version Save Game LocationKing_Louie02/03/2009 - 11:58

well, isee that you've managed to get the "wrong" format of mac's pers2.dat files onto your website.
Is there any possibility that you can write a pers2.dat Converter for Mac/Windows?  ::)
'cause i had an old Version of WoG whose savegames are in windows formated and i can't play these with the new 1.3...


Re: Mac Version Save Game Locationdavidc02/03/2009 - 19:06

GooTool->Advanced->Decrypt bin file (PC)
Advanced->Encrypt bin file (Mac)
or vice versa

http://goofans.com/gootool

Re: Mac Version Save Game Locationdavidc02/09/2009 - 19:22

GooTool 0.10.2 (just out) lets you backup your profile to the website and then restore it on another computer - you can restore on a different platform (PC/Mac/Linux). Let me know how well it works.

-davidc

Re: Mac Version Save Game LocationJoergvf08/26/2010 - 22:58

Thanks davidc!
Decrypt and Encrypt with GooTool works to transfer a savefile from Mac to Windows.
At least worked for me. I hope the inverse also works.