Q259958: StarLancer: How to Preserve Saved Games

Article: Q259958
Product(s): Microsoft Home Games
Version(s): 1.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbsetup kbimu msgame
Last Modified: 06-AUG-2002

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft StarLancer, version 1.0 
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SUMMARY
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This article describes how to preserve your saved games when you uninstall and
then reinstall Microsoft StarLancer.

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To preserve your saved games when you uninstall StarLancer:

1. Click Start, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.

2. Double-click Add/Remove Programs.

3. Click Microsoft Starlancer, and then click Add/Remove.

4. Click Uninstall, and then click OK.

  NOTE: Do not click to select the "Remove saved games?" check box.

5. Click OK.

To load a saved game after you reinstall StarLancer:

1. Start StarLancer.

2. On the End User License Agreement screen, click Accept.

3. When you are prompted to let StarLancer detect your hardware, click OK.

4. On the StarLancer startup screen, click Single Player.

5. In the Call Sign (Alpha 2) box, type the call sign for the saved game that
  you want to load, and then click Load Game.

6. In the list of saved games, click the game that you want to load, and then
  click Load Game.

To find the call signs for your saved games, look at the names of the saved game
files in the following folder on your hard disk

  <drive>:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Starlancer\Saves

where <drive> is the drive letter of the hard disk on which you installed
StarLancer.

Saved game files are named in the following format

  <callsign>GAME<###>.iff

where <callsign> is the call sign for the saved game, and <###> is a
three-digit number.

Additional query words: 1.00 msgame star lancer setup savegame delete remove

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Keywords          : kbsetup kbimu msgame 
Technology        : _IKkbbogus kbGamesSearch kbStarlancerSearch kbStarlancer
Version           : :1.0
Issue type        : kbhowto

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