Where Are Automation Save Files Located?
Where the Automation vehicle tycoon game keeps car companies, engines, plus mod files in Documents.
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Automation saves at %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Automation: companies, engines, and trims as individual files plus settings. The Camshaft era layout keeps every design separately addressable.
Single file granularity is the standout feature: sharing one car means copying one .car file, not a whole profile. Copy the entire tree with the game closed to migrate everything. Workshop content re subscribes on the new machine rather than copying. Beam exports share the tree. Trims nest with companies.
Where Automation stores this, by platform
%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Automation
.car companies plus engine files and settings here. Paste the path into Explorer. The UE4 version and the older Kee engine builds share this root, so upgrades carry designs forward.
Frequently asked questions
how do i back up automation companies
Copy %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Automation to the same path on the new PC with the game closed. Companies, engines, and trims travel together with settings. Steam Workshop mods live in the Steam folder and need separate subscribing.
what files make up an automation car
In the Companies and Engines subfolders of the Automation tree as .car and engine files. Each design is its own file, so single car transfers work by copying one file. Trim variants nest inside their company folders.
does automation use steam cloud
Yes for the save files, which suits a tycoon game with decade long campaigns. Workshop mods sync separately through subscriptions. Keep the Documents tree as the master and let the cloud mirror it.
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