Where Are Empire Total War Save Files Located?
Empire: Total War keeps saves and scripts in AppData with matching Feral port paths on Mac and Linux.
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Empire: Total War stores saves in %APPDATA%\The Creative Assembly\Empire\save_games, with preferences scripts in scripts beside them. Feral's Mac and Linux ports mirror the layout under Application Support and XDG paths with identical contents.
Resolution rescues run through preferences.empire_script.txt, a text edit that has saved countless projector setups since 2009. Copy the Empire folder whole for migrations; saves travel with scripts. Verifying the install never touches this tree, so repairs stay safe. Verifying the install never touches this tree.
Where Empire: Total War stores this, by platform
%APPDATA%\The Creative Assembly\Empire\save_games
Saves plus preferences scripts in one AppData tree. Resolution fixes edit lines three and four of the script file. Verifying the install leaves saves alone.
~/Library/Application Support/Feral Interactive/Empire Total War/AppData/save_games
Same save_games contents under Feral's Application Support tree. Copy across desktops freely with matching versions.
~/.local/share/feral-interactive/Empire/AppData/save_games
Same save_games contents under the XDG Feral tree. Scripts and preferences mirror identically on Linux.
Frequently asked questions
The game launches at an unusable resolution. How do I fix it blind?
Open preferences.empire_script.txt in the scripts folder and edit the resolution lines. Lines three and four hold the width and height; the classic 2009 projector rescue is exactly this edit.
Does verifying game files delete Empire saves?
No. Saves live outside it in the AppData sibling, so verifying never touches them. Mods in the install data folder are another story; back those up separately before verifying.
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