Where Are Master of Orion Save Files Located?
Master of Orion keeps galaxies in Documents with an install config beside the game, plus triple clouds over both.
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Master of Orion splits galaxies from settings across Documents and the install. Save games sit in a Saves folder under Documents. A config.cfg file beside the game binary holds display options.
Steam Cloud caps the sync at 20 files, which large galaxy collections exceed quietly. Manual copies cover what the cloud skips. GOG and OneDrive add their own mirrors on top. Take both trees and every turn transfers.
Where Master of Orion (2016) stores this, by platform
%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Master of Orion\Saves
Galaxies in the Documents tree. Paste the path into Explorer. The folder appears after the first save. Watch the 20 file cloud cap on big collections.
<MasterOfOrionInstall>\config.cfg
Display config beside the game binary. Edit with the game closed. Check VirtualStore in LocalAppData if Program Files writes redirect.
Frequently asked questions
How do I move Master of Orion saves to a new PC?
Copy the Master of Orion folder to the same Documents path with the game closed. Galaxies travel in Saves. Config lives beside the install, so copy config.cfg too for a complete move.
Where is the Master of Orion config file?
Open config.cfg in the install folder with a text editor. Display toggles live there. Most options also exist in game, which beats hand editing for anything risky.
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