Where Are Selaco Save Files Located?
Selaco reads saves from Documents My Games Selaco-EA on Windows, with Linux saves under config selaco-ea. Cloud folders can mislead.
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Selaco inherits GZDoom save habits with store-era quirks. The menu reads Documents My Games Selaco-EA on Windows and a config-tree savegames folder on Linux. Steam Cloud litters empty manifest-only folders that look important and hold nothing.
Modded saves add the classic trap. Removing a mod hides its saves from the menu while the files stay put, so reinstall before mourning. Custom directories arrive through launch flags with the newer dash form preferred over the legacy variant.
Where Selaco stores this, by platform
%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Selaco-EA
Menu-scanned save root on Windows with Cloud manifest-only decoys beside real files. Custom dirs through the dash savedir flag rather than legacy variants. Copy whole with the game closed.
~/.config/selaco-ea/savegames
Linux savegames tree under config with mygames beside it. Empty Cloud folders plague this platform too. Same mod-tied visibility rules as Windows.
<SteamLibrary>/steamapps/compatdata/1592280/pfx/
Steam Play prefix for App ID 1592280. The Documents tree maps inside the prefix drive. Cloud sync quirks apply identically on Deck.
Frequently asked questions
Where are Selaco save files?
Look in %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Selaco-EA, which the menu scans on launch. Linux builds use ~/.config/selaco-ea/savegames instead. Empty Cloud-created folders with only autocloud manifests carry nothing, so ignore those.
Can I move the Selaco save folder?
Prefer the -savedir launch flag with a quoted path over the older plus-prefixed variant. The old form writes into config while the new one stays session-local. A 2025 dev reply confirms the new flag as the supported route.
My Selaco saves disappeared after removing a mod. Why?
They vanish from the menu until the mod returns. GZDoom ties saves to the active mod set, so removing a mod hides its saves without deleting them. Re-add the mod to reload, since the files never left the disk.
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