Where Are Silent Hunter 4 Save Files Located?
Silent Hunter 4 keeps careers in a Documents SH4 tree with per-campaign SaveGames folders within it.
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Silent Hunter 4 stores saves in Documents\SH4\data\cfg\SaveGames, with captain profiles and campaign state in the surrounding SH4 tree. The layout mirrors its successor, so SH5 players will feel at home immediately.
Copy the whole SH4 folder for migrations; single-campaign copies orphan the captain profile they belong to. Modded installs read the same tree, so snapshot it before every modding spree. The path assumes a local Documents folder, and network redirects break it quietly every single time.
Where Silent Hunter 4 stores this, by platform
%USERPROFILE%\Documents\SH4\data\cfg\SaveGames
Careers plus captain profiles in one Documents tree. Copy whole for migrations. Mods read the same tree. Local Documents assumed; redirects and sync break loads silently.
Frequently asked questions
How do I move Silent Hunter 4 to a new computer?
Copy the whole Documents SH4 folder. Careers, captain profiles and settings share the tree, and partial copies load captains without their campaigns.
Should saves live on a separate drive?
Keep Documents on the system drive or exclude it from sync. Redirected and cloud-synced Documents break the game's fixed path assumptions exactly like in Silent Hunter 5.
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