Where Are Tales of Maj'Eyal Save Files Located?
ToME keeps saves in a T-Engine folder in home on every OS, outside all standards. Paths, the --home flag, and cloud warning.
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Tales of Maj'Eyal stores everything in a T-Engine folder directly in your home directory: Windows gets %USERPROFILE%\T-Engine, Linux gets ~/.t-engine, macOS gets application support. Inside, versioned engine folders hold per-module saves, profiles and unlocks. The game ignores every platform convention to do this identically everywhere.
The version number in the path matters: saves belong to the engine version that wrote them, and upgrades hide old characters behind a Show incompatible toggle. Online and offline profiles split unlocks, so progress made logged-out never meets progress made logged-in. Steam Cloud has a trail of horror stories; manual backups of the T-Engine folder are the community religion. A --home flag relocates the whole tree.
Where Tales of Maj'Eyal stores this, by platform
%USERPROFILE%\T-Engine\4.0\tome\save
Versioned engine folder (4.0) with tome/save inside; profiles beside it split online and offline unlocks. Old versions hide behind Show incompatible after upgrades. Disable Steam Cloud and back up manually; cloud conflicts have wiped real playthroughs. Relocate with t-engine --home.
~/.t-engine/4.0/tome/save
Deliberately not XDG: the dotfolder sits directly in home per PCGamingWiki. Same versioned layout and --home flag as other platforms. Online profiles sync unlocks to te4.org, but local files stay canonical. Back up the whole .t-engine tree.
~/Library/Application Support/T-Engine/4.0/tome/save
Same versioned T-Engine layout under application support. Same Show incompatible behavior across upgrades and same Steam Cloud caution as other platforms. The --home flag works identically for relocation.
Frequently asked questions
how do i move tome saves to a new pc
Copy the whole T-Engine folder to the new machine's home directory. Saves, unlocks and profiles travel together. Online unlocks also live on te4.org against your account, but local files are the working copy. Keep the engine version in the path identical or old saves hide behind Show incompatible.
how do i move tome saves out of home
Pass t-engine --home with your chosen path. The game relocates everything there, dodging roaming profiles or tiny system drives. All three platform paths change together since they derive from the same home root. This flag predates the current version and still works.
is tome steam cloud safe
Do not trust it with hundreds of hours. The forums carry repeated tales of Steam Cloud wiping ToME progress through conflicts, and veterans recommend manual backups instead. Disable cloud for the game, back up the T-Engine folder on a schedule, and treat local files as canonical.
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