Deleted Character folder from 'my documents', have recovered s

[XRaySpecks]

As in the title, I've made the idiotic mistake of deleting my "Dragon Age" folder from 'my documents'. I was able to recover a number of .das, .das.met, .xml, what I believe is the appropriate screen.dds file for the character I'm concerned about. I've made a couple of attempts at recreating the folder hierarchy, but have yet to get the game to recognize my character. I have a boatload of .das and .das.met files, and was hoping someone here could provide some guidance.

I've already completed my entire Origins play-through, and was a good few hours into Awakening. I'll be eternally grateful for any assistance attempted and/or provided.

Thanks!

[ThingTheWiz]

Sorry if this is too basic a reply - have you emptied your wastebasket? If not, then simply open it up and undelete the folder....

[Thandal]

Vanilla (default) folder/file structure is as follows:

 

"\<user's documents>\Bioware\Dragon Age\Characters"

 

Within that folder, each individual character has own folder.

(NOTE: It's possible to have multiple folders for the same "name", since a new one will be created for each import of a character into the next Campaign; DAA/GoA/WH. These are identified as "Name", "Name 1", "Name 2", etc.)

 

So now we're at:

"\<user's documents>\Bioware\Dragon Age\Characters\MyWarden" (Great name, huh? ;D )

 

At that level, there'll be the following files:

MyWarden.jpg (paperdoll portrait)

MyWarden.xml (?)

MyWarden_portrait.png (for the on-screen UI and on-line portrait)

 

plus...

 

"\<user's documents>\Bioware\Dragon Age\Characters\MyWarden\Saves"

 

Within "...\Saves", there's:

"\AutoSave_1"

"\AutoSave_2"

"\AutoSave_3"

.

.

.

"\Quicksave_1"

"\Slot_1"

"\Slot_2"

"\Slot_3"

.

.

.

 

Within each of those folders are the following five files. (These are the actual "Saves"):

MyWarden.jpg (paperdoll portrait with gear at time of save)

MyWarden_Story.xml (biography entries)

savegame.das (the GIANT file if you've been playing a while, with all of the plot flags and quest markers!)

savegame.das.met (?)

screen.dss (?)

 

(NOTE: The date/time stamp on all five will be within a few seconds of each other.)

 

So to put it all back together, the path for a "savegame.das" is:

"\<user's documents>\Bioware\Dragon Age\Characters\MyWarden\Saves\Slot_[x]\savegame.das"

 

Hope that helps! I know how frustrating it can be to lose your progress after all the hours you have put into it. :confused: