Baldur’s Gate 3 – Honour Mode Save Backup Script and Restore Script

This will help you backup in no clicks and restore honour save game in 1 drag and drop.

Intoduction

This is not user friendly guide, you need to know what is and how to use:

• Autohotkey 1.1
• Notepad
• MSdos Bat Script
• Windows Powershell

Backing Up the Save

Create new autohotkey 1.1. script file and paste the below:

; Function that looksup a folder
GetZipFolder()
{
	Zip_Folder =
	Loop,Files,*HonourMode,D
	{
		Zip_Folder = %A_LoopFileName%
		break ; takes only 1 iteration for 1 folder
	}
	return Zip_Folder
}

; Function zips it to D:\BaldursGateBackups\
ZipSave()
{
	; Get name of a folder to zip
	Zip_Folder := GetZipFolder()

	if not (Zip_Folder)
		exit ; no folder found 
	
    ; Get the current date and time in the format "YYYY-MM-DD HH-mm-ss"
    FormatTime, dateTime, %A_Now%, MM-dd-HH-mm

	; Create a zip file path and name
	Zip_Destination := "D:\BaldursGateBackups\" dateTime ".zip"

	; Execute zip action
	RunWait PowerShell.exe -Command Compress-Archive -LiteralPath '%Zip_Folder%' -CompressionLevel NoCompression -DestinationPath '%Zip_Destination%',, Hide

    ; Save mod date for current folder
	global FolderModTime := 0
	FileGetTime, FolderModTime, %Zip_Folder%

}

; on launch backup
ZipSave()

; general loop
Loop
{
	; Sleep, 600000 ; 10 minutes
	; Sleep, 360000 ; 6 minutes
	Sleep, 120000 ; 2 minutes
    currentModTime := 0
	Zip_Folder := GetZipFolder()
	FileGetTime, currentModTime, %Zip_Folder%

if (currentModTime != FolderModTime)
	ZipSave()
}

The script should be placed in the same folder where THE ONLY SINGLE SAVE FOLDER (for honour mode) EXISTS. Delete all other save games.

Save Location

• C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Larian Studios\Baldur’s Gate 3\PlayerProfiles\Public\Savegames\Story

This folder should have 1 ahk script and 1 folder with __HonourMode in the name.

How the Script Works

It zips the save folder to d:\baldursgatebackups\ every 2 minutes if the folder size changed from last iteration. you can keep the script always launched coz it does nothing if size does not change.

• If you need to backup your save (after quicksave) just relaunch the script.
• Wait for saving to finish.
• When you restore the script will backup the save making copies of same savegame.

Restoring

Create .BAT file in D:\BaldursGateBackups

PowerShell.exe -Command Expand-Archive %1 "D:\BaldursGateBackups" -Force
copy /Y NAMEOFYOURSAVE__HonourMode "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Larian Studios\Baldur's Gate 3\PlayerProfiles\Public\Savegames\Story\NAMEOFYOURSAVE__HonourMode"

• Change NAMEOFYOURSAVE__HonourMode to your save folder name
• Drag and drop zip folder to the bat file, see 1 sec of blue window

The End

Troubleshooting

• Savegames can be with 100 kb size —> relaunch script, bg3 was making save when script was launched
• Save does not revert
• Zip file have spaces in the name. remove spaces and try again
• Delete save folder in the backup folder and in bg3 save folder, then try again

Advices

• Rename significant savefiles
• Dont delete your backups