Steam save files

So I file transfered all my HL2 saves from my SAVE directory on my desktop to my SAVE directory on my laptop...everything's there and in order, but for some reason I can't load these files in game. They simply don't show up under the load menu. To figure out if something was wrong with the file path, I started a new game and saved it a few seconds in. Sure enough, it showed up there in the same directory, same file types and everything...that file shows up on the load list, but the transfered ones do not. any ideas?

 

Make sure to delete your "\Program Files\Valve\Steam\ClientRegistry.blob" file after transfer before you restart Steam.

Hope that helps...

 

Nope, didn't do it...by the way, what did i just delete exactly? lol

 

I'm not sure...I didn't want to delete mine without knowing what was going to happen! J/K

But really, I don't know.

Here are the instructions I follow when I do it. I think I got them from this forum:

Steam must all be kept together, you won't be able to move only part of it.
Let's say you ran out of space on your C: disk and want to move Steam to your larger E: disk.
To successfully move Steam over to the E: drive you have to move:
C:\Program Files\Valve\Steam\ <everything>
to
E:\Program Files\Valve\Steam\ <everything>
Then you need to delete this file:
E:\Program Files\Valve\Steam\ClientRegistry.blob
Any shortcuts to Steam on your desktop will need to be updated as well - you can just delete the old shortcut and drag and drop a shortcut (right-mouse button) for the moved Steam.exe on your desktop.
When you start Steam up it will do a short update, check the installation and re-create the blob file for the new location and you should be ready to play.
Same rules apply if you want to move your Steam install to a different computer, you'll have to use file sharing or burn CDs or DVDs with the content to accomplish the move.
If you use CDs or DVDs, be sure to make sure none of the Steam files become marked "Read Only" when you copy them off the CDs - all the Steam file need to be writeable.

 

I was having the same problem and Wesley's instructions worked. Steam is releasing a feature so that the saves are actually stored on their servers! We won't have to deal with this mess in the future.