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Save Backup & Restore
"A copy of every save, and any of them back from the launcher."
How do I install Save Backup & Restore?
Download the free ProjectMods desktop app, then install Save Backup & Restore for Castlevania: Belmont's Curse in one click.
</>What does Save Backup & Restore do?
Switch on Back Up Saves and every time the game writes a save slot (at a save point, when you move to a new area, fast travel or quit), a copy of that slot's file goes to AppData\Local\ProjectMods\Save Backups\Castlevania Belmont's Curse in your user folder. Each slot keeps the newest 10 copies of the game's saves; set Backups Kept Per Slot anywhere from 1 to 50. Every slot is also copied when the game starts, and a copy is skipped when nothing changed since the last one. The copies sit in a folder of their own that neither the game nor Steam Cloud writes to, so whatever later lands on your slot, the earlier copies are still there. To go back, pick a copy in Backup to Restore (each one shows its slot, date and time, and how it was made) and press Restore Selected Backup. Do it from the main menu once it has been up a few seconds, or during play for any slot other than the one you're playing, then pick that slot in the main menu's save list. The save the restore replaced is copied aside first, and Undo Last Restore puts it back. The mod copies whole save files and never edits what's inside them. Back Up All Slots Now makes a copy whenever you like and keeps it until you delete it, and Open Backup Folder shows the files in File Explorer.
</>What is Save Backup & Restore?
Save Backup & Restore keeps a running history of your Castlevania: Belmont's Curse saves. The launcher lists every copy with its slot, the date and time it was made, and whether it came from a game save, the copy made at start-up or your own button press, and a single button puts the chosen copy back. Before anything is replaced, the current save is set aside, so even a restore can be taken back.
</>Common questions about Save Backup & Restore
What does Save Backup & Restore do in Castlevania: Belmont's Curse?
Save Backup & Restore copies a save slot's file every time Castlevania: Belmont's Curse saves that slot, and keeps the newest copies of each slot, 10 by default and up to 50. The launcher lists every copy by slot, date and time, and one button puts the chosen copy back over its slot.
Where does the mod keep the backup copies?
The copies are kept in AppData\Local\ProjectMods\Save Backups\Castlevania Belmont's Curse inside your Windows user folder, and the Open Backup Folder button opens that folder in File Explorer. The game's own saves stay where they always are, in AppData\LocalLow\KONAMI\Castlevania Belmont's Curse, and the mod only reads from there while it makes a copy.
Does Steam Cloud upload the backup copies?
Steam Cloud doesn't upload the copies: it syncs the game's save folder, and the copies live in a separate folder of the mod's own, so they stay on this PC. A restored copy becomes an ordinary save file in the game's folder again.
Can I restore the slot I'm playing right now?
You can restore it from the main menu, but not during play, because the game would save over the restored file the next time it saves that slot. Open the pause menu and quit to the main menu, which saves the slot once more (that save is copied too), and give the game a few seconds to finish that save. Then pick a copy in Backup to Restore, press Restore Selected Backup, and choose the slot in the main menu's save list to load it. If the save list was already open, back out and open it again so it shows the restored save. Every other slot can be restored at any time, even mid-game.
Can I undo a restore if I picked the wrong copy?
A restore that replaces a save can be undone, because the slot's current save is copied aside before the backup is put back. Undo Last Restore puts that set-aside save back, and pressing it again switches to the restored copy. Set-aside saves also appear in the list as replaced by a restore, and the last 5 of them are kept for each slot. A restore into an empty slot has no earlier save to put back; delete that slot in the game's save list to empty it again.
Does the mod change anything inside my saves?
The mod never edits what's inside a save: it copies whole files, byte for byte. The only time it writes into the game's save folder is when you press Restore Selected Backup or Undo Last Restore. Switching Back Up Saves off just stops new copies; the copies you already have stay and can still be restored.
What options does Save Backup & Restore include?
Restore Selected Backup
Puts the chosen copy back over its slot. Works from the main menu once it has been up a few seconds, or during play for any slot other than the one you're playing. The slot's current save is copied aside first. Then pick that slot in the main menu's save list to play it.
Undo Last Restore
Puts back the save your last restore replaced in this session. Press it again to switch back. A restore into an empty slot has no earlier save to put back.
Open Backup Folder
Opens the folder that holds the copies in File Explorer.
Back Up All Slots Now
Copies every save slot right away. Slots that haven't changed since their last copy are skipped.
Backups Kept Per Slot
How many copies of the game's saves each slot keeps (normal 10); past that, the oldest is deleted. Copies made when the game starts are counted apart with the same number. Copies you make with Back Up All Slots Now are never deleted, and saves a restore replaced keep the last 5 per slot.
Back Up Saves
Each time the game saves, a copy of that slot's save file goes to AppData\Local\ProjectMods\Save Backups\Castlevania Belmont's Curse in your user folder, a folder the game and Steam Cloud never touch. Every slot is also copied when the game starts, unless its newest copy is the same. On by default; switching it off stops new copies and keeps the ones you have.
Backup to Restore
Every copy, newest first, with its slot, date and time, and how it was made. The list fills in once the game is running.
Save Backup & Restore is a ProjectMods mod for Castlevania: Belmont's Curse that copies each save slot every time the game saves, keeps the newest copies of every slot, and restores any of them from the launcher.
System Requirements
What features does Save Backup & Restore include?
- Copies a slot every time the game saves it: save points, new areas, fast travel and quitting.
- Keeps the newest 1 to 50 copies of the game's saves per slot (10 by default) and skips a copy that matches the last one.
- Every slot is copied once when the game starts, so saves made before the mod are covered too.
- Restore any copy from the launcher list, labelled by slot, date and time, and how it was made.
- The save a restore replaces is copied aside first, and Undo Last Restore puts it back.
- Back Up All Slots Now makes a copy on demand that is never deleted, and Open Backup Folder shows the files.
Best For
- If a session of the demo left its save in your slot, you restore the last copy marked saved by the game from the main menu.
- The game saved right after a moment you'd rather take back, so you quit to the main menu and restore the copy from before it.
- Before a risky route or a hard boss you press Back Up All Slots Now to have a copy to return to.
- Someone else on the PC deleted or played over your slot, and your earlier copies are still in the list.
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Custom Music
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