MP: I Need More Power! - yet another MA newbie game - Finished (Ulm won by agreement)

[BewareTheBarnacleGoose]

Thanks for the help everyone, but I still cant seem to get this to work. I've tried making a pretender a dozen times, and I can access them if I try to start an SP game, but I cant find the pretender file in the savegame folder. Nor did I see a "newlords" subfile. Is there something Im missing?

[jimbojones1971]

What operating system are you using?

I've got both Windows XP and Windows Vista, and they both put the file in a different spot.

BTW, it took me a while to work this out the first time, so it's certainly not just you whose had this problem :-)

[Lung Drago]

Yes, Vista and 7 will propably have permission issues if you installed the game to Program Files. The "real" savedgames folder that is used by the game could be located somewhere either in

C:\Users\[your user account name]\Documents\My Games
or
C:\Users\[your user account name]\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\Program Files\dominions3

Note that AppData folder is most likely a hidden folder, so you need to turn "Show hidden files and folders" on through View tab in Tools -> Folder Options, accessible by pressing Left Alt in Windows Explorer.
If you want to avoid having your OS use these strange paths, there are two options: either do not not install games in Program Files folder on Vista/7 or explicitly start every game as an Administrator.

[BewareTheBarnacleGoose]

Thanks everybody, I finally got it. Just like Lung Drago said, it was in the AppData folder. The Barnacle Goose has been sent it, so..., um, beware it!

[Lung Drago]

All pretenders are in and with correct nations, so on Friday, 2nd September at 0:00 of Earth's GMT+1 time...

It has begun!