Save game manager that actually works?
Posted: Wed Aug 09, 2017 6:39 pm
So this isn't a knock against the XBMC built-in save game manager per-se, as much as it is against all save game managers I have tried.
None of them can deal with the realistic situation of dealing with save games, updates, and DLC.
TL:DR - Looking for a method which will allow me to clean up game entries (saves and/or simply launched games with a folder) without wiping out games folders (TDATA/UDATA) that have DLC/offline updates associated with them
Note - I still haven't gathered factual proof that the Xbox will exhibit a problem with more than 240 saves (see here), but assuming it does the save games are going to need to be cleaned up and managed. If this is not true, then most of this is moot - because I don't mind really keeping all the save games.
More info:
The problem comes in when you have not only standard save games, but have also installed game updates and other DLC (via live or the offline installers that are available today). I have found that only the UnleashX dashboard will actually show what games have DLC installed easily however it also crashes on many of these entries and I I have basically found it unusable due to these crashes after you install DLC content for some games.
XBMC appears to show you some sort of folder structure for games (instead of just the copy/move/delete menu), however it doesn't really give any insight into what is there.
The offline XBSM (Xbox Save Manager) application only shows entries where it can find the TITLE ID entry in tdata/udata but doesn't actually differentiate which entries have any updates. For instance you can't tell from its interface whether a game has simply been launched once or actually has any DLC associated with it. If you tell it to delete the entry it fully wipes out the TDATA/UDATA folders and wipes out all DLC again.
None of them can deal with the realistic situation of dealing with save games, updates, and DLC.
TL:DR - Looking for a method which will allow me to clean up game entries (saves and/or simply launched games with a folder) without wiping out games folders (TDATA/UDATA) that have DLC/offline updates associated with them
Note - I still haven't gathered factual proof that the Xbox will exhibit a problem with more than 240 saves (see here), but assuming it does the save games are going to need to be cleaned up and managed. If this is not true, then most of this is moot - because I don't mind really keeping all the save games.
More info:
The problem comes in when you have not only standard save games, but have also installed game updates and other DLC (via live or the offline installers that are available today). I have found that only the UnleashX dashboard will actually show what games have DLC installed easily however it also crashes on many of these entries and I I have basically found it unusable due to these crashes after you install DLC content for some games.
XBMC appears to show you some sort of folder structure for games (instead of just the copy/move/delete menu), however it doesn't really give any insight into what is there.
The offline XBSM (Xbox Save Manager) application only shows entries where it can find the TITLE ID entry in tdata/udata but doesn't actually differentiate which entries have any updates. For instance you can't tell from its interface whether a game has simply been launched once or actually has any DLC associated with it. If you tell it to delete the entry it fully wipes out the TDATA/UDATA folders and wipes out all DLC again.