Transfer a Local Save to a Windrose Dedicated Server

This guide walks you through moving a Windrose world saved on your PC to your ChicagoServers dedicated server, and back.

Before you start

• Close Windrose on your PC.
• Stop your server: click Stop at the top of your server's page in the control panel.
• Make a backup on the Backups tab, in case you want the server's current world back.
• Never rename a world folder.

Step 1: Find your world on your PC

Windrose keeps its worlds under C:\Users\{UserName}\AppData\Local\R5\Saved\SaveProfiles\{Profile}\. The profile folder is usually your platform profile ID on Steam or Epic Games, or StoveDefault on Stove.

Inside it, the worlds are in one of these folders, depending on your game version:

• Windrose 0.10.0.5.120 and later: RocksDB_v2_Backups\{GameVersion}\Worlds\{WorldID}
• Older versions: RocksDB\{GameVersion}\Worlds\{WorldID}

For example: C:\Users\{UserName}\AppData\Local\R5\Saved\SaveProfiles\76561198000000000\RocksDB_v2_Backups\{GameVersion}\Worlds\{WorldID}

The last folder name is your WorldID. You'll need it later. Don't copy anything from a RocksDB_v2 folder: the game uses it while running.

Step 2: Upload the world to your server

1. Sign in to the control panel at panel.chicagoservers.co and open your Windrose server.
2. Open the Files tab and go to R5/Saved/SaveProfiles/Default. Use the same kind of folder your server has: RocksDB_v2_Backups on current versions, or RocksDB on older ones. Then open the game version folder and Worlds.
3. Upload the whole {WorldID} folder there, without renaming it: drag the folder from your PC onto the Files tab, or use an SFTP program (see How to connect to your server's SFTP).

Afterwards the folder should look like R5/Saved/SaveProfiles/Default/RocksDB_v2_Backups/{GameVersion}/Worlds/{WorldID} (or the same under RocksDB). Don't change anything in a RocksDB_v2 folder.

Step 3: Set the active world

1. Open the Configs tab, choose Server description and click Text.
2. Find the line "WorldIslandId": "..." and put your WorldID in it: "WorldIslandId": "{WorldID}". It must match the folder name exactly.
3. Click Save.

Step 4: Start the server

Click Start at the top of your server's page. If everything is right, the server loads your world, it carries on from your save, and players join with your invite code (see How do I connect to my Windrose Server?).

Common mistakes

• Wrong folder: the world must be in the right {GameVersion}\Worlds folder, and the server and your game must be on the same Windrose version.
• Wrong WorldIslandId: it must exactly match the folder name.
• Renamed world folder: don't rename it.
• Server running during the transfer: always stop the server first.

Moving a server world back to your PC

1. Close Windrose and stop the server.
2. On the Files tab, download the world folder from R5/Saved/SaveProfiles/Default/RocksDB_v2_Backups/{GameVersion}/Worlds/{WorldID} (or RocksDB on older versions).
3. Put it in the matching folder on your PC, for example C:\Users\{UserName}\AppData\Local\R5\Saved\SaveProfiles\{Profile}\RocksDB_v2_Backups\{GameVersion}\Worlds\{WorldID}.
4. Start Windrose. If it asks you to choose between local and cloud saves, choose Local so the cloud doesn't overwrite the world.

Need help? Open a support ticket and we'll take a look.