Topic: Where are my maps and savegames stored?
Goofy
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2019-02-17, 17:00 UTC+1.0
Hello dear Settlers, I know it is exactly a questions of the Technical-FAQ-section... So I found the directory /home/'username'/.widelands in my Ubuntu directory tree. BUT some questions remained for me: I got the idea for playing another map from the maps-section of the Widelands web page, but at that directory there is no subdirectory for maps, where I could copy maybe a map file or files. After the installation and playing one test game I got only the directories replays and save. I guess it is just needed to create a subdirectory manually for new maps there? At that point I was wondering, where are the default maps of the Widelands installation? So I concluded there must be another directory for those default maps, and of course also the files of the Widelands program... Where it is hidden? I guess it is not recommended to change something there? Sorry for the case, that questions like that are already known here, but I couldn't find something about this... 
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Nordfriese
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2019-02-17, 17:52 UTC+1.0
Downloaded maps go into
Depending on the way you installed widelands – on Linux, the data files are typically in
All your changes normally go into your
No problem
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Goofy
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2019-02-17, 18:15 UTC+1.0
Thank You, dear Nordfriese, the files of the Widelands installation are exactly there, where you have told.
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GunChleoc
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2019-02-18, 11:09 UTC+1.0
We should always make sure that that directory is there to make it easier for players. Thanks for bringing it up! I have created a bug: https://bugs.launchpad.net/widelands/+bug/1816377 Busy indexing nil values
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Goofy
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2019-02-18, 13:24 UTC+1.0
Hello GunChleoc, oh my, a bug? Sounds much for a small thing... But yes, maybe it would be easier, if one could find that directory without using the map editor before, because a new player would maybe rather try another map at first, then to deal with the map editor... So I'm happy that I could do a small thing for improving the game in later versions...
Ohh, and I found another source for getting the installation path: After starting the game and a mouse-click on the intro screen, one can click on the button "about Widelands" and then the point "Licence": Between these less lines one can find it.
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GunChleoc
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2019-02-18, 16:39 UTC+1.0
Yes, a small thing, but it did cost you considerable time and you had to ask for help. So, an easy fix well worth doing Busy indexing nil values
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