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I'm headed into dark territory for the next two weeks and will not have Internet access.

Where/which folder do I move my saved files (I know where they are now) from my desktop to my notebook?

How do I run my game without Steam having a conniption?

Thank you!


PDX: I understand why you got into bed with Steam, but this is just one of the bed bugs you've saddled us with...
 

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You should be able to find your saves in (assuming Windows) ...\Documents\Paradox Interactive\Hearts of Iron IV\Save Games\
The executable to run the game should be in your steam install directory (I don't use the default, but usually in Program Files) ...\Steam\steamapps\common\Hearts of Iron IV.
hoi4.exe should launch straight into the game without the launcher (not sure how it handles mods without the launcher now).
 
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How do I run my game without Steam having a conniption?
Just launch Steam normally and when it fails to connect you'll be able to select 'start offline'. From there you'll get the launcher just as usual. That's how I play it, as I'm too lazy for going for the [game].exe directly.
 
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Thank you all. I had to update, update, update... Of course I had to argue with Steam to sign in and get those updates. Finally got to the new launcher. Had to setup the Mods. There is a really great feature in the latest Launcher or two that allows you to preset games with different mos - So if you want to play pure Vanilla or Vanilla w some Mods or even Road to 56 with some very specific Mods; you just select that preset. (Not that I'd publicly praise this Launcher, but it a really great feature...). Of course none of the Steam settings transferred over... but it was easy enough to recreate those settings. I only had to do it twice because my memory is worse than the AI... Now here is what was really difficult. Steam would not connect to their Cloud (AGAIN). Yes, I'm signed out of Steam everywhere else. So I had to run the game, save a game, search the laptop for the saved game and copy my saved files into that directory. (and it was not in any Save Games diretory because that would be to easy).

I've taken the machine offline and tested the game - AND (an hour later) IT WORKS!

Thank you all.