Player guide

Tyrian saves and files

Your files live in a userdata folder next to the game, created on first launch. Copy the game folder and your game goes with it; delete userdata to start fresh.

Where the files are

If the game folder is not writable (for example under Program Files, or on read-only media), and on macOS, the same files go to the Godot user folder instead:

System	Fallback folder
Windows	`%APPDATA%\Godot\app_userdata\OpenTyrian2000 Enhanced\`
Linux / Steam Deck	`~/.local/share/godot/app_userdata/OpenTyrian2000 Enhanced/`
macOS	`~/Library/Application Support/OpenTyrian2000 Enhanced/`

What is in it

File or folder	Contents
`saves/slot_01.json` … `slot_11.json`	Campaign saves, one readable JSON file per slot.
`controls.cfg`	Your controls.
`setup.cfg`	Setup menu settings.
`display.cfg`	Graphics mode, CRT, scaler and scaling mode.
`mods.cfg` and `mods/`	Which mods are on, and the mods themselves.
`endless_leaderboard.json`	The Endless top 10.
`endless_run.json`	The Endless run in progress (deleted at game over).
`replays/`	Recorded replays.
`opentyrian.dat`	A file in the original format, used for achievements.

Campaign saves

Save in the shop: Options → Save Game, a slot from 1 to 10, a name of up to 14 characters, then YES. The game resumes in the shop where you saved.
Slot 11, LAST LEVEL, is written automatically before every level. You can load it but not overwrite it.
F5 in a campaign level writes a quick save; F9 loads it.
Each save names everything by its in-game name: ship, weapons and their power, shield, generator, sidekicks, special, money, episode and difficulty.
A damaged save, or one written by a newer version, shows as Unreadable; the other slots are not affected.

Replays

Press F10 in a level to record from the start of the next level. Files are saved as replays/YYYYMMDD-HHMMSS.rep and appear in the Replays screen. A replay stores the level, your equipment, the mutators and your inputs, frame by frame.