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tommy5649946
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tommy5649946
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why dont games save your progress when you go on a diffrent computer because i got a new computer and nothing was saved i think its dumb why doesent it just save to the account so you could switch computer and still have saved progress on the game you played.

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No_Stress
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Because the save file is saved in your computer, not in your account.

Just copy the files from the other computer to the new one, if you don't know how to do it, look here:
http://armorgames.com/community/thread/5248323/the-game-saved

Freakenstein
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Computers have something called an internal IP address, not to mention that individual computers have their own separate harddrives to save memory on.

You can take a flash drive and copy the saved game data from your original computer to your new one though:

C:\\\\Documents and Settings\\\\UserName\\\\ApplicationData\\\\Macromedia\\\\Flash Player\\\\#SharedObjects\\\\RandomNumbers\\\\cache.armorgames.com

Take this, transfer it into your new computer via your flash drive, and you should be set.

chitown
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The games are saved on your memory of your computer not your armorgames account. Thats why it still saves your progress when you are not signed in.

Graham
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They should add like a buncha memory and make all the flash games save to your account.

That'd be a cool update.

V How wrong and hard it would be to implement it. V

MrDayCee
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How wrong and hard it would be to implement it


You just scared everyone at AG HQs big time, Graham!!! XD

They now all have their fingers crossed, that no other users read it and start asking for the same... and then they start infecting every user like in the game 'Infectonator'! LOL

I kinda like it the way it is, no need for that being implemented on AG... and besides, a positive side to it is that when you login on another computer, you can start fresh with a game you already finished! YAY! *whoo-hoo*
hagabaka
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It wouldn't make you more exposed to a hacker at all. If you can't trust the other computer, don't login on it. If you're worried that someone would hack into other computers to delete your game saves, create backups. Currently games are not saved to the account, but you can still login to the website on other computers, and if someone "hacks" into them, your account would still be compromised.

It probably takes some work to implement, but it would be very nice if at least Armor Games' own games could have this feature.

Yodadude53
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Nomad

This my friend, is where flash drives come in handy :P They're not very expensive, why don't you just buy yourself one?

MrDayCee
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but you can still login to the website on other computers, and if someone "hacks" into them, your account would still be compromised.


Well, I'm not an Einstein on computer programming, but... am I silly in saying that it's not at all that difficult to hack a website, thus doing the damage? You wouldn't need to hack a particular computer to steal someones data, you would go for the website in basic... hackers are lazy if I understand correctly!
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