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The Load Saved Game option (Game Menu >> Basics section >> Load Saved Game) is used to load existing saved games.
To load a game, click on the saved game you wish to load, and then click OK, or simply double-click to load a game. Saved games are stroed in the data/saved_games directory of your OOTP installation. You cannot browse to another location to open a saved game. On the right, OOTP displays information about the highlighted game, including information about whether or not a backup exists for the highlighted game. If no backup exists, you should consider making a backup.
Thisscreenhas several other features as well:
| Option | Description |
| Delete | Click on any saved game, and then click the Delete button to completely delete a saved game. You will be asked to confirm before proceeding, but once you proceed, there is no going back! |
| Rename | Click on any saved game, and then click the Rename button to change the name of the saved game. |
| Favorites | You can mark any saved game as a Favorite. When you do so, a section called "Favorite Saved Games" will appear at the top of the page. |
| Open Folder | Click the Open Folder button to open the operating system folder containing the highlighted saved game's data. |
| Restore from Backup | Begins the process of restoring a saved game from a backup. |
Note: You can also rename or delete saved games directly from your hard drive. Game files are stored in the data/saved_games directory, and each saved game is contained in a separate directory, ending in a .lg extension. For example, if your game is called MyGame, then there will be a directory called data/saved_games/MyGame.lg. To delete this saved game, delete the entire MyGame.lg directory. You can rename leagues too, as long as you retain the .lg extension, or else OOTP will not recognize it as a valid game.
