I`m installing a game that I had on a different Pc on a different one, will my saved game carry over or will I have to start a new game? (sorry if this is in the wrong place, I only saw general discussion for forum options)

From gog games? I don't think so. Better take backups.

Meh, I wasn`t that far I had only been playing for an hour. Thanks for the quick response.

They probably will. Find where the game keeps your saves (usually in My Documents or in the game's directory somewhere) and copy them over to the same place on your other computer.

I was about to go off on one about how NO games save in the install folder nowadays - that'd be nuts.

Then I remembered what the o in gog stands for.

Carry on.

I've been considering the practicality of creating a script to move those files to the profile folder and then creating a soft link to the location for the game.

I could probably do it, but my scripting skills in Windows aren't very good at all.

Meh, it sounds like all you need is mklink: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NTFS_symbolic_link

Although I usually avoid the windows command prompt at all costs (I prefer bash).

I know, I'm just lazy like that. I generally prefer to script things like this rather than having to do it each and every time.

With proper scripting it really shouldn't be hard at all, parse out the gog.com directory and find the save folders.

Yes, mklink which is built-in on Vista and 7, or get "junction" from Microsoft Sysinternals if youyou still run XP.

Or just use GameSave Manager.

You deserve a medal for posting that link. I've been looking for something like that.

why they dont keep the save games in the game folder itself anymore.
burned myself many times figuring out afterwards something was stored in my documents.

Because consoles save all files in one location and consolification is evil!

From what I understand, it's because newer versions of windows require extra permissions to be able to write data to where your game folder likely is, where there is a good API for saving it in you're user's folder. Also, on top of that, it would allow multiple users on a system to play the game without using the same save file.