About
GHOST Buster will automatically backup your Wildlands save games while the game is running.
I created this software to backup Ghost Mode save games, hence the name "GHOST Buster".
Getting Started
- Launch GHOST Buster.exe
- Every time you launch it, the program will check the System Registry to see if Ghost Recon Wildlands and Ubisoft Connect are installed
- When you close it, a file containing the program's settings will be created (or updated if it already exists) inside
%LOCALAPPDATA%\GHOSTbackup
- Click the
Browse... button under "Folders -> Wildlands save games folder" to select Wildlands save games folder
- Refer to the PC Gaming Wiki if you don't know where save games are located
- Click the
Browse... button under "Folders -> Backup location" to select where Wildlands save games will be backed up to
- Each backup will be stored inside a
yyyyMMdd HHmm
sub-folder
- Specify the backup frequency and click the
Start Backup button. To interrupt the process, click
Stop Backup
- You can specify a value between 1 and 180
Restoring a backup
Warning
Disable cloud synchronization before restoring a backup, otherwise Ubisoft Connect will redownload the old save games rendering the restore process useless.
Also note that restoring a backup will OVERWRITE your old save games and it CANNOT BE UNDONE.
From Tasks screen
- Close the game
- Choose which backup you want to restore
- Second-to-last
- If it doesn't exist, you'll be prompted to restore the latest backup instead
- Click the
Restore Backup button
From Manage Backups screen
- Close the game
- Right click on the backup you want to restore
- Click Restore
Settings
- Interface language
- Confirm exit when backup is running
- Enabled by default
- The program will show a confirmation dialog before quitting if the backup process is running
- Confirm backup interruption
- Disabled by default
- The program will show a confirmation dialog before interrupting the backup process
- Display notifications about backups
- Disabled by default
- The program will display a toast notification every time a backup is performed
- Disable Ubisoft Connect cloud save synchronization on restore
- Disabled by default
- The program will disable Ubisoft Connect cloud save synchronization before restoring a backup
- Keep in mind that the Ubisoft Connect settings file may change at any time so this setting may not be reliable
- Enable Ubisoft Connect cloud save synchronization on exit
- Enabled by default
- Works only if the previous setting is enabled
- The program will re-enable Ubisoft Connect cloud save synchronization before quitting
- Check for updates on startup
- Disabled by default
- The program will connect to GitHub servers to check if the current version is up to date
- Remember window position
- Disabled by default
- The program will remember the window position the last time GHOST Buster was used
- I'm not using the Ubisoft Connect version of Wildlands
- Disabled by default
- You can specify a different location for the Wildlands executable
- Write events to a log file
- Disabled by default
- The program will log all events (such as Errors and Warnings) to a file
- The default log file location is
%LOCALAPPDATA%\GHOSTbackup\event.log
All settings are stored inside %LOCALAPPDATA%\GHOSTbackup\ghostbackup.cfg
Screenshots
GHOST Buster Preview
Main screen
The main screen of GHOST Buster
Backups
Manage Backups screen
Settings screen
GHOST Buster settings
Notification
Notification about the current backup
Backup restore
Restoring a backup
Backup deletion
Deleting a backup
Logs screen
All the events are logged here
About screen
About GHOST Buster
Download
You can download the latest version of GHOST Buster from the Releases page.
Source Code
The complete GHOST Buster source code is available on GitHub.
License
By downloading and/or using GHOST Buster, you are agreeing to the license terms.
Copyright (c) 2019 - 2022 Alberto Strappazzon
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of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
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