Script to backup Dark souls 3 saves every 5 mins

build.md

Building the EXE yourself

Requirements

• Python 2.7
• pyinstaller - pip install pyinstaller

Once everything is installed configure the script and use pyinstaller -F --clean --noupx --win-private-assemblies ds3_save_backup.py.

Your executeable is in ./dist

ds3_backup.py

from os import getenv, listdir, makedirs
from os.path import join, isdir, exists
from datetime import datetime
from shutil import copytree
from time import sleep

dark_souls_folder_name = 'DarkSoulsIII'
save_folder_name = 'save_backups'
backup_interval_secs = 5 * 60


def find_ds3_folder():
	if dark_souls_folder_name in listdir(getenv('APPDATA')):
		return join(getenv('APPDATA'), dark_souls_folder_name)


def backup_folders(ds3_folder):


	current_date = datetime.now()
	formatted_date = current_date.strftime("%y%m%d-%H.%M")

	folders = [(join(ds3_folder, f), f)
				for f in listdir(ds3_folder) 
				if isdir(join(ds3_folder, f)) 
				and f != save_folder_name]

	for full_path, folder_name in folders:
		copytree(full_path, join(ds3_folder, save_folder_name, formatted_date, folder_name))


def create_backup_folder(ds3_folder):
	save_path = join(ds3_folder, save_folder_name)

	if exists(save_path):
		return

	makedirs(save_path)

def main():
	ds3_folder = find_ds3_folder()
	if ds3_folder is None:
		print("Unable to find DarkSoulsIII folder in '%s'" % (getenv('APPDATA')))

	create_backup_folder(ds3_folder)
	backup_folders(ds3_folder)


if __name__ == '__main__':
	print("Dark souls 3 - Save backup")
	print("Backing up every %s secs" % (backup_interval_secs))
	print("Backup folder: %s" % (join(getenv('APPDATA'), dark_souls_folder_name, save_folder_name)))
	while True:
		
		try:
			main()
			print("Saved.")
		except Exception as e:
			print("Save didn't complete. \n%s" % (e))

		sleep(float(backup_interval_secs))