riviergrullon / janus

A save file manager for Hades.

Janus

Janus is a save manager for Hades by Supergiant Games.
This allows you to manage multiple saves, making it easier to back up and load saves with specific seeds.

Prerequistites and first time setup

Janus requires Python 3
IMPORTANT: Make sure to tick "Add Python to PATH" when installing Python 3

To keep your controls and settings between saves, replace default.ctrls and default.xml in the config folder with Profile1.ctrls and Profile1.xml from \Documents\Saved Games\Hades Run Janus with run.bat

Backing up

Pick which Hades profile you want to back up.
Enter a name to back up as when prompted

Loading

Choose which sav file you want to load
Choose which profile number you want to load this save to

Deleting

Choose which Hades profile you want to wipe.
If you want to remove a backed up save, delete the .sav file in the Saves folder of Janus.

Common issues / Solutions

If Janus isn't running:

Go to "Manage App Execution Aliases" in windows settings If there are any aliases for Python.exe or Python3.exe, disable them

Open cmd and type python or python --version If you get 'python' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. then there is something wrong with your python installation.
If you didn't choose to add python to your PATH, follow this guide or reinstall python with this option

Disclaimer

Modding Hades is not officially endorsed by Supergiant Games.
Any game crashes, save corruption, crashes or other problems resulting from modding are not their responsibility to deal with.
If you have any questions about modding, or are having issues with any of my mods, feel free to contact me on Discord (Ship#0101)