====== Data files ======

===== Linux and Windows (lord.js format) =====
^ File ^ What it is ^
| ''lord.ini'' | Game options (see [[game_options]]). |
| ''player.bin'' | The players. |
| ''state.bin'' | The game state: the day, Violet's and Seth's marriages, ... |
| ''lognow.lrd'', ''logold.lrd'' | Today's and yesterday's daily news. |
| ''mail*.lrd'' | Mail. |
| ''bar.lrd'', ''darkbar.lrd'', ''garden.lrd'', ''dirt.lrd'' | What players wrote in the bar, the Dark Cloak, the garden, and the dirt. |
| ''scores.lrd'' | Scores. |
| ''nodeon.*'' | Who is on (''SafeNode''). |
| ''*.lock'' | File locks while the game runs. |
| ''error.log'' | Errors from the game and its IGMs. |
| ''weapon.bin'', ''armour.bin'', ''trainers.bin'', ''lenemy.bin'', ''dragon.bin'' | Optional overrides written by lordcfg's table editors (lord.js reads the same files). |
| ''lordtxt.lrd'', ''*.lrd'', ''mlooks.txt'', ''flooks.txt'' | Text and screens. |
| ''LORDTXT.DAT'' | LORD 4.06's screens, used first when present. |
| ''ladyevnt.dat'' | The installed LADY events. |
| ''lady.log'' | With ''-debug''. |

===== DOS (LORD 4.06 format) =====
Internally the files keep their lord.js names; on DOS they are mapped to the LORD 4.06 names, so LORD 4.06's own files are used.
^ File ^ What it is ^
| ''PLAYER.DAT'' | Players (the 236-byte LORD 4.06 records IGMs read). |
| ''LORDFPX.DAT'' | The parts of each player ''PLAYER.DAT'' has no room for (same record numbers). |
| ''LORDFPS.DAT'' | Game state (days, Violet's and Seth's marriages, ...). |
| ''LORDFPM.DAT'' | The game day ''MAINT.BAT'' last ran. |
| ''MAIL<n>.DAT'' | Mail. |
| ''LOGNOW.TXT'', ''LOGOLD.TXT'' | Today's and yesterday's news. |
| ''TIME.DAT'' | The game day. |
| ''LASTHERO.DAT'' | The latest hero. |
| ''MARRAGE.DAT'' | Violet's husband (record number, -1 for none). |
| ''BAR.TXT'', ''DIRT.TXT'', ''GARDEN.TXT'' | What players wrote. |
| ''GOODSAY.DAT'', ''BADSAY.DAT'', ''NORMSAY.DAT'', ''DSTART'', ''START1''-''START5'' | LORD 4.06's text. |
| ''3RDPARTY.DAT'' | In-Game Modules (Other Places). |
| ''NODE<n>.DAT'' | Node set-up. |
| ''MAINT.BAT'' | Run once a day after the daily maintenance. |
| ''RESUME.<node>'' | While a player is in an IGM. |
A LORD 4.06 player is picked up from ''PLAYER.DAT'' the first time they play. LORD 4.06's ''PLAYEXT.DAT'', ''PLAYEXT2.DAT'' and ''LORD.DAT'' are not used.

===== Backups =====
Back up the whole game directory. Copies taken while players are on can catch a file being written.