User data locations

Robocode Tank Royale stores preferences, settings, and recordings in platform-specific user data directories.

Windows

On Windows, the user data directory is:

%LOCALAPPDATA%\Robocode Tank Royale

This typically expands to:

C:\Users\{YourUsername}\AppData\Local\Robocode Tank Royale

To open it:

1. Press Win + R
2. Enter %LOCALAPPDATA%\Robocode Tank Royale
3. Press Enter

If %LOCALAPPDATA% is not set, the directory falls back to:

%APPDATA%\Robocode Tank Royale

macOS

On macOS, the user data directory is:

~/Library/Application Support/Robocode Tank Royale

To open it:

1. Open Finder
2. Press Cmd + Shift + G
3. Enter ~/Library/Application Support/Robocode Tank Royale
4. Press Enter

Linux

On Linux, the user data directory is:

~/.config/robocode-tank-royale

If XDG_CONFIG_HOME is set, the directory becomes:

$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/robocode-tank-royale

To open it from a terminal:

cd ~/.config/robocode-tank-royale

Directory structure

The user data directory contains:

Robocode Tank Royale/
├── gui.properties
├── server.properties
├── game-setups.properties
└── recordings/
    ├── game-2026-01-23-10-30-45.battle.gz
    ├── game-2026-01-23-11-15-20.battle.gz
    └── ...

For the meaning of the configuration files, see Configuration files.

Recordings directory

The recordings subdirectory stores battle recordings created by the GUI.

Recording files follow this naming pattern:

game-{YYYY-MM-DD}-{HH-mm-ss}.battle.gz

The files:

• use gzip compression
• contain NDJSON data
• can be replayed from Battle → Replay from File...

Recordings can accumulate over time, so delete old files manually when you no longer need them.