Firstly, the manual way :

1) Make all Battlegroups one time for the vanilla version of the game. Exit the game. Then go to ..\Steam\userdata\..\572410\remote\ and copy the PROFILE.profile2 file in a backup folder.
2) Then switch to the mod. Make all Battlegroups again. Exit the game. Do the same thing.
3) Now you have 2 files with the same name containing each a set of Battlegroups either for the Vanilla version or the modded one.
4) Then, just replace the file in the same folder each time you want to switch from a version to another.

Bonus : Youn can also create a Batch file to automate the process.


Here is an explanation about how to create a batch file which let's you enjoy the game, be it in vanilla or mod, without the fear of Battlegroups swipe.

Many thanks to Stormleecher and Milo.[HUN] for the tutorial !


From Stormleecher :

--Script --

@Echo off
CLS
Echo "Steel Division Normandy 44 MOD Select"
Echo.
Echo "1 - Modded"
Echo.
Echo "2 - Vanilla"
Echo .
set /P id=Select :

if "%id%"=="1" goto :mod
if "%id%"=="2" goto :vanilla

:mod
del <path to your remote steam profile>\PROFILE.profile2
copy "<path to your backup folder>\MOD.PROFILE.profile2" "<path to your remote steam profile>"
ren <path to your remote steam profile>\MOD.PROFILE.profile2 PROFILE.profile2
pause
exit

:vanilla

del <path to your remote steam profile>\PROFILE.profile2
copy "<path to your backup folder>\Vanilla.PROFILE.profile2" "<path to your remote steam profile>"
ren <path to your remote steam profile>\Vanilla.PROFILE.profile2 PROFILE.profile2
pause
exit

Explanation for this :

PROFILE.profile2 = your current profile in the <remote> STEAM folder
Vanilla.PROFILE.profile2 = the vanilla profile renamed and put in a backup folder
MOD.PROFILE.profile2 = the modded profile renamed and put alonside the above one in the backup folder

Copy the text from "@Echo off" to "exit" in a text file. Save the file. Rename the file from .txt to .bat
Execute and enjoy.



From Milo.[HUN] :

I've made some changes to Stormleecher's script below.
Now it backs up the files in place, no need for a backup folder.
Also, you only need to specify your Steam remote folder once (in the second line of the script).

The way it works, it assumes you're switching from one mode to the other and backs up your current profile (eg. switching to Mod -> saves current as vanilla)

See below for script:

@Echo off
cd /d "your_steam_userdata_folder\572410\remote\"

CLS
Echo Steel Division Normandy 44 MOD Select
Echo.
Echo 1 - Switch to Modded
Echo.
Echo 2 - Switch to Vanilla
Echo.
Echo 3 - Backup Vanilla (before installing mod)
Echo.
Echo 4 - Do nothing
Echo.

set /P id=Select :

if "%id%"=="1" goto :mod
if "%id%"=="2" goto :vanilla
if "%id%"=="3" goto :init
if "%id%"=="4" exit

:mod
Echo Saving current profile as vanilla
move /y PROFILE.profile2 Vanilla.PROFILE.profile2
Echo Placing mod profile to steam remote
move /y MOD.PROFILE.profile2 PROFILE.profile2
Echo.
pause
exit

:vanilla
Echo Saving current profile as mod
move /y PROFILE.profile2 MOD.PROFILE.profile2
Echo Placing vanilla profile to steam remote
move /y Vanilla.PROFILE.profile2 PROFILE.profile2
Echo.
pause
exit

:init
Echo Creating MOD and Vanilla files
copy PROFILE.profile2 MOD.PROFILE.profile2
copy PROFILE.profile2 Vanilla.PROFILE.profile2
Echo.
pause
exit