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January 25th, 2018, 09:23 #1
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Disaster Recovery for ongoing game
I've been using Fantasy Grounds for years and the great thing is - it just works and I have a game this coming Saturday. The problem is this - my computer died. I have a new computer coming tomorrow or Friday but I need to get my current game up and running. Is it just as simple as copying all the data files from the old hard drive to the new one - after installing Fantasy Grounds?
Do you have an article with a walk through of moving everything from one computer to another?
Please help so I can get the game up and running for Saturday.
Thanks.
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January 25th, 2018, 10:03 #2
If you can access the old hard drive, copy over the contents of your Data directory. Should be good to go. Fingers crossed... not a good situation (but... congrats on the new computer!).
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January 25th, 2018, 14:56 #3
Yes, it is that simple! Assuming you can access the HDD anyway, like @JohnD said. You'll want to copy over the /campaigns/ folder to your new FG install to specifically grab your campaign database. Maybe copy the /extensions/ and /modules/ folders too if you had any community extensions or modules loaded.
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January 25th, 2018, 15:09 #4
Pretty much copy everything over to make sure you get everything - rulesets, modules, extensions, portraits, cache, characters, tokens, etc.. Then run an update as the encrypted vault will need to be recreated.
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January 25th, 2018, 20:42 #5
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January 25th, 2018, 20:46 #6
Install FG on the new computer so you have the data directory. Start FG and click the folder icon in the top right of the main startup screen - this is the data folder on the new install.
The, go to the "Data folder" on the old computer - info here: https://www.fantasygrounds.com/wiki/...File_Locations Copy over everything from the data folder on the old computer to the new - don't overwrite anything. This means you should have the latest products, with all of your campaigns and custom stuff.Private Messages: My inbox is forever filling up with PMs. Please don't send me PMs unless they are actually private/personal messages. General FG questions should be asked in the forums - don't be afraid, the FG community don't bite and you're giving everyone the chance to respond and learn!
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