Installing both 2.x and 3.x on the same machine?

[unerwünscht]

Just stating the obvious here but I would recommend you just take a backup of your appdata folder and then try the Test or Dev version. This way your stuff is safe. Downgrading is just as easy as trying the other versions.

NOTE: I've been informed that the current alpha doesn't downgrade as it should so I would use caution. But normally it's just as easy as clicking a button

I believe backing up your app data folder will fix the 'current' issue with 'downgrading' back to the current release. Or at least it worked for me, however it could also be that Moon already fixed that issue.

[Trenloe]

Regarding the "run in test mode" discussion above...

This is fine - do it if you like doing this: getting early access to new features and helping out with community testing. What I would ask is that if you run into an issue, check if the issue is in the current "live" product to determine where you should be posting your problem on the forums - post in the laboratory if you are using the test version.

Over they years I have spent many hours troubleshooting people's issues without it being clear that they were actually running in "test" mode, not "live" where the issue didn't occur and I spent a lot of time try to recreate to help identify the issue.

So - if using "test", post issues in the laboratory thread and always be clear that you are using "test". If you like switching between "live" and "test" please double check which mode you are in when posting regarding issues.

[unerwünscht]

So - if using "test", post issues in the laboratory thread and always be clear that you are using "test". If you like switching between "live" and "test" please double check which mode you are in when posting regarding issues.

Addendum: Even if you are absolutely sure you have the most up to date version, please post your version number in the post regarding your issue (I am guilty of not doing this as well, and FG does not typically update the version numbers in test mode). The thing is updates have been known to get released shortly after someone has posted a bug, and things have gotten VERY confusing from that.

[Blacky]

The settings that you see in the "Settings" window are stored in the registry under HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Fantasy Grounds\2.0. So, you would need to:
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Works great, if anyone was wondering. A bit of a hassle, but less than other work-arounds.

Workaround needed, since I can't connect a 2.9.4 client to a 3.0.0 server.

[Kapkomm1]

Workaround needed, since I can't connect a 2.9.4 client to a 3.0.0 server.

And vice-versa, a 3.0.0 client will not connect to a 2.9.4 server.

I put 3.0.0 on my laptop to take a look...and cannot connect my laptop to my desktop.

TIBTK

[Trenloe]

And vice-versa, a 3.0.0 client will not connect to a 2.9.4 server.

That is usually the case - even for minor version differences, let alone a 2.x to a 3.x difference, so keep this in mind for future upgrades - players will need to upgrade/downgrade (if downgrading is possible) to the same version as the GM, you may be able to connect buT you could well experience issues from version mis-matches.

[Moon Wizard]

Yes, in order to be able to make larger changes to the system, we sometimes need to make changes to the underlying network communications or data storage structures. When this happens, I advance the version numbers so that the versions will not connect to each other, in order to prevent data corruption or other strange failure conditions.

Regards,
JPG

[S Ferguson]

In fact 3.0 will give you an error message if you try to connect to a 2.9.4 server.

Cheers,
SF

[Acroyear]

Thanks Trenloe for the instructions!