Kafka
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I have recently been obliged to replace my computer. I've reinstalled Drod, and I still have my old hard disk with all of my data. But whatever I do, I can't seem to impost or copy this into the new game. I have a lot of saved game progress and other data which I don't want to lose. How can I import this into the new game?

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[Last edited by Kafka at 07-13-2009 06:57 PM]

eb0ny
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All you have to do is to move DROD's data files into your new computer.

1) Find DROD's data folder in your old hard drive. On Windows it is "C:\Documents and Settings\Your username\Application data\Caravel" (or something similar - it shouldn't be difficult to recognize it). Note that Application data folder is hidden, so you'll have to tweak some settings in Control Panel->Folder options, if you don't see it.
2) Copy this folder and its contents from your old hard drive to your new one (to the same location, of course).

This should restore all your imported holds and player profiles. Hope it helps.

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Kafka
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eb0ny wrote:
All you have to do is to move DROD's data files into your new computer.

I've done that. But my saved and downloaded games don't appear. I really don't want to start TCB from the start again. And I can't find a player file. Which are the relevant files?

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Briareos
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eb0ny wrote:
1) Find DROD's data folder in your old hard drive. On Windows it is "C:\Documents and Settings\Your username\Application data\Caravel" (or something similar - it shouldn't be difficult to recognize it). Note that Application data folder is hidden, so you'll have to tweak some settings in Control Panel->Folder options, if you don't see it.
2) Copy this folder and its contents from your old hard drive to your new one (to the same location, of course).

Contrary to Linux and Mac OS X, DROD doesn't do this on Windows, but just dumps everything into the "Data" folder in the installation directory.

@Kafka: if you happen to have been using Windows Vista, you'll probably have to look under "\Users\<your username>\AppData\Local\VirtualStore" on your old system partition because that's where Vista redirects programs that write data into a program's installation folder without having administrator privileges.

(Disclaimer: this is all just googled info as I never have used Vista and don't intend to with Windows 7 being so close...)

If this isn't about Vista it should be sufficient to just copy your old DROD installation folder over to your new installation and create a shortcut to DROD.exe...

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eb0ny
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Kafka wrote:
I've done that. But my saved and downloaded games don't appear. I really don't want to start TCB from the start again. And I can't find a player file. Which are the relevant files?

Strange. If you've moved everything to correct folders, it should work. Maybe the files are corrupted?

Briareos wrote:
Contrary to Linux and Mac OS X, DROD doesn't do this on Windows, but just dumps everything into the "Data" folder in the installation directory.

Yes, thank you for correcting me. It was a long time since I have used the Windows version of DROD.

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[Last edited by eb0ny at 07-13-2009 09:25 PM]

Kafka
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Ah thanks, that helped me find the other, secret, location where the data was held. I've managed to import all my progress now, and can continue to clear up the mess.

And I wouldn't have chosen to upgrade this week either, but my motherboard went Phut! last week, so I had to. At least my new system comes with a free upgrade to Windows 7 in the autumn.


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You can retrieve your lost data by taking Microsoft Help & Support which provide you best way for solving your issue.

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You can retrieve your lost data by taking Microsoft Help & Support looking at the man pages which provide you best way for solving your issue.