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Cabbagetroll

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Transferral of a save
« on: June 21, 2012, 01:38:35 pm »
I have a wonderful fort on the computer that I am currently using, and I would like to transfer said fort to a separate computer. The two are not on a network together and I have no current access to a flash drive. What are some ways that I could gain access to this fort on the new computer?
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Re: Transferral of a save
« Reply #1 on: June 21, 2012, 01:46:10 pm »
Dropbox?
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Re: Transferral of a save
« Reply #2 on: June 21, 2012, 01:47:25 pm »
Not an option, too full
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Re: Transferral of a save
« Reply #3 on: June 21, 2012, 01:47:54 pm »
Quote from: Cabbagetroll on June 21, 2012, 01:38:35 pm
I have a wonderful fort on the computer that I am currently using, and I would like to transfer said fort to a separate computer. The two are not on a network together and I have no current access to a flash drive. What are some ways that I could gain access to this fort on the new computer?

Zip the region folder the fort is in, upload to a file host (like dropbox, DFFD etc.), download with the other computer and unzip it and stick the region fodler in your 'save' folder.

ninja'd. How full is too full? how large is the folder?
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Re: Transferral of a save
« Reply #4 on: June 21, 2012, 01:48:24 pm »
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Re: Transferral of a save
« Reply #5 on: June 21, 2012, 01:51:34 pm »
Break up the files in the folder into smaller chunks, zip them up, email them.
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Re: Transferral of a save
« Reply #6 on: June 21, 2012, 02:29:10 pm »
Go into the source code, write it all down with a pen and paper, and then when you're done sometime next year you can just put it into a Dwarf Fortress folder on the new computer. Hey, you didn't ask for good ideas.  :P
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Re: Transferral of a save
« Reply #7 on: June 21, 2012, 02:44:48 pm »
Zip and split the zips. Use floppy's. It's the only way.

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Re: Transferral of a save
« Reply #8 on: June 21, 2012, 02:52:14 pm »
I'd work on gaining access to a flash drive. it's not like they're terribly expensive.
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Re: Transferral of a save
« Reply #9 on: June 21, 2012, 03:20:27 pm »
Didn't know about DFFD, I'll be using that, I think.

Quote from: codyorr on June 21, 2012, 02:29:10 pm
Go into the source code, write it all down with a pen and paper, and then when you're done sometime next year you can just put it into a Dwarf Fortress folder on the new computer. Hey, you didn't ask for good ideas.  :P

True, and this might be the dwarfiest option presented.
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Re: Transferral of a save
« Reply #10 on: June 21, 2012, 03:24:57 pm »
The dorfiest method would be to stick your +serrated silicon hard drive+ in a minecart, push it down a flight of stairs at the mailman, and bait him back to the other computer with a trail of kittens after he goes beserk with it embedded in his skull.
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Re: Transferral of a save
« Reply #11 on: June 21, 2012, 07:37:52 pm »
Are you trying to copy the entire DF directory, or just the region for your current game (<DF dir>/data/save/<region dir>)?
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Re: Transferral of a save
« Reply #12 on: June 21, 2012, 10:15:31 pm »
Just the region and fort contained there-in
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Re: Transferral of a save
« Reply #13 on: June 22, 2012, 12:41:17 am »
I'd say either DFFD or just break the region folder into two pieces, zip them up, and send them separately through email.
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Re: Transferral of a save
« Reply #14 on: June 22, 2012, 09:55:49 am »
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