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Kneenibble

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Transferring saves
« on: July 02, 2014, 01:54:09 am »
I cannot seem to import my fortress from one computer to another successfully.  I have uploaded the 'region1' folder from data/save to Dropbox, and then paste it into the data/save folder on my other computer.  When I go to play it, the game doesn't see it at all -- Create New World is the only option, as if the folder were empty.  Are there more files somewhere I need to transfer?
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Re: Transferring saves
« Reply #1 on: July 02, 2014, 10:07:54 am »
I don't know what "paste it into data/save" means.  Make sure you have a data/save/region1/ subdirectory with all the same files that you had on the first computer.  If "paste it" copies the contents directly into data/save/ instead of into data/save/region1/ then that might explain it.
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Re: Transferring saves
« Reply #2 on: July 02, 2014, 02:16:37 pm »
Quote from: greycat on July 02, 2014, 10:07:54 am
I don't know what "paste it into data/save" means.  Make sure you have a data/save/region1/ subdirectory with all the same files that you had on the first computer.  If "paste it" copies the contents directly into data/save/ instead of into data/save/region1/ then that might explain it.

Sorry -- what I mean is that I copy the region1 folder from Dropbox and paste it into the data/save folder of the computer I am trying to import it to.  For some reason, the game does not recognize it: so my question is whether there is something else, other than the region1 folder, that I need to import.
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Re: Transferring saves
« Reply #3 on: July 02, 2014, 03:27:08 pm »
It would help if you gave us a complete list of every file inside the "unrecognized" region folder on the destination system.
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Re: Transferring saves
« Reply #4 on: July 02, 2014, 04:15:51 pm »
You are using 0.34 (or the same version) on both ends, correct?
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Re: Transferring saves
« Reply #5 on: July 03, 2014, 11:43:18 pm »
Thanks for the replies, my fellows, but I resolved the issue.  I was only transferring the region folder -- but I tried importing the entire save folder, which is full of files that were not showing up on my other computer for some reason.  Now it works.

I am fairly new to the game, and I had my first effective fortress that is now 10 years old on another computer.  I'll be happy not to have lost it.
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