Saving .ja files for backup??

[jankvis]

I should have known this.....

I have installed a LOT of new assets. If my PC crash, is there a way to copy .ja files (or others) to another harddrive (for backup) to simplify the re-installing of Trainz..(in case of crash)?

any help appreciated.

Jan

 

[Muliebuck]

Well, technically, you *could* copy them to a DVD, CD, another partion, etc, just which .ja files are we talking about?

 

[jankvis]

Well, technically, you *could* copy them to a DVD, CD, another partion, etc, just which .ja files are we talking about?

well, I'm talking about taking a backup of 'neccessary' files to avoid installing ALL assets again if my PC crash. What i ment was to re-install Trainz (do not take so long time) and then copy those files back into the correct folder.

If possible, I need a little tutorial . I hope this is possible as i have used all weekend to download and install......

Jan

 

[Ferngren]

How did you manage to get new assets into .ja-files? Is this TS2009?

Technically you could copy the entire Trainz-folder to another HD with all of its content and settings, I've heard of that being done.

Windows seem to have some difficulty copying .ja-files, it's a bit slow. Then there's a slight risk of corruption of .ja - I've experienced that myself.

Make two copies before crashing! :Y:

 

[junewil]

You could save the local file in TRS to your hard drive and this will save your local installed files but this could end up with the same result . Should you try this only install approximately 40 to 50 files at a time so that you do not overload the CMP and this will probably find the fault file or files that are creating the problem .
junewil

 

[jankvis]

THX for the reply's

I need to take a backup soon, I don't want to spend another weekend at download station....:hehe: :hehe:

cheers, Jan

 

[stovepipe]

Hi Jan,

In 2006/TC3/09 it's the Local folder that has your downloaded/modified content in. If you regularly copy it to a safe place (not your boot HDD) you should be ok.

I have installed Trainz onto a second internal HDD, and run a copy of the local file onto an external HDD via USB, which just gets used for backups.

There are a few other files you might want to copy as well:

\cache\sessions
\screenshots
\settings\surveyor consists

The .ja files are just what comes with the game and would get installed again. If you've moved the TRS2006 .ja files into TC3 then I think you would need to repeat the process should the worse happen.

cheers
stovepipe