Can we sync data between installs?

[Tersival]

Apologies if this is the wrong subforum.

I have a laptop I take to game days to run sessions (using a flat screen TV my brother turned into a map display) with and a big/dual-screen desktop that is much easier to prepare sessions on.

Unfortunately I can't see who to prepare on my desktop and then transfer my campaign data to my laptop for maximum convenience.

Is there a method I'm missing?

Thanks in advance.

[Trenloe]

All of your data is stored locally on the computer hard drive. If you want to transfer data from one computer to the other you'll need to do this manually - network copy/paste, temporary upload to a cloud storage system then download, USB drive, etc., etc.. Do not setup an automatic sync of live FG data using cloud backup software or suchlike as this has caused campaign corruption and loss of data.

More information in the FG Wiki here: https://fantasygroundsunity.atlassia...f-My-Campaign?

There's some discussion of using batch files to copy your FG data to a network/cloud location and then download to the target computer in this thread: https://www.fantasygrounds.com/forum...l=1#post308736

[GregRex]

As Trenloe said. When I travel, I make a copy of the Campaign folder from my PC's FG directory and paste it to my laptop's FG directory. When I get back, I copy from my laptop back to my PC, replacing the files in the directory.

FWIW: My PC is Windows and my laptop is a Macbook. Everything works for me following Trenloe's advice above.

FWIW, part deuce: This is a good method for backing up your campaign in the event of a computer crash. I now copy my campaigns to an external hard drive about once every month or two.

[Nylanfs]

Remember the 3-2-1 rule!

[Mytherus]

Absolutely! I use external , a usb (put in my house safe btw) and then a cloud backup with strong password. Though I don’t know how well that copy works as it’s also encrypted. I should probably test that.

This is my method for all data that’s important so financial, passwords manager data and fgu. Anything else on my pc ain’t stressing if lost.

[cwsoots]

Here's my recommended setup. I have a desktop and a laptop that I synchronize between, depending on whether I'm hosting a game online (desktop) or in-person (laptop). I've been doing this for several years now, and it's working great.

1. I ensure that my FGU data directory is in a non-synched location of my local disk on both systems. I personally use OneDrive for the backup of all my data on both systems, but the FGU data directory is in a folder that is not synchronized to OneDrive.
2. After each game, I use FreeFileSync (https://freefilesync.org/) to do Synchronize—Mirror backup of my entire FGU data folder to a OneDrive folder on the same system dedicated to my FGU data only.
3. I have OneDrive set up on both systems to back up my data, so OneDrive will then synchronize that folder to the cloud and then to my other system's OneDrive folder.
4. I then use FreeFileSync on the other system to do a Synchronize—Mirror restore from my OneDrive folder on that system to the FGU data folder location.
5. After each session, I can move my install back and forth as needed. It only takes a few minutes each way.

This has been working wonderfully well since I started using this process many years ago. I would encourage you to donate to FreeFileSync to get a licensed copy. Hope this helps!