[DMgenie] Questions from a new member

[thomassundell]

Hello!

I've been working with DM Genie on my own for almost four years now. I
was glad I found this site, since it's sad the product seems to be
officially unsupported now and the FAQ-list at http://www.dmgenie.com
isn't saying much.

I work with more than one computer regularly, (stationary and laptops).
Thus I have more than one DM Genie database that I have a problem with
synchronizing.

Q1: Is there a simple way to make a backup and then restore of a
database? The export command seems to split it up in so many files.

Q2, 3: When I work with a group of PCs on one computer I can export that
group and import it to another computer. Since it's the same PCs that I
change, I get a copy importing them each time.
Is there a way to come around that? I'd like to swap out some files and
always use the latest one.

Which files should I swap? I tried removing the folders with data and
copying in the same from my other installation, but it seems DM Genie
still remembers only the old ones even after a restart. I don't know
what I'm doing wrong? Must be some other files that should be switched
too?

Q4: Any guidelines on how to import the files you provide on this group
site? I'd like to try to import a file into a separate "folder" that I
can easily delete should the extra data clog the program or make it hard
to find the basic stuff.

Q5: Is there some FAQ site elsewhere that can answer these probably
common questions?

Thanks for any help! /Thomas

[Riccardo]

Thomas,
I prepare my adventures on different computers. At the end of each
activity, I export the whole campaign to an USB drive. If the next time
I work on that campaign on a different PC, I import it generating a new
one. It has always worked, even if every time a new campaign has to be
generated.

Best regards
Riccardo

[tussock]

Riccardo wrote:

> I prepare my adventures on different computers. At the end of each
> activity, I export the whole campaign to an USB drive.

Just to note, I've seen a couple of those things die recently, so make a
backup somewhere once a week or so if the cumulative work has any value to
you. Three rules of computing: backup, backup, and backup. Not that I do.

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tussock

[Sir Santo Cesario]

hello and welcome, there isn't much chatter on here but there are alot of people. if
you need anything or their are any books information your looking for I would be
happy to help you.

santo

[thomassundell]

In article <jt27o...@eGroups.com>, SantoC...@yahoo.com wrote:

>hello and welcome, there isn't much chatter on here but there are alot
>of people. if you need anything or their are any books information your
>looking for I would be happy to help you.

Thank you!
I still hope there is a way just to replace whole files rather than
export/import. I've got four campaigns with some 100+ PCs and NPCs so
there's some work deleting every copy all the time.
I know about groups, but I've still not used the campaign feature in DM
Genie. Might have to look at it again.

Is there really no way to just make a backup without doing the
export/import?



/Thomas

[Ubiquitous]

In article <jt3k4...@eGroups.com>, thomas...@yahoo.se wrote:

>Thank you!
>I still hope there is a way just to replace whole files rather than
>export/import. I've got four campaigns with some 100+ PCs and NPCs so
>there's some work deleting every copy all the time.
>I know about groups, but I've still not used the campaign feature in DM
>Genie. Might have to look at it again.
>
>Is there really no way to just make a backup without doing the
>export/import?

I don't know if this helps, but I've backed up the entie DM Genie directory
and restored it that way.

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