Same game, multiple computers

Neags23 · 04-05-2007, 11:49 AM

What is the easiest way to do this? I want to play the same league on my work computer and my home computer (spend more time in front of my work computer, but home computer is much, much faster). I attempted to just keep the league on my home computer and remote connect from work, but that's really just too slow.

To this point, the best thing I've thought to do is to manually upload all of my .dat game files to a server from one computer, then download them to the other, rinse and repeat.

Better/easier ways??

Bobble · 04-05-2007, 11:54 AM

Well, at least another way: http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/boar...d.php?t=143797

Neags23 · 04-05-2007, 11:59 AM

Ah, just when I think something would be a waste of time to try to search for.....

Thanks!

1998 Yankees · 04-05-2007, 04:04 PM

I did not follow everything in that thread, but I shudder to think of keeping a league on a USB flash drive alone. Maybe it's my floppy disk experiences (lost, stolen, corrupted, worn out), but I don't trust anything that is not a hard drive to be the primary location of any important files. I use USB flash drives to back up and transfer, not for original file work. Plus, someone pointed out in that thread that using one for the game will slow it down substantially. I would just use the USB drive to transport the league files from one location to the other, copying to hard drives for game use. I think the rest of that thread dealt with ways to do this faster, copying only files that changed from previous saves.

Neags23 · 04-05-2007, 04:11 PM

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Originally Posted by 1998 Yankees

I did not follow everything in that thread, but I shudder to think of keeping a league on a USB flash drive alone. ...

I would just use the USB drive to transport the league files from one location to the other, copying to hard drives for game use. I think the rest of that thread dealt with ways to do this faster, copying only files that changed from previous saves.

I agree with this as well. The fact that USB 2.0 now transfers at 320mbps, overwriting the files each time should only take a few seconds. The problem for me would be remembering to grab my mp3 player/usb 2.0 hard drive along with a cable every time I want to move my game.

Neags23 · 04-06-2007, 08:46 AM

USB 2.0 is a beautiful thing

Just transferred all my league files (151 mb) in 11 seconds. With speeds like that, I wonder if running the league from that usb drive would really slow down the game that much.

1998 Yankees · 04-06-2007, 10:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Neags23

USB 2.0 is a beautiful thing

Just transferred all my league files (151 mb) in 11 seconds. With speeds like that, I wonder if running the league from that usb drive would really slow down the game that much.

Interesting. If you try that, will you let us know? One thing for sure, though, is I would be backing that sucker up to my hard drive every day.

04-05-2007, 11:49 AM	#1
Neags23 All Star Starter Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 1,577	Same game, multiple computers What is the easiest way to do this? I want to play the same league on my work computer and my home computer (spend more time in front of my work computer, but home computer is much, much faster). I attempted to just keep the league on my home computer and remote connect from work, but that's really just too slow. To this point, the best thing I've thought to do is to manually upload all of my .dat game files to a server from one computer, then download them to the other, rinse and repeat. Better/easier ways??

04-05-2007, 11:54 AM	#2
Bobble Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: High and outside Posts: 4,036	Well, at least another way: http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/boar...d.php?t=143797 __________________

04-05-2007, 11:59 AM	#3
Neags23 All Star Starter Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 1,577	Ah, just when I think something would be a waste of time to try to search for..... Thanks!

04-05-2007, 04:04 PM	#4
1998 Yankees Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Yankee Stadium, back in 1998. Posts: 8,645	I did not follow everything in that thread, but I shudder to think of keeping a league on a USB flash drive alone. Maybe it's my floppy disk experiences (lost, stolen, corrupted, worn out), but I don't trust anything that is not a hard drive to be the primary location of any important files. I use USB flash drives to back up and transfer, not for original file work. Plus, someone pointed out in that thread that using one for the game will slow it down substantially. I would just use the USB drive to transport the league files from one location to the other, copying to hard drives for game use. I think the rest of that thread dealt with ways to do this faster, copying only files that changed from previous saves.

04-06-2007, 08:46 AM	#6
Neags23 All Star Starter Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 1,577	USB 2.0 is a beautiful thing Just transferred all my league files (151 mb) in 11 seconds. With speeds like that, I wonder if running the league from that usb drive would really slow down the game that much.