[Issue with backup tool]

[severan]

Hello everyone,
I'm making this thread here because I have not found a place to post client issues (if you know where I should direct my question, please let me know, and I will do so ^^).
So my problem is this, both me and my girlfriend play the game, and have done so since the start. We always had the typical issue where we lose our hotbars every now and then, but at the time we had one job/class, and it was fast to reset everything to our preferences.
Fast forward, and now we have multiple jobs at 50, and not only that, we play between four different pcs, with two separate accounts (One for each obviously).
I could copy the My Games folder around, but that has too many files, and we DO have a back up tool either way, so I'd rather use that.
However, every time I log in to the client, and use the backup tool to, well, backup MY settings, and restore it on another pc, it will delete every other character settings on the other pc.

Explanation:
PC1 - Backup settings - My settings are backed up.
PC2 - Restore my settings - Girlfriend settings are deleted.

PC3 - Backup settings - Gf settings are backed up.
PC4- Restore settings - My settings are deleted.

See the issue? I'm guessing that I'm copying the settings of the account that I'm logged in with, at the client, but tbh I can't even be sure of that.

I am aware of third party tools that save and backup the settings are sync them across pcs, however with all the hacking and account stealing, I'm not willing to go down that route at all. Also, yes, Dropbox, however Dropbox by itself can kill my bandwidth (it's slow.... 120mbps only...) when it is syncing too many files at the same time.

So, any chance of SE having a decent backup tool that shows us in good old PS1/PS2 save game style which character settings we are backing up, and choosing what we want to backup?

Thank you for your time,

Severan Expendere

[KraggyKor]

It's a simple matter of using a PC->PC sync tool, I use Second Copy, but there are loads of such tools.

Yes, copying the entire My Game folder WILL overwrite what's on the destination machine, so you need an intelligent 'file syncer'. If you don't want to buy one then use Microsoft's 'Sync Toy', search for it on their site.

[Raist]

Sounds like the backup tool may be either overwriting the entire folder instead of just the targeted character. XI did this too, but we had 4 save slots (one local, 3 remote), so we could back up in a rotation of sorts.

xcopy has command switches that will prevent older files from overwriting newer ones, so you could go the batch file route if you are savvy with that stuff. Would have to share folders, map to them, and then xcopy them with the /D /Y switches to copy only newer files and automatically overwrite.

The built in Windows Sync Center may be easier to set up though. Share your folder(s) and set up the partnerships. You can set them on a schedule, or triggered by particular event (like after sign-on), or go in and manually synchronize on demand. The location and config will differ depending on which version of Windows you are on (in Win8 it's in Control Panel). Here is a quick overview (yes, it's a Vista article, but concepts/functionality still applies to newer versions):

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/w...mation-in-sync

[severan]

Well, took me a long time to get back here.
Like I said in my opening post, I am fully aware of 3rd party programs to remedy this. Any dropbox like sync tool will fix this. Windows has skydrive for instance, or whatever it is called now. That's not the point. The way I see it, SE backup/restore tool is not working properly, and I refuse to use a 3rd party program to sync my FFXIV files because of all the hacking going on. Yes, I cannot be hacked through the files on my characters folder, however I don't even want to consider using other programs for something that already exists.
I was afraid that I might be using the tool incorrectly, however if this is not the case, I'm here to point that out to SE in hopes of a fix of some sorts, that is basically it ^^

[Raist]

In the short term, you don't have to resort to third party tools though --you can do it with the Windows Synch tool that is built into the OS. Share the folders on the home network, pair them up, and let Windows synchronize them on a schedule, triggered by an event like log-in, or do them on demand. The same thing can be done via batch files with net use and xcopy too, but it's a bit more complicated.