agaro
Warlord
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- Sep 16, 2010
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Quote from Ray in another thread: ----------------------
2 things are extremely important:
1. Start testing with new games every time changes are done.
2. Keep your mod folder and the repository copy separated.
Both things have caused many problems in the past if not done like that.
Do not simply copy the local copy of the SVN repository to MyGames.
Use "Tortoise SVN -> Export" to get a copy without SVN-data and put that one into MyGames.
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I've reposted that here because it is useful info for some other SVN newbie like me.
Ok. I think I've traced my horse issues back to a savegame file used across several mod version updates. But that file won't even load now so it's not possible to say much more than that.
My local mirror of the SVN files is all separate from my MyGames folder. And I use Tortoise to SVN update those files from Assembla - so that is all OK.
But I had been copying the R&R mod files to MyGames and then using my own file syncing software to keep that up to date, i.e. not using Tortoise Export.
So I've cleaned out the MyGame files and Exported a new version of R&R to there. That's fine. But what happens with updating that version?
- Should I clear the MyGames R&R folder every time there is a change and Export a full new version,
- Or can I just update it somehow? I can re-Export, and this just overwrites all the existing files and adds new ones. But I don't think it will delete files from the mod if they have been removed from the master version for some reason.
2 things are extremely important:
1. Start testing with new games every time changes are done.
2. Keep your mod folder and the repository copy separated.
Both things have caused many problems in the past if not done like that.
Do not simply copy the local copy of the SVN repository to MyGames.
Use "Tortoise SVN -> Export" to get a copy without SVN-data and put that one into MyGames.
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I've reposted that here because it is useful info for some other SVN newbie like me.
Ok. I think I've traced my horse issues back to a savegame file used across several mod version updates. But that file won't even load now so it's not possible to say much more than that.
My local mirror of the SVN files is all separate from my MyGames folder. And I use Tortoise to SVN update those files from Assembla - so that is all OK.
But I had been copying the R&R mod files to MyGames and then using my own file syncing software to keep that up to date, i.e. not using Tortoise Export.
So I've cleaned out the MyGame files and Exported a new version of R&R to there. That's fine. But what happens with updating that version?
- Should I clear the MyGames R&R folder every time there is a change and Export a full new version,
- Or can I just update it somehow? I can re-Export, and this just overwrites all the existing files and adds new ones. But I don't think it will delete files from the mod if they have been removed from the master version for some reason.