How to Manage Backups
The information in this Wiki Page applies to TANE, TRS19, Trainz Plus and TRS22. This guide will explain automatic and manual backups in Trainz.
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Trainz will automatically backup your current route and session in Surveyor while you work. You can set the number of backups created each day | |
You can use Content Manager to manually create backups of routes, sessions and assets as often as you need | |
Both the manual and automatic backups can be restored to Trainz by Content Manager | |
You can backup all your user data (built-in assets, DLS downloads, DLC purchases, your own creations) |
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Automatic Backups vs Manual Backups
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Automatic Backups
Creating Automatic Backups
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Only a set number of backups are created each day | |
Only 7 days of backups are kept |
This is a Set and Forget operation. You simply tell Trainz how many backups you want created each day and the program takes care of the rest.
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Only the last 7 days of backups are kept and this number cannot be changed.
Restoring Automatic Backups
The automatic backups are stored in a backup folder in your Trainz local data folder. The location of this folder is held in your Launcher - Trainz Settings - Install tab.
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This folder can also found using Windows Explorer by following a similar folder path as shown below.
Where idname is the first 5 characters of your Windows logon name and random will be a random sequence of letters and numbers identifying the Trainz Build Number.
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Steps: Open The Backups Folder: |
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Identify the Backup to Restore:
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Restore the Backup To Trainz:
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More details, including tips on troubleshooting, can be found in the Trainz Knowledge Base at Restoring Backups
Manual Backups
In Summary: | |
You control the number and frequency of backups | |
You control the backup location and filenames | |
Assets, not just routes and sessions can be backed up |
Creating Manual Backups
Manual backups are stored as .CDP files | |
Many assets can be stored in a single .CDP file |
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Restoring Manual Backups
Simply drag and drop the backup CDP file or files into Content Manager |
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Backup Plan Basics
If you are using a manual backup method then devise a simple backup plan and stick to it |
The most important parts of any backup plan are:-
- make regular backups - how often will depend on the complexity of the project
- keep duplicate sets of backups including on offline storage
- keep previous backup sets, not just the latest ones - how many past sets you will want to keep will depend on factors such as available storage
- have a simple but consistent file naming system to be able to quickly identify the backup you need to restore lost work
Sample Backup Plan:
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Backing Up and Restoring Picklists
Picklists have to be exported and imported as text files |
Picklists cannot be backed up manually using .CDP files. They must be exported as text files.
Detailed instructions on backing up and restoring Picklists as text files can be found on the Trainz Wiki Page at:- |
Backing Up All Your User Content
You can backup ALL your installed content including built-ins and DLC |
You can make a backup copy of all your installed content (buildings, tracks, rolling stock, trees, routes, sessions, etc, etc). Everything you have downloaded and installed from the DLS and other web sites, all the built-in content and all your DLC packages. Also included will be all the screenshots you have captured and your automatic backups. In short, everything but the program "executables" and utilities that form the Trainz program itself.
All of this data is stored in your Local Data Folder.
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Be aware that this could be a very large quantity of data that could take a lot of time and space to backup |
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Steps: Locate Your Local Data Folder:
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Determine the Size of the Folder:
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Copy the Folder:
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This page was created by Trainz user pware in January 2020 and was last updated as shown below.