Ability to Archive Realms
 

I finally had some time to slice up my main campaign and export the different pieces to their new homes. Now that I've tidied things up a bit, I'm not keen on deleting the original campaign until I've had time to double check, in case I missed anything.

I'd like to suggest an ability to archive (and possibly categorize) realms. As our list of realms begins to grow via purchases from the content market, community sharing, and so forth, I'd imagine keeping things organized could become challenging.

Obviously, this is a nice to have type of suggestion, I know there are more pressing features that have priority :)

+1 this will be needed more the longer RW exists.

What do you mean by "archive" a realm?

Archive where, and in what format?

You can already export the entire realm as an XML file, which you can later load into a newly created realm.

I think they mean delete a realm off the server but have local copy. I think you could do now except that the system blocks you from importing deleted content

Actually the reverse. Delete the local copy but leave it in the cloud for later access.

Sometimes you might not be working on a realm anymore but you might not want to lose it forever. Being able to get it again would be handy. But having every experimental realm and old realm cluttering up the realm list would be annoying as well as wasteful of disk space.

Can't you already do this? You just go manage data and delete local content only.

The entries remain in your realm list.

I can see what kbs666 is getting at.

Would be a nice option. And it might generate some revenue for LWD as some people might need more storage - of course this depends on how exactly the subscription plan will look like.

Categorizing (with remembered collapsing) and/or hiding realms would be nice for folks with a lot of them.

I raised the issue of needing to improve management of the Realm list because the number each person has is going to increase with the Content Market's availability previously. Rob said they had noticed the potential issues, and had added it to the "to-do" list.