Automatic Sync/Export Option

[mirtos]

This comes from the discussion forum where questions were being asked about the database.

I think it would be nice to have some form of auto-sync/export option (I put the slash in for the people who want it to auto export vs auto sync) with a time being a parameter the user can enter. This would be an option, not a forced.

So in other words, I could set mine to Auto Export 1/hour, or even 1/minute (though obviously that would slow down my user experience).

I could forsee that network traffic might be a complaint for the cloud, so maybe you dont allow the auto-sync to happen more than 1/15 minutes, but auto export should be whatever the user wanted, as its their own hard drive.

 

[EightBitz]

I would like this as well.

 

[Zaphod Beebledoc]

+1 here too.

 

[Cornelius]

+1 from me too. Since I use the cloud as a means to back up my database I always sync before exiting.

 

[MaxSupernova]

+1 here

 

[Vargr]

+1 here.

How about a feature in the fora, where you can up- or downvote a suggestion? This way we could avoid a myriad of identical posts saying "Yeah, me too! +1"

 

[mirtos]

I used to program for vBulletin, and basically it would would require everything new suggestion being a poll. You wouldnt really have "Upvote, Downvote" but "Yes/No". People could still comment, but they can only vote once. It obviously depends on which version of vBulletin they are running here.

 

[Parody]

How about a feature in the fora, where you can up- or downvote a suggestion? This way we could avoid a myriad of identical posts saying "Yeah, me too! +1"

There are vBulletin plugins that do this, but if they're happy with how the forum is working they might not want to mess with it. What they could do instead is ask us to rate suggestion threads with how much we'd like to see it.

ObTopic: Auto-sync on exit (rather than getting prompted to do it if you're logged in) would be nice. Periodic export or sync while working is useful, but for once I'm not that worried about it losing what I've been doing while I'm working. It's already making a backup of the local database at every startup, so I'd only lose so much. (Longer work sessions would change this perspective, I'm sure. :)

I'm assuming that letting you set the locations where Realm Works stores your active data and the backup folder are still features on the list of things to implement.

 

[Vargr]

I'm assuming that letting you set the locations where Realm Works stores your active data and the backup folder are still features on the list of things to implement.

This!

That would be very nice! That way I could have the datafile(s) on my RAID-configured NAS, improving data-safety.

 

[rob]

At the moment, you have to be outside the realm in order to sync it, so we can't do interval-based syncing yet. It's been on the todo list for a long time, and we just need to address a few more details in order to do it smoothly. In the meantime, we can look at using the other suggestions here.

 

[weogarth]

+1 but I'd be happy with in-realm synching instead

 

[Hubris]

Sorry to necro this post, but I need help pertaining to this.

I clicked the "Don't show this message again" checkbox when I exited Realm Works, thinking it would remember that I wanted to go to the realm selection screen. But instead it just exits. It's a bit of a pain to have to go back into RW to sync my changes, since I am no longer prompted to do so.

Is there a way to reset my Preference, or do I have to reinstall? Also, will we ever have the option to have RW auto-sync when we exit the program?

 

[the_redbeard]

Sorry to necro this post, but I need help pertaining to this.

I clicked the "Don't show this message again" checkbox when I exited Realm Works, thinking it would remember that I wanted to go to the realm selection screen. But instead it just exits. It's a bit of a pain to have to go back into RW to sync my changes, since I am no longer prompted to do so.

Is there a way to reset my Preference, or do I have to reinstall? Also, will we ever have the option to have RW auto-sync when we exit the program?

Hah, I found this topic while searching for a way to sync without exiting. Oh, well.

 

[Vargr]

Is there a way to reset my Preference, or do I have to reinstall? Also, will we ever have the option to have RW auto-sync when we exit the program?

At present - no.

There is some indication, that this will probably be made possible.
As I understand it, it might be done in one of two ways:

From the GM edition through the MarketPlace* to the Player edition, or

From the GM edition to the webbased edition.


The above is my understanding and might be wrong.


*) The Marketplace will be more than "just" a place to buy commercial products - as far as I understand it will tie everything together.

 

[Silveras]

Sorry to necro this post, but I need help pertaining to this.

I clicked the "Don't show this message again" checkbox when I exited Realm Works, thinking it would remember that I wanted to go to the realm selection screen. But instead it just exits. It's a bit of a pain to have to go back into RW to sync my changes, since I am no longer prompted to do so.

Is there a way to reset my Preference, or do I have to reinstall? Also, will we ever have the option to have RW auto-sync when we exit the program?

Instead of exiting, click on the RealmWorks globe (upper left of the window).. the menu that opens has an option "Switch Realm", which will take you to the launcher screen so you can sync.

For the checkbox, the results used to be stored in a file "preferences.xml" in the data folder. I *really* don't recommend playing with it, but if you do, make sure to create a backup first. At worst, you can delete it, and in that case, all "Do not show" will be un-done (along with other preference-type settings).

 

[tml]

Being able to sync without closing the realm would be a feature I would personally love to see, even if it's not on an interval.