New PC Questions

[UPSD70ACe]

I am planning on getting a new PC someday,My question is if I buy a flash drive an copy my railworks.Folder then install Steam,an TS2020.Then copy an paste overiight the new railworks folder,With the older railworks folder will this work? Cause I have a few routes That.I have edited over the years using DTG,RSC routes and assets. And 3rd partly routes as well.

[TFOLRailfan]

It should. I uploaded my routes through drive and it worked.

[SAR704]

Shouldn't the inbuilt Steam back up and restore function take care of this? I'd also recommend copying the entire Steam folder, and virtually everything on your PC's hard drive, unless you intend to use the same drive.

In my opinion, it is a waste of money to buy a new PC off the shelf. I tend to replace parts, towers etc when warranted, not everything in one hit. Can be very financially burdensome when you've just spent $600 replacing other parts.

Please taken into account what you are replacing, and what does not need to be replaced. Sure, some PC stores might offer discounts, but you can save money by being stringent before committing. I don't think that I have bought a new PC in over 9 years.

Think of it as buying a new car when the gearbox gives up on a 7 year old one. It is a personal choice.

[UPSD70ACe]

How dose the Steam inbuilt backup system work?

[trev123]

See here. https://support.steampowered.com/kb_art ... -yphv-2033

[cnbalasub]

Thank you Trevor for this link and I didn't know this till now. Guess that I will do with my backup for my Train Simulator 2020.

John

[UPSD70ACe]

Ok so when I check dynamic lighting in the graphics setting I save the changes.Then I run TS2020,then the sim is stuttering a lil but,Does that mean I need. New video card and more ram?

[trev123]

Run DxDiag and then save the results then post the file as an attachment here by using the upload an attachment at the bottom of the reply window. How to run DxDiag https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/hel ... -dxdiagexe

[UPSD70ACe]

It still should work If I use a flash drive and copy the railworks folder to the flash drive?Then when I get a new PC,I just put the flash drive into the new pc.Open that and copy/paste the backup railworks.Folder an over right the existing folder correct?

[AmericanSteam]

You are correct however It depends on the size of your Railworks file and the size of your flash drive. I have around 250GB of files in my RailWorks folder so I use a 500 GB external SSD connected by an adaptor cable to a USB 3.0 port. I use this as an off-platform safe storage device that I back up to every week. The advantage of doing it this way is you can install this drive into your new desktop ( difficult to do on a laptop) and point Steam to use this as your storage for Railworks and keep more space available on your system (C:) drive. Just a thought, and not to cause confusion.

[buzz456]

Yes.

[UPSD70ACe]

My Railworks folder is 123GB

[AmericanSteam]

My Railworks folder is 123GB

You can find 256 GB USB 3.0 flash drives for around $30.00 US. A 250GB SSD about $50.00 US and a cable for $5.00 US