Spring & Etta 2nd Instance | Foundry VTT | Page 1

spark vale Feb 7, 2023, 2:14 AM

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@tame quiver @distant summit Pinging you both to pull you in here, it'll make it a little easier to troubleshoot

tame quiver Feb 7, 2023, 2:14 AM

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this is what it looks like on my end

spark vale Feb 7, 2023, 2:15 AM

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Spring, go to to foundrydata folder, then from there go to Logs, and drop error.log in here please

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Something's likely causing it to error out and shut down

tame quiver Feb 7, 2023, 2:16 AM

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wait out foundry data folder is empty shoot im so sorry

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not sure how we made the folder and then didnt fill it

spark vale Feb 7, 2023, 2:17 AM

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Foundry autopopulates it

tame quiver Feb 7, 2023, 2:18 AM

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spark vale Feb 7, 2023, 2:18 AM

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Ok, odd thinkcat

tame quiver Feb 7, 2023, 2:19 AM

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yeah its weird

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both the node and the VTT file have stuff in them but thats because we put stuff there

distant summit Feb 7, 2023, 2:20 AM

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for context, we're on a call and Spring is sharing her screen with me so we can both see what's going on

spark vale Feb 7, 2023, 2:23 AM

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I think I know what's going on. Since you put it in Program Files, Foundry won't have write access to that.

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Cut and paste the Foundry directory to C:, so that it becomes C:\Foundry

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Then after it's all moved, try running the .bat file again

distant summit Feb 7, 2023, 2:26 AM

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that worked!

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hopefully!

tame quiver Feb 7, 2023, 2:26 AM

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spark vale Feb 7, 2023, 2:26 AM

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It did!

distant summit Feb 7, 2023, 2:26 AM

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you are the most patient IT person on the planet

tame quiver Feb 7, 2023, 2:26 AM

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we got real words this time

spark vale Feb 7, 2023, 2:26 AM

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Enjoy!

tame quiver Feb 7, 2023, 2:27 AM

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yay! thank you so so much

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I feel like I owe you my first born haha

spark vale Feb 7, 2023, 2:27 AM

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Etta, you'll just enter your license key then, I'll DM you the invitation link to use

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I'm happy we got it working for you 🙂

distant summit Feb 7, 2023, 2:28 AM

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rip it's working for both of you but not me I celebrated too soon

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it's still giving me unable to connect

spark vale Feb 7, 2023, 2:28 AM

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With the link I DM'd?

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The localhost link was for Spring, it won't work on your end

distant summit Feb 7, 2023, 2:29 AM

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oh no yes that link works I'm stupid

tame quiver Feb 7, 2023, 2:29 AM

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we've got it!

spark vale Feb 7, 2023, 2:29 AM

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Nah, you're learning

distant summit Feb 7, 2023, 2:29 AM

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yeah I was still trying to do localhost on my browser

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yes that works!

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thank you so much

spark vale Feb 7, 2023, 2:30 AM

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No problem lovecat

distant summit Feb 7, 2023, 2:30 AM

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does Spring's computer have to be up and running for me to access that or am I good to go anytime

tame quiver Feb 7, 2023, 2:30 AM

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Ok so it looks like it didnt save any mods/maps she did originally

spark vale Feb 7, 2023, 2:31 AM

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It'll have to be up and running, and Spring will have to restart that instance of Foundry using the .bat file if their computer restarts

spark vale Feb 7, 2023, 2:31 AM

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tame quiver Ok so it looks like it didnt save any mods/maps she did originally

You can copy those over

tame quiver Feb 7, 2023, 2:31 AM

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will they save them for her if she works on it from this link?

spark vale Feb 7, 2023, 2:31 AM

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Each instance has its own data directory that can't be accessed at the same time by another instance

tame quiver Feb 7, 2023, 2:31 AM

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spark vale You can copy those over

copy it over how?

atomic geyserBOT Feb 7, 2023, 2:31 AM

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User Data

Foundry VTT stores User Data separately from the program data in order to keep your games safe from accidental deletion when the program is updating. Depending on operating system, user data is stored in different default locations.

Default UserData Locations

Windows 10 - %localappdata%\FoundryVTT\
macOS - ~/Library/Application Support/FoundryVTT
Linux - ~/.local/share/FoundryVTT

spark vale Feb 7, 2023, 2:31 AM

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From there to C:\Foundry\foundrydata\Data

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Well from %localappdata%\FoundryVTT\Data to C:\Foundry\foundrydata\Data

tame quiver Feb 7, 2023, 2:32 AM

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ok so we need to save the user data at the end of each session? and upload it each time?

spark vale Feb 7, 2023, 2:33 AM

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No, Etta has her own instance, so anytime she logs in, her stuff will save to that instance's data

tame quiver Feb 7, 2023, 2:33 AM

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or will the new foundry folder keep everything?

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oh perfect

spark vale Feb 7, 2023, 2:33 AM

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As far as Foundry is concerned, it's no different than her hosting from her own computer

tame quiver Feb 7, 2023, 2:34 AM

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and when she leaves University and can run foundry normally I can give her the information from the file right?

spark vale Feb 7, 2023, 2:34 AM

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Yep!

distant summit Feb 7, 2023, 2:34 AM

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awesome thank you so much!

spark vale Feb 7, 2023, 2:34 AM

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She'll just need the Data folder, then she'll be set

tame quiver Feb 7, 2023, 2:34 AM

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perfect

spark vale Feb 7, 2023, 2:34 AM

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Foundry was designed with portability in mind, it's nice 😆

tame quiver Feb 7, 2023, 2:35 AM

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yeah I've swapped between computers before it wasnt too bad

distant summit Feb 7, 2023, 2:35 AM

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yeah we had just started setting up stuff in the app on my computer but we only did a tiny bit lol so it's fine if I just reset up the game world

tame quiver Feb 7, 2023, 2:35 AM

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thank you again!

distant summit Feb 7, 2023, 2:35 AM

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I only had like 1 map and 1 token it's no big deal

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that was before we realized the IP would be a problem

spark vale Feb 7, 2023, 2:36 AM

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If you want, you can send it to Spring and she can put it in C:\Foundry\foundrydata\Data

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Then just restart that instance and it'll show up

distant summit Feb 7, 2023, 2:36 AM

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ok!

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thank you again

tame quiver Feb 7, 2023, 2:36 AM

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sounds good

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yeah thanks so so much we would have been so lost without you

distant summit Feb 7, 2023, 2:38 AM

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I just set up the game and shared the link with Spring and everything works great!

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thank you, you're the best!

spark vale Feb 7, 2023, 2:39 AM

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No problem, I'm happy to have helped get it working 🙂

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