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simsical-musica
6 years ago
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Default skin won't work in game

I recently moved to a new computer and transferred all my files over. Everything worked perfectly fine before the move but once I got everything on my new computer, my default skin (the knight defaul...
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    puzzlezaddict
    6 years ago

    @simsical-musical  The flash drive should work, and it usually does.  But you can just zip up your saves folder, upload it to any free filesharing site (Google Drive, Dropbox, Mediafire...), and download it on your new computer.  It's best to transfer just the contents of saves and Tray, not the entire folder, as some cache files will be specific to the computer on which the game is running.

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simsical-musica
6 years ago

OKAY! I followed your instructions with an entirely new folder and the skin worked. I guess it is my game files, so how would I go about transferring them hopefully without corrupting them? Originally I moved them through a flash drive.

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puzzlezaddict
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6 years ago

@simsical-musical  The flash drive should work, and it usually does.  But you can just zip up your saves folder, upload it to any free filesharing site (Google Drive, Dropbox, Mediafire...), and download it on your new computer.  It's best to transfer just the contents of saves and Tray, not the entire folder, as some cache files will be specific to the computer on which the game is running.

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    simsical-musica
    6 years ago

    After lots of trial and error with the folders, I finally got it! Thank you so so so much for your help, you honestly have no idea how much fixing the game means to me!

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