Hi

 

I am considering to purchase FSCubed after seeing on YouTube how and what it does.

I understand that is essentially is a FS scenery backup and restore tool.

 

My question is, I have both FSX and P3Dv2.5 installed.

If I take a snapshot using FSCubed, will it backup sceneries from both FSX and P3D?

And say if I want to restore the sceneries to my fresh install of new P3Dv3.0, will it

recognize to restore the sceneries only from my older version of P3D and ignore the sceneries from FSX?

 

I am not clear as to how FSCubed handles multiple FS install environment.

FSCubed has 3 installers. FSX, P3D2.5, and P3D3.0. So depending on which one you run, it will take a snapshot of the appropriate sim. 

 

When you restore a snapshot, you first select the file you would like to restore, so just select the 2.5 backup while using the 3.0 tool and it will migrate the scenery over. 

 

Hope this helps. 

 

There is an article published today that I saw on Facebook that goes through some of it as well: 

http://v-aviation.net/flightsim/sdg-fscubed-scenery-migration-and-peace-of-mind/

Thank you for a nice tip!

I shall buy it with confidence now.

Hi, The article above is published by me

 

Pretty much what's mentioned above is correct. Having multiple versions installed wont be a problem if you use the right FSCubed version (FSX:SE for FSX:SE) and so on. 

Thanks!

Sounds like a must have regardless of the sim you are using.

 

 

 

Mark.

In addition to the previous posts, Fs Cubed state(SDG) that it will not take a snapshot of FSDT scenery. I found this to be true after taking a snapshot of my P3D v2.5 and restoring to P3D v3. On the plus side, it does a great job of, Addon, Orbx and all other scenery. I'll reinstall the Orbx scenery as installers are released, but at the moment, it's a great stop gap measure.

Be sure you make a backup of your P3D install AND the supporting folders. *IF* there is a problem, it could easily trash your P3D3 install. I'm not saying there WILL be a problem but I'm guessing most users will not really understand (or care) how it works - just that it does.

 

Also be aware that if you use FSCubed to restore a product to P3D that is NOT authorized and/or compatible you are in violation of the developers EULA.

 

I have run some tests and it appears to work but when it finds folders that it doesn't understand, it combines them into a catchall scenery folder and adds it to the Scenery Library. This CAN cause problems.

 

If it works for you, fine but if it doesn't - just be aware that a full install might be in order. Once the Scenery.cfg gets messed up it can be a real PITA to fix.

 

Vic

I have run some tests and it appears to work but when it finds folders that it doesn't understand, it combines them into a catchall scenery folder and adds it to the Scenery Library. This CAN cause problems.

 

 

Hi

 

The "catch all" scenery folder is actually there by design. It is not that FSCubed does not understand something so it adds it to that folder. FSCubed was designed to be a back _and_ migration tool, so the designed flow says that if a scenery folder is located outside of the sim main folder, FSCubed can not guarantee that it will still be there when the restore process is being run and the user's intent is to format his OS or the entire hard drive. 

 

for this reason, it takes those island folders into the snapshot and when the time to restore comes, it puts them in separate folders under one collection folder inside the simulator's main folder and also, write the proper scenery library entry so that the simulator can find it and load it. 

 

A final piece of advice regarding FSCubed is to contact the developer via their support address to get all the information and help you need  before and after purchase of their products.  

 

Cheers

Baher

Hi

 

The "catch all" scenery folder is actually there by design. It is not that FSCubed does not understand something so it adds it to that folder. FSCubed was designed to be a back _and_ migration tool, so the designed flow says that if a scenery folder is located outside of the sim main folder, FSCubed can not guarantee that it will still be there when the restore process is being run and the user's intent is to format his OS or the entire hard drive. 

 

for this reason, it takes those island folders into the snapshot and when the time to restore comes, it puts them in separate folders under one collection folder inside the simulator's main folder and also, write the proper scenery library entry so that the simulator can find it and load it. 

 

A final piece of advice regarding FSCubed is to contact the developer via their support address to get all the information and help you need  before and after purchase of their products.  

 

Cheers

Baher

 

Great explanation. Thanks!