[Tool] Starbound backup tool

Since my game is crashing way too often and since I've already lost one of my save because of that, I decided to create a simple tool that would allow me to make a backup of my save folder in a single click.

Version 3 [PC/MAC] :
Download via Dropbox [191 kB]

Features:
- Backup your player/mods/universe folders in a single click
- Select the folders you want to backup
- Save your configuration (ie. the paths, and the values of the checkboxes)
- Allows you to restore your backups
- Tries to autofill the path text box (mac only)


Version 2 :
Download via Dropbox [140 kB]



Features:
- Backup your player/mods folders in a single click
- Select the folders you want to backup
- Save your configuration (ie. the paths, and the values of the checkboxes)
- Give you the size and the number of files of your backup


Version 1 :
Download via Dropbox [140ko]



Features:
- Backup your player folder in a single click
- Save your configuration (ie. the paths)

P.S: I don't know if I'm in the right section, but since it's not really a "mod", I didn't know where else I could post it.

 

Hello,
nice utility, rgehan!

I give a like for all creative work i see The world will never be enough of coders )

you can post it also here

http://community.playstarbound.com/index.php?resources/

If you feel like experimenting you can put there also Mods folder backup option
(sorry if i'm annoying with constructive criticism) Thumbs up for the post!

 

Nice idea, I'll add checkboxes to allow the user to select what folders he wants to backup.

Thank you

 

Is this really work? I tried to back up my file manually before the last patch... but still couldn’t save my ship from wipe... : /

 

No, It's not the point of this tool. It only allows you to backup your player files in case your game crashes and corrupts your save (Trust me, it happens )

 

Oh okay
*Download and use it*

 

Version 2 is out (thanks to zortbg).
You now have the ability to select which folder you want to save (player and mods), and the tool gives you the size of the backup.

 

I uploaded the version 2 to the "mod center", right here.

 

The mac version is now available.

 

The version 3 is out. It's available for Mac and PC.
It now allows you to restore your backups.

 

I feel really dense asking this, but how on earth do you actually use it? All I got from the archive was a .jar file, which is recognised by winrar as another archive, and another folder. Nothing in there seems like an executable.

 

[Right Click > Open with... > Java TM SE Platform Binary]

 

I kinda wished someone made an automatic backup. since if it isnt automatic i could just copy them out into a folder. Good work though.

 

No I've tried that, I used Java.exe and Javaw.exe, neither do anything.

 

That's weird. It's a .jar, so it should be executed by the Java VM. I don't know :/
Is there any error message when your trying to launch the archive with the Java Platform Binary ?

@klipwc At the beggining, it was meant to be an automatic backup tool. But I realised that making backups every x hours was just useless. Because you're not playing 24h in a day.
Maybe I could make another version of the tool, an automatic one.

 

A very brief command window appears/disappears when using the standard java.exe, which states "Error: Could not find or load main class T:\Starbound Backup\Starbound Backup Tool v3.jar"

But otherwise nothing happens.

 

I don't know, it works fine with everyone. Make sur your java is up-to-date.

 

This will sound bad but where should I extract this to? Starbound is the first comp game I've played and only now starting to mod

 

Neat tool, but unfortunately no native linux support

 

I just like how every screen of the "how-to" has big, bold letters. BACK IT UP