I've been asked this a few times.
Can I share my Models to a 2nd Computer?This is an Advanced Technique..On my Main Computer I have an External USB
drive Q:on there I store all of My Models Files
Q:\MyVG\WyldAnimal\Models\
I want to Share the models to a 2nd Computer, so I only Have to Download them Once.
All downloading is from the 1st computer.
On the 2nd Computer, I will have to do a Rebuild all, to see any New cards that I download.
I will never download cards from the 2nd computer.
On my first computer I have File sharing turned on, but I haven't set up a dedicated Share..
I did set Security so the User name on the 2nd computer has rights to access the 1st computer.
I'm using an administrator trick to access the Q:\ drive via Q$
Here's how I do it.Create a Text file with the following 3 lines
@echo Off
Subst H: /d
Subst H: "\\WyldAnimal\Q$\MyVG\WyldAnimal"
save it to the desktop as
"HDriveConnect.bat"Before using VG on the 2nd Computer Always run that short Script First.
it sets up a
Virtual H: drive to the Network Share, up to the WyldAnimal folder.
so then on the 2nd Computer the path is shortend to just
"H:\Models\"This is the Advanced part..you have to set up the Paths in the Registry.
Don't try this if you don't understand what you are doing.
Registry settings:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Totem\vghd\System1st Computer - Models on External Q: Drive
DataPath = C:\Users\WyldAnimal\AppData\Roaming\vghd\data\
MainPath = C:\Users\WyldAnimal\AppData\Local\vghd\bin
ModelsPath = Q:\MyVG\WyldAnimal\Models\
2nd Computer - Models across the Network
DataPath = C:\Users\WA\AppData\Roaming\vghd\data\
MainPath = C:\Users\WA\AppData\Roaming\vghd\bin
ModelsPath = H:\Models\
Note: On Both Computers, they Have their Own, Local Data Folders.
I don't share the Data folder, just the Models.the data folders is not so huge, so it's good to have each one it's own local copy.
this method, allows my Player to work with the Shared Models files.
When I Set it up as a regular network Share it created security problems that this gets around.
My Program doesn't have a digital cirtificate that allows it to access network shares.