Just a reminder to backup your plugins often. I would backup more often myself, except that Windows file explorer consistently hangs at about 12% when I copy my plugin directory, no idea why; the drive seems to be fine. It means I have to restart the PC and try again multiple times. I get paranoid about file corruption or drive damage. But yes, the PC Editor decided to "rebuild" some "tile boundaries" when I was laying some track, by which it apparently meant deleting most of my route and the tiles it was on (maybe because I was deleting a lot of mislaid track?) My heart sank when reloading the level made no difference. But I did have a working backup! The park area which was shown in January's roadmap had all been done since the last backup, so that'll need to be redone. Still it could have been a heck of a lot worse. Sorry to go on about my own petty problems, but it's nearly 2 AM, and I needed to vent. So remember, backup your plugin often!
Agree 100% to this and this is something a lot of people forget to do. BACKUP your projects! OFTEN! I've started to backup my project manually, by copying it to a separate backup folder on a separate drive, right after I started my projects. This will requires some available space, but in case purchase a new backup drive with sufficient disk space on it. It's so unbelievable important. I've seen fellow creators missing a good part of their progress (if not all) just because they did not backup their projects. There always can happen just so tiny little accidents which may result in a complete loss in the end in the Editor, it's unbelievable.
100% agree with this. I have mine stored in my OneDrive, with a directory symlink created in my plugins folder. This means the files are actually stored in OneDrive and get backed up, but the editor thinks they're right where it expects them. The benefit of this is also the ability to restore a file to a previous version, which has been very helpful when I've broken an objective blueprint and can't seem to get it working again!
Good suggestion josh_the_tech ! I make a copy of my plugin folder regularly to a Dropbox-folder, but your method is easier and safer.
Can be done using the mklink /j "folderdirectorylink" "folderdirectymain" in cmd in windows. Be sure to make sure you've moved the plugin folder to the one you want to link it to.
