Problem - How do I run characters with same name on 2 servers without overwriting the ini files?

[GeorgiaGeorgiz]

Version of KissAssist.mac?

11.004

When did your problem start?

When I did something stupid

Character Role?

1. Assist

What class is having this issue?

1. Magician

How often does this issue occur?

Rarely

Can you reproduce the issue?

I hope to avoid doing this again

I had characters on a live server and changed to tlp server. I kept the same character names. This did not cause a problem when I started using MQ2 on the tlp server. That server is in decline so I want to play my characters on both servers. When I started MQ2 the first time on the live server, the tlp chars ini files were overwritten.

After more than a year of tweeking ini files on the tlp server, they are gone and I didn't have backups. I don't mind rewriting the ini files as so much has changed and I would probably have better ini files with all the new stuff.

How do I keep the ini files from being overwritten? Is that even possible? I could keep them in separate folders and copy the ones I want each time I play, but I am hoping there is an easier way. Especially as I would probably forget to copy the correct files and waste a day trying to figure out what was wrong.

Please let me know if there is an easy way to keep the multiple ini files from being overwritten.

Thanks for all your good work in making MQ2 possible for us.

 

[Sic]

I had characters on a live server and changed to tlp server. I kept the same character names. This did not cause a problem when I started using MQ2 on the tlp server. That server is in decline so I want to play my characters on both servers. When I started MQ2 the first time on the live server, the tlp chars ini files were overwritten.

After more than a year of tweeking ini files on the tlp server, they are gone and I didn't have backups. I don't mind rewriting the ini files as so much has changed and I would probably have better ini files with all the new stuff.

How do I keep the ini files from being overwritten? Is that even possible? I could keep them in separate folders and copy the ones I want each time I play, but I am hoping there is an easier way. Especially as I would probably forget to copy the correct files and waste a day trying to figure out what was wrong.

Please let me know if there is an easy way to keep the multiple ini files from being overwritten.

Thanks for all your good work in making MQ2 possible for us.

this one is an easy fix

when you call your mac
/mac kissassist ini kissassist_Name_IceNukes.ini

NOTE: If you have characters on different servers with the SAME NAME, you can maintain separate ini files for each character by
renaming the KissAssist_ToonName.ini file to reflect the server.
Example: Joe Blow has a mage called Megamage on Xegony and Cazic Thule servers.
He would need to have two separate ini files of KissAssist_Xegony_Megamage.ini and KissAssist_Cazic_Megamage.ini.

 

[LrdDread]

If you use the server name versions of the INI files, KISS is supposed to detect that and load those INIs up automatically

Just use the format Kissassist_ServerName_ToonName.ini

 

[GeorgiaGeorgiz]

Nice. Thank you very much. I will spend the rest of today setting this up.