Add ons on Flash Drive

[Mister Tacos]

Yeah the title kinda explains it. Is it possible for me to download the program blockland onto the computer but have all the add ons and crap on a flash drive? If not then what about having the program and the add ons all on the flash drive?

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[Kiddeh]

Blockland uses the .zip file compacting format for it's ad-ons, therefore, yes, you should be able to copy everything from your Blockland add-ons folder on to a portable mass storage device.  When I say everything in your add-ons folder, I MEAN EVERYTHING. (even if it's not a .zip file, because the game uses normal folders to download things from other servers, but not in a runable state on your own server)

[Fluff-is-back]

Unfortunately, I do not think there is a way to direct Blockland to look onto a flash drive for add-ons.

[Block_cop]

Unfortunately, I do not think there is a way to direct Blockland to look onto a flash drive for add-ons.

I really doubt this but, Someone way back was telling there was a way to use "Shortcuts" To direct into your add-on folder on your External Hardrive or USB Flash Drive. Basicly you'd make a shortcut at "C:/Blockland/Add-ons" Name it "Add-ons" And put all the add-ons on your hardrive and allow the shortcut to direct there. Not sure if this works[Never Tried it] But its worth a attempt anyhow.[Since my add-on folder=3gb in total.]

[dorkdotdan]

Unfortunately, I do not think there is a way to direct Blockland to look onto a flash drive for add-ons.

Maybe, What if you replaced your Add Ons folder with a link to the E:\ drive named "Add Ons" It would then look in the drive and find the Add Ons. You could never take the flash drive out though.

[dorkdotdan]

I really doubt this but, Someone way back was telling there was a way to use "Shortcuts" To direct into your add-on folder on your External Hardrive or USB Flash Drive. Basicly you'd make a shortcut at "C:/Blockland/Add-ons" Name it "Add-ons" And put all the add-ons on your hardrive and allow the shortcut to direct there. Not sure if this works[Never Tried it] But its worth a attempt anyhow.[Since my add-on folder=3gb in total.]

Darn, You beat me.

[Block_cop]

Darn, You beat me.

>:D

[Mister Tacos]

OK so i should try the shortcut way but can someone give me a tutorial or something to do it without messing up important files in blockland etc...

[Swollow]

I tried using blockland on a flash drive and I couldn't load my server with default addons

[Mister Tacos]

Please can somebody explain exactly how to do this shortcut thing or whatever. I want to have add ons but i dont want to take up a whole bunch of space on the computer just with the add ons.

[otto-san]

it doesn't work that way


it has to have direct communication with the addons folder, no shortcuts. shortcuts are .lnk files. they aren't folders.

[CanadianPenguin]

Assuming you're using Windows, open command prompt and type:

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cd C:\Blockland
mklink /D Add-Ons E:\Add-Ons
Make sure your add-ons folder is on your flash drive first (with no add-ons folder in your Blockland folder), and that E: is changed to whatever path the add-ons are on your flash drive.

This is called a symbolic link. It basically creates a folder that points to another folder.

A side effect of this is that Blockland will only function when you have your flash drive plugged in.

[Mister Tacos]

Ok ok... So let me go through this because its a little hard to understand. I have to take the whole add ons folder and put it somewhere on the flash drive. THen type in the thingy in the command prompt and I have no idea what you mean by make sure "E: is changed to whatever path the add-ons are on your flash drive" so can you help me.

[CanadianPenguin]

Go to (My) Computer and check the drive letter of the flash drive. Is it E:? D:? F:? Whatever it is, change E: in my example to that.

Then, is the Add-Ons folder there as soon as you open the flash drive? Or is it in another folder?
If it's there, you would use E:\Add-Ons\

If it was in a folder called "crap," you would use E:\crap\Add-Ons\

[Mister Tacos]

Ok thank you youre like awesome but just to make sure. I am going to have the add ons folder inside a folder in the flashdrive called blockland stuff so I would do this. Go to command prompt and type

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cd C:\Blockland
mklink /D Add-Ons F:\Blockland Stuff\Add-Ons (My flash drive is F:) And run blockland normally with the drive in the computer. Also do add ons just go to that folder automatically if I use that rtb manager thingy?