GAMEDATA Folder Copy

[Galileo]

If I was to make a copy of my current GAMEDATA folder, uninstall and reinstall KSP, and paste the GAMEDATA folder into new fresh install would my mods work? I have over 140 mods installed and really don't want to go through the process of downloading and installing all of my mods again.

[Phreak]

No, not typically.

I would suggest CKAN to you for downloading and installing mods quickly. You can export your mod list and import it on a fresh install and have the program do all the heavy lifting.

If it's the same version of KSP though, you MIGHT be able to pull it off. I have tried this multiple times with older versions of KSP and ultimately it usually breaks my save or the game itself.

Cheers

[Stone Blue]

Yes...It will work, if you are reinstalling the SAME version of KSP...If you are doing the next version up, thats a BIG maybe...If you are doing a MAJOR vers. update, (like 0.25 to 0.90, or 0.90 to 1.0+), thats a REALLY HUGE maybe, but probably doubtful...

If you have any current saves you are also expecting to re-use, you would have to copy those also...And the same deal with those: Highly doubtful they would work if not the same KSP version...

With the above caveats,, it can even work across OS paltforms... ie I copied my Linux vers. Gamedata over to a Windows vers., made changes to mods, and copied it back to Linux and it all worked, both in the Win AND Linux vers. of KSP... (There are only a select few mods that are OS dependant...)

Edited November 13, 2015 by Stone Blue

[Galileo]

Thanks a lot guys its gonna save me a ton of time as long as I'm on 1.0.5.