Kerbal on different computers with shared folders

[ishootdeadppl]

Well, the title is probably confusing, but I was trying to do something short.  Here's what I'm looking for.  I've got a Drobo (NAS system) coming soon.  I'd like to get KSP (and probably other games as well, but I'm focusing on Kerbal here) installed in such a way that the files are all on the Drobo so that I can access the same stuff from multiple computers.  What I mean is I'd like to play KSP on my desktop, exit, and then later be able to pick up with the same saves, mods, craft designs, etc. on my laptop.  Is this possible?  Practical?  I might be jumping the gun here because I still don't have my hands on the Drobo, but I figured it couldn't hurt to ask.

[Red Iron Crown]

Symbolic links are the key. Link your Saves, Screenshots, and GameData folders from each machine to corresponding folders on your NAS. Another option is to do the same using dropbox or similar for the symlink target, don't even need a NAS then.

[cantab]

Certainly possible. Simplest approach is whole KSP folder on the NAS, and map that as a drive on your computers. The chief drawback is one settings.cfg for all PCs, which is an issue if you have different OSes or hardware setups. Better might be to mount the Gamedata and saves folders, while keeping the rest of the install including the settings.cfg on the local PC; that will also speed up loading a bit.

[ishootdeadppl]

So basically install the game on each computer,  copy and merge the desired folders into one on the NAS, and replace each folder on each computer with a shortcut to the NAS folders?  Is it really that easy?

 

It's definitely two different systems (one desktop with dual monitors, the other a laptop) so I'd only want to move the generic stuff. 

[Speadge]

8 minutes ago, ishootdeadppl said:

So basically install the game on each computer,  copy and merge the desired folders into one on the NAS, and replace each folder on each computer with a shortcut to the NAS folders?  Is it really that easy?

 

It's definitely two different systems (one desktop with dual monitors, the other a laptop) so I'd only want to move the generic stuff. 

its not. symbolic links are not the normal desktopt links. u might want to check wikipedia for this. No OS cares about "normal links as they are nothing but textfiles with some information in them.

So they are just to make things "userfriendly"

 

for starters, try "mklink.exe" on windows systems

parameter "j" might be what you want to use

Edited November 30, 2015 by Speadge