Utilize Dropbox to create an automatic backup and revision system

[tomkpunkt]

I want share an other PRO-hint...

Utilize Dropbox to create an automatic backup and revision system for save games, craft files and mods.
The reason is, KSP overwrites the persistent.sfs file with each change in the KSP solar system and sometimes you forgot to make a quicksave.

1. go to your dropbox folder and create a new folder for KSP save files -> e.g. "KSPSAVE"
2. go to your KSP installation folder -> e.g. "C:\xxxxxxxxx\KSP"
3. rename the save folder -> "C:\xxxxxxxxx\KSP\saves" to "C:\xxxxxxxxx\KSP\saves_backup"
4. start the console in windows with admin permissions
5. go to the KSP folder  -> "C:\xxxxxxxxx\KSP"
6. create a symbolic link -> type mklink /d "saves" C:\xxxxxxxxx\Dropbox\KSPSAVE

Now you have a saves folder in your KSP directory, which is linked to the dropbox folder. Copy the backup save into the save folder.
If you now play the game, dropbox will make a revision step for each change in the persistent.sfs or quicksave.sfs file. If you messed up you game, quit the game, right click the persistent.sfs select earlier versions and you will directed to your dropbox revision page. Select the version you like and click restore.

Maybe this helps someone

[jarmund]

I'm doing something similar with my backup system. Every 5th minute, my backup runs and creates an incremental rdiff-backup. On my backup server I have a script running that copies out persistent.sfs and timestamps it, so that i can easily see from which point in time that save is from

Edited March 16, 2016 by jarmund