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How To?

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How do I edit a game?

Once in the Games tab, click on ⋮ and select Edit.

Make the desired changes and click Save.

Ready game edited!

How do I add a game?

Go to the Games tab and click on the Add Game button.

Here you must be sure to specify the name of the game, the exe of the game and the path to the saves.

Then click on the Add button.

Game added!

Settings Tab

Contains backup settings. Path to backup folder, scan interval, maximum number of parallel backups, compression level and logging.

There are buttons at the bottom to synchronize with the community server.

Add/Edit Game

General settings

Game Name must contain the name of the game.

Game Executable must contain the path to the exe of the game.

Alternative Game Executable must contain an alternative path to the game exe.

Save Location must contain the path to the game's save folder.

Mod Path contains the path to the game's mods folder.

Add Path must contain additional paths.

Backup Interval should be the interval between backups. Not more than 1440 minutes not less than 1 minute.

Backup Settings

Days to keep backups should contain the days how long backups should be kept before deletion.

This item should contain what to do with backups that have expired. Keep everything. Move them to the archive. Delete permanently.

Whether it is required to keep a timestamp in the archive name.

The next item allows you to configure what to do with the save files. Save all or only modified files.

Special Backup moves directories containing a date in their name (after the hyphen, format YYMMDD) from the source folder (%SavePath%) to the archive folder (%SaveArchivePathTemp%%%GameName%) if their date is older than yesterday. The move is not performed if all directories have the same date.

Manage Game

Disable Game, prevent the backup from running.

Open save folder, opens the directory where game save files are stored.

Restore Backup, reverts the game to a previously saved backup state.

Edit, allows modification of game settings.

Add to Whitelist, adds the game to a list of approved or trusted applications.

Add to Blacklist, adds the game to a list of restricted or blocked applications.

Hide Game, conceals the game from view in the interface or system.

Create Backup, generates a copy of the current game data for safekeeping.

Create Protected Backup, creates a secure copy of the game data with added protection.

Delete, removes the game and its associated data permanently.

Monitoring Tab

It contains information about the status of the service, the last update of the service, the number of archives and the size of the archives. You can disable some parameters from the screen, as well as restart the service.

The section at the bottom says game, last backup, next backup, number of archives, size of archives, and game state status.

Welcome to MSBT Wiki!

This is the beginning of the MSBT wiki and will explain how to use the program.

Games Tab

There's searching, sorting, global actions, adding a game, and scanning installed games.

There's a list of games at the bottom. Path to save folder, path to game exe, platform, number of backups and action button.