watterman
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Dec 19, 2007, 10:05 PM
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Good news GP.
I went home for lunch and copied GrantedRewards.bin over to the new Vista
machine and all my completed missions and rewards are intact.
The location for vista is: C:\Users\[UserName]\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\FSX\
Thanks for your help.
regards,
watterman.
"watterman" wrote:
> I just RDP'ed into my old XP machine and found the GrantedRewards.bin in the
> location you are talking about (Application Data\FSX).
>
> I'll have to wait till tonight when I'm home and copy that over to my Vista
> machine and see if that works. (I'm at work atm, in Aus). This could be very
> good news.
> I'll report back on my findings asap.
>
> Great find GP. Thanks.
>
>
> "Grand_Poobah" wrote:
>
> > Furthermore, if you have started FSX once after a re-boot, the
> > "application data" copy of the BIN file is locked. You cannot
> > rename/alter or delete it because FSX has been run. You have to do a
> > clean reboot in order to change the current BIN file with a 'new' one.
> >
> > GP
> >
> > --->
> > > Adrian:
> > >
> > > As an experiment, I cut my copy of 'GrantedAwards.bin' from the My
> > > Documents\Flight Simulator x files and started the game. To my suprise,
> > > I still had all my awards being displayed. This really got my curiosity
> > > up so I did some investigating. It appears that there are TWO copies of
> > > this file: 1) where we though it should be (My Documents), and, 2)
> > > "Documents and settings\<logon name>\Application Data\Microsoft\FSX".
> > > When I 'removed' that one, they all disappeared from the "Awards' tab
> > > except for the 'Total Hours' and 'Number of Landings' awards (which the
> > > game gets from your logbook).
> > >
> > > I suspect that what happens is that the "internal" BIN file (the
> > > application data folder) gets the run-time data and, when you close the
> > > game, a new one is written to your My Documents folder.
> > >
> > > What you could do is look on your "old" computer for the file in
> > > Application Data instead of My Documents.
> > >
> > > BTW, until I put the "real" GrantedAwards back into the Application Data
> > > folder none of them came back. Even after I put the "real" one back
> > > into the My Documents folder. Very weird.
> > >
> > > GP
> > >
> > > --->
> > >> I checked in My Docs\Fligh Simulator X Files\ on my old XP machine,
> > >> there is no
> > >> GrantedRewards.bin file there. I have received rewards though, such as
> > >> 'stunt pilot' for landing on roof of a bus and many others.
> > >> Could the file live somewhere else or have a different name?
> > >> If I can locate it, I assume I can copy it to my new Vista machine and
> > >> have all my previous rewards without having to repeat the missions.
> > >>
> > >> Thanks for your help,
> > >> Adrian (watterman)
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> "Grand_Poobah" wrote:
> > >>
> > >>> 'GrantedRewards.bin' only exists if they show up in the "Awards" tab.
> > >>> If your do show up, and the file still doesn't exist, then I haven't
> > >>> a clue as to where they are coming from. Are you using Vista? If
> > >>> so, then I am told that Vista stores "stuff" in various places that
> > >>> XP doesn't have (or are named differently).
> > >>>
> > >>> GP
> > >>>
> > >>> --->
> > >>>> I have a logbook.bin, but no GrantedRewards.bin, and I have
> > >>>> completed many!
> > >>>>
> > >>>> I would like to copy the rewards from my old computer to the new one
> > >>>> but the file mentioned doesn't exist. This is the second time I'm
> > >>>> going to lose all my rewards unless someone can suggest a solution.
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Thanks.
> > >>>>
> > >>>> "watterman" wrote:
> > >>>>
> > >>>>> "seeker" wrote:
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>> Thanks for that!
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>> Seeker
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>> "Grand_Poobah" <yoohoo@yaddayadda.com> wrote in message
> > >>>>>> news:eiJa0xONIHA.1188@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> > >>>>>>> --->
> > >>>>>>>> I'll be reinstalling my machine over the weekend; and I'd like
> > >>>>>>>> to keep my current progress in the flight school and missions,
> > >>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>> I'm not to worried about keeping graphic or control settings as
> > >>>>>>>> I'll be changing OS (I'm going to Vista 64) and joystick (Saitek
> > >>>>>>>> yoke, I'm wondering how I'll adjust to pedals).
> > >>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>> But I'd like to keep my MS PPL and other badges and stuff from
> > >>>>>>>> the missions so far.
> > >>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>> What do I back up?
> > >>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>> Seeker
> > >>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>> To guard against losses from FSX crashes, I regularly back up
> > >>>>>>> 'GrantedRewards.bin' and 'Logbook.bin'. I think these are the
> > >>>>>>> only two you need to save.
> > >>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>> In XP they are located in 'My Documents\Flight Simulator X'; I
> > >>>>>>> don't know where they are in Vista.
> > >>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>> GP
> >
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