115970-how-to-move-your-characters-addon-setting-when-mega-servers-come-out

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			0. log in and rename your character with the new first and last name system. log out.1. go to %APPDATA%\NCSOFT\WildStar\Addons\2. go to folder named AddonSaveData3. should have a folder there with your name and a bunch of random letters/numbers, example, mine say "guycb6aqjql" it is the only folder in this directory4. go to the folder with the name of you main's server(old server, will be pergo/stormtalon for most)5. select the character's folder that you want the addon settings from, copy contents(should just be a bunch of .xml files)6. go back one folder, and find the folder named with your megaserver (Entity/Warhound)7. paste the assorted .xml files into the folder that should have your character's new name(first and last) folder overwriting anything in there.8. log in and that should be it.hope this is helpful to someone!	
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Sticking a pin in this for later....
 
edit: fwiw on Win 7 my 'AddonDaveData' folder was located one step higher here %APPDATA%\NCSOFT\WildStar\	
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Keep in mind this won't work for many third party addons, which will need their settings files actually modified to change character and server names directly.
 
For most standard addons this should suffice though.	
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Sticking a pin in this for later....
 
edit: fwiw on Win 7 my 'AddonDaveData' folder was located one step higher here %APPDATA%\NCSOFT\WildStar\
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Keep in mind this won't work for many third party addons, which will need their settings files actually modified to change character and server names directly.
 
For most standard addons this should suffice though.
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im curious what 3rd party addons this would not work for? any examples?
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Off he top of my head with no access to my home computer to verify:
 
Aura Mastery
MrFancyPants 
TrackMaster
 
These produce a single save file for all characters and ID the settings by "Charname - Servername" inside that file.  So you have to edit the file and update all those IDs manually.
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			looking at it, it looks like all addon setting for auramaster are saved with in the character file, so this method should move all that info over in one quick swoop. but i cant confirm obviously until servers are up.	
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			Hey please :) what do you think will happen with the Generalist addon ?	
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Hey please :) what do you think will happen with the Generalist addon ?
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so you mean %APPDATA%\NCSOFT\WildStar\AddonSaveData ? this is true, 
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I'm not an addon developer myself but an enthusiast and this is how I think addon save data works:
 
An addon developer has several options to store the data.
 
As a general file inside the AddonSaveData folder. Then he will have to include the server, accountname and the charactername inside this xml file.	Inside this guy124sdfhlk Folder. This is bound to your account. (Notice how the first 3 letters are the beginning of your e-mail address.) If he stores the data here he'll have to include server and char name	Inside the server folder. Here he'll just have to include the charactername	Finally there are folders for all your charcters. If an addon uses this folder for save data no additional information is needed for the addon to load correctly.
In order to change almost every setting you first do the steps listed in the OP. Most of the addons should work now. To fix the remaining addons you need to download Notepad++. This is a text editor that lets you open multiple files. You the select every XML file in the AddonSaveData folder, including all the subfolders and open them in Notepad++. Here you can search and replace a term in all the files. So you press CTRL+F, click on the replace tab and replace your old server name with the new one. This should fix almost every remaining addon. You can also do this for your character name.	
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Yes this is it wear it was for me in Windows 7 as well.
 
After swapping things over I am having no trouble with Aura Mastery or Mr Fancy Pants
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			Posting so I never lose this info, tyvm. I had an EXTREMELY elaborate setup that would take many hours to redo. Honestly, this saved me from quitting.	
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Still have to redo candybars? or am i dumb? Is there another way to do this?
 
Edit: got it, in addon profiles still had saves from old names. ty again. 	
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Still have to redo candybars? or am i dumb? Is there another way to do this?
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