Synchronization and backups

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Synced accounts

Gladiabots automatically creates a backup from all AI programs and settings of an account in the cloud. It's possible to create a cloud sync connection between two or more accounts. Currently the developer creates this cloud sync connection manually. To link different accounts one needs to reply in the cross-device sync temporary solution topic on the forum with the name of the accounts, specifying a main account. Afterwards, each account will show a data sync conflict message the next time it is opened.

[Expand]Steps to create a cloud sync connection  The following steps are required to link accounts: Make sure that each account has a valid player name. To create the player name open career mode for each account and choose the player name. To determine the current player name check the leaderboard or the Gladiabots stats page from ingame. Reply to the cross-device sync temporary solution topic on the forum: Provide player names of all accounts that should be synced. Specify the main player name. The player name, AI programs and settings of this account is used for every other account. After the developer linked the accounts and answered your post, you need to launch the game on every synced account. Always choose use server data when the data sync conflict message appears.

Resolving data sync conflict messages

Data sync conflict message

Each time the local AI programs or settings differ from the cloud backup a data sync conflict message will appear.

Reasons for differences between local and server data:

1. The data will differ if one created AI programs without internet connection.
2. The data will differ in a synced account setting, if another account changed its data.

Data sync conflict messages should be answered carefully, because the choices are irreversible. If the wrong option is selected will result in data loss.

Without a synced account setting one could always choose keep local data, because the differences have not yet transferred to the server. In a synced account setting one should also choose keep local data in the up to date account. On all the other accounts one should choose the use server data option to update the accounts to the recent changes.

[Expand]Steps to resolve uncertain conflicts  The following steps are recommended to solve uncertain conflicts in a synced account setting: Launch the game on every synced account and choose keep local data for now. Try to determine the account that is up to date by checking the recently changed nodes on the different accounts. Close the game on every synced account. Launch the game on the account that is up to date. When the data sync conflict message appears choose keep local data. Launch the game on all other accounts. When the data sync conflict message appears choose use server data.

Lubeno: start sync

Working with synced accounts

If the first account changes some nodes, the changes are automatically pushed to the server. The following steps are required to sync this changes with the second account:

1. Close the game on the first account.
2. Upon opening the second account the data sync conflict message should appear:
   • Choose use server data.
   • The changes should be synced.

Lubeno: end sync