So, my graphics card died on me which was a suitable catalyst for a new computer. I was plesently surprised that by old PC had lasted 5 years and was still able to play my games and meet my requirements - though latterly it was coming to the edge of its abilities.
Anyway, below is what i did to make sure my Eve Character setup was as before. I.e. quickbar settings, communication channel settings etc.
Quite simply, i just needed to copy the character files from one PC to the other.
The file with the Character data is located at:
C:\Users\yourname\AppData\Local\CCP\EVE\c_program_files_(x86)_ccp_eve_tranquility\settings
where yourname is the name you have given for your data on your PC.
note, the AppData folder is a hidden folder in Windows so you either need to unhide it or do what i did and search for CCP in Windows Explorer.
in this folder you will find:
in the above you see that i have two accounts (core_user) each with 3 characters (core_char).
As far as i can tell, the core_user_12345678.dat files contain the data for your quickbars etc whilst the core_char_11223344.dat files contain the data for your channel tabs etc.
I copied the two core_user_12345678.dat files and the six core_char_11223344.dat files to my new PC. i.e copy all the files where i have blanked out some data in red.
As far as i can tell, Eve Online on my new computer looks exactly like the old computer in terms of character set up. Graphics settings though are not included though for me i was resetting to High anyway so i did not mind.
I am not sure what the other 2 .dat files do - they clearly hold some data given on my other PC they were a little bigger, though not much.
Note, this is a very similar process to copying quickbar data from one account to another which i covered in this post.
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Saturday, 23 May 2015
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