Add-Ons

10-23-2010, 12:26 AM

Ive ordered a new hardrive & graphics card ,so i will be reinstalling railworks. What will happen about the add-ons i have purchased ? will i be able to download again ?
Cheers

City Builder · 10-23-2010, 12:29 AM

If you bought them on steam, you will just need to reinstall Steam and redownload anything that you purchase on Steam.

Other ways of purchasing addons I suppose will depend on the vendors you bought them from. I personally make physical hardcopies of all my software purchases to CD and or DVD's for reinstalling later if need be, I'd advise you to do the same if possible.

10-23-2010, 12:32 AM

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Originally Posted by City Builder

If you bought them on steam, you will just need to reinstall Steam and redownload anything that you purchase on Steam.

Other ways of purchasing addons I suppose will depend on the vendors you bought them from. I personally make physical hardcopies of all my software purchases to CD and or DVD's for reinstalling later if need be, I'd advise you to do the same if possible.

By that was a quick reply!!
Can you make back ups from steam ? Where does it save the files to please ?

arizonachris · 10-23-2010, 12:49 AM

Viceroy, what I would do is "image" the old hard drive to the new one. Acronis True Image can do that perfectly. You won't have to reinstall anything. All your files will be saved, including Windows. (I am presuming you are just upgrading to a larger hard drive, tho)

If you are going to reinstall Windows (or upgrade) put the old hard drive on a secondary IDE (or SATA) channel, that way you can just copy over the "steamapps" folder once you reinstall Steam.

lonewolfdon · 10-23-2010, 12:56 AM

https://support.steampowered.com/kb_...7418-YUBN-8129

10-23-2010, 02:07 AM

Many thanks for that!
I would still prefer to have a download file when i buy add ons?

arizonachris · 10-23-2010, 08:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Viceroy1073

I would still prefer to have a download file when i buy add ons?

Any add ons that you buy, and already have installed, will be in the Railworks/ steamapps folder. If you find you have to reinstall any third party "stuff" you will need key codes from those particular vendors. Sux, but that's the way it is.

Ragnokak · 10-23-2010, 09:01 AM

Acronis True Image is a blessing from the Big Geek upstairs.

10-23-2010, 12:33 PM

Many thanks for all help!
Ive Used the steamapps backup.

10-23-2010, 12:26 AM	#1
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10-23-2010, 12:29 AM	#2
City Builder Join Date: Mar 2009 Reputation: 41 Posts: 1,341	If you bought them on steam, you will just need to reinstall Steam and redownload anything that you purchase on Steam. Other ways of purchasing addons I suppose will depend on the vendors you bought them from. I personally make physical hardcopies of all my software purchases to CD and or DVD's for reinstalling later if need be, I'd advise you to do the same if possible.

10-23-2010, 12:49 AM	#4
arizonachris Join Date: Aug 2009 Reputation: 620 Posts: 6,438	Viceroy, what I would do is "image" the old hard drive to the new one. Acronis True Image can do that perfectly. You won't have to reinstall anything. All your files will be saved, including Windows. (I am presuming you are just upgrading to a larger hard drive, tho) If you are going to reinstall Windows (or upgrade) put the old hard drive on a secondary IDE (or SATA) channel, that way you can just copy over the "steamapps" folder once you reinstall Steam.

10-23-2010, 12:56 AM	#5
lonewolfdon Join Date: Mar 2009 Reputation: 290 Posts: 3,105	https://support.steampowered.com/kb_...7418-YUBN-8129

10-23-2010, 02:07 AM	#6
Viceroy1073 Guest Posts: n/a	Many thanks for that! I would still prefer to have a download file when i buy add ons?

10-23-2010, 09:01 AM	#8
Ragnokak Join Date: Mar 2009 Reputation: 253 Posts: 2,630	Acronis True Image is a blessing from the Big Geek upstairs.

10-23-2010, 12:33 PM	#9
Viceroy1073 Guest Posts: n/a	Many thanks for all help! Ive Used the steamapps backup.