am i allowed to use a virtual machine

  • lamp_oil
    4th Jun 2023 Member 1 Permalink

    i have two accounts, one is this one and the other is my secondary account, i mainly use my secondary account on a virtual machine but idk if it's okay to do so.

    is it fine as long as i follow the rules

  • LBPHacker
    5th Jun 2023 Developer 1 Permalink
    Following the rules can get tricky, but sure, go ahead.

    By the way, you don't need a vm for a secondary profile, you just need to tell one of your TPT instances where to look for the data directory. The default one is %appdata%\The Powder Toy, but if you start another TPT from a folder that has a powder.pref in it, even if empty, that's where it'll root its data directory.
  • jacob1
    6th Jun 2023 Developer 1 Permalink
    To avoid breaking the rules, I suggest not voting with the secondary account. Especially on your own saves, but even on others. Everything else is fine.
    The even easier way to avoid accidentally breaking rules is to only use one account though. Perhaps you have your reasons though, I've used two accounts for years also.
  • z4dg9ssw135
    6th Jun 2023 Member 1 Permalink

    @LBPHacker (View Post)

     That can be pretty hard to make , i still cant really make vm emulator to see a folder/disk from main system though i used vbox enough to understand many stuff in it (virtualbox as example here)

    edit: the program itself says it is connected and works fine but the virtual machine doesnt show that it is connected

    Edited once by z4dg9ssw135. Last: 6th Jun 2023
  • LBPHacker
    6th Jun 2023 Developer 0 Permalink
    ?? What can be pretty hard to make? Have you read my comment? I'm saying you don't need a vm to have multiple profiles.
  • z4dg9ssw135
    6th Jun 2023 Member 0 Permalink

    @LBPHacker (View Post)

     i meant if you want to make the data folders same for both in vm and on pc
    probably misunderstood the message

  • Liver_K
    6th Jun 2023 Member 0 Permalink

    The point is that you don't need a VM at all, if you are only using it to have two powder toy profiles at once.

  • lamp_oil
    8th Jun 2023 Member 0 Permalink

    okay thanks