VaM 1.x Keeping/Deleting for storage

[17Taco]

I run VAM on my laptop but don’t really have much storage.

I also wanna take a break from VAM and wanna temporarily delete it, but don’t want to lose any projects.

I’m curious that if I take the scene folder in
Saves > scene and only save that on a flash drive if it will be sufficient enough to not lose my projects.

My idea is that I can redownload VAM replace the scene folder and just find again all the missing .var files and my projects will be how they used to be.

Please inform whether this is a good idea or not

 

[SlimerJSpud]

You would need to back up the AddonPackages and Custom folders too, as well as the all-important license. Some assets you may be using might be no longer available. Backing up AddonPackages will take the most space. Figuring out which ones you no longer need is tedious.

 

[atani]

Please don't use flash drives like SD to store data, they are not meant to store data for a long period and their performance is terrible in comparison with a decent SSD.
Get an external SSD, or an internal SSD and put it in a USB3 enclosure, and use that to store VAM.

 

[VIMVAMVOOMcoom]

I have 2 separate SSDs with USB-C, for running VaM and backup. It has been far more convenient for me than running VaM from the internal SSD.

 

[Horing Koning]

The scene JSON files are the most important since most scenes can be restored from those.

As noted by others, some hub content could become unavailable but this easy to check.

Create a new install of VaM. Copy your save JSON files only and move them to the fresh install.

Download and install DependencyViewer

Check each of your saves if all addons are hub hosted, those that are completely hosted can be safely stored as JSON only.
Would be much cheaper than copying assets.

This way you can also identify which assets are missing and will require a manual backup.