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Posted: **Sat Feb 18, 2006 11:48 am**

Ok, so after some trial and error, I've managed to copy my Lonetrek set.

I'll set them in Oipo in a container.... This is how you copy them:

1st Make sure the station container is sorted Alphabetically Numbers-->Z by the labels (use the selection that lists them like an excel spreadsheet w/ out pictures)

2nd. Select the first 70-100, being careful not to select too many. A good way to do this is to do all the R and S, and then T-V next, or something like that. Shift drag to copy your selection into your cargo hold (I made sure mine was empty, dunno if that matters)

After you shift drag, highlight the next bookmark you'll start with next time.

Copying can take a variable amount of time, more, takes longer. Smaller amounts take shorter amounts of time, but more copies. It all depends on how much you want to micromanage it.

Sometimes, if you select too many bookmarks, the copying process will hang, so rememeber... smaller is better... and remember where you left off (thus the A->Z and highlighting)

After you manage to get all 660, make yourself a new folder under "Places" call it lonetrek, and drag(not shit drag) all the bookmarks in your cargo hold there.

This part takes the longest, but you don't have to be around for it. Let them all copy in, which can take up to an hour or more. Watch TV, do whatever.

Finally your done, with a full set of Lonetrek Insta bookmarks... No more waiting at gates, no more gate camps, and you can redeploy yourself quickly when we start assasinating lone Nomads.

Questions.... Comments?

BTW: Two Nomads watched me finish up my Bookmarks this morning in iit. Just me and Two of them in the Local. Plan... Troy is a diversion till everyone gets settled... is working well!

Edited By Troy on 1140281460

Posted: **Sat Feb 18, 2006 6:15 pm**

7th Division, Oipo...

Open the one called Lonetrek, it will take a while to load.. changing the view and size of the box helps.. but you just have to wait... hopefully with new servers, the lag will be a bit less.

Posted: **Sat Feb 18, 2006 10:36 pm**

He wrong. ALLLL wrong. Here's what I had to do:

Open the secure canister and click on the list view icon. Takes a looooong time. Start playing solitaire or something. Check back in like 20 minutes.

Once the window is open, sort alphabeticaly.

Select a chunk of them. I was doing about 100 at a time. Click and drag into your cargo container. It takes a long time for that to happen. Play more cards.

Once you have them all in your cargo container, grab the first hundered and drag into your address book. Put them in a folder called Lonetrek. This also takes forever. Play more cards. Repeat for the other 100. This copying takes the longest.

Once they are all in your address book, sort again. Select the first hundred and SHIFT + DRAG them back into the container in the hangar. This also takes forever. Play more cards.

Eventually (more than 2 hours for me) you have a copy of the set.

Last thing you do, select alllll the bookmarks in the container in the hangar. Right click and select unlock. This is kind of like rewinding the tape before returning it (back in the old days before DVDs). Get's them ready to be moved by the next person.

So, in summary:

Move into cargo.
Move into address book.
Copy back to hangar container.
Unlock bookmarks.
Takes over 2 hours.

It IS WORTH IT!!! Can't stress that enough. You WILL question the value of these clunky hard to work with pieces of crap. However, once you do the work of making the copy, EVERYWHERE you go in Lonetrek happens MUCH faster. And they WILL save your life. So, do it.

Lastly, I would HIGHLY recommend only ONE person work with them at a time so we don't end up with some partial set that includes a bunch of doubles cause there are too many hands pulling and copying and stuff.

There are 662 book marks. When you are done, make sure you have 662 in your address book and there are 662 in the container in the hangar. If there ain't, you've got a big problem. . . .

Posted: **Sun Feb 19, 2006 12:34 am**

Ok, my copy took about 5-6 hours. Some of that was me being AFK and coming back and it was done. No idea what the total is.

After making my copies, there are now 691 in there. So, I created 29 doubles. My bad. It happened when at one point, I thought the copy hadn't taken cause I had waited about twice as long for this one to start than others had taken. And it was a smaller number of bookmarks. So, I tried to restart the copy, then shut down the client and reconnected and started the copy again and some where in there, doubles happened.

I can only suggest doing maybe 10 at a time to keep it under control maybe. I don't know. It REALLY sucks, but it is MANDATORY!!! The most important thing to remember is they will keep you alive. They take you RIGHT to the gate. So even if there is a 165 ship gank squad waiting for you, all you have to do is click on the gate and say jump, and you are gone before they can even get a lock. You MUST have them. It REALLY sucks getting them, but you MUST have them!!

I stress that because MANY times during the process you are gonna say "Fuck this. These can't be worth it.". But they are and you MUST HAVE THEM!!

Posted: **Sun Feb 19, 2006 4:14 pm**

This process does suck.

1) Open cargo container in 7th division - 20 minutes
2) Copy to my cargo container - 5 minutes
3) Copy to my people/places - 90 minutes
4) Copy back to my cargo container - 90 minutes
5) Back to original - 5 minutes

Notes: Step 3 I did all at once. Step 4, I did in groups of no more than 25, as it seemed to take more time per unit when more were grouped.

When doing this, I recommend going through the entire process with a handful (say, 5) of the links, to work it out.

Edited By TheCatt on 1140392508

Posted: **Mon Feb 20, 2006 1:47 am**

My timing:

1) Open container, change view, and sort: 3 minutes
2) Move to my cargo hold: 23 minutes
3) Move to my address book: 73 minutes (tip: this part goes about 5% faster if you close your cargo hold once it's underway)
4) Remove duplicates left by last copier: 26 minutes
5) Copy back to secure container: 4 hours (but with a 30 minute Nomad hunting break)

That last step is a killer. Trust me, you do NOT want to do them in batches of more than 50 or so. Seriously. Just don't do it.

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