Hey,
Here is a general overview of the deck file system.
When you navigate to the Tagtool App on your iPad you see:
- “decks” folder: Here all the deck folders and items are stored
- “temporary recordings”: Video files of recordings are stored here temporarily - usually empty because those video files are moved to the camera roll
- “Unity” folder: Where the in-app information is stored
There should be no other files in the root directory.
“Decks” Folder:
That is the home of all your current deck folders shown in the app. Folders have a custom Deck Folder name for example “XPJuli2” followed by a unique deck folder identifier “_Odf14df8-8cOa-40fc-8b1e-a5fcOabffac7”.
The “savedata.dat” stores all the information of the current deck folder and gets updated everytime you add/remove folders. It´s used during startup of the app. If it is missing - you won´t see any deck folders.
“Deck Folder”
For example “XP Juli2_Odf14df8-8cOa-40fc-8b1e-a5fcOabffac7”
These are the actual folders with all your deck items stored.
“Data.dat” has all the information - how many deck items are located within this specific deck folder.
It´s updated during start up of the app. If it is missing you do not see any content within the folder.
“Deck item”
Data.dat and commands.dat are the actual information about the specific deck item. What PNG files are stored, history of painted layers, animations etc.
Preview.png is the image that is used in the deck folder within the app.
As written above in the post - the safest way is to add/remove the entire “decks” folder so all the necessary items are always copied as well. That´s the only place where all the saved item information lives.
If you pick specific deck folders make sure that there is a “savedata.dat” inside the decks folder.
If there is no decks folder during startup of the Tagtool App - a new “decks” folder will be created with “MyDecks” inside.
Hope that helps,
Mat