A Simple People Playground Backup Script

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Like I implied I would do almost seven months ago, here is a simple script to backup People Playground mods! I'm still thinking of a way to do en masse preservation for People Playground and Gmod, but those won't come around for a while so in the meantime, I want to get something out there.

Please just install 7zip please

This script does not work without 7zip. You can have both Winrar and 7zip on your computer by the way, I've been doing this for almost a decade now. 7zip is a really good program on its own, and I think people will find it useful outside of this script.

The Script

Check if 7zip is actually in /Program Files/. If not, change it to the actual file path.

Switch [path-to-steam] with the actual path to your Steam installation.

cd C:\[path-to-steam]\Steam\steamapps\workshop\content
"C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe" -mtc=on -mta=on -mtm=on a %userprofile%\Desktop\1118200_workshop-content.7z 1118200\
cd C:\[path-to-steam]\Steam\steamapps\common\People Playground
"C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe" -mtc=on -mta=on -mtm=on a %userprofile%\Desktop\1118200_steamsapps-common.7z CompiledMods\
"C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe" -mtc=on -mta=on -mtm=on a %userprofile%\Desktop\1118200_steamsapps-common.7z CompiledModAssemblies\
"C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe" -mtc=on -mta=on -mtm=on a %userprofile%\Desktop\1118200_steamsapps-common.7z Contraptions\
"C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe" -mtc=on -mta=on -mtm=on a %userprofile%\Desktop\1118200_steamsapps-common.7z Logs\
"C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe" -mtc=on -mta=on -mtm=on a %userprofile%\Desktop\1118200_steamsapps-common.7z Mods\

Use this script if your version of Steam is on an external drive. Switch D: with whatever your drive letter is.
Switch [path-to-steam] with the actual path to your Steam installation.

D:
cd D:\[path-to-steam]\Steam\steamapps\workshop\content
"C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe" -mtc=on -mta=on -mtm=on a %userprofile%\Desktop\1118200_workshop-content.7z 1118200\
cd D:\[path-to-steam]\Steam\steamapps\common\People Playground
"C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe" -mtc=on -mta=on -mtm=on a %userprofile%\Desktop\1118200_steamsapps-common.7z CompiledMods\
"C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe" -mtc=on -mta=on -mtm=on a %userprofile%\Desktop\1118200_steamsapps-common.7z CompiledModAssemblies\
"C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe" -mtc=on -mta=on -mtm=on a %userprofile%\Desktop\1118200_steamsapps-common.7z Contraptions\
"C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe" -mtc=on -mta=on -mtm=on a %userprofile%\Desktop\1118200_steamsapps-common.7z Logs\
"C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe" -mtc=on -mta=on -mtm=on a %userprofile%\Desktop\1118200_steamsapps-common.7z Mods\
                

Directories Backed Up

• [path-to-steam]\Steam\steamapps\workshop\content\1118200\*
• [path-to-steam]\Steam\steamapps\common\People Playground\CompiledMods\*
• [path-to-steam]\Steam\steamapps\common\People Playground\CompiledModAssemblies\*
• [path-to-steam]\Steam\steamapps\common\People Playground\Contraptions\*
• [path-to-steam]\Steam\steamapps\common\People Playground\Logs\*
• [path-to-steam]\Steam\steamapps\common\People Playground\Mods\*

If You Don't Like Something
Just modify the script!

How To Use

Copy the script above, paste it in Notepad or a text editor of your choice.

Make the appropriate modifications to ensure the script works.

Save it as a .bat file.

Double click to launch.

Wait what about Gmod?

If you came to hear about Gmod, sorry. I'm still unsure how to back up addon files even on a small scale. People (like me) will usually have a 20GB addon folder which isn't really practical to backup like this unless you own a lot of storage space.

My advice for now is to backup specific addons you like. Per-mod basis in this case!