Do you build your army lists on multiple platforms like your tablet and phone? Check out how easy it is to sync all of your rosters across your devices!
If you build your armies using the Battlescribe list-building app, there’s often an overlooked way of syncing your rosters across all of your devices. Work on your same list from any platform! Here is how you do it.
Sync Your Army Lists With Battlescribe Across All Your Devices
If you want to have all of your work at your fingertips regardless of device, you’ll need to have a Dropbox account and have the app downloaded on all platforms. (computer, tablet, phone, etc.), or at least have the appropriate cookies.
Then, you’ll need to:
- Open your app and click the three white dots on the upper right corner.
- Select “Manage Data”.
- This should bring you to a new page where you’ll click the three white dots in the right corner once again.
- Click “Sync With Dropbox” and this will create a folder in your Dropbox called “Dropbox/Apps/Battlescribe”.
- Next, go on your computer an click “Options” and then “Change Data Location” (you can skip this step if you are just syncing from tablet to phone)
- Click “Find Dropbox Folder” and make sure you select the “Dropbox/Apps/Battlescribe” option. (Sometimes computers will try to make a new file and it won’t sync correctly).
- Create a “Rosters” folder in the “Dropbox/Apps/Battlescribe” selection. Save your rosters from the computer from here.
- Finally, duplicate your army lists and delete the originals. This will create a new save in the “/Dropbox/Apps/Battlescribe/”rosters folder.
- Refresh both apps and make sure your lists sync between them.
There is a bit of a trick to syncing lists though. New lists will sync fine, however, older lists will have to be “tricked” by toggling an option off then on to get them to sync (if you don’t duplicate them as per above).
Keep in mind too that deleting lists will have to be done from the dropbox app itself, as they will magically re-appear on next login if you just delete them from a device only.
If you did everything correctly, your rosters should continuously sync across your devices. You’ll be able to work on them from your phone or at home on the desktop! It’s just another way of making your hobby life easier!
Do you use Battlescribe to build your lists? Have you already synced your devices for Battlescribe? Did we forget any steps?
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About the Author: Wesley Floyd
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About Wesley Floyd: Wes has been in the Warhammer hobby since 2015 and joined the Spikey Bits writing team in 2018. He is known for his satirist takes on trending topics and imaginative yet amazingly affordable hobby solutions to painting Warhammer miniatures.
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