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Settings → Files shows everything you've made, by kind, with its size and where it's used. Export, copy, move or delete any of it, and import any Pack Rat file.
| Kind | What it is | Actions |
|---|---|---|
| Campaigns | Your games (see Campaigns). | Edit, export, copy, delete. |
| Characters | Every character, in every campaign. | Export, move to another campaign, copy, delete. |
| Game systems | What a campaign plays: its templates, groups, features, states, money, catalog and panels. D&D 5e (SRD 5.1) comes with Pack Rat, and so does Slot Delve, a small example system (not added unless you add it). Others are files to import. | Export, remove (once no campaign plays it); Add one that comes with Pack Rat. |
| Rule packages | Custom items and templates, shared by the campaigns that use them. | Rename, export, copy, delete, and New. |
| Drawings | Icons drawn in the icon editor, kept as SVG (see Drawn Icons). | Export, delete. |
| Shops | Each campaign's shops. | Delete. |
| GM panels | Each campaign's control panels (see GM Controls). | Delete. |
| Pictures | Pictures in documents, item images, set pieces and control backgrounds. | Clear unused pictures. |
Characters playing in a party can't be moved to another campaign while they're in it.
Import a file takes any Pack Rat file and works out what it is:
- a whole backup (Export everything, or Export all in Settings) restores everything, with Undo;
- a campaign, a character, a rule package or a drawing is added to what you have;
- a game system is added (or updated, if you have it already); choose it for a campaign in the campaign's Edit;
- a backup from before campaigns becomes a campaign of its own, named after the file.
Exports carry the pictures they use, so a character's maps and card faces come along.
The size at the top is your data, not counting pictures. On the Windows app it's kept in %APPDATA%\PackRat\my-data; see Settings and Backups for the others.
A game system is what a campaign plays. Remove one you don't use. One that comes with Pack Rat stays listed as not added, with Add to bring it back. Importing a campaign that plays D&D 5e adds 5e back if you'd removed it.
Slot Delve is a made-up example, deliberately unlike D&D 5e: inventory slots instead of pounds, the silver standard, armor points instead of Armor Class, and a Referee instead of a GM. Add it and choose it for a campaign to see how different a system can be.
To make your own, see Writing a Game System.