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Short: Manages multiple savefiles for Cthangband + compat.
Author: Björn Östberg <JetRacer@Amiga.nu>
Uploader: Björn Östberg <JetRacer@Amiga.nu>
Type: game/role
Requires: RequestFile command, IconX (both provided with the WB)
Distrib: AminetCD
Action: NoStart
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Yes, it's true!
Now you can play several characters using the same game installation without
any hassle. A fileselector allows you to select a character (or create a new
one) when starting Cthangband. You can store characters you're not going to
use for a while, aswell as rescue recently dead ones.
There are three scripts managing this:
1. Character selector / backup management
2. Rescue from backup
3. Character storage
They're all equppied with (a love muscle!) working double-clickable icons.
INSTALLATION:
1. BACKUP LIVING CHARACTERS BEFORE INSTALLING ANYTHING!!! Those can be found
in the "Cthangband:save" directory.
2. Copy the files in the archive to your Cthangband directory.
3. Create the directories: "Cthangband:Backup" and "Cthangband:Storage".
4. Finished!
USAGE:
Double click the icons!
If you want to rescue anything, then it must be done BEFORE STARTING
CTHANGBAND AGAIN!!! The backup directory is updated everytime you play or
store a character, therefore either of those actions will bash in the last
nail in the coffin and the character will thereafter be permanently DEAD!
(no, the parrot is just sleeping)
KNOWN PROBLEMS:
When creating a new character you can't just ignore selecting a character,
since the file selector will automaticly select the first avaliable
alternative (arrgh!). The only way to create a new character for the moment
is to enter jibberish in the file selector. I think I'll just include
a separate script for creating new characters sometime soon.
Apart from that, the scripts seems to work allright. I'm looking into the
matter of making them safer though; to not deleting anything unless copying
was successfull. The current behaviur could result in lost files due to a
failure to copy because "Disk is full" then deleting the only remaining copy.
Not good.
LEGAL GOEE:
I cannot be held responsible for any loss of data nor any program failure!
Bugger ye off, in general terms! Your average Shareware blaha applies.
/JetRacer
============================= Archive contents =============================
Original Packed Ratio Date Time Name
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0 0 0.0% 12-May-01 04:50:48 +
0 0 0.0% 12-May-01 04:45:32 +
0 0 0.0% 12-May-01 04:45:20 +
154 116 24.6% 22-Feb-01 04:45:12 +Rescue_Character
2769 1828 33.9% 22-Feb-01 07:22:38 +Rescue_Character.info
317 196 38.1% 22-Feb-01 07:25:42 +Start_Cthangband
2769 1829 33.9% 22-Feb-01 07:25:42 +Start_Cthangband.info
795 266 66.5% 03-Mar-01 17:30:54 +Store_Character
2769 1829 33.9% 22-Feb-01 07:23:04 +Store_Character.info
2334 1224 47.5% 12-May-01 04:42:42 cthangmulti.readme
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11907 7288 38.7% 12-May-101 12:42:20 10 files