Re: SE4Batch status?
 

Hey George, but you don't need to have a game master password.
I was running the Deathmatch 3 using this program, and without master password.

But with ctl-alt-del, you should be able to see the tasks running and end it.
Drop me a mail if you want, and will help you to configure it.

Re: SE4Batch status?
 

I think the requirement for a master password is only if the game is on multiple machines.

Re: SE4Batch status?
 

I found the task manager and was able to kill it. Tried to edit that out but I was too slow. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

Yeah, the password is only required for games setup for multiple machines. I guess I could use this if I set the game up hotseat, but then it doesn't work for what I was trying to do. I wanted to have an easy way to setup a PBW game and let it run 100 or however many turns prior to letting the players go with it, rather then starting the game on turn 0. It's kind of tedious to run the host turn 100 times in a row as you know.

Oh well, guess I'll come up with some other way to do this.

Geoschmo

Re: SE4Batch status?
 

Did anyone ever find a way to get Ruatha's little batch file to do a backup every x# of turns?

Re: SE4Batch status?
 

I'm not even so much concerned with it backing up the files, but my concern with Ruatha's script is will it wait to run the next turn before the current turn is done running? If it's jsut a fixed time pause, then you could potetially get mutiple turns running simultaneoulsy when things start gettign complicated and turns take longer to process.

Re: SE4Batch status?
 

The second Ruatha's script works pretty well and no, doesn't has a time wait and only run one se4 turn at time.
I have attached a version that I've used in my computer (you will need to do some changes inside, like the path, passwords, etc)
To run it, need to rn "Se4bat2 10" to get 10 automated turns.

Re: SE4Batch status?
 

Cool, thanks MB. (And thanks Ruatha. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif )

Re: SE4Batch status?
 

http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif No problem!
Tell me if you was able to run it.

Re: SE4Batch status?
 

It runs for me! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif Now I just have to figure out how to make it copy and rename the savegame every x number of cycles.

Re: SE4Batch status?
 

Works magnificently MB. This is exactly what I was looking for. Thank you again.

Re: SE4Batch status?
 

http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif Cool!

Re: SE4Batch status?
 

OK, after some research, experimentation, and a lot of cursing this is what I've come up with; three batch files that will ask you how many turns you want to run the game, run the game, and save each turn with the game date.

AITest.bat
<font class="small">Code:</font><hr /><pre>@echo off

set E4=2
set E3=4
set E2=0
set E1=0
set E0=1

set /p Turns=How many turns do you want to run?

call RunGame %Turns% </pre><hr />
This sets the game date and asks you how many turns you want to run.

Counter.bat
<font class="small">Code:</font><hr /><pre>@echo off
:: Increments a five digit number
:: Works by comparing each digit
:: E4=tenthousands, E3=thousands, E2=hundreds, E1=tens, E0=ones
if [%E4%]==[] set E4=0
if [%E3%]==[] set E3=0
if [%E2%]==[] set E2=0
if [%E1%]==[] set E1=0
if [%E0%]==[] set E0=0
:E0
if %E0%==9 goto E1
if %E0%==8 set E0=9
if %E0%==7 set E0=8
if %E0%==6 set E0=7
if %E0%==5 set E0=6
if %E0%==4 set E0=5
if %E0%==3 set E0=4
if %E0%==2 set E0=3
if %E0%==1 set E0=2
if %E0%==0 set E0=1
goto DONE
:E1
set E0=0
if %E1%==9 goto E2
if %E1%==8 set E1=9
if %E1%==7 set E1=8
if %E1%==6 set E1=7
if %E1%==5 set E1=6
if %E1%==4 set E1=5
if %E1%==3 set E1=4
if %E1%==2 set E1=3
if %E1%==1 set E1=2
if %E1%==0 set E1=1
goto DONE
:E2
set E1=0
if %E2%==9 set E2=0
if %E2%==8 set E2=9
if %E2%==7 set E2=8
if %E2%==6 set E2=7
if %E2%==5 set E2=6
if %E2%==4 set E2=5
if %E2%==3 set E2=4
if %E2%==2 set E2=3
if %E2%==1 set E2=2
if %E2%==0 set E2=1
goto DONE
:E3
set E2=0
if %E3%==9 set E3=0
if %E3%==8 set E3=9
if %E3%==7 set E3=8
if %E3%==6 set E3=7
if %E3%==5 set E3=6
if %E3%==4 set E3=5
if %E3%==3 set E3=4
if %E3%==2 set E3=3
if %E3%==1 set E3=2
if %E3%==0 set E3=1
goto DONE
:E4
set E3=0
if %E4%==9 set E4=0
if %E4%==8 set E4=9
if %E4%==7 set E4=8
if %E4%==6 set E4=7
if %E4%==5 set E4=6
if %E4%==4 set E4=5
if %E4%==3 set E4=4
if %E4%==2 set E4=3
if %E4%==1 set E4=2
if %E4%==0 set E4=1
goto DONE
:DONE </pre><hr />
This is what keeps the date.

RunGame.bat
<font class="small">Code:</font><hr /><pre>@echo off

if not [%Turns%]==[] goto Okay
echo Syntax: %0 %Turns%
goto End
:Okay
if [%2]==[::] goto 2nd time around
if [%3]==[::] goto 3rd time around
if [%4]==[::] goto 4th time around
if [%5]==[::] goto 5th time around

%comspec% /e:2048 /c %0 %Turns% ::
goto End
:2nd time around
for %%v in (0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9) do call %0 %1 %%v ::
goto End
:3rd time around
for %%v in (0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9) do call %0 %1 %2 %%v ::
goto End
:4th time around
for %%v in (0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9) do call %0 %1 %2 %3 %%v ::
goto End
:5th time around

if [%1]==[%4] exit
if [%1]==[%3%4] exit
if [%1]==[%2%3%4] exit

:filecheck1
IF EXIST Test. goto rungame ELSE goto filecheck1

:rungame
copy Test.gam RNTest.gam
start /w c:\SEIV\Se4.exe "C:\SEIV\Star Trek Mod\Savegame\Test.GAM" " " "0" "Star Trek Mod"

:filecheck2
IF EXIST RNTest. goto rename ELSE goto filecheck2
:rename
ren "RNTest.gam" "%E4%%E3%%E2%%E1%%E0%Test.gam"
echo %E4%%E3%%E2%%E1%.%E0%
call counter.bat

:End </pre><hr />
This is where the work is done.

I put all three into the Savegame folder I was using for ease of use, of course you'll have to adjust the paths for your game. Once you've got them set up where you want set up your game the same way as explained earlier (use Test.gam for your save name) and just call AITest from the command prompt and you should be good to go. This runs under XP but I have no idea if it'll run under a different os.
Files attached in zip.
Have fun!