So i played a bit with C# lately

[Gandalf Parker]

Actually that Java code doesn't really exist anymore. When i realized what crap code i had written there i tried refactor it but were distracted in the middle and now i doubt i'll touch it again.

Care to start a psuedo code discussion of it?
Generic steps and checks to the program?

At its simplest Im picturing
zip game into game.zip

A variation might be something which runs as --postexec to read a --scoredump (or status file) in order to get a turn number. Then it could support "every 5 turns" or "rotating saves numbered 1-5"

Personally I avoid GUI menus but I suppose it could evelve into something menu driven for restores of old games.

[Esben Mose Hansen]

What does it do? I sound like a simple job for a Perl script. (Don't tell me that windows doesn't provide Perl [img]/threads/images/Graemlins/ooo.gif[/img])

[alexti]

The desperate coukd try Mono... but surely, using the C# Microsoft framework for this is akin to using mallets to squat houseflys...?

The desperate can pass the following script in Dom2 --postexec option ;-) :

Code:

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gawk -f save_script.awk

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where save_script.awk contains:
Code:

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BEGIN {

	timestamp_file = "Last-total-save-timestamp.txt";

	t = systime();

	stamp = strftime("%Y%m%d-%H%M%S",t);

	stamp2 = strftime("%Y-%m-%d",t);

	saveAll = 1;

	if ((getline Last_stamp < timestamp_file) > 0)

	{

		if (stamp2 == Last_stamp)

			saveAll = 0;

	}

	close(timestamp_file);



	if (saveAll)

	{

		cmd = sprintf("zip -r save-all-%s * -i@save.lst",stamp);

		print stamp2 > timestamp_file;

	}

	else

		cmd = sprintf("zip -r -t %s save-%s * -i@save.lst",Last_stamp,stamp);

	system(cmd);

}

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[Gandalf Parker]

No, it will do nothing to your dom2.exe It's just a small program that zips up your game files so there is a copy of them and the game doesn't see them any more. As a side effect they are smaller too.

You need to save before you host the next turn.

You do need however the .net framework from microsoft. According to MS Win ME is no longer supported so i'd say forget about 98 too. For win2k you also need the service pack 2 but you should have that one anyways

So its something that can be setup in the icon to run on your way into the game, or on the way out, whichever you prefer. It looks good.

Ive been meaning to do something like that. If I did it would be in Basic but that would have its pros and cons. I could compile it to run on any win, or on linux, without needing to download/install something else like the java, and perl, and now C# Versions we have.