More Command Line options

[geoschmo]

Will,

Just an idea, try it without the three empty quote pairs. It's probably trying to load a " .gam" which doesn't exsist.

If it is intelligent enough to decipher that the mod path is a mod path, despite being the only item on the line, it may work. If not it will think the "path" is a game name and it won't work.


And leave off the -nd. Since we wan't the gam eto come up on the screen we don't want the "no dialouge boxes" option.
Geo

[This message has been edited by geoschmo (edited 12 June 2001).]

[DavidG]

Has anyone tried these lately? I want to create a shortcut so I can process a multi turn quickly but I can't get it to work.

[geoschmo]

They work fine. It's what PBW is built around. Can you paste in the text you are using so maybe I can see what the problem is?

Geoschmo

[DavidG]

I tried both of these. (I was just trying to get into my turn first to see if it worked)

C:\Progra~1\SpaceE~1\Se4.exe "C:\Program Files\Space Empires IV Gold\Pirates&NomadsV3.1\Savegame\DDAM.gam" "mypass" "1" " "

C:\Progra~1\SpaceE~1\Se4.exe "C:\Progra~1\SpaceE~1\Pirate~1\Savegame\DDAM.gam" "mypass" "1" " "

[ September 25, 2002, 00:53: Message edited by: DavidG ]

[capnq]

I've never run SE4 from the command line, but I don't think you need any of the stuff before "Space Empires IV Gold".

[geoschmo]

David, the problem is you aren't putting the name of the mod in the Last set of quote marks.

Try this:

C:\Progra~1\SpaceE~1\Se4.exe "C:\Program Files\Space Empires IV Gold\Pirates&NomadsV3.1\Savegame\DDAM.gam" "mypass" "1" "Pirates&NomadsV3.1"

You might actually need to put quotes around the first part, "C:\Progra~1\SpaceE~1\Se4.exe", but actually the path isn't neccesary as Capn says. You could do the same thing with:

Se4.exe "Savegame\DDAM.gam" "mypass" "1" "Pirates&NomadsV3.1"

and just put the batch file in the Space Empires IV directory and a shortcut to your desktop or whereever you want to run it from. But your way with the path works too, it's jsut a little cluttered. The key you are missing is the mod path in the Last set of quotes.
Geoschmo

[ September 25, 2002, 01:38: Message edited by: geoschmo ]

[DavidG]

Cool thanks. That worked. Now one more question if I use this method to process the turn is there any way to make it give me a warning if a player file is missing or the wrong turn? I tried it and it processed the turn with no warning even though one player file was missing.