Save game path and such...

[proton2112]

I'm fairly new to this so if I'm missing something obvious please bear with

I'm in a multiplayer PBEM game with a friend. During game setup I set the SAVE GAME PATH to c:\temp (not sure what I was thinking).

When I first go into the game and hit LOAD GAME it's pulling out of the installation path d:\games\space empires iv\savegame.

However, after every turn, the game still gets put into the savegame directory (d:\games\space empires iv\savegame), NOT c:\temp (there are some text files going there though). There doesn't seem to be any way to change the location now that the game is under way :/

Secondly, after my turn I click YES to end my turn and NO don't quit the game. This puts me at the splash screen as I await my turn to be sent to me. After my game arrives and I hit LOAD GAME. But instead of showing me
the installation path save directory, it THEN wants to load out of c:\temp all of a sudden. Additionally, when I hit CHANGE DIRECTORY and type d:\games\space empires iv\savegame into the CURRENT DIRECTORY box and hit
OK... and it does nothing (that is I stay in c:\temp). I'm not sure if it has something to do with the drive box at the top (which I didn't change to d: ). So I wind up having to go back into CHANGE DIRECTORY, changing drive to D: manually, clicking 'games', clicking 'space empires iv', clicking 'savegame' (am I annoying you yet?. Good, now you see where I'm at

I tried double-clicking the save-game file but that doesn't seem to work (wierd, huh?). I even tried all the parameters:

se4.exe "...path...\game.gam" "password" "1" " " and THAT didn't seem to work (*sigh*).

Lastly, a few times when I've loaded the game I get a blank screen. The interface is there, but no map, and the buttons don't work. I have to END TASK (which usually causes the ARE YOU SURE YOU WANT TO QUIT THIS GAME dialog) to get out of it. BTW, I'm on Windows 2000.

Anyone have these problems?

Thanks.

[This message has been edited by proton2112 (edited 06 November 2001).]