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From: wilhite@usceast.UUCP (Robert Wilhite)
Newsgroups: net.games.rogue
Subject: Re: Copying saved games (it CAN be done.. sort of)
Message-ID: <2185@usceast.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 26-Mar-85 20:07:00 EST
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Posted: Tue Mar 26 20:07:00 1985
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Reply-To: wilhite@usceast.UUCP (Robert Wilhite)
Organization: Csci Dept, U of S. Carolina, Columbia
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Summary: A twist to Mateosian's Method.

(edited slightly)
In article <2511@nsc.UUCP> srm@nsc.UUCP (Richard Mateosian) writes:
>Here's a way to replay games from a checkpoint.  This was posted to the
>net a long time ago....
>
>	(1) Save the game.  (in rogue.save, for example)
>	(2) From the shell, do "cp rogue.save goodgame"
>	(3) Go back to playing your game (rogue -r rogue.save).
>	(4) When you have finished, do "cp goodgame rogue.save"
>	    Go to (3)
>
>You will get one of two messages:
>	(A) Sorry, file has been touched, so score won't be counted.
>	(B) Sorry, saved game is not in the same file.
>
>If you get (A), you can replay from the checkpoint.  If you get (B), you're
>finished....
>-- 
>Richard Mateosian

(Again, with 5.3)
A slight modification of this will let you replay from a checkpoint and
STILL have your score counted. . .

	* Do (1) and (2) as above.
	* Then restart the game, as in (3) -- still from a legit save-file,
	  but IMMEDIATELY SAVE IT under yet another rogue name ("yarn"?).
	* "cp goodgame rogue.save" and restart.  Here again, you get the
	  "This won't be counted" message.  Play from here 'til you know
	  the map, items, monsters, etc.
	* When you've seen enough, Quit, and restart with the "yarn" file.
	  (You WON'T see the "won't be counted" message.)
	* Repeat as your conscience permits.

Hasn't failed for me yet.          --robert
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