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saved games sub-directory.
Just prior to the end of each day (before 7:00 PM), save the game, exit to dos,
and copy the files again to the same sub-directory. I know this sounds like
overkill, but I have had the game crash several times after the "day" is
complete but before I could save it in the "calendar" save game slot -- thus
losing an entire day or at the least the last sector's worth of work. The
reason this unfortunate situation can occur is that the game deletes the
QUICK.SAV,
DAY.SAV & OFFICE.SAV files when you complete the game day. This happens prior
to your saving of the game at the Calendar, so if the game crashes in the
interim you are just plain out of luck.
Eliminate Smartdrive and a large part of this problem will go away.
I was told that eliminating QEMM and using a "clean" boot disk would eliminate
the rest of the problem. That may be so for some, however in my case I then had
to deal with a translucent mouse cursor and unreadable inventory in the morning
"gear up" session after eliminating QEMM. So my "clean" boot disk meant I
couldn't really play the game at all. I'm sure there was probably some way
around this latest problem, but by then I was out of patience with the whole
save game scheme anyway. Besides, once in the habit, I liked the idea that I
had a safe way of saving my games and even a catalog of all the days of the
game (see below).
At the end of each "day", after I have successfully saved the game in a
GAME#.SAV slot, I personally go to a sub-directory I have named"history". If I
have just completed Day 7 for example, I make a new sub-directory under
history, named DAY7 and then copy the day's GAME#.SAV file to this directory --
this way I don't have a bunch of duplicate GAME#.SAV files, and I know exactly
which day is which.
All of this is of course a total pain in the neck. However, replaying a lost
sector or day, is an even bigger one. Perhaps the next version will completely
eliminate the problems.
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THE END
"THAT'S ALL FOLKS"
Just prior to the end of each day (before 7:00 PM), save the game, exit to dos,
and copy the files again to the same sub-directory. I know this sounds like
overkill, but I have had the game crash several times after the "day" is
complete but before I could save it in the "calendar" save game slot -- thus
losing an entire day or at the least the last sector's worth of work. The
reason this unfortunate situation can occur is that the game deletes the
QUICK.SAV,
DAY.SAV & OFFICE.SAV files when you complete the game day. This happens prior
to your saving of the game at the Calendar, so if the game crashes in the
interim you are just plain out of luck.
Eliminate Smartdrive and a large part of this problem will go away.
I was told that eliminating QEMM and using a "clean" boot disk would eliminate
the rest of the problem. That may be so for some, however in my case I then had
to deal with a translucent mouse cursor and unreadable inventory in the morning
"gear up" session after eliminating QEMM. So my "clean" boot disk meant I
couldn't really play the game at all. I'm sure there was probably some way
around this latest problem, but by then I was out of patience with the whole
save game scheme anyway. Besides, once in the habit, I liked the idea that I
had a safe way of saving my games and even a catalog of all the days of the
game (see below).
At the end of each "day", after I have successfully saved the game in a
GAME#.SAV slot, I personally go to a sub-directory I have named"history". If I
have just completed Day 7 for example, I make a new sub-directory under
history, named DAY7 and then copy the day's GAME#.SAV file to this directory --
this way I don't have a bunch of duplicate GAME#.SAV files, and I know exactly
which day is which.
All of this is of course a total pain in the neck. However, replaying a lost
sector or day, is an even bigger one. Perhaps the next version will completely
eliminate the problems.
________________________________________________________________________________
[ Top | Section 1 | Section 2 | Section 3 | Section 4 | Section 5 | Section 6 |
Section 7 ]
________________________________________________________________________________
THE END
"THAT'S ALL FOLKS"
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