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Tracking Change from Frog Knows Forward
Hello all!
A couple years ago I began comparing the source code for Angband releases beginning with Frog Knows. I've been systematically committing changes on github at https://github.com/moonsdad/angband and tagging the releases as they are reached. I took a short break to finish my masters degree and now am back at it. My purpose was mainly to see how the code has evolved over time, but I eventually want to catch up to current progress and use it for contributing development. I also want to compare select variants, but In the process, another objective may be reached. I'm currently trying to recreate 2.7.0-3 based on a comparison of 2.7.4 with 2.6.2 and am thinking of attempting to create a save-file converter which could bring characters saved from old releases into new ones--if possible. Therefore, I'm wondering if anyone has any save files from back then stashed away? I also have a few questions about when certain changes occurred, but I'll save them 'til someone self-identifies as someone who may know such things. Thanks for your time! |
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You should have a look at the Angband Variant Repository, which has done the history thing for lots of variants. That may already answer some of your questions.
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Ben wrote savefile convertors so you could import the 2.7.x series into 2.8 and probably up into 2.9.3. They would be a good place to start.
rephial.org itself has quite a detailed history section, which was pieced together from newsgroup posts over years. It might be worth checking out.
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Yeah, look at (I think) load1.c in 2.9.3. It might be load2. Anyway, one of them is for 'modern' savefiles and the other attempts to import ancient ones.
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