Savefile Migration

[EvilMarshmallow]

I've been playing 3.1.0 on a windows box. I'd like to move my savefile to my linux box so I can play at home too. I've installed 3.1.0 on my linux box using --path=$HOME in the configure script. Distro is Ubuntu... where do I put the save file and how do I activate it instead of the default character creation?

[PowerDiver]

Originally Posted by EvilMarshmallow

I've been playing 3.1.0 on a windows box. I'd like to move my savefile to my linux box so I can play at home too. I've installed 3.1.0 on my linux box using --path=$HOME in the configure script. Distro is Ubuntu... where do I put the save file and how do I activate it instead of the default character creation?

The smart thing is to start a game first and save it, so you can see where the game puts the savefile. It should be in ~/.angband/Angband/save but it doesn't hurt to let the game gnerate the directories and double check first. It should be named <number>.<login> For example, mine is 1000.Eddie. The number is your user number from /etc/passwd. The first letter is capitalized for some reason. Maybe I am mistaken and it is my first name rather than my login. Overwrite the savefile with the one you want to copy over.

ls ~/.angband/Angband/save/
1000.Eddie

There is nothing to activation. Linux versions always automatically load the same savefile unless there is some command line switch I never noticed.

[Nick]

Originally Posted by PowerDiver

Linux versions always automatically load the same savefile unless there is some command line switch I never noticed.

-ublah will load your 1000.blah savefile.

[PaulBlay]

Originally Posted by PowerDiver

There is nothing to activation. Linux versions always automatically load the same savefile unless there is some command line switch I never noticed.

Yeah, that's one difference between the Linux and Windows compiled versions that I've noticed. I've always thought that the window Menus (File, Windows, Options, Help) were neglected and that's only to be expected if they do not exist in the Linux / Unix / Mac OS versions. Is implementing them in other ports in a ToDo list somewhere? Or should they just be removed from the Windows port? (as they serve relatively little purpose as they are).

[Magnate]

Originally Posted by PaulBlay

Yeah, that's one difference between the Linux and Windows compiled versions that I've noticed. I've always thought that the window Menus (File, Windows, Options, Help) were neglected and that's only to be expected if they do not exist in the Linux / Unix / Mac OS versions. Is implementing them in other ports in a ToDo list somewhere? Or should they just be removed from the Windows port? (as they serve relatively little purpose as they are).

This is interesting. The same menus exist in the GTk version, but not the X11 or SDL or GCU versions. I actually think they could be really useful - *IF* you could load or start a new character when you died, instead of quitting. I've never understood why the game forces you to quit on death - very painful for people like me who die up to a dozen times in a single session of play.

(That basically applies to the File menu. The others do appear in both Gtk and SDL versions, and they're helpful to mouse users.)

[PaulBlay]

Originally Posted by Magnate

(That basically applies to the File menu. The others do appear in both Gtk and SDL versions, and they're helpful to mouse users.)

I should take this to a different thread, really.

[takkaria]

Originally Posted by Magnate

This is interesting. The same menus exist in the GTk version, but not the X11 or SDL or GCU versions. I actually think they could be really useful - *IF* you could load or start a new character when you died, instead of quitting. I've never understood why the game forces you to quit on death - very painful for people like me who die up to a dozen times in a single session of play.

It's not so much that it was a design decision to force you to quit, more that it wasn't a design decision to allow you to restart... I'm not quite sure how painful it would be to allow restarting, but I have a feeling it would take a bit of work to avoid memory leaks.

[EvilMarshmallow]

So i need to take my savefile (which in windows is just "Bob") and copy it to wherever I find "1000.Joe" (I created the 'dummy' character with a different name) and rename "Bob" as "1000.Bob". Then I have to run angband with -uBob.... is that pretty much it?

[Nick]

Originally Posted by EvilMarshmallow

So i need to take my savefile (which in windows is just "Bob") and copy it to wherever I find "1000.Joe" (I created the 'dummy' character with a different name) and rename "Bob" as "1000.Bob". Then I have to run angband with -uBob.... is that pretty much it?

Yep, that's about it.

[PowerDiver]

Originally Posted by EvilMarshmallow

So i need to take my savefile (which in windows is just "Bob") and copy it to wherever I find "1000.Joe" (I created the 'dummy' character with a different name) and rename "Bob" as "1000.Bob". Then I have to run angband with -uBob.... is that pretty much it?

That sounds mistaken. Generally speaking, you do not want to use multiple savefiles. If you care about monster memory, play one char at a time. The name of the savefile should depend upon your login, not the name of the character.

I suggest that you just copy Bob onto 1000.Joe, if Joe is in fact your login, and don't bother with the -u switch.