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Discussion / Re: Where did my game go? :O
« on: January 14, 2014, 08:34 »
Ugh, it didn't even retain stats for all the enemies I killed, uniques I found and assemblies I created - even after I replaced player.wad and score.wad with one of the backups. This being the case, what purpose do these backups actually serve?
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Discussion / Re: Where did my game go? :O
« on: January 14, 2014, 06:39 »
As far as I'm concerned, it's only a serious problem on AAo666 runs. I'd be irritated if an external crash killed an A0100 run on level 99, but it'd only take a few evenings to do another one. An AAo666 game being destroyed by a crash though is pretty devestating.
How about having the game make an automatic backup after every 101 levels?
How about having the game make an automatic backup after every 101 levels?
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Discussion / Re: Where did my game go? :O
« on: January 13, 2014, 19:38 »
Right, I've answered my own question by starting a new game and saving after level 1. It creates a file called 'save' in the folder where DoomRL is installed. I hope I haven't killed the deleted one by doing that. Recuva hadn't found a file with that name anyway; a deep scan is my last hope now. :'(
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Discussion / Re: Where did my game go? :O
« on: January 13, 2014, 19:16 »
Hmm, good point, there is a small chance it could still be undeletable. Do you know (roughly) where the state file would have been stored on a Win7 system? I hadn't been playing long before the crash, so it might not have been blatted yet.
Apologies for getting your name wrong. I think I've somehow always seen camel casing there even though there isn't any!
Apologies for getting your name wrong. I think I've somehow always seen camel casing there even though there isn't any!
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Discussion / Re: Where did my game go? :O
« on: January 13, 2014, 19:06 »
Oh, also...I noticed some files called player.wad.backup and score.wad.backup, with the date of my most recent non-crashed session on them. Could those still be useful in any way? If the game at least gives me credit for the tonnes of uniques I found and kills I made, at least it won't be a *complete* waste of 80 hours... :\
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Discussion / Re: Where did my game go? :O
« on: January 13, 2014, 19:04 »
Outside of DoomRL. [insert many swear words here]
This seems a bit ridiculous to me. Surely I can't be the only person whose PC is less than completely infallible? Why doesn't the game keep a backup while you're playing? I understand that it's a rogue-like tradition not to let people save and reload, but it does make the game very exposed to external crashes/power cuts, which is really no joke when you're doing Ao666. On the other hand, I've seen people here talking about save-scumming, or posting save states, so it's not like the current system actually prevents abuse of saves.
Before the crash wiped it out, presumably there would have been a save file that got written each time I saved and quit. Where would that have been? Would I have been able to make a copy of it and put the copy back later to continue the game? If so, then I'll make sure to do this periodically if I ever try Ao666 again. I'm not planning to bother though - I can't really justify chucking another hundred hours at the game.
It's all a bit depressing. :( Thank you TheLaptop for your speedy response though.
This seems a bit ridiculous to me. Surely I can't be the only person whose PC is less than completely infallible? Why doesn't the game keep a backup while you're playing? I understand that it's a rogue-like tradition not to let people save and reload, but it does make the game very exposed to external crashes/power cuts, which is really no joke when you're doing Ao666. On the other hand, I've seen people here talking about save-scumming, or posting save states, so it's not like the current system actually prevents abuse of saves.
Before the crash wiped it out, presumably there would have been a save file that got written each time I saved and quit. Where would that have been? Would I have been able to make a copy of it and put the copy back later to continue the game? If so, then I'll make sure to do this periodically if I ever try Ao666 again. I'm not planning to bother though - I can't really justify chucking another hundred hours at the game.
It's all a bit depressing. :( Thank you TheLaptop for your speedy response though.
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Discussion / Where did my game go? :O
« on: January 13, 2014, 18:41 »
I've been playing A0666. I'm on level five hundred and fifty something, with 100% kills. I'm not a very fast player; it usually takes me 8-10 minutes per level. My PC just crashed while I was playing and I had to power it off. I've just turned it back on and DoomRL is not giving me the option to continue the game.
Have I just irrevocably lost a game I'd spent 80+ hours on and was quite close to finishing? :|
Have I just irrevocably lost a game I'd spent 80+ hours on and was quite close to finishing? :|
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