agaricus5
Level: Smitemaster
Rank Points: 1838
Registered: 02-04-2003
IP: Logged

I have tried to export the data from the game, but I don't know how to do it - when it asks me for a directory to save in, I can only type in numbers and letters, but no punctuation or symbols.

How do I export the data?

____________________________
Resident Medic/Mycologist

Watcher
Level: Smitemaster

Rank Points: 902
Registered: 02-04-2003
IP: Logged

Weird. I tried exporting both player and hold data, and I had no problems. I could type in "c:\\programmer\\drod beta" (my DROD directory) in the directory field just fine. So I don't know what could be causing this.

Anyone else out there with this problem?

____________________________
Today the refrigerator, tomorrow the world!

Schik
Level: Legendary Smitemaster

Rank Points: 5528
Registered: 02-04-2003
IP: Logged

I have this same problem. There's no directory in the directory field, and I can't type a : or \\ in that field.

If I just tell it to export anyways, it says it succeeded. But I can't find the file it output. And if I export it again, it asks if I want to overwrite it, so it must be SOMEWHERE, but I can't find it.

____________________________
The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way it treats its animals.
--Mahatma Gandhi

mrimer
Level: Legendary Smitemaster

Rank Points: 5466
Registered: 02-04-2003
IP: Logged

agaricus5 wrote:
...when it asks me for a directory to save in, I can only type in numbers and letters, but no punctuation or symbols...

Yeah, we're restricting file names to alphanumeric characters and spaces to have filenames that are compatible over all platforms.

eytanz
Level: Smitemaster

Rank Points: 2708
Registered: 02-05-2003
IP: Logged

That doesn't make any sense - you need punctuation to make path names; it's impossible without it. Sure, you may want to limit file names to alphanumeric characters (which I think is a bad idea but that's a different issue) - but forbidding you from entering them in directory names means that in many operating systems you just can't type in directories.

Also, it would be very, very, nice if there was some default directory and one didn't have to time in the whole path each time (and if there is an implicit one, make it explicit, since otherwise files will get lost as in Schik's message).

____________________________
I got my avatar back! Yay!

mrimer
Level: Legendary Smitemaster

Rank Points: 5466
Registered: 02-04-2003
IP: Logged

Oops! I just now understood the ramifications of the character filter. You're absolutely right. Relaxing the constraints on the directory/path character filter to include ':', '/' and '\\' should actaully fix all these bugs. (Sorry about that.) Are there any other essential characters I'm missing?

eytanz
Level: Smitemaster

Rank Points: 2708
Registered: 02-05-2003
IP: Logged

Underscores come immediately to mind - but since the directory field doesn't allow you to create directories, only to refer to existing ones, why not just allow any symbol string? There's no way to cause any sort of harm, or lack of portability, by typing stuff in this field.

____________________________
I got my avatar back! Yay!

mrimer
Level: Legendary Smitemaster

Rank Points: 5466
Registered: 02-04-2003
IP: Logged

Yeah, I think I agree with you here.

mrimer
Level: Legendary Smitemaster

Rank Points: 5466
Registered: 02-04-2003
IP: Logged

BTW, the bug's been entered into the DB.

Watcher
Level: Smitemaster

Rank Points: 902
Registered: 02-04-2003
IP: Logged

Watcher wrote:
Weird. I tried exporting both player and hold data, and I had no problems. I could type in "c:\\programmer\\drod beta" (my DROD directory) in the directory field just fine. So I don't know what could be causing this.

Anyone else out there with this problem?

Okay, now I'm annoyed. This worked well enough in build 16, but now, in build 17, I can't enter semicolons or backslashes. And since the installer just overwrote my data, I can't continue until this gets fixed so I can reimport my player.

____________________________
Today the refrigerator, tomorrow the world!

mrimer
Level: Legendary Smitemaster

Rank Points: 5466
Registered: 02-04-2003
IP: Logged

Watcher wrote:
Okay, now I'm annoyed...

This should be fixed for build 18.