StuartK
Level: Smitemaster
Rank Points: 564
Registered: 06-10-2003
IP: Logged
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Build 21 so far (0)
OK, my build 21 experiences. I've just made a walkthrough of the entire process, noting major, minor and cosmetic anomalies as I go. I hope that's OK. I see others have been reporting some of the same stuff, but I'm not redrafting now...
Build 20 installed in d:\\games\\drod
(exported holds and players - there was no export option for an 'edited' hold created by another player.
I had two players in build 20, one of which I was at level 15, the other I'd not left the first room on the first level. I still exported both, and each was ~26kB in size. The level 15 game is a few bytes larger.
Build 21 (fresh, full install) in d:\\games\\drodbuild21
Starting prompt is
'&New Player'
(suggestion)
I could really do with an import player option here, as I have to define a new player /and/ import my old player, thus getting two sets of player settings. Plus, each time I do this I forget, without fail, and have the same name for the new player and the player I'm going to import. Doh.
After naming my default player another dialog box appears before game start
'&Import'
In 'Who' and 'Where' dialogs, the 'Import' button text is replaced with 'Please give the name of the file you would like to import' stretching across the screen.
I import my player from build 20 (navigating to the build 20 homemade folder)
'imported successfully'
followed by
'ERROR: file not found'
Restore to the last room I was playing on level 15.
Crash to desktop, no error messages
The same thing happened with transition from build 19 > build 20 but I neglected to mention it in this group.
There was no crash upon restarting build 21, and I could begin play with no further CTDs, from level 15, restoring or continuing.
Wiped and reinstalled build 21, imported player data.
Selected 'Continue' to start from level 1
Quit to main menu
Selected 'Restore' to contine from level 15
No crash to desktop.
Wiped and reinstalled build 21. Performed same steps as the first time, and got the same crash to desktop, except this time, when I start Drod, it quits again immediately. Maybe I ought to reboot.
Chose not to reboot.
Wiped and reinstalled build 21 & used the 'Continue from level 1' fix to carry on playing normally.
I then noticed...
All rooms on level 15 had '&Restore' text appended to their names. All other room text was normal.
e.g. "Fifteenth Level: Twice East, Quarce &Restore"
Tried to quit & got this text
"After restoring this game, rooms that you've already conquered will be restored to their unconquered states. You can always restore from a more recent game later to avoid having to reconquer the same rooms again
Shall I continue restoring this game?'
If I select 'No' I return to the main menu
If I select 'Yes' the game quits
Have I got corrupt player data, or are these build 21 bugs? I've got all data from build 20 & 21 available, and the player data I imported from build 19 as well, if any are useful.
Oh, and another thing. If I'm drafting a message on the Drod webboard, and I click help in Drod, it replaces the webboard with the Drod help text, losing what I've written so far...
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