Shadowcat on 6/8/2001 at 23:14
I could send you my saved games, if you'd like some extras? (Just a single set, but probably has some you don't have :)
p.s. I haven't had time to play with the recordings properly yet, but do much appreciate all your findings!
[ August 06, 2001: Message edited by: Shadowcat ]
rfnagel on 7/8/2001 at 00:55
Hi SC,
Quote:
Originally posted by Shadowcat:
<STRONG>I could send you my saved games, if you'd like some extras? (Just a single set, but probably has some you don't have :)
</STRONG>
Thanks for the offer, but I decided to replay the entire game and save each mission (renaming the files where neccessary) on the easiest skill level so I'd have access to all of the missions any time I wanted. I'm over half way through now - :)
Which gave me another idea. I'm going to write up a small batch file that will allow you to play any mission on the fly using this set of savegames. After I'm done replaying the game, I'll write up some docs and zipup the savegames and batch file and post it to my FTP.
Rich Nagel
[ August 06, 2001: Message edited by: Rich Nagel ]
rfnagel on 19/6/2025 at 20:18
Hi Folks, long time, no type.
I've recently been playing TNSFC again, and discovered another little tidbit about the recorded demos. You do NOT have to save and include your savegame files ("SAVE01.RES", "SAVE02.RES", "SAVE03.RES", etc...) when distributing your demo recordings, and it doesn't matter what savegame slot that the demo was recorded from. Also, it doesn't matter if you already have one (or more) of your existing savegame slots filled, the game ignores your existing saved games when playing back recorded demos and it doesn't mess with them.
When playing back recorded demos (via "TN +PLAY" or "__FF +PLAY) the game creates a dummy savegame file in the savegame slot that was loaded when originally recording the demo, and you'll find one (or more) new files created in your TNOVA game directory when exiting the game after the demo plays ("FAKE01.RES", "FAKE02.RES", "FAKE03.RES", etc...). After playing back a recorded demo and exiting the game, you can safely delete these files (as they will be recreated when playing back the demos again).
Apparently, the game automatically embeds the saved game data into the demo recording file ("TN.REC") when loading a savegame slot to record a demo from, and uses this embedded saved game data when playing back the recorded demo.
Lastly, another little discovery about demo recording and playback: You can add one of the command line parameters (or ANY of the game's supported command line parameters for that matter) to the bottom of your "TN.CFG" Terra Nova configuration file (minus the plus "+" signs). This will start the demo recording (or playback) immediately after starting the game (and skipping through the initial intro movies).
A useful application for this would be to add the command line parameter "RECORD" to the bottom of your "TN.CFG" Terra Nova configuration file, and the game will record a demo file ("TN.REC") of all of the campaign missions (or a single campaign mission) that you have played in that single game session every time that you start the game. As previously mentioned, note that the demo recording file ("TN.REC") will be overwritten each time that you start the game with the "RECORD" command line parameter.
Anyhow, LOTS of new discoveries for this almost 30 year old game! :)
Rich Nagel
