[Coco] Re: Nitros9 Script question

[Charlie]

Thanks. Yes I know about makegw, i was just leaving that out until I had the 
script working. :-)

So, what does the <>>>/1 do exactly?

I tried </1 but that didnt work.

Charlie


"Robert Gault" <robert.gault at worldnet.att.net> wrote 
in message news:415F6CD0.6050105 at worldnet.att.net...

> Charlie wrote:

>> After looking at the nitros9 script mb to make a boot disk, I had the 

>> idea maybe I could make a script to start the game rogue with a saved 

>> game.

>>

>> This is what I tried:

>>

>> chx /h0/games/rogue/cmds

>> chd /h0/games/rogue

>> dir

>> echo Type name of saved game.

>> var.1

>> echo Starting ROGUE with saved game %1

>> ex rogue %1

>>

>> What happens is, the script runs, you can type the name of the saved game 

>> (Romar.adv). The script says "Starting ROGUE with saved game Romar.adv"

>> The disk light goes for a little bit and then nothing happens. It sits 

>> there and never runs the game. Pressing CNTRL-C gives error 003 and I'm 

>> returned to the Shell prompt.

>>

>> Can anyone explain how to fix this script, or what I did wrong?

>> Thanks.

>>

>> Charlie

>>

>>

>>

>>

>

> Rogue runs best in a graphics screen although it will run on a test 

> screen. Here is how I started a game on my hard drive per your request.

>

> chd /h2/games/rogue; chx /h2/games/rogue/cmds

> makegw

> dir

> echo Type name of saved game.

> var.1

> echo Starting ROGUE with saved game %1

> rogue %1 <>>>/1

> chd /dd; chx /dd/cmds

>

> This worked nicely and if you hit ENTER without a saved game, the game 

> starts new.

>

> Here is my makegw script which is kept in the game directory.

> display 1b 24

> display 1b 20 5 0 0 50 18 0 1 1

> display 1b 31 1 0

> display 1b 21 <>/1

>

>

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