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echo: mystic
to: Shane O`Neill
from: Todd Yatzook
date: 2019-04-23 22:47:42
subject: Re: Save game per user for Infocom type games as doors

On 23 Apr 2019, Shane O'Neill said the following...
 
 SO> So using the netfoss user guide I am able to get Infocom games to work
 SO> simply on Mystic BBS but I see when a person saves their game it will
 SO> overwrite other users save game files (when using default save).
 SO> 
 SO> Is there a SIMPLE way to make mystic/netfoss save a users game as a
 SO> unique file or in a unique folder for each user so they don't over write
 SO> each others saved games.

Have the batch file create a copy of the game to a directory using the user's
username as the directory to create, have it run from there. It's what I did
for the text adventure games I run on DoorParty, and before that, Mystic.

You can probably skip the part of my how-to with regards to DOSBox, and just
check out the example batch file for an idea on how to have it create a
separate directory for each user. Probably ignore the flags as well; just
focus on what I did for directory creation at the top of the batch, and how
it calls it for each game. Or something. =)

http://throwbackbbs.com/dosbox_howto.html

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