Heretic Save 1.0 - Doomworld /idgames database frontend

Title:	Heretic Save 1.0
Filename:	utils/save_edit/htsav100.zip
Size:	87.95 KB
Date:	03/10/95
Author:	Nicholas Barnard
Description:	Ever wish you could have more than 6 saved games for Heretic or Did you wish it was easier to keep track of which saved game goes with which wad? Well Now there's Heretic Save, a batch file that gives you 600 possible saved games.
Credits:
Base:	DoomSave 2.71
Build time:
Editor(s) used:
Bugs:
Rating:	(1 vote)

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View htsav100.txt

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                  *            Heretic Save 1.0         *
                  *           ******************        *
                  *         By: Nicholas Barnard        *
                  *           Prodigy: BVUA23C          *
                  *  Internet: ah646@dayton.wright.edu  *
                  ***************************************
Introduction:

Ever wish you could have more than 6 saved games for Heretic or Did you wish it
was easier to keep track of which saved game goes with which wad?  Well Now
there's Heretic Save, a batch file that gives you 600 possible saved games.

What you need:
Find and Replace v1.0 (Included)  Find and Replace is Copyrighted (C) 1993
XCopy (Included with most current versions of DOS)

Packing List:

HTICSAVE.DOC - This File
INSTALL.EXE  - The Installer
PACKING.LST  - A list of all files that should be included
INSTALL.INI  - A file used during the install Process
INST.EXE     - A file used during the install Process
PACK1.PRG    - Another Resource file used during the install Process
                                        
How to Install:

1. UnZip to HTSAV100.ZIP file into a directory
2. Type INSTALL after you change to the directory.
3. You MUST install HereticSave into the X:/HERETIC/GAMES directory where X is
   the drive HERETIC in installed on.
4. If you want to save the current saved Heretic Games select the set you
   want and find the line in the HTICSAVE.BAT and/or file that has :xx
   where xx is the saved game set you want, to save you games to.  Then
   add a REM in front of the next DEL *.HSG line.  Run Heretic Save selecting
   the saved game set you just selected.  Then remove the REM that you
   added to the DEL *.HSG line.
                         
Note: Heretic Save just deletes the Saved games in the C:\HERETIC directory
and as a result, any saved games saved while running not Heretic Save may
be lost.  I recommend using only Heretic Save to play Saved games with Heretic.

How to Use:
To start Heretic change to the C:\HERETIC\GAMES directory and start Heretic Save
by typing HTICSAVE followed by the program you use to start Heretic, in the
C:\HERETIC directory.  Then select the Set of saved games you want to use.
There are 100 sets (00-99) available.
Note: That you must type all numbers in 2 digits (i.e. 01 instead of 1)
Note: You cannot use the Backspace (Delete Key) See technical Info for
More information.

If you would like another menu to come up instead of the one that currently
comes up just save the menu in the file MENU.MEN in the \HERETIC\GAMES directory.

Notes:
This Batch file is Freeware, please distribute freely!  But include all
the files on the Packing list, and distribute as HTSAVxxx.ZIP (or
HTSAVxxx.LHA, HTSAVxxx.ARJ, or HTSAVxxx.ARC) where xxx is the Version
number.

If you have Heretic installed in a directory such as: C:\GAMES\HERETIC you must
either use SUBST that comes with Dos 6.x.  Refer to you DOS manual on how
to use this or type SUBST at any prompt.

I tried to compile HTICSAVE.BAT into a COM file but it seemed too large
for all of the compilers I tried.  If you find a compiler that will
compile HTICSAVE.BAT correctly let me know.

Feel free to Modify Heretic Save and Distribute.  But, You must distribute
it as Freeware and provide a list of changes, update the version number,
and your name.  Also please forward a list of changes (bugs fixes) to me.

BBS's may add their Ad's to this file.  But, I must ask that each BBS
only have 1 ad a piece.  It annoys me to find BBS's that have more than
1 ad.

Technical Info:
Don't worry if you don't understand this. Its not necessary to.

All this batch file does is copy the Saved Games made by Heretic, to the
C:\HERETIC\GAMES directory.  But, it renames the files.  The format is on
the next line:

HTICS##*.HSG
Where ## is the set Number and * is the saved game number.

When you select the saved game set you are actually using 2 choice
commands, one for the tens digit and one for the ones digit, this is why
the Delete key doesn't work correctly.

Version History:
V1.0 Written By: Nicholas Barnard.  First version based on DoomSave 2.71

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