Save file shenanigans

Archived from groups: rec.games.roguelike.angband (More info?)

"zzaaxxsscd" <shiehb@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Greetings r.g.r.a:
>
> Has anyone ever considered creating a patch/mod/extension/whatever that
allows
> one to put their save file on the Internet, say, an FTP server? Then, by
> entering the user/pass into the angband.ini file or when running angband,
one
> could access their latest saved game from any Internet-enabled computer
with
> angband installed. Is this even feasible? Unfortunately, I am no coder or
I'd
> be happy to tackle this myself!
>
> I imagine this could be a great boon for those of us who like to get their
> angband fix from a couple different locations (work, home, school, etc.)
>
> Just a thought...
>
> Cheers,
> zz

Use AFS or that tool whose name I forget but that lets one mount their gmail
account as a hard drive.

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Archived from groups: rec.games.roguelike.angband (More info?)

There used to be, probably still is, a telnet server offering online
play. The game and the savefile are stored on the server, so can be
accessed equally easily from any computer with a decent telnet client.
Of course, windows computers dont usualy have a decent telnet client
installed, but there are free ones for download.

Of course, it would be easier to carry your entire *band directory with
you. Wont fit on a floppy, but it will fit on any USB drive.

Archived from groups: rec.games.roguelike.angband (More info?)

Bill wrote:
> Andrew wrote:

> > Of course, it would be easier to carry your entire *band directory with
> > you. Wont fit on a floppy, but it will fit on any USB drive.

> Actually it will fit on a floppy.
>
> http://ngc891.blogdns.net/index.ph [...] uxband-v01

Jnuxband is a fabulous idea, but most work and school systems are
configured not to boot from floppy (and have the BIOS setup
password-protected so you can't change this).

Still, on my keyfob I have both Windoze and Linux versions of V, O, S
and NPP ready to play, and the whole lot use only about 10Mb of space,
which barely scratches the thing. Plus I can tab out into an
application that looks like work, which you can't do with Jnuxband ...

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Archived from groups: rec.games.roguelike.angband (More info?)

magnate wrote:
>
> Jnuxband is a fabulous idea, but most work and school systems are
> configured not to boot from floppy (and have the BIOS setup
> password-protected so you can't change this).

Gee. At my workplace, a WMD manufacturer, they don't do this. But your
point is taken, Jnuxband is probably more clever than useful. The only
place I could imagine using it is if I were travelling without a
computer and popped into a library. But then a library would probably
be configured as you describe.
>
> Still, on my keyfob I have both Windoze and Linux versions of V, O, S
> and NPP ready to play,
>

Do you play them directly from the USB drive, or copy onto whatever
computer you're on? I think I'll follow your example. I have a personal
wiki and play games both at work and at home, and I'm constantly
getting out of synch.

Bill