Restoring games with updated game code

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gamer1962 posted 05-08-2002 10:41 BST
I am updating a game I have been writin on a weekly basis. I have a player who is playing the game as I write it. When the player restores the game it does not include the changes I made to the game file. My questions are:
1: Is this normal or should it restore the game with all the changes I made? i.e object properties, room properties..
2:If this is normal, is there a way to restore a game with the updated game code?
Alex posted 06-08-2002 05:24 BST
Quest can only update what it knows to update - if you load an old QSG file with an updated ASL file, all the objects in your ASL file will appear in their original places apart from those which were somewhere else when the QSG was saved. There's no way for Quest to make a guess as to where other objects might be and what their properties would be if they weren't in the game to start with.
Unfortunately there's really nothing I can do - you're lucky that Quest will even let you load a saved QSG file using a newer ASL file, as I know that some/many other IF systems don't allow this at all, and require you to load a game using the same game version it was saved with.
gamer1962 posted 06-08-2002 10:42 BST
Was I clear on the version I am referring to. I meant to say the version of the game I am writing, not the version of quest or QDK. Was that your understanding when you replied?
Alex posted 07-08-2002 04:54 BST
Yep! :)

Author	Topic: Restoring games with updated game code
gamer1962	posted 05-08-2002 10:41 BST I am updating a game I have been writin on a weekly basis. I have a player who is playing the game as I write it. When the player restores the game it does not include the changes I made to the game file. My questions are: 1: Is this normal or should it restore the game with all the changes I made? i.e object properties, room properties.. 2:If this is normal, is there a way to restore a game with the updated game code?
Alex	posted 06-08-2002 05:24 BST Quest can only update what it knows to update - if you load an old QSG file with an updated ASL file, all the objects in your ASL file will appear in their original places apart from those which were somewhere else when the QSG was saved. There's no way for Quest to make a guess as to where other objects might be and what their properties would be if they weren't in the game to start with. Unfortunately there's really nothing I can do - you're lucky that Quest will even let you load a saved QSG file using a newer ASL file, as I know that some/many other IF systems don't allow this at all, and require you to load a game using the same game version it was saved with.
gamer1962	posted 06-08-2002 10:42 BST Was I clear on the version I am referring to. I meant to say the version of the game I am writing, not the version of quest or QDK. Was that your understanding when you replied?
Alex	posted 07-08-2002 04:54 BST Yep! :)