How do I start a game with command line options?

[geoschmo]

Kimball can you copy|paste into the thread here exactly what you are doing?

Geoschmo

[Kimball]

Here it is Geo.

"D:\Space Empires IV\Se4.exe" "d:\space empires iv\savegame\test.gam" " " "1" "test"

I am trying to start a multi-player, turn based game in the right mod directory. Thank you!

[ October 11, 2002, 13:24: Message edited by: Kimball ]

[geoschmo]

So you are using mod data files in a mod folder called "test"? And there is no password for player 1?

[Kimball]

"D:\Space Empires IV\Se4.exe" "d:\space empires iv\savegame\test.gam" " " "1" "test"

The mod directory is "test" and the game was setup as turn based, different machines, with the multiplayer game filename being "test." There are two human players, and I am trying to open player one.

I just replaced "d:\space empires iv\savegame\test.gam" with "d:\space empires iv\savegame\test_1_24001.gam" for the path and it worked.

[geoschmo]

Ah, turn based. I missed that you were doing a turn based game. Yes, that explains it. You will need to change the .gam file name every turn remember.

[Kimball]

Fantastic, thank you! It will quite a bit easier to just edit the shortcut with the most recent turn than to open SE IV, load game.... Thank you!

[geoschmo]

I think there are some quirks though with opening turn based games from the command line. I have heard that your ships may lose their movement for that turn if you do it that way.

[Taera]

Still it is useful if you tend to save in the end of the turn, like i do. I play a turn to the end and save it and then leave the game.