Jim & Donald
Unfortunately I didn't record any of the levels that I completed.
Donald's suggestion to manually enter the High Scores data is NOT
practical for the 1000+ levels I want to copy (Donald - thanks for
the idea anyway).
I can write the program Jim suggested (to copy old "hs" data to
another "hs" file), if someone can explain how data is stored in .hs
files. Specifically, given a level number, how do I;
(1) Read its "hs" data from a .hs file, i.e., locate &
unscramble the # of shots, # of moves & user ID, and
(2) Write its "hs" data to a .hs file, i.e., ... scramble ...
Since the level name is an unreliable guide, I would require a
match of the two 16x16 byte level definitions (in the .lvl files)
before copying the "hs" data. {Note, I think I understand the
syntax of .lvl files, i.e., each level consists of a 16x16 byte
definition followed by a 20x16 byte name/hint/... field, and the
n-th level starts at byte no. 576*(n-1) + 1}.
Harvey
Unfortunately I didn't record any of the levels that I completed.
Donald's suggestion to manually enter the High Scores data is NOT
practical for the 1000+ levels I want to copy (Donald - thanks for
the idea anyway).
I can write the program Jim suggested (to copy old "hs" data to
another "hs" file), if someone can explain how data is stored in .hs
files. Specifically, given a level number, how do I;
(1) Read its "hs" data from a .hs file, i.e., locate &
unscramble the # of shots, # of moves & user ID, and
(2) Write its "hs" data to a .hs file, i.e., ... scramble ...
Since the level name is an unreliable guide, I would require a
match of the two 16x16 byte level definitions (in the .lvl files)
before copying the "hs" data. {Note, I think I understand the
syntax of .lvl files, i.e., each level consists of a 16x16 byte
definition followed by a 20x16 byte name/hint/... field, and the
n-th level starts at byte no. 576*(n-1) + 1}.
Harvey
--- In Lasertank@y..., "Jim Kindley" <jkindley@p...> wrote:
> If you recorded the levels you played, then you could import the
> playbacks with the "Import" program. But that would be the only way.
> Maybe someone could write a small program to scan old "lvl" & "HS"
> files and import the data into another "HS" file if the level name
is
> the same. It wouldn't be all that hard to write.
> I think a few of the level names have changed which would cause us
> problems. The worst would be where I have found a name in the temp
> file that was the same in the Ltank.lvl file, I would of changed
the
> name to "name 2" and the import program would look for "name" and
> overwrite the wrong high score. I don't know of a way around this
> problem.
>
> Jim
> --- In Lasertank@y..., hbsolom@s... wrote:
> > First let me add my thanks to Mr. Kindley for inventing LT, and
> > Mr. Drouin for maintaining this group.
> > Before upgrading to v.4, I completed approx. 90% of the 770
> levels
> > in v.3. I also completed approx. 90% of the 869 levels in the
> > Temp.lvl file dated 15-Dec-00, and the levels in the .lvl files
> > downloaded (on 14-Jun-01) from the "LEVELS DATA" page. As you
know
> > most of these levels were incorporated into the LaserTank.lvl
file
> > included with v.4. However, my High Scores for these levels were
> not
> > copied to the LaserTank.hs file. So, even with "Skip Completed
> > Levels" checked, I see more than 1000 levels that I've completed.
> > Is there any way to get 'credit' (in LaserTank.hs) for these
> > completed levels? In other words, is there a way to copy the
High
> > Scores from one .hs file (e.g., Temp.hs) to another (e.g.,
> > LaserTank.hs)?
> > Harvey (DrWiseKing)