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Article #235Re: killing ghosts in hack
From: Robert Viduya
Date: Mon, 18 Feb 1985 07:16
Date: Mon, 18 Feb 1985 07:16
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Posted from jeff@alberta.UUCP (C. J. Sampson)
> After a certian amount of time (it may be random, I don't know) the level
> will be outdated. Someone will go down there, and then hack will give a
> message saying somthing about the level being outdated (I can't remember
> exactly what it says) and will throw away the bones_XX file.
Actually, I believe the 'outdating' of files done by comparing the modification
time on the program binary file and the save file. This prevents the program
from going crazy if presented with a file that was saved with a previous ver-
sion of the game.
robert
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Robert Viduya
Georgia Institute of Technology
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site gitpyr.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!gatech!gitpyr!robert From: robert@gitpyr.UUCP (Robert Viduya) Newsgroups: net.games.hack Subject: Re: killing ghosts in hack Message-ID: <146@gitpyr.UUCP> Date: Mon, 18-Feb-85 02:16:57 EST Article-I.D.: gitpyr.146 Posted: Mon Feb 18 02:16:57 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 21-Feb-85 06:32:43 EST References: <1114@sunybcs.UUCP> <2742@dartvax.UUCP> <337@desint.UUCP> <412@alberta.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: Georgia Tech, Atlanta Lines: 18