On Thu, March 29, 2007 2:13 pm, Jeff George wrote: > That makes sense because regardless of what my opponent calls his logfile > it always comes to be as a zip with a single file called savedGame > inside. However, when I log to a file and then finish logging, getting a > message that logfile 'X' was written, I do not have a version of my file > with a zip extension. If i manually add a .zip extension, using Windows > Explorer, then all of a sudden the archive contains the savedGame file. > So, at this point I have 2 questions:
This is just Windows playing silly buggers. If you were to force the file, regardless of what it's called, to unzip - for example with Winzip or a command-line 'unzip' program, you'd see the same savedGame file inside it. Personally, I give all my log-files '.log' extensions so I know what they are - but you can't automate this, you have to type the full file-name, with the extension, into the dialog. > 1) How do I make the logging/saving automatically create the zip archive? You don't need to - it's the same file regardless. If your opponent just opens the file in Vassal, it will work, regardless of what the OS thinks it is. > 2) Which file am I supposed to send to my opponent, the logfile when > written, or a post-log save? The logfile, usually. This will let them re-play all your moves a step at a time, with any comments you've added in the chat window. If you send them the save, all they get is the state of the board at the very end of the turn, with no way to see (other than visually comparing against the previous save), what moved where, how, what dice rolls happened, what cards were drawn, etc. > I'm sure that this message will appear 500 times as Yahoo seems to have > gone ballistic. Touch wood, it seems to be stopping that... Regards, Tim.
