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Bug #2119

Failed conversion of .dsg savegame with ambiguous game mode

Added by gattovicentino over 8 years ago. Updated over 8 years ago.

Status:
Closed
Priority:
Normal
Assignee:
danij
Category:
Defect
Target version:
1.15.5
Start date:
2015-10-11
% Done:

100%

Tags:
SaveGame

Description

old .DSG savegame (saved playing Plutonia.wad + PL2.wad additional PWAD) not automatically converted into .SAVE format.
With manual conversion (savegametool in Dos Prompt) a .SAVE file is generated but it's not recognized when copied in its proper directory ("empty slot" inside the game).

DoomSav2.dsg (40.9 KB) DoomSav2.dsg gattovicentino, 2015-10-11 18:45
doomsav2.save (17.3 KB) doomsav2.save danij, 2015-10-11 19:39

Associated revisions

Revision e388fdd1 (diff)
Added by danij over 8 years ago

Fixed|Savegame Tool: Failed conversion of .dsg savegame with ambiguous game mode (typo)

IssueID #2119

Revision b18a2af2 (diff)
Added by danij over 8 years ago

Fixed|Savegame Tool: Failed conversion of .dsg savegame with ambiguous game mode (typo)

IssueID #2119

History

#1 Updated by danij over 8 years ago

  • Tags set to SaveGame
  • Status changed from New to In Progress
  • Assignee set to danij

#2 Updated by danij over 8 years ago

I've had a look at your .dsg file and it seems to be fine, however the intended game mode is ambiguous (due to a technical issue in the old save format). The reason the converted .save file is not being detected is a result of this ambiguity, which is why we provide the means for manually converting old savegames.

To resolve the ambiguity one would usually specify the identity key of the intended game mode (see: http://dengine.net/dew/index.php?title=Game_identity_key) manually, for example:

savegametool -idkey doom2-plut doomsav2.dsg

However, there appears to be a typo in the savegametool (doh!) which means this isn't currently working as expected. Will fix...

#3 Updated by danij over 8 years ago

  • Category set to Defect

#4 Updated by danij over 8 years ago

  • Subject changed from savegame issue: from .DSG to .SAVE to Failed conversion of .dsg savegame with ambiguous game mode

#5 Updated by danij over 8 years ago

I addressed the typo I mentioned above and converted your .dsg savegame successfully, which I'll attach to this report.

I'll prepare and commit a fix to the current stable branch shortly...

#6 Updated by gattovicentino over 8 years ago

danij wrote:

I addressed the typo I mentioned above and converted your .dsg savegame successfully, which I'll attach to this report.

I'll prepare and commit a fix to the current stable branch shortly...

Thanks! I tried the savegame and it works! I'll wait for your fix too, maybe I have some more interesting old .dsg to convert.
Thanks again :-)

#7 Updated by danij over 8 years ago

  • % Done changed from 0 to 100

#8 Updated by skyjake over 8 years ago

  • Target version set to 1.15.5

#9 Updated by skyjake over 8 years ago

  • Status changed from In Progress to Closed

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