Re: CF: what did I do? (so I don't do it again)

["Mark Wedel" <mark@icp.siemens.com>]

On Dec 9,  2:38am, James Cameron wrote:
> Subject: Re: CF: what did I do? (so I don't do it again)
> Mark Wedel wrote:
> > As far as the discussion about going back to an older save game and
> > playing again - for games that allow this, the entire world is rolled
> > back to that point.  However, crossfire, the world is not rolled back
> > if you use an old save - only the character is.
>
> Yes.  So if you must do this, include the temporary maps.
> Here is my ~/bin/cfb script which takes a backup of everything
> that I think needs to be included.

 The below rolls back the game for everyone that is playing - probably not
generally desirable for multiplayer servers.

>
> #!/bin/csh
> tar czvf ~/cf`date +"%Y%m%d-%H%M%S"`.tar.gz \
> /usr/local/games/crossfire/lib/players \
> /usr/local/games/crossfire/lib/unique-items \
> /usr/local/games/crossfire/lib/temp.maps \
> /usr/local/games/crossfire/lib/bookarch \
> /tmp/cf*
>
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