undo tape erase
Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2020 9:48 am
This is a patch for a frequent frustration of mine: erasing the tape I
was working on by mistakenly starting a new game. e.g. I might be
using SPACE to pause when I unexpectedly die just before hitting
SPACE; therefore SPACE starts a new game on a blank tape. (Yes I
know I could make SPACE != 'start game'.)
Or I mistakenly hit ENTER on the levelset selector. Or lots of other
mishaps. I've quit in frustration over this at least 20 times...
Patch:
added the ability to undo tape erasure. When the in-memory tape
is erased with over 20 seconds of play on it, a copy is saved for
possible undo. Enter ":undo-tape" or ":ut" from the main menu to
undo tape erasure.
The guard time preserves long tapes against short abortive actions.
Note: tape undo does not pay attention to which level is loaded.
Undoing an erased tape from a different level is unlikely to be
helpful -- unless you are trying to test whether two levels are
effectively identical.
was working on by mistakenly starting a new game. e.g. I might be
using SPACE to pause when I unexpectedly die just before hitting
SPACE; therefore SPACE starts a new game on a blank tape. (Yes I
know I could make SPACE != 'start game'.)
Or I mistakenly hit ENTER on the levelset selector. Or lots of other
mishaps. I've quit in frustration over this at least 20 times...
Patch:
added the ability to undo tape erasure. When the in-memory tape
is erased with over 20 seconds of play on it, a copy is saved for
possible undo. Enter ":undo-tape" or ":ut" from the main menu to
undo tape erasure.
The guard time preserves long tapes against short abortive actions.
Note: tape undo does not pay attention to which level is loaded.
Undoing an erased tape from a different level is unlikely to be
helpful -- unless you are trying to test whether two levels are
effectively identical.