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Old October 11th, 2002, 04:42 AM

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Default Re: How do I start a game with command line options?

what do you mean? is it possible to run a game with certain mod using a simple shortcut???
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Old October 11th, 2002, 04:47 AM

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Default Re: How do I start a game with command line options?

Yup, added in V1.39, I just can't make it work. It sure would make life a lot easier....
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Old October 11th, 2002, 04:56 AM

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Where did you find it? Never heard of it. Lets see... well i dont know, guess somebody will need to try it out.
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Old October 11th, 2002, 05:03 AM

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Default Re: How do I start a game with command line options?

Check out the "history.txt" file for Version 1.39. It is explained there. It seems simple enough, I just can't make it work right.
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Old October 11th, 2002, 05:22 AM

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Default Re: How do I start a game with command line options?

well i cant rightly test it as i dont realy have mod savegame except for... hmm... lets see...

haha! it works!
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"E:\Games\Space Empires IV\Se4.exe" "E:\Games\Space Empires IV\savegame\illea.gam" " " "1" "TDM-ModPack"

EDIT: The blank space is for the password

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Default Re: How do I start a game with command line options?

I think the key is to have a single space inside the quotes for the parts you are not using.
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Old October 11th, 2002, 07:23 AM

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The key is also to give complete path to your savegame
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