0000714: Restart Scenario functionality (+ request for Quick Restart functionality)

Notes
(0002297) Zamolxis (viewer) 2012-03-11 07:52	Raised priority as I bump into the need for this functionality almost every time I test for VCMI. Same goes for the other two feature requests related to this one: 0000715 & 0000716. If you could implement one of these three (at least), with each of the next releases, it would make my testing efforts notably easier (as they involve a lot of restarting/reloading in order to narrow down causes, find patterns and check reproducibility). Thanks.

(0002299) Warmonger (administrator) 2012-03-11 08:08	I believe this may be at least partially helpful, from Tow: I’ve created a few new command-line options for my convenience but I guess they can be useful for other developers. It’s possible to save a starting configuration (map, options) in pregame by typing „sinfo fname”. Then VCMI can be started with option „-i --start=fname” and it’ll automatically start the game.

(0002300) Zamolxis (viewer) 2012-03-11 08:21 edited on: 2012-03-11 08:23	Didn't work for me. Maybe I'm doing something wrong. I tried typing it in the console both in PreGame or after game started. Is it supposed to work for a tester using the main release? Or is it perhaps a very recent change (after 0.88)? But if a functionality is there, maybe it can be bound to the Menu buttons. I moved the assignment to Tow as I should have created this as "GUI - PreGame" item from the beginning anyway. (of course, if anyone can handle it, they're more than welcome:)

(0002301) Warmonger (administrator) 2012-03-11 08:26	Nono, it's a command line option for operating system console (cmd on Windows).

(0002302) Zamolxis (viewer) 2012-03-11 10:00	Sorry for my n00bness, but can you please confirm the following before I mess something up: 1) In cmd.exe I should change dir to the game folder? 2) sinfo fname is to be typed in cmd after making my selections in PreGame, or after I click Begin (i.e.: after the game opens in Adv.Map)? 3) -i --start=fname is to be typed in cmd before I re-start the application, while I'm in PreGame, or even when I'm in the game? If in PreGame, does it matter if I restarted the client, or does it only work if I go back to Main Menu?

(0002303) Warmonger (administrator) 2012-03-11 10:19	No, you need to type: VCMI_client.exe -i --start=filename In order to launch new VCMI program with these settings. Well, I just tried to use it for the first time and it has frozen. Maybe works better in release version ;P

(0002305) Tow (developer) 2012-03-11 14:43	> Well, I just tried to use it for the first time and it has frozen. > Maybe works better in release version ;P It works for me now. Please give me steps to reproduce freeze, it may be a bug. @Zamolxis "sinfo filename" should be typed in the moment that clicking "Begin" in pregame is possible (that is after selecting map and before starting the actual game). That should create file named "filename" that contains that starting configuration. To have VCMI automatically start that config, you should run it with "-i --start=filename" parameters. You can enter command prompt (ie cmd.exe), and type: cd C:\VCMI VCMI_client.exe -i --start=filename It may be more convenient to create a shortcut running VCMI with that parameters ( http://vgstrategies.about.com/od/faq/a/CommandLineP.htm [^] ).

(0002341) Tow (developer) 2012-04-08 03:08	Implemented in r2618, including Quick Restart functionality bound to Ctrl+R.

Issue History
Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
2011-03-07 20:26	Zamolxis	New Issue
2011-03-07 20:26	Zamolxis	Issue generated from: 0000181
2011-03-07 20:26	Zamolxis	Relationship added	related to 0000181
2011-03-07 20:26	Zamolxis	Tag Attached: No-harm enhancement
2011-03-07 20:35	Zamolxis	Issue cloned: 0000715
2011-03-07 20:35	Zamolxis	Relationship added	related to 0000715
2011-03-07 20:36	Zamolxis	Summary	Restart Scenario functionality => Restart Scenario functionality (+ request for Quick Restart functionality)
2011-03-07 23:51	Zamolxis	Relationship added	related to 0000716
2012-03-11 07:52	Zamolxis	Note Added: 0002297
2012-03-11 07:52	Zamolxis	Priority	normal => high
2012-03-11 07:57	Zamolxis	Category	Other => GUI - PreGame
2012-03-11 08:08	Warmonger	Note Added: 0002299
2012-03-11 08:17	Zamolxis	Status	new => assigned
2012-03-11 08:17	Zamolxis	Assigned To	=> Tow
2012-03-11 08:21	Zamolxis	Note Added: 0002300
2012-03-11 08:23	Zamolxis	Note Edited: 0002300	View Revisions
2012-03-11 08:26	Warmonger	Note Added: 0002301
2012-03-11 10:00	Zamolxis	Note Added: 0002302
2012-03-11 10:19	Warmonger	Note Added: 0002303
2012-03-11 14:43	Tow	Note Added: 0002305
2012-04-08 03:08	Tow	Note Added: 0002341
2012-04-08 03:08	Tow	Status	assigned => resolved
2012-04-08 03:08	Tow	Fixed in Version	=> 0.89
2012-04-08 03:08	Tow	Resolution	open => fixed
2014-05-30 17:40	beegee	Status	resolved => closed