Kid #2 Angband conversion (and a Windows question)

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  • Wanderlust
    Apprentice
    • Dec 2015
    • 76

    Kid #2 Angband conversion (and a Windows question)

    My 14-year old son Dennis was over this weekend. He's a competitive chess player and super-smart, but 6 months ago he was playing the worst games ever on his phone all the time. This enraged me so much that I got my 6-year old addicted to Angband as an antidote to make sure that never happens to him.

    I tried many times to show more sophisticated games to Dennis, but he always just called them "those stupid numbers games." This from a kid who LOVES numbers.

    This weekend, Dennis asked me to help him get started on Angband. I watched him play his first run ever and he was awesome! He's already got great dungeon habits, he's careful, he's thoughtful, and he loved it.

    One question though. He's running Angband on Windows and he'd like to know where the save files are stored. I've no idea about Windows. Can anyone help with that?
    Last edited by Wanderlust; February 22, 2016, 18:52.
  • debo
    Veteran
    • Oct 2011
    • 2402

    #2
    Originally posted by Wanderlust
    My 14-year old son Dennis was over this weekend. He's a competitive chess player and super-smart, but 6 months ago he was playing the worst games ever on his phone all the time. This enraged me so much that I got my 6-year old addicted to Angband as an antidote to make sure that never happens to him.

    I tried many times to show more sophisticated games to Dennis, but he always just called them "those stupid numbers games." This from a kid who LOVES numbers.

    So a couple months ago, I played a little trick on him by suggesting he try WazHack on his phone. He played a ton and got really good at it.

    And this weekend, Dennis asked me to help him get started on Angband. I watched him play his first run ever and he was awesome! He's already got great dungeon habits, he's careful, he's thoughtful, and he loved it.

    One question though. He's running Angband on Windows and he'd like to know where the save files are stored. I've no idea about Windows. Can anyone help with that?
    If you're playing 4.0, I'm pretty sure everything goes into the Documents folder under 'Angband'.
    Glaurung, Father of the Dragons says, 'You cannot avoid the ballyhack.'

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    • Nick
      Vanilla maintainer
      • Apr 2007
      • 9647

      #3
      Originally posted by Wanderlust
      One question though. He's running Angband on Windows and he'd like to know where the save files are stored. I've no idea about Windows. Can anyone help with that?
      Everything the user should normally want to mess with is in lib\user - so the savefiles are in in lib\user\save.

      Originally posted by debo
      If you're playing 4.0, I'm pretty sure everything goes into the Documents folder under 'Angband'.
      debo, Windows is actually a whole nother operating system, it doesn't just mean playing in a window on your Mac.
      One for the Dark Lord on his dark throne
      In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie.

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      • debo
        Veteran
        • Oct 2011
        • 2402

        #4
        Originally posted by Nick
        Everything the user should normally want to mess with is in lib\user - so the savefiles are in in lib\user\save.



        debo, Windows is actually a whole nother operating system, it doesn't just mean playing in a window on your Mac.
        I only ever play gcu! I remember the one time I played Windows angband it made me angry by putting savefiles there.
        Glaurung, Father of the Dragons says, 'You cannot avoid the ballyhack.'

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        • Wanderlust
          Apprentice
          • Dec 2015
          • 76

          #5
          Originally posted by Nick
          Everything the user should normally want to mess with is in lib\user - so the savefiles are in in lib\user\save.
          Awesome, that's what I needed to know. Thank you, Nick!

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