Save game in Metal Gear 2

kwakwak

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Jan 24, 1997, 3:00:00 AM1/24/97

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Hi all,

Anyone could tell me how I can save games in Metal Gear 2? I have
tried files as -driveA but with no luck. If I choose option 3 of the
save menu it says it has successfully saved the game but when I try to
load it again I start at the beginning of the game again.

TiA,

sTiMPY

Evandro Setti

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Jan 24, 1997, 3:00:00 AM1/24/97

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Im playing MG2 and i have no problems with save game. Just put a
formatted disk in drive A (or B) in MSX format, or create a image file
(.dsk) empty, but formatted in MSX format, and use -drivea option.
Remember: when you load a saved game the game restore in the begining of
the level (and not in the same point of save!).

[]'s

Evandro Setti

Marcel de Kogel

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Jan 25, 1997, 3:00:00 AM1/25/97

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On Fri, 24 Jan 1997 19:43:39 -0200, Evandro Setti
<evandr...@datasul.com.br> wrote:

>kwakwak wrote:
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Anyone could tell me how I can save games in Metal Gear 2? I have
>> tried files as -driveA but with no luck
>

>Im playing MG2 and i have no problems with save game. Just put a
>formatted disk in drive A (or B) in MSX format, or create a image file
>(.dsk) empty, but formatted in MSX format, and use -drivea option.
>Remember: when you load a saved game the game restore in the begining of
>the level (and not in the same point of save!).
>

That should be -diska

Marcel

Master Snatcher

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Jan 25, 1997, 3:00:00 AM1/25/97

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Hi

I guess Metal Gear 2 works with SRAM also, because I've never used
-diska option at the command line and I can save and load games
without any kind of problems
.Am I right Marcel de Kogel ?

kwakwak

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Jan 26, 1997, 3:00:00 AM1/26/97

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On Fri, 24 Jan 1997 19:48:45 GMT, ker...@xs4all.nl (kwakwak) wrote:

Thanks people for all the replies! Yesterday I figured out why saving
files didn't work with MG2. The extension of the filename I gave as
parameter with -diska didn't end as '.dsk'
Apparently fmsx looks at the extension to deteremine the structure of
the file.

See ya,

sTiMPY

Marcel de Kogel

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Jan 26, 1997, 3:00:00 AM1/26/97

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On Sun, 26 Jan 1997 13:00:29 GMT, ker...@xs4all.nl (kwakwak) wrote:

>Thanks people for all the replies! Yesterday I figured out why saving
>files didn't work with MG2. The extension of the filename I gave as
>parameter with -diska didn't end as '.dsk'
>Apparently fmsx looks at the extension to deteremine the structure of
>the file.
>

At least the DOS and Unix versions do not, just make sure you're only
using letters, numbers and underscores in your filenames

Marcel

Marcel de Kogel

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Jan 26, 1997, 3:00:00 AM1/26/97

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On Sat, 25 Jan 1997 17:43:25 GMT, snat...@super.zippo.com (Master
Snatcher) wrote:

> Hi
>
> I guess Metal Gear 2 works with SRAM also, because I've never used
>-diska option at the command line and I can save and load games
>without any kind of problems
>.Am I right Marcel de Kogel ?
>

I'm not 100% sure about this, but I believe you are. The game does
save to disk though, and since fMSX loads two disk images (DRIVEA.dsk
and DRIVEB.dsk) by default, you don't need to use the -diska option,
just format the default disk images (use CALL FORMAT when in BASIC),
and you might have already done this

Marcel

kwakwak

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Jan 27, 1997, 3:00:00 AM1/27/97

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Well at last I can save games in MG2, but what good does it when I
can't load them the next time I play the game!?!?! Getting really
depressed.....

sTiMPY