Aurora 4x

VB6 Aurora => Installation => Topic started by: Erik L on November 04, 2012, 05:13:04 PM

Title: Aurora Launcher/Backup Wrapper
Post by: Erik L on November 04, 2012, 05:13:04 PM

I'm thinking of writing a program to act as a launcher and backup for Aurora. The plan is to configure it with your Aurora install location, frequency and number of backups, then launch the game. As you play, it will make copies of the database and store them in a separate directory.

Any interest?

Title: Re: Aurora Launcher/Backup Wrapper
Post by: Brian Neumann on November 04, 2012, 07:38:43 PM

I would definately like such a program
brian

Title: Re: Aurora Launcher/Backup Wrapper
Post by: Sotak246 on November 04, 2012, 10:56:24 PM

ditto

Title: Re: Aurora Launcher/Backup Wrapper
Post by: Hawkeye on November 04, 2012, 10:56:45 PM

As I regularly forget to make backups, I would greatly appreciate such a program.

Title: Re: Aurora Launcher/Backup Wrapper
Post by: orfeusz on November 10, 2012, 03:42:51 AM

Very good idea. I would definitely use it.

Title: Re: Aurora Launcher/Backup Wrapper
Post by: vonduus on November 10, 2012, 06:34:39 AM

Yes!!

Title: Re: Aurora Launcher/Backup Wrapper
Post by: Jeltz on November 11, 2012, 08:36:02 AM

Awaiting the Steve launcher, I have made this simple batch that create a backup copy of aurora database at every launch;

Instructions:

- in the aurora dir create a new Backups subdir;
- in the aurora dir create a text file, copy the code below and save it changing the extension in .bat, for example as aurora.bat;

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for /f "tokens=1-5 delims=:" %%d in ("%time%") do copy "Stevefire.mdb" Backups\Stevefire_%%d-%%e.mdb
start aurora.exe- on the desktop make a shortcuts that point at aurora.bat;

at *every* start of Aurora shortcut a copy of stevefire.mdb database will be saved in \Backups as Stevefire_k.mdb with k=1,2,3...n;
to restore a copy simply replace the current stevefire.mdb with one of this copies.

I hope it will be usefull ;-)

Title: Re: Aurora Launcher/Backup Wrapper
Post by: Erik L on November 11, 2012, 01:29:32 PM

The launcher/backup is available here http://aurora2.pentarch.org/index.php/board,178.0.html

Title: Re: Aurora Launcher/Backup Wrapper
Post by: Jeltz on November 11, 2012, 06:43:07 PM

Quote from: Erik Luken on November 11, 2012, 01:29:32 PM

The launcher/backup is available here http://aurora2.pentarch.org/index.php/board,178.0.html

Good, I'll test it asap.