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Message: 5046
Author: Daniel
Date: 15/11/2005
Subject: Resaving .z80 files as .tap files in JSWED
Daniel asked:
I have a question to John and Andrew and those among you who have
technical knowledge: is my current .tap file identical to the
original .tap file with the exception of the four values modified
by POKEs?
John answered:
Probably not.
...
My guess would be that a good deal more than 4 bytes have changed.
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The bytes that changed will be the game state (things like Willy's
current location and position) and these will be reset each time the
game is run.
John, a further question: I resaved the game in JSWED as a .tap file.
Are things like Willy's current location and position saved in a .tap
file as well? I thought these values were related to a .sna or .z80
file, but not a .tap file, because when you load a .tap file you
always start the game from the beginning, so it seems like all such
values are sort of reset - start from "point 0", as it were.
Sorry for the non-technical way I am asking the question and for my
general ignorance. My "technical" computer knowledge is practically
non-existent, so I try to rely on simple logic instead :-) .
Daniel
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