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Message: 5050
Author: john_elliott_uk
Date: 15/11/2005
Subject: Re: Resaving .z80 files as .tap files in JSWED
--- In manicminerandjetsetwilly@yahoogroups.com, "Daniel"
> John, a further question: I resaved the game in JSWED as a .tap file.
The values are still saved, but when the TAP file is loaded the game
> 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.
startup code overwrites them, so it doesn't matter. The same thing
happens, by the way, when JSWED saves in SNA or Z80 form; the
registers are changed so that the game resumes at the start rather
than at the point the snapshot was saved.
