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First sorry my english, I always use a trick for redirecting save files in DOS games for games running from CD-ROMs that try to write savegames
For example I was playing Igor: Objective Uikokahonia but the game is 10mb, not much in modern times, but a lot for my 286 machine, then I want to convert to CD
I check the exe and dat files, and found it tries to save files using a hardcoded filename like:
JUEGOSAL.0U (4A 55 45 47 4F 53 41 4C 2E 30 55)
I patched the executable and replaced that filename with:
F:\IGORS.0U (46 3A 5C 49 47 4F 52 53 2E 30 55)
Then I used the DOS command:
SUBST F: C:\GAMES\IGOR
I create a bat with the game and burn with the game
@ECHO OFF
SUBST F: C:\GAMES\IGOR
IGOR.EXE
SUBST F: /D
This work, but deppend to have the luck to find the game save to a fixed names, strings, etc
Any ideas guy for a better/easy way to convert HDD games to CD? something not to fix?
thanks a lot