Posted April 07, 2014
SCENARIO:
Huey owns AoW3 and has two siblings, Dewey and Louie. The three share the same computer and log-in because their current legal guardian is a real Scrooge and the three of them have almost no individuality. Huey does not want his AoW3 game "accidentally" overwritten by either of his siblings. How could he tell who did it?
Huey solves this problem by creating 3 bat files, named huey.bat dewey.bat and louie.bat. Each sibling runs the .bat named after himself. The .bat file will swap in their copy of the GUEST profile, then run the AoW3 game.
Huey starts with his "GUEST[OFFLINE]" profile directory swapped in, and makes two copies of the directory named "GUEST[OFFLINE] - Dewey" and "GUEST[OFFLINE] - Louie" which are swapped out.
Below is what Huey's .bat file looks like. With little modification it is easy enough for him to create the .bat files for his siblings, or even add a fourth GUEST profile if a fourth triplet sporadically appears. (Google Phooey Duck).
Note 1: You need to copy the guest profile to make the other profiles you want to swap in.
Note 2: Below is a TEMPLATE. Please make the appropriate changes such as using your own names or nicknames.
Note 3: If you have questions please feel free to ask them in this thread.
@ECHO OFF
CD "%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\AoW3\Profiles"
IF NOT EXIST "GUEST[OFFLINE] - Huey" (
MOVE "GUEST[OFFLINE]" "GUEST[OFFLINE] - Huey"
) ELSE IF NOT EXIST "GUEST[OFFLINE] - Dewey" (
MOVE "GUEST[OFFLINE]" "GUEST[OFFLINE] - Dewey"
) ELSE IF NOT EXIST "GUEST[OFFLINE] - Louie" (
MOVE "GUEST[OFFLINE]" "GUEST[OFFLINE] - Louie"
)
MOVE "GUEST[OFFLINE] - Huey" "GUEST[OFFLINE]"
REM MOVE "GUEST[OFFLINE] - Dewey" "GUEST[OFFLINE]"
REM MOVE "GUEST[OFFLINE] - Louie" "GUEST[OFFLINE]"
CD "C:\GOG Games\Age of Wonders III\"
"C:\GOG Games\Age of Wonders III\AoW3.exe" -profile "GUEST" -offline
Huey owns AoW3 and has two siblings, Dewey and Louie. The three share the same computer and log-in because their current legal guardian is a real Scrooge and the three of them have almost no individuality. Huey does not want his AoW3 game "accidentally" overwritten by either of his siblings. How could he tell who did it?
Huey solves this problem by creating 3 bat files, named huey.bat dewey.bat and louie.bat. Each sibling runs the .bat named after himself. The .bat file will swap in their copy of the GUEST profile, then run the AoW3 game.
Huey starts with his "GUEST[OFFLINE]" profile directory swapped in, and makes two copies of the directory named "GUEST[OFFLINE] - Dewey" and "GUEST[OFFLINE] - Louie" which are swapped out.
Below is what Huey's .bat file looks like. With little modification it is easy enough for him to create the .bat files for his siblings, or even add a fourth GUEST profile if a fourth triplet sporadically appears. (Google Phooey Duck).
Note 1: You need to copy the guest profile to make the other profiles you want to swap in.
Note 2: Below is a TEMPLATE. Please make the appropriate changes such as using your own names or nicknames.
Note 3: If you have questions please feel free to ask them in this thread.
@ECHO OFF
CD "%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\AoW3\Profiles"
IF NOT EXIST "GUEST[OFFLINE] - Huey" (
MOVE "GUEST[OFFLINE]" "GUEST[OFFLINE] - Huey"
) ELSE IF NOT EXIST "GUEST[OFFLINE] - Dewey" (
MOVE "GUEST[OFFLINE]" "GUEST[OFFLINE] - Dewey"
) ELSE IF NOT EXIST "GUEST[OFFLINE] - Louie" (
MOVE "GUEST[OFFLINE]" "GUEST[OFFLINE] - Louie"
)
MOVE "GUEST[OFFLINE] - Huey" "GUEST[OFFLINE]"
REM MOVE "GUEST[OFFLINE] - Dewey" "GUEST[OFFLINE]"
REM MOVE "GUEST[OFFLINE] - Louie" "GUEST[OFFLINE]"
CD "C:\GOG Games\Age of Wonders III\"
"C:\GOG Games\Age of Wonders III\AoW3.exe" -profile "GUEST" -offline