Recording a new inp with WolfMame
Step 1
Open a windows explorer and navigate to the folder where you extracted the relevant version of a WolfMame package.
Step 2
Hold down the 'Shift' key on your keyboard, and right click on a blank area of the right hand pane and select the Open command window here option, as per the following screen shot:
Note: If you don't see the Open command window here option on the right click menu, it could be that you didn't hold the 'Shift' key down while right clicking, or you may have a file selected in the right hand pane. If you have a file selected, left click in a blank area of the right hand pane, so that no file is selected, and try this step again.
Step 3
In the resulting window, type the following command where <gamename> is the short name of the game you want to record and <inpname> is the name to use for the inpfile. Please note that you do not include the chevrons, that is the '<' and '>' characters around the <gamename> and <inpname> parameters when you type them, that's just may way of indicating these are parameters to the record batch file.
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record <gamename> <inpname>
Step 4
Press the 'Enter' key on your keyboard, play the game as per usual etc. Once you've completed the recording session, you can then follow the steps below to playback the recording.
Helpful tip
If you crash and burn on the game, and you want to try recording the same game again, pressing 'Up Arrow' on your keyboard will bring up your last command and then you can press enter to start another recording attempt.
Playing back an inp with WolfMame
Note: These instructions assume that you have the relevant inp file in the folder. eg: If you're playing back a game you just recorded, or you've already unzipped an inp that you downloaded into the correct location. You can skip Step 1 and Step 2 if you already have the command window open from a previous recording or playback session.
Step 1
Open a windows explorer and navigate to the folder where you extracted the relevant version of a WolfMame package.
Step 2
Hold down the 'Shift' key on your keyboard, and right click on a blank area of the right hand pane and select the Open command window here option, as per the following screen shot:
Note: If you don't see the Open command window here option on the right click menu, it could be that you didn't hold the 'Shift' key down while right clicking, or you may have a file selected in the right hand pane. If you have a file selected, left click in a blank area of the right hand pane, so that no file is selected, and try this step again.
Step 3
In the resulting window, type the following command where <gamename> is the short name of the game you want to playback and <inpname> is the name used for the inpfile. Please note that you do not include the chevrons, that is the '<' and '>' characters around the <gamename> and <inpname> parameters when you type them, that's just may way of indicating these are parameters to the playback batch file.
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playback <gamename> <inpname>
Step 4
Press the 'Enter' key on your keyboard and watch the recorded game.
Helpful tip
If you've recorded and watched your own game, and you want to try recording the same game again, repeatedly pressing 'Up Arrow' and 'Down Arrow' on your keyboard will cycle backwards and forwards through your prior commands. You can use this to easily record, playback, record, playback, ... to keep on improving your score until you finally reach a score for that game that you're happy to submit. After playback is successful, I normally rename the inpfile with the score as part of the name, so that I can keep track of my improvements over time, before starting the next recording attempt. If you don't rename the file, it will get immediately overwritten by the next recording attempt if you use the same name for the <inpname> parameter.