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I need a batch file

I need a set of batch file commands which would, when executed, create cfg file on the very same location on HDD with following content:

Code:

ClientAreaWidth=1184

ClientAreaHeight=765

CameraManager.act=D:\INSTALIRANE IGRE-Win7\Silent Hunter 5

EnvSim.act=D:\INSTALIRANE IGRE-Win7\Silent Hunter 5

kernel.dll=D:\INSTALIRANE IGRE-Win7\Silent Hunter 5

sh5.exe=D:\INSTALIRANE IGRE-Win7\Silent Hunter 5

SHCollisions.act=D:\INSTALIRANE IGRE-Win7\Silent Hunter 5

SHSim.act=D:\INSTALIRANE IGRE-Win7\Silent Hunter 5

SHSound.act=D:\INSTALIRANE IGRE-Win7\Silent Hunter 5

SH_NClient.dll=D:\INSTALIRANE IGRE-Win7\Silent Hunter 5

SimData.dll=D:\INSTALIRANE IGRE-Win7\Silent Hunter 5

LanguagePackInUse=

The trick is that colored parts of the text should be variable and match the actual path of SH5 installation. (taken from registry or anything simmilar)

As you can probably see, I would like to further simplify process of Wolves of Steel installation so my first question would be, is this possible at all?

Thanks in advance! :salute:

I think it's helpful if you take a look in the AODCD game patches (the official ones for the game Aces of the Deep; DOS version); there are batch file commands for any possible directory configuration. I have modified them in the past for making the game playable with DosBox where it was necessary for the patch to run correctly.

I will go in my VMWare and pubhish here these batch commands, but I cannot guarantee that it will be any help for you... The command contains a %, that's for sure.

Quote:

Originally Posted by XenonSurf (Post 2539398)

I think it's helpful if you take a look in the AOD game patches (the official ones); there are batch file commands for any possible directory configuration. I have modified them in the past for making the game playable with DosBox where it was necessary that the patch did run correctly.

I will go in my VMWare and pubhish here these batch commands, but I cannot guarantee that it will be any help for you...

That would be quite helpful for the start...:yep: Thanks.

What you can do in the meantime if you have DosBox (or try it in Windows console or by starting Start > Execute 'cmd' is:
Start the DOS session and type '-?' or 'help'
This should fire-up the help for DOS commands, you can use these in batch files.

[EDITED]

Ok, here it goes, first the patch install batch file must decide which language must be installed, then which .bat file to execute.

****************

Code:



@echo off

mode co80



:langSel

cls

echo.

echo.

echo                         AOD Expansion install                     

echo                        internet suply peoples                   

echo                                                                

echo                                                               

echo          If you want to run the program in English, press 'E'.  

echo                                                               

echo        Pour utiliser le programme en fran‡ais, appuyez sur 'F'.

echo                                                                

echo            Um das Spiel in Deutsch zu spielen, 'D' eingeben.     

echo                                                               

echo                                                               

echo      

echo.

echo.





CHUNK\GK.COM



:checkKey

IF ERRORLEVEL 113 IF NOT ERRORLEVEL 114 GOTO end

IF ERRORLEVEL 102 IF NOT ERRORLEVEL 103 GOTO French

IF ERRORLEVEL 101 IF NOT ERRORLEVEL 102 GOTO English

IF ERRORLEVEL 100 IF NOT ERRORLEVEL 101 GOTO German

IF ERRORLEVEL 81  IF NOT ERRORLEVEL 82  GOTO end

IF ERRORLEVEL 70  IF NOT ERRORLEVEL 71  GOTO French

IF ERRORLEVEL 69  IF NOT ERRORLEVEL 70  GOTO English

IF ERRORLEVEL 68  IF NOT ERRORLEVEL 69  GOTO German

goto end



:English

cls

call eng.bat %1

goto end



:German

cls

call ger.bat %1

goto end



:French 

cls

call frn.bat %1

goto end



:end

**********************************

ENG.BAT:

Code:



@echo off





rem ------ first find out what drive we're installing from ---------

call CHUNK\DRIVE.EXE

IF ERRORLEVEL 25 IF NOT ERRORLEVEL 26 SET IDRIVE=Z

IF ERRORLEVEL 24 IF NOT ERRORLEVEL 25 SET IDRIVE=Y

IF ERRORLEVEL 23 IF NOT ERRORLEVEL 24 SET IDRIVE=X

IF ERRORLEVEL 22 IF NOT ERRORLEVEL 23 SET IDRIVE=W

IF ERRORLEVEL 21 IF NOT ERRORLEVEL 22 SET IDRIVE=V

IF ERRORLEVEL 20 IF NOT ERRORLEVEL 21 SET IDRIVE=U

IF ERRORLEVEL 19 IF NOT ERRORLEVEL 20 SET IDRIVE=T

IF ERRORLEVEL 18 IF NOT ERRORLEVEL 19 SET IDRIVE=S

IF ERRORLEVEL 17 IF NOT ERRORLEVEL 18 SET IDRIVE=R

IF ERRORLEVEL 16 IF NOT ERRORLEVEL 17 SET IDRIVE=Q

IF ERRORLEVEL 15 IF NOT ERRORLEVEL 16 SET IDRIVE=P

IF ERRORLEVEL 14 IF NOT ERRORLEVEL 15 SET IDRIVE=O

IF ERRORLEVEL 13 IF NOT ERRORLEVEL 14 SET IDRIVE=N

IF ERRORLEVEL 12 IF NOT ERRORLEVEL 13 SET IDRIVE=M

IF ERRORLEVEL 11 IF NOT ERRORLEVEL 12 SET IDRIVE=L

IF ERRORLEVEL 10 IF NOT ERRORLEVEL 11 SET IDRIVE=K

IF ERRORLEVEL 9  IF NOT ERRORLEVEL 10 SET IDRIVE=J

IF ERRORLEVEL 8  IF NOT ERRORLEVEL 9  SET IDRIVE=I

IF ERRORLEVEL 7  IF NOT ERRORLEVEL 8  SET IDRIVE=H

IF ERRORLEVEL 6  IF NOT ERRORLEVEL 7  SET IDRIVE=G

IF ERRORLEVEL 5  IF NOT ERRORLEVEL 6  SET IDRIVE=F

IF ERRORLEVEL 4  IF NOT ERRORLEVEL 5  SET IDRIVE=E

IF ERRORLEVEL 3  IF NOT ERRORLEVEL 4  SET IDRIVE=D

IF ERRORLEVEL 2  IF NOT ERRORLEVEL 3  SET IDRIVE=C

IF ERRORLEVEL 1  IF NOT ERRORLEVEL 2  SET IDRIVE=B

IF ERRORLEVEL 0  IF NOT ERRORLEVEL 1  SET IDRIVE=A







:skipit

if '%1' == '' goto chkdef



rem ----  extract the destination drive letter and path from command line



IF NOT '%2'=='' GOTO ChangeD

IF NOT EXIST %1\NUL GOTO BadDir

FOR %%f IN (/%1) DO %0 %%f %1





:========= ChangeD ===========

%1:

CD %2 > NUL



rem --------- make sure they've saved careers properly -----------

goto warning 





:startcopy

:next

IF NOT EXIST resource.cfg goto nosim

IF NOT EXIST SIM\NUL    goto nosim

IF NOT EXIST SHELL\NUL  goto nosim

IF NOT EXIST SOUND\NUL  goto nosim



rem ============ Unpack the files =============

cls

echo.

echo        *************      Unpacking Files...       *************

echo.

copy %IDRIVE%:resource.000              >nul

copy %IDRIVE%:chunk\unchunk.exe         >nul

unchunk resource.000 . > nul

if  ERRORLEVEL 1 goto BadChunk



rem ===== copy language specific files =========

IF EXIST ENGLISH\NUL goto copystuff

mkdir english > nul

:======= copystuff =========

copy %IDRIVE%:chunk\readme.eng english\readme.  >nul

IF EXIST readme.old goto skip1

IF EXIST readme.    copy readme. readme.old

IF EXIST read.me    copy read.me readme.old



:skip1

IF NOT EXIST readme. goto chngname

@copy english\readme.                >nul

goto skip2

:chngname

@copy english\readme. read.me        >nul





:skip2

cls

goto playNow







IF EXIST SAVE\NUL  goto CDVERSION

IF NOT EXIST SIM\SAVE\NUL  goto nosim

goto playNow





:CDVERSION





:playNow

echo.

echo.

echo        ***********   AOD Mission Disk Installed !   ************

echo        *                                                       *

echo        *                                                       *

echo ÿ      *          To play NOW:                                 *

echo ÿ      *               Type AOD and press [ENTER].             *

echo        *                                                       *

echo ÿ      *          To play LATER:                               *

echo ÿ      *               CD to the game directory.               *

echo ÿ      *               Type AOD and press [ENTER].             *

echo        *                                                       *

echo        *   If you should ever need to change your sound card   *

echo        *   selection or settings, CD to the game directory     *

echo        *   and run SOUNDSET again.                             *

echo        *********************************************************

goto done





:usage   

echo To install AOD expansion disk to a specific directory name:

echo.

echo Type "install" followed by the drive letter and path

echo where ACES OF THE DEEP is installed.

echo.

echo For example: "install C:\DYNAMIX\AOD" will attempt to install the

echo mission disk to the DYNAMIX\AOD directory on the C drive.

echo.

echo.

%IDRIVE%:

goto end





:BadDir

:nosim

:noshell

cls

echo.

echo.

echo   An installed version of AOD was not found in the specified

echo   directory. Please check the drive and directory path and 

echo   try install again.

echo. 

echo.

echo.

echo.

goto usage





:========= chkdef ============

rem 

rem  check for aod installation in default directories



IF EXIST C:\DYNAMIX\AOD\SIM\SUBSIM.EXE   goto def1

IF EXIST C:\DYNAMIX\AODCD\SIM\SUBSIM.EXE goto def2

IF EXIST C:\GAMES\AOD\SIM\SUBSIM.EXE     goto def3

IF EXIST C:\GAMES\AODCD\SIM\SUBSIM.EXE   goto def4

goto usage





:def1

c:

cd c:\dynamix\aod

cls

echo.

echo.

echo.

echo                      AOD found at C:\DYNAMIX\AOD  

goto confirm



:def2

c:

cd c:\dynamix\aodcd

cls

echo.

echo.

echo.

echo                     AOD found at C:\DYNAMIX\AODCD

goto confirm



:def3

c:

cd c:\games\aod

cls

echo.

echo.

echo.

echo                      AOD found at C:\GAMES\AOD

goto confirm



:def4

c:

cd c:\games\aodcd

cls

echo.

echo.

echo.

echo                      AOD found at C:\GAMES\AODCD

goto confirm





:confirm

echo.

echo  Do you wish to install the AOD expansion disk to this directory? (Y/N)

echo.

echo.





%IDRIVE%:\CHUNK\GK.COM

IF ERRORLEVEL 121 IF NOT ERRORLEVEL 122 GOTO warning

IF ERRORLEVEL 110 IF NOT ERRORLEVEL 111 GOTO usage

IF ERRORLEVEL 89  IF NOT ERRORLEVEL 90  GOTO warning

IF ERRORLEVEL 78  IF NOT ERRORLEVEL 79  GOTO usage

goto usage





:=========== warning ==============

echo                     ******   Saved Games   ******

echo. 

echo  Career games saved under AoD or AoD CD will not load properly into your 

echo  simulation once you have installed the Expansion Disk, unless you saved 

echo  the game while in port.  To preserve a career saved while at sea you 

echo  must first bring your skipper into port and save the game before you 

echo  install the expansion disk.

echo.

echo                      Continue with install? (Y/N)

echo.

echo.



%IDRIVE%:\CHUNK\GK.COM

IF ERRORLEVEL 121 IF NOT ERRORLEVEL 122 GOTO startcopy

IF ERRORLEVEL 110 IF NOT ERRORLEVEL 111 GOTO earlyexit

IF ERRORLEVEL 89  IF NOT ERRORLEVEL 90  GOTO startcopy

IF ERRORLEVEL 78  IF NOT ERRORLEVEL 79  GOTO earlyexit





:======= earlyexit ============

%IDRIVE%:

goto end





rem *********** error handling and clean up *********



:BadChunk

echo unable to extract resource file.

goto done



:Delchunk

del unchunk.exe

goto done



:DelRes

del resource.000

goto done



:done

IF EXIST unchunk.exe goto Delchunk

IF EXIST resource.000 goto DelRes

SET IDRIVE=

SET DEFD=

SET DEFP=

:end

***************************

I hope you can get what you want by association. Good luck :up:
Cheers,

Thank you very much XenonSurf although this may be indeed to advanced for me...:hmmm:

Can you please edit your post with code tags and spoilers so we can keep this tread as clear as possible for anyone with possible solution?:yep:

Additionally, I know from making batch files that any names with spaces must be kept in brackets, like "C:\ xxxx xxxx", so your initial example won't work probably.

I still have a printed version of the MS-DOS 5.0 manual :D
Believe me or not, it helps me still today... Thats' how MS Windows is put together... There must be an electronic version. Get it, it has all possible commands.

Anyone else? OldCoder? :hmm2:

Quote:

Originally Posted by vdr1981 (Post 2539460)

Anyone else? OldCoder? :hmm2:

Hello, VDR. I've created a tool in C# that can generate the config file for you by reading a sh5 regkey. All that is needed is to run the exe and it spits out the cfg file. Can be built using Visual Studio 2017 Community.

https://github.com/sputterfish/silenthuntercfgmaker

It will drop the cfg file in the same directory where it is run, you can of course edit this or if its any use i can help as needed. Not savvy in batch here so if this of no use, oh well.

Cheers

Quote:

Originally Posted by sputterfish (Post 2539485)

That sounds very much like my original idea, thank you very much! :up:
I'm having troubles to download the exe? Should I be registered on GitHub in order to download the file?

Quote:

Originally Posted by vdr1981 (Post 2539515)

That sounds very much like my original idea, thank you very much! :up:
I'm having troubles to download the exe? Should I be registered on GitHub in order to download the file?

https://github.com/sputterfish/silen...lderReader.exe

You should be able to download directly using this link. I can make any changes to the output if needed.

Quote:

Originally Posted by sputterfish (Post 2539516)

https://github.com/sputterfish/silen...lderReader.exe

You should be able to download directly using this link. I can make any changes to the output if needed.

Very very nice and exactly what I was looking for! :yeah:

But it needs few tweaks:

The file should be named GenericPatcher.cfg

Also output text should have no " marks or spaces around = mark :yep: Can you edit the app please?

Code:

ClientAreaWidth = 1184

ClientAreaHeight = 765

CameraManager.act_=_"D:\INSTALIRANE IGRE-Win7\Silent Hunter 5"

EnvSim.act = "D:\INSTALIRANE IGRE-Win7\Silent Hunter 5"

kernel.dll = "D:\INSTALIRANE IGRE-Win7\Silent Hunter 5"

sh5.exe = "D:\INSTALIRANE IGRE-Win7\Silent Hunter 5"

SHCollisions.act = "D:\INSTALIRANE IGRE-Win7\Silent Hunter 5"

SHSound.act = "D:\INSTALIRANE IGRE-Win7\Silent Hunter 5"

SH_NClient.dll = "D:\INSTALIRANE IGRE-Win7\Silent Hunter 5"

SimData.dll = "D:\INSTALIRANE IGRE-Win7\Silent Hunter 5"

LanguagePackInUse =

Alright changes made. Should reflect the requested.

https://github.com/sputterfish/silen...oad/2/SHFR.exe

Cheers

Quote:

Originally Posted by sputterfish (Post 2539519)

Alright changes made. Should reflect the requested.

https://github.com/sputterfish/silen...oad/2/SHFR.exe

Cheers

OK...Much better but the output misses following line:

Code:

ClientAreaWidth=1184

ClientAreaHeight=765

CameraManager.act=D:\INSTALIRANE IGRE-Win7\Silent Hunter 5

EnvSim.act=D:\INSTALIRANE IGRE-Win7\Silent Hunter 5

kernel.dll=D:\INSTALIRANE IGRE-Win7\Silent Hunter 5

sh5.exe=D:\INSTALIRANE IGRE-Win7\Silent Hunter 5

SHCollisions.act=D:\INSTALIRANE IGRE-Win7\Silent Hunter 5

SHSim.act=D:\INSTALIRANE IGRE-Win7\Silent Hunter 5

SHSound.act=D:\INSTALIRANE IGRE-Win7\Silent Hunter 5

SH_NClient.dll=D:\INSTALIRANE IGRE-Win7\Silent Hunter 5

SimData.dll=D:\INSTALIRANE IGRE-Win7\Silent Hunter 5

LanguagePackInUse=

Also, just to be on a safe side, you can also remove spaces in ClientAreaWidth/Height lines...:yep::up: