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"[[Worms Armageddon Team Backup, Restore and Merge Utilities]]" is the name of a bundle of 3 command-line tools for working with [[Worms Armageddon]] [[Team file|team files]] written by [[People/Jon Skeet|Jon Skeet]].
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| developer = [[People/Jon Skeet|Jon Skeet]]
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| version = 2 / 22 August 1999
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| games = [[Worms Armageddon|W:A]]
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| language = C
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| website = [https://jonskeet.uk/worms/wa/progs.html The Page of Light]
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| download = [https://worms2d.info/files/wabackup.zip wabackup.zip (45 KB)]
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}}"[[Worms Armageddon Team Backup, Restore and Merge Utilities]]" is the name of a bundle of 3 command-line tools for working with [[Worms Armageddon]] [[Team file|team files]] written by [[People/Jon Skeet|Jon Skeet]].
  
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It is downloadable from the [https://jonskeet.uk/worms/wa/progs.html W:A Utilities page on The Page of Light].
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While [[TeamED]] has many powerful features that these tools don't have, these are the only tools that are known to be able to merge teams from multiple team files while maintaining all those teams' statistical data as it was before the merge.
  
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While [[TeamED]] has many powerful features that these tools don't have, these are the only tools that are known to be able to manipulate individual teams among multiple team files, including merging teams from multiple team files.
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== Installation ==
  
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Extract the executables '''warest.exe''', '''wabackup.exe''', and '''wajoin.exe''' to your WA\User\Teams directory.
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== Usage ==
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The following usage info is copied from the included ReadMe.txt file, then formatted for this article, with the author's personal email address omitted. Click "show" to view the usage information for each utility.
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|wabackup.exe (team file backup utility)|Whenever you want to back the current team up, just run '''wabackup.exe'''. This will create a file called <code>wg.xxx</code> where <code>xxx</code> is a number between <code>001</code> and <code>999</code>. (It starts at <code>001</code> and increases. The largest number is your most recent backup.)|warest.exe (team backup file restoration utility)|As of version 2, restoring teams is much easier. You can simply drag a backup file onto '''warest.exe''' and the team will be restored.
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Alternatively, you can open a DOS box and run <code>warest <number></code>. For instance:
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<pre>warest 3</pre>
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will restore the team file from <code>wg.003</code>
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A backup copy of the current <code>wg.wgt</code> file is made to <code>wg.bak</code> before restoration; this is in case the registry access goes wrong. If it does (it will tell you), please mail me ([address omitted]) with the *exact* error message, and *don't* play Worms: Armageddon until I've got back to you, unless you don't mind losing your current position. Hopefully this will never happen, but you never know...|wajoin.exe (team file join/merge utility)|As of version 2, joining teams is also easier. Simply select all the backup files you want joining together, and drag them onto '''wajoin.exe'''.
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Alternatively, you can open a DOS box and change to the teams directory, then run <code>wajoin <backup numbers or filenames></code>. For instance:
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<pre>wajoin 3 mybest.bak 5 2 4</pre>
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will merge the teams from files <code>wg.003</code>, <code>mybest.bak</code>, <code>wg.005</code>, <code>wg.002</code>, <code>wg.004</code>, placing them in another <code>wg.???</code> file. (The filename is displayed after the merge.)
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There can only be one team with any given name in a team file, and '''wajoin''' gives the earlier specified one priority. For instance, suppose <code>wg.003</code> contained teams '''Jon''' and '''Fred''', <code>wg.005</code> contained teams '''Bert''' and '''Jon''', <code>wg.002</code> contained teams '''Russell''' and '''Bert''', and <code>wg.004</code> contained teams '''Ginger''' and '''Algy''', then the resultant file would contain teams:
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'''Jon''' from <code>wg.003</code> (ignoring '''Jon''' from <code>wg.005</code>)<br>'''Fred''' from <code>wg.003</code><br>'''Bert''' from <code>wg.005</code> (ignoring '''Bert''' from <code>wg.002</code>)<br>'''Russell''' from <code>wg.002</code><br>'''Ginger''' from <code>wg.004</code><br>'''Algy''' from <code>wg.004</code><br>}}

Revision as of 02:16, 29 July 2020

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Worms Armageddon Team Backup, Restore and Merge Utilities
Developer: Jon Skeet
Latest version: 2 / 22 August 1999
Supported games: W:A
Language: C
Website: The Page of Light
Download: wabackup.zip (45 KB)
"Worms Armageddon Team Backup, Restore and Merge Utilities" is the name of a bundle of 3 command-line tools for working with Worms Armageddon team files written by Jon Skeet.

While TeamED has many powerful features that these tools don't have, these are the only tools that are known to be able to merge teams from multiple team files while maintaining all those teams' statistical data as it was before the merge.

Installation

Extract the executables warest.exe, wabackup.exe, and wajoin.exe to your WA\User\Teams directory.

Usage

The following usage info is copied from the included ReadMe.txt file, then formatted for this article, with the author's personal email address omitted. Click "show" to view the usage information for each utility.

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