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Hg.DoomHistory has now been superseded by Hg.SaveHistory

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Hg.DoomHistory

This tool helps generate Doom saved game backup to practice Ultra-Nightmare and/or speedrunning.

Features

• Hot keys
• Auto detect Doom saved games folder (will try its best)
• Manual backup
• Manual restore
• Manual delete
• Sort backup by slot, map and date
• Automatic backup on checkpoint
• Distinguish between real checkpoint and death checkpoint (on auto only)
• Can take screenshot on automatic backup (only if Doom is in windowed mode)
• Events Sound notifications
• Attach notes to saves
• Import existing saved game backup

Installation

Just unzip and run executable!

(or you can download the source code, examine and compile it yourself)

Setup

Global settings

"Saved Games Folder"

Set the path to "Saved Games Folder" using "Browse" or "Auto Detect", to point to the Doom save folder. Usually something like that: C:\Users\<username>\Saved Games\id Software\DOOM\base\savegame.user\<some big number>

"Backup Folder"

Set the path to "Backup Folder", this is where the application will backup your saved games files. You probably want to point to a empty folder.

You're done!

Usage

Slot configuration

• "Auto Backup": check this to enable auto backup for this slot
• "Include death": auto backup upon death
• "Screenshot": take a screenshot upon auto backup
• "Sound notification on auto backup": play a sound on successful or failed backup
• "Auto select last backup save": Highlight the backup save in the list view

Note that each slot use its separated configuration ! Be sure to enable auto backup for the slot you are using !

Menu

File

• "Exit": close the application

Settings

• "Hot keys":
  • "Enabled": Active or deactive the hot keys
  • "Sound on restore": Play a sound on successful or failed restoration
  • "Assign hot keys": Open the hot keys settings window
• "Notification mode": this allow you to choose between messagebox or statusbar notification
• "Saves sort order": Sort list view by date ascending or descending
• "Screenshot quality": this allow you to choose between gif, jpg or png format
• "Clear settings": this will reset the global settings (folders, notification mode and screenshot quality)

Tools

• "Import existing backups": this allow you to import any saves game you already have into the application
• "Open debug console": for debug purpose only

Help

• "Check for update": this will check online for new release
• "About": Provide cuteness, and also some information about the application

F.A.Q.

Why auto-backup is not working?

• Be sure you properly set both the "Saved Game Folder" and the "Backup Folder"
• Be sure that you checked the box for the slot you are playing on, this settings is per slot.
• Auto back can fail to start in rare occasion when you start a game on a empty slot, wait for the first checkpoint, restart the application and check the auto backup box again.

Why are my screenshots black or showing the Doom escape menu?

The screenshot feature works only if you play the game in windowed mode (with border) due to technical limitation.

Why are my screenshots blurry?

To improve the quality of the screenshots, decrease the quality on the settings "Motion blur" in Doom Video settings.

About

This is not the prettiest source code in the world, I've made this software over the course of a week and there is still a lot of room for improvements. I put some more time in and refactor and cleanup a lot of the code.

I got the idea while watching IAmAllstin streaming doom. He was spending a lot of time copy/pasting save files to be able to pratice part of the game for his Ultra-Nightmare run.

Since I was also planning to do Doom on Ultra-Nightmare, I was going to need a way to back my save files too.

The first beta tester was RedW4rr10r who found the first bug and made good improvements suggestions.

x_ByteMe_x who also made good improvements suggestions (global hot keys).

Version History

v1.3.2

• * Fix few issues with auto backup
• + Add more hotkeys
• * Improve error reporting system (non-blocking)
• * Code cleanup and Optimizations

v1.3.1

• * Fix a potential issue with auto backup
• * Fix maps list: Lazarus was shown two times
• + Add optional error sound if an auto backup fail

v1.3.0

• + New Feature: Hot Keys!
• + New Feature: Sound Notification
• * Bug Fixes
• * Lots of Improvements
• * Code Refactoring and Cleanup

v1.2.1

• * Fix a issue with auto backup not starting if the save folder does not exists
• * Other fixes
• * Code Cleanup

v1.2

• + Add check for update
• + Add screenshot quality settings
• + Add exception handler and a report form in case of error
• * Add level number in from of map folder name
• * Various bugs fixes and improvements

v1.1

• + New feature: import existing backup folder

v1.0

• * First public release