Two tron versions.

[INW]

I have two tron versions downloaded on my computer. One is good and runs debug recordings while the other one doesn't. It is not the correct version to do so. Anyway, when I go to open a recording, such as that of the ladle, I think it opens the "bad" version thus, throwing the recording away and not playing it. How do I select which version the recording chooses to play on?

[sinewav]

What OS?

[INW]

Windows 7!

[Luke-Jr]

Good luck, I don't think any developers use Windows.

Keep in mind that these are *debug* recordings. As in, for debugging. As in, not for playback.

[Z-Man]

Usually, the version you installed LAST is used to run a debug recording if you doubleclick on it.
If you want to manually select the version, you need to open a command prompt ("cmd"), cd to the installation directory of that version, and enter ".\armagetronad.exe --playback <recording name with full path>"
Or put the recording on your desktop, rename it to ArmagetronAdvancedDebugRecording.aarec and use the 'playback' start menu entry of the good version.
Yeah, it's a drag, but as Luke says, debug recordings.

[Phytotron]

Doesn't Windows have an "open with"-type command thingamabob, to where one can assign specific types of files to specific programs?

[Z-Man]

Yes, but it's semi-useless for this case. It would only be able to execute "armagetronad.exe <recording name>" without the --playback switch, which wouldn't work. And you'd still only be able to marry the .aarec extension to one version. What would be needed here is an intermediate program that scans the recording for the correct version (easy, it's in the first line) and launches that version (hard due to the way Windows installations work, no good way to find the executable; some registry storage is likely required here) with the correct command line (easy again).