I tried as well. All three Games have their own CD-Path (text file) to set the location. I did not install it but simply dragged the amiga folder to my hd and renamed it pinballprelude.
When i checked with snoopdos the directories were recognized, and the menu screen worked. So the *.img file is loaded and displayed on screen, for all tables. the missing highscore files were no problem.
But if y try to start a table, the game aborts with the msg of the missing *.img file, which seems odd as this file is no longer needed. Having a closer look at the logfile created by snoopdos reveals some strange file accesss with no name (near the end), or the game tries to "load" the directory - which fails.
Code:
Process Name Action Target Name Options Res.
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WBL ChangeDi GamesHD:PINBALLPRELUDE/PreludeOCS
WBL Load GamesHD:PINBALLPRELUDE/PreludeOCS/Pinball Prelude OK
WBL Lock GamesHD:PINBALLPRELUDE/PreludeOCS/Pinball Prelude Read OK
WBL ChangeDi SYS:
Pinball Prelude OpenLib graphics.library Ver 0 OK
Pinball Prelude OpenLib intuition.library Ver 0 OK
Pinball Prelude OpenLib lowlevel.library Ver 0 OK
Pinball Prelude ChangeDi GamesHD:PINBALLPRELUDE/PreludeOCS
Pinball Prelude Lock SYS: Read OK
Pinball Prelude Open GamesHD:PINBALLPRELUDE/PreludeOCS/CDpath Read OK
Pinball Prelude Lock GamesHD:PINBALLPRELUDE/PreludeOCS Read OK
Pinball Prelude Open GamesHD:PINBALLPRELUDE/PreludeOCS/Future/Future.SEL Read OK
Pinball Prelude Open GamesHD:PINBALLPRELUDE/PreludeOCS/Present/Present.SEL Read OK
Pinball Prelude Open GamesHD:PINBALLPRELUDE/PreludeOCS/Past/Past.SEL Read OK
Pinball Prelude Open GamesHD:PINBALLPRELUDE/PreludeOCS/GameData/GameData.SEL Read Fail
Pinball Prelude Lock GamesHD:Pinballprelude/PreludeOCS/ Read OK
Pinball Prelude Open GamesHD:Pinballprelude/PreludeOCS/Future/Future.SEL Read OK
Pinball Prelude Open GamesHD:Pinballprelude/PreludeOCS/Present/Present.SEL Read OK
Pinball Prelude Open GamesHD:Pinballprelude/PreludeOCS/Past/Past.SEL Read OK
Pinball Prelude Open GamesHD:Pinballprelude/PreludeOCS/GameData/GameData.SEL Read Fail
Pinball Prelude Open GamesHD:Pinballprelude/PreludeOCS/gamedata/select.pic Read OK
Pinball Prelude Open GamesHD:Pinballprelude/PreludeOCS/gamedata/large.fnt Read OK
Pinball Prelude Open GamesHD:Pinballprelude/PreludeOCS/gamedata/small.fnt Read OK
Pinball Prelude Open GamesHD:PINBALLPRELUDE/PreludeOCS/Future/Future.sel Read OK
Pinball Prelude Open GamesHD:PINBALLPRELUDE/PreludeOCS/Future/Future.hsc Read Fail
Pinball Prelude Open GamesHD:PINBALLPRELUDE/PreludeOCS/Past/Past.sel Read OK
Pinball Prelude Open GamesHD:PINBALLPRELUDE/PreludeOCS/Past/Past.hsc Read Fail
Pinball Prelude Open GamesHD:PINBALLPRELUDE/PreludeOCS/Present/Present.sel Read OK
Pinball Prelude Open GamesHD:PINBALLPRELUDE/PreludeOCS/Present/Present.hsc Read Fail
Pinball Prelude Open GamesHD:PINBALLPRELUDE/PreludeOCS/Future/Future.sel Read OK
Pinball Prelude Open GamesHD:PINBALLPRELUDE/PreludeOCS/Future/Future.hsc Read Fail
Pinball Prelude Open GamesHD:PINBALLPRELUDE/PreludeOCS/Past/Past.sel Read OK
Pinball Prelude Open GamesHD:PINBALLPRELUDE/PreludeOCS/Past/Past.hsc Read Fail
Pinball Prelude Open GamesHD:PINBALLPRELUDE/PreludeOCS/Present/Present.sel Read OK
Pinball Prelude Open GamesHD:PINBALLPRELUDE/PreludeOCS/Present/Present.hsc Read Fail
Pinball Prelude Open GamesHD:PINBALLPRELUDE/PreludeOCS/Future/Future.sel Read OK
Pinball Prelude Open GamesHD:PINBALLPRELUDE/PreludeOCS/Future/Future.hsc Read Fail
Pinball Prelude Open GamesHD:PINBALLPRELUDE/PreludeOCS/Future/Future.md0 Read OK
Pinball Prelude Open GamesHD:PINBALLPRELUDE/PreludeOCS/Future/Future.hsc Read Fail
Pinball Prelude Open GamesHD:PINBALLPRELUDE/PreludeOCS Read Fail
Pinball Prelude Open GamesHD:PINBALLPRELUDE/PreludeOCS/Future/Future.inf Read OK
Pinball Prelude Open GamesHD:PINBALLPRELUDE/PreludeOCS/Future/Future.img Read OK
Edit: I've now tried the installer as well. The files are indeed different after installation. i installed the AGA version to RAM: and also tried to start this installed game from HD, doesn't worked.