[AmigaCD] onEscapee - .HDF & .LHA (for real Amiga users)

[Retroplay]

T'was just a suggestion.

[AmigaBill]

Originally Posted by DamienD

Phew; finally finished

Wow, thank you so much! I just downloaded the .LHA and will give it a go tonight. I will probably have to edit the txt file because I will install it in DH2:Games. Your instructions seem very clear and detailed. You are the man Thank you

[DamienD]

Originally Posted by AmigaBill

Wow, thank you so much! I just downloaded the .LHA and will give it a go tonight. I will probably have to edit the txt file because I will install it in DH2:Games. Your instructions seem very clear and detailed. You are the man Thank you

Coolio, no problem at all

Hopefully you should just need to do this example exactly:

Originally Posted by DamienD

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I believe that it shouldn't matter if on DH0 / DH1 / DH2 etc. due to how I've set the assigns...

...but give it a bash and let us know if all good.

[Cobe]

Originally Posted by DamienD

Now, if you don't want to install into root of your hard drive you can extract elsewhere but... note that you will need to edit the file "onEscapee/onEscapee" to point the assigns to the new location

Let's say you extracted the LHA file to "SYS:Games" (so the game is now located in "SYS:Games/onEscapee"). Using a text edit change these lines:

To avoid editing you could've write

Assign OnEscapee: ""
Assign OnEsaves: OnEscapee:SaveGame

"" assigns to the folder where from the script was started

[DamienD]

Originally Posted by Cobe

To avoid editing you could've write

Assign OnEscapee: ""
Assign OnEsaves: OnEscapee:SaveGame

"" assigns to the folder where from the script was started

Cheers Cobe, good to know; but am not going to change things now... Can't go through another 4+ hours of LHA'ing

In terms of using a different extraction path then a slight change to 2 x assigns, I think that what I've written is very quick / easy for everyone.

@AmigaBill; tested in WinUAE with having: DH0 + DH1 + DH2. Extracted the archive to "DH2:Games" (so really "DH2:Games/onEscapee"), edited the "DH2:Games/onEscapee/onEscapee" file exactly as mentioned and all working perfectly. So you shouldn't have an issue

[AmigaBill]

Originally Posted by DamienD

@AmigaBill; tested in WinUAE with having: DH0 + DH1 + DH2. Extracted the archive to "DH2:Games" (so really "DH2:Games/onEscapee"), edited the "DH2:Games/onEscapee/onEscapee" file exactly as mentioned and all working perfectly. So you shouldn't have an issue

Awesome Damien, thanks so much for all the info. I will report back when I install it on my machine

[Amiga1992]

Thanks for making this Damien, I will finally be able to try this game and see what it's all about

[DamienD]

Originally Posted by Akira

Thanks for making this Damien, I will finally be able to try this game and see what it's all about

No problem my friend

[DamienD]

Originally Posted by Cobe

To avoid editing you could've write

Assign OnEscapee: ""
Assign OnEsaves: OnEscapee:SaveGame

"" assigns to the folder where from the script was started

Damn it...

...it's the perfectionist in me (plus I definitely see the benefit)

My father used to always say (and never a truer statement mentioned): "If you are going to do a job, do it properly."

...so have made the changes that Cobe suggested and am re-LHA'ing. Using "warp" mode in WinUAE so should be done in a few hours. Stay tuned

Thank you very much for doing this, DamienD. I'm gonna fire it up on the A1200 tonight!

[DamienD]

Heya BeigePower,

Another new member joins EAB due to this game; welcome

Originally Posted by BeigePower

Thank you very much for doing this, DamienD. I'm gonna fire it up on the A1200 tonight!

Good stuff; enjoy!!!

[DamienD]

New file uploaded after the excellent suggestions from my friend Cobe

This file is now *universal*. Extract to whatever hard drive / path that you like; without any user adjustments required afterwards

...sorry to anyone that downloaded earlier today but this I feel this last change was necessary to have a complete package

[Neil79]

Nice! I'll need to get my amiga 1200 back out again next week

Added info to article

[DamienD]

Originally Posted by Neil79

Nice! I'll need to get my amiga 1200 back out again next week

Cool

Originally Posted by Neil79

Added info to article

...but what article?

Guess I better take a look on Indie Retro News then

[Neil79]

This one I was busy
http://www.indieretronews.com/2016/1...flashback.html

[Cobe]

Originally Posted by DamienD

New file uploaded after the excellent suggestions from my friend Cobe

This file is now *universal*. Extract to whatever hard drive / path that you like; without any user adjustments required afterwards

...sorry to anyone that downloaded earlier today but this I feel this last change was necessary to have a complete package

Hahah I wrote you that more like a suggestion for future projects and first when you wrote that you won't go thru 4h lhaing I thought, sure neither would I. But yeah I'm familiar with that feeling that doesn't stop to bug you until you make even the smallest changes to something to make it perfect

[DamienD]

Originally Posted by Cobe

Hahah I wrote you that more like a suggestion for future projects and first when you wrote that you won't go thru 4h lhaing I thought, sure neither would I. But yeah I'm familiar with that feeling that doesn't stop to bug you until you make even the smallest changes to something to make it perfect

Exactly, would have definitely bugged me knowing a better solution but not actually spending the relatively small amount of extra time to implement

[AmigaBill]

Originally Posted by DamienD

Exactly, would have definitely bugged me knowing a better solution but not actually spending the relatively small amount of extra time to implement

Damien you rock. Thanks for going the extra mile. Works like a charm The attached photo is in HAM mode, obviously!

[Neil79]

Make sure not to give DamienD too much credit, he gets abit overwhelmed hah

[Reido]

Thanks Damien, what an awesome early Xmas pressie!