Adding Games to ClassicWB

[Foebane]

I've been using ClassicWB for a long while now, and I've noticed that this install of WB makes it possible to add WHDLoad games and demos for ease of use, but it only seems to scan one particular directory, DH0:Games, to add the games. I have all my games on a path on DH1:, but I cannot find a way to tell the scanner that path. I tried "Assign", but it doesn't work. Also, physically copying all the games didn't work as the hard drive became full. So, how can I easily add my games to ClassicWB's menu?

[AMIGASYSTEM]

Which version of ClassicWB? and Which GUI you are using?

[Foebane]

Classic WB LITE.

What do you mean, GUI? Workbench, I suppose.

GamesMenu seems to be the name of the launcher.

[AMIGASYSTEM]

Do you refer to this?

[Foebane]

Yes, that looks like it. Is it any good?

[AMIGASYSTEM]

That's a menu in the AmigaGuide format, to add games you should edit all the .guide files, maybe it would be easier to do it with the IGame GUI, see
my video.

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[Foebane]

Oh damn, the dreaded IGame. I say so because it has so many system requirements, and yet I just want a basic frontend, I don't care about guigfx.library and all of that stuff, I don't need it. Isn't there another frontend?

[AMIGASYSTEM]

Arcade Game Selector

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[Foebane]

Originally Posted by AMIGASYSTEM

Arcade Game Selector

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How do I get hold of that?

[Superman]

I just edited my S/assign-startup to point it to DH1 and it worked fine for me. You need to reboot after you saved it then double click on the files drawer and then on the addgames icon to rescan.

[Foebane]

Originally Posted by Superman

I just edited my S/assign-startup to point it to DH1 and it worked fine for me. You need to reboot after you saved it then double click on the files drawer and then on the addgames icon to rescan.

That did it, thank you! It certainly makes it easier to launch games this way, rather than having to go around it the long way, finding the game I want amongst all the Retroplay file names, clicking on that folder, then another folder, then having to find the right file to run the game.

[Superman]

Yeah its nice and quick. If you add any extra games though you always have to rescan with the addgames icon as it doesn't do it automatically.

[Foebane]

Originally Posted by Superman

Yeah its nice and quick. If you add any extra games though you always have to rescan with the addgames icon as it doesn't do it automatically.

Yes, but it found almost 100 games in less than 20 seconds on basically a stock A1200 config, which isn't too bad.

I have to point out that my DH1: path actually has a folder with spaces in the name, so I had to put quotes around the whole path, like so: "DH1:Games B A1200 HDD", just like in CMD on Windows.

[AMIGASYSTEM]

@Superman
Ok, Instead of changing the path you could add DH1 and also leave DH0

Assign >NIL: A-Demos: SYS:Demos
Assign >NIL: A-Games: SYS:Games
Assign >NIL: Add A-Demos: DH1:
Assign >NIL: Add A-Games: DH1:
Assign >NIL: A-MyFiles: SYS:MyFiles
Assign >NIL: A-Programs: SYS:Programs
Assign >NIL: A-Temp: SYS:Temp

@Foebane
I did not know of the script AddGames

Arcade Game Selector you find it HERE

[Foebane]

Originally Posted by AMIGASYSTEM

@Superman
Ok, Instead of changing the path you could add DH1 and also leave DH0

Assign >NIL: A-Demos: SYS:Demos
Assign >NIL: A-Games: SYS:Games
Assign >NIL: Add A-Demos: DH1:
Assign >NIL: Add A-Games: DH1:
Assign >NIL: A-MyFiles: SYS:MyFiles
Assign >NIL: A-Programs: SYS:Programs
Assign >NIL: A-Temp: SYS:Temp

@Foebane
I did not know of the script AddGames

I tried the above modifications to the script (Add), but it didn't work.

If it never works, how can I comment out the original Assign line and add my own? Is it the semicolon? I would like to retain the original line so I can restore it if necessary. The thing is, my entire ClassicWB install is inside an HDF files, and I'm wary about making drastic changes to it, but this shouldn't be too bad.

[DamienD]

Originally Posted by Foebane

I tried the above modifications to the script (Add), but it didn't work.

ADD should work fine. It just adds another path to the assign.

Given AMIGASYSTEM's example, he probably should have written:

Assign >NIL: A-Demos: SYS:Demos
Assign >NIL: A-Games: SYS:Games
Assign >NIL: Add A-Demos: DH1:Demos
Assign >NIL: Add A-Games: DH1:Games

Originally Posted by Foebane

how can I comment out the original Assign line and add my own? Is it the semicolon?

Yes, semicolon

I believe you can also use REM like you do with MS-DOS, could be wrong though...

[AMIGASYSTEM]

Originally Posted by DamienD

ADD should work fine. It just adds another path to the assign.

Given AMIGASYSTEM's example, he probably should have written:

Assign >NIL: A-Demos: SYS:Demos
Assign >NIL: A-Games: SYS:Games
Assign >NIL: Add A-Demos: DH1:Demos
Assign >NIL: Add A-Games: DH1:Games

Yes, semicolon

Assign >NIL: Add A-Demos: DH1:
Assign >NIL: Add A-Games: DH1:

Damiano there are no mistakes, in my test the games are not found under a subdirectory
REM does not exist on AmigaOS, ;to ignore commands and Echo for displays to string instead.

[Foebane]

I wish to iterate that the path I'm using is not just DH1: as I mentioned before, it is:

DH1:Games B A1200 HDD

This is the path I tried with Add and it did not work, even with quotes because of spaces in the path. I also don't have ANY demos on WHDLoad, for reasons I've stated elsewhere.

I will stick with the idea of commenting out the original line and adding my own, but as far as I can tell, Add does not work in any way, shape or form.

[AMIGASYSTEM]

Originally Posted by Foebane

I wish to iterate that the path I'm using is not just DH1: as I mentioned before, it is:

DH1:Games B A1200 HDD

This is the path I tried with Add and it did not work, even with quotes because of spaces in the path. I also don't have ANY demos on WHDLoad, for reasons I've stated elsewhere.

I will stick with the idea of commenting out the original line and adding my own, but as far as I can tell, Add does not work in any way, shape or form.

If your path is this DH1:Games B A1200 HDD then you have to add:

Assign >NIL: Add A-Games: "DH1:Games B A1200 HDD"

In the future it is recommended not to use spaces in the names, better to use:

Games_B_A1200 or Games-B-A1200

[Foebane]

OK, I've tried it again (see attached screenshot) but for some reason, it does not work as "Add". I make this change, cold reset, then run the AddGames script, and it doesn't find anything. Any ideas?

EDIT: "AMIGA Software" is DH1: