Speris legacy HD

Drake1009 · 23 January 2002, 21:35

I have a slight problem. I have a version of Speris legacy (I don't know which crack though). I got pretty bored with the loading times from disk though so I tried installing it to HD which went fine.

So far so good. Problem is that whenever I had played the game next time I'd boot the Amiga from harddisk the harddisk would start working a lot more than on a normal boot. This made me a little nervous because the behavior mimicked the behavior I've regrettably seen so many times before when it scans the harddisk for errors because it had been powered off when suddently the Amiga harddisk refused to stop working even though it should be.

Usually the end result of such amount of activity would be a message with an error telling me the harddisk isn't validated. Of course it makes me a little nervous to play the game from harddisk because of that. But I was wondering. Is there a problem here which I've just been lucky enough to avoid for a good bit or is it just files which were temporarily stored which are being deleted?

Galahad/FLT · 26 January 2002, 13:36

Ok, Speris Legacy does NOT write any AmigaDOS file info to your harddrive. Only the CD32 version does.

The Amiga version uses a custom MFM filesystem for loading/saving games (I thank you!), so that should eliminate ANY validation problems, because nothing ever is physically written to hard drive. So your problems lie elsewhere.

Drake1009 · 26 January 2002, 17:49

Hmmm. Well that sounds strange, I'm fairly certain it isn't the CD32 version. Otherwise it'd be the first CD32 rip playable from disk.

Twistin'Ghost · 26 January 2002, 19:41

Actually, there was a number of CD32 rips to floppy...

Drake1009 · 27 January 2002, 00:10

Which also ran directly from the floppies?

Well how can you distinguish the CD32 from normal versions?

mr_0rga5m · 27 January 2002, 01:58

OK .. its late .. just come in from da pub .. etc...

But i remember on my a1200 (with afs) my missus used to play but there used to be some problem with save's n such that 'unvalidated' (or would if it wasnt afs) the drive.

I'll ask the missus tommorow but i had to note that there is a problem

regards & *hic*

Galahad/FLT · 27 January 2002, 12:21

The CD32 version saves to non_volatile (so if there is a nv directory on one of your disks, then its the CD32 version), if it saves to a custom floppy, then its the original Disk version

Drake1009 · 27 January 2002, 12:50

Ok then I guess I'll have to try installing it again and make a savegame to see wether it's the CD32 or Disk version I've got. I never made a save with the game since I never got that far and got too concerned about the disk activity at next boot.

23 January 2002, 21:35	#1
Drake1009 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Denmark Posts: 2,284	Speris legacy HD I have a slight problem. I have a version of Speris legacy (I don't know which crack though). I got pretty bored with the loading times from disk though so I tried installing it to HD which went fine. So far so good. Problem is that whenever I had played the game next time I'd boot the Amiga from harddisk the harddisk would start working a lot more than on a normal boot. This made me a little nervous because the behavior mimicked the behavior I've regrettably seen so many times before when it scans the harddisk for errors because it had been powered off when suddently the Amiga harddisk refused to stop working even though it should be. Usually the end result of such amount of activity would be a message with an error telling me the harddisk isn't validated. Of course it makes me a little nervous to play the game from harddisk because of that. But I was wondering. Is there a problem here which I've just been lucky enough to avoid for a good bit or is it just files which were temporarily stored which are being deleted?

26 January 2002, 13:36	#2
Galahad/FLT Going nowhere Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: United Kingdom Age: 50 Posts: 8,986	Speris Legacy (I might know one or two things about this game!) Ok, Speris Legacy does NOT write any AmigaDOS file info to your harddrive. Only the CD32 version does. The Amiga version uses a custom MFM filesystem for loading/saving games (I thank you!), so that should eliminate ANY validation problems, because nothing ever is physically written to hard drive. So your problems lie elsewhere.

27 January 2002, 12:21	#7
Galahad/FLT Going nowhere Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: United Kingdom Age: 50 Posts: 8,986	difference The CD32 version saves to non_volatile (so if there is a nv directory on one of your disks, then its the CD32 version), if it saves to a custom floppy, then its the original Disk version

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26 January 2002, 17:49	#3
Drake1009 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Denmark Posts: 2,284	Hmmm. Well that sounds strange, I'm fairly certain it isn't the CD32 version. Otherwise it'd be the first CD32 rip playable from disk.

26 January 2002, 19:41	#4
Twistin'Ghost Give up the ghost Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: U$A Age: 33 Posts: 4,662	Actually, there was a number of CD32 rips to floppy...

27 January 2002, 00:10	#5
Drake1009 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Denmark Posts: 2,284	Which also ran directly from the floppies? Well how can you distinguish the CD32 from normal versions?

27 January 2002, 01:58	#6
mr_0rga5m Tik Gora :D Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Round yo momma's Posts: 1,273	OK .. its late .. just come in from da pub .. etc... But i remember on my a1200 (with afs) my missus used to play but there used to be some problem with save's n such that 'unvalidated' (or would if it wasnt afs) the drive. I'll ask the missus tommorow but i had to note that there is a problem regards & hic

27 January 2002, 12:50	#8
Drake1009 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Denmark Posts: 2,284	Ok then I guess I'll have to try installing it again and make a savegame to see wether it's the CD32 or Disk version I've got. I never made a save with the game since I never got that far and got too concerned about the disk activity at next boot.

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