hdf creator for whdload packs - Page 3

Arnie · 13 January 2016, 00:16

You don't need a key file with 18.2 but, as you say, you still can't get 2 roms on a disk, unless one is 256kb.

Anubis · 13 January 2016, 03:45

I know that you don't need key, but its size really does not make any difference, and it still nice to see your name on splash screen.

seuden · 08 September 2016, 14:32

Hey rare_j, have you managed to setup something similar for the Raspberry Pi 3? I'd like the same setup we get with Winuaex on the Xbox but on the RP3 and was just wondering if you'd set something up already?

rare_j · 08 September 2016, 22:23

No I'm still using the xbox and haven't tried any emulation on the pi yet.
Been meaning to give it a try though!
I imagine the pi is a bit more powerful and the emulation is a bit more advanced and there'd be no need for all this seperate hdf business though?
Couldn't you have one big hdf with all the games on like normal and use something like igame as a chooser?

seuden · 08 September 2016, 22:31

Yes you can. It's powerful enough for a workbench but I'd like to set it up similar to the other systems in Retropie where there's a list of games and you can launch them direct from the list. I was just wondering if you'd already set something up before I looked into it. I'll have a go at setting it up.

EDIT: Oh and also there's the little problem with save states which this overcomes.

rare_j · 09 September 2016, 01:39

Well if uae4arm can use a zip file or lha file as a harddisk then there would be no need to reprocess everything into hdf files, you could just use the packs as hard drives dierctly. It would require a modified boot floppy disc image though, which would scan the packs for whdload slaves and readmes on the fly and put them in a little menu.
Can someone have a look and see if archives are supprted as hard drives in uae4arm? It has to be zip and lha file support to be useful. If so I can probably make a new boot floppy for it.

Anubis · 09 September 2016, 05:53

Quote:

Originally Posted by rare_j

Well if uae4arm can use a zip file or lha file as a harddisk then there would be no need to reprocess everything into hdf files, you could just use the packs as hard drives dierctly. It would require a modified boot floppy disc image though, which would scan the packs for whdload slaves and readmes on the fly and put them in a little menu.
Can someone have a look and see if archives are supprted as hard drives in uae4arm? It has to be zip and lha file support to be useful. If so I can probably make a new boot floppy for it.

No need for HDF files for RPi. Just unzip games on RPi in games folder and attach it as Hard Disk in Amiga. It works without any issues.

UAE4ARM has 1GB limit for HDF, so ClassicWB setup (512MB) with second HDF as folder is ideal. You can run iGame or other loaders once you get everything running. I still like to use workbench to get to game... (nostalgia

)

I might check ZIP over the weekend, once I update to latest RetroPie.

seuden · 09 September 2016, 11:27

I updated the _whdload.hdf which came with the emuextras pack for Xbox 1 with the latest WHDLoad. Loaded it into UAE4ARM as DH0.
I renamed a .whd game created by your script to .hdf and loaded it into DH1 and started UAE4ARM and it works great, just like on the Xbox 1 with WinUAEX as I expected it to.
My only trouble now is trying to map my 8BITDO Pro nub to act as the mouse.
There is also a way to associate .uae config files with UAE4ARM so that they act as game placements in a list in RetroPie here which I've not had time to try as yet.

EDIT:

Quote:

Originally Posted by Anubis

Well, to get WHDLoad to 18.2, ADF is not going to work with current settings, because with 2 Kickstart roms, WHDLoad key file it's already over size of disk.

I created 2 ADFs, one for OCS/ECS games and other one for AGA games.

I don't use an .adf, I use a seperate .hdf image which contains all roms and the latest WHDLoad to boot with. I can send you it if you like to give it a try.

wobbly · 29 September 2016, 06:45

nice work... time for me to get to work see what i can get working on the pi 3

wobbly · 29 September 2016, 07:03

would love to get some sort of whdload menu working in emulation station on p3 ... thats the dream

ransom1122 · 29 September 2016, 07:51

Quote:

Originally Posted by wobbly

would love to get some sort of whdload menu working in emulation station on p3 ... thats the dream

Same here.

rare_j · 10 November 2016, 01:37

A little update has been added to the first post in the thread - a new version:

UPDATE: v.1.2.3

New feature - processes packs in zip and lha format.
New feature - the script will check to see if the pack it is processing already exists in the output folder - if it does it will skip processing it. If there is the same pack in zip and lha format, it will process the lha first and skip the zip version.
New feature - this may work with Retroplay's JST packs. Not thoroughly tested. A version of JST is on the boot disk.
Updated boot disk with latest version of whdload.
Updated boot disk with xpk compressor libraries - some packs need them.
Split out kickstarts onto a second disk.
Readme updated.

Because WHDload is bigger, you now need to copy your kickstart files onto a separate second floppy disk, included.
Instructions in the updated readme file.
Thanks to Retroplay for keeping the whdload packs going!

liveevil · 10 November 2016, 21:34

Thanks for fulfilling my request for LHA support. I did a quick batch of 360 WHDLoad games in LHA format and they all converted successfully. I obviously haven't tested them all but they should all be fine. I transferred your boot disk to a 3mb HDF so I could fit all the required kickstarts onto it. Thanks again for this genius scripting.

I did get one message : 'BattleIsleDataDisks/Scores.info has an unrecognized default tool (IconX)'.

Methanoid · 11 November 2016, 00:14

TLDR - does this enable me to take ALL my WHDLoad dls and unpack them all to a single HDF (would that be too big for an Amiga)? I'm basically looking for lazy gits way to play all the games as WHDLoad files without having to select lots of LHA files in groups...

seuden · 11 November 2016, 23:08

Quote:

Originally Posted by rare_j

A little update has been added to the first post in the thread - a new version:

UPDATE: v.1.2.3

Nice work!

Quote:

Originally Posted by rare_j

Because WHDload is bigger, you now need to copy your kickstart files onto a separate second floppy disk, included.

Won't an extended floppy disk file work? Or custom disk?

rare_j · 11 November 2016, 23:43

Quote:

Originally Posted by seuden

Won'tan extended floppy disk file work? Or custom disk?

Yes, but not in WinUAEx which only works with 880k adfs I beleive.
But if you're using something else go ahead and make a boot hdf or extended adf.

rare_j · 11 November 2016, 23:48

Quote:

Originally Posted by Methanoid

TLDR - does this enable me to take ALL my WHDLoad dls and unpack them all to a single HDF (would that be too big for an Amiga)? I'm basically looking for lazy gits way to play all the games as WHDLoad files without having to select lots of LHA files in groups...

No - what you want is MUCH easier to acheive. Do you want your packs all extracted into folders a-z ?

Methanoid · 12 November 2016, 01:01

Quote:

Originally Posted by rare_j

No - what you want is MUCH easier to acheive. Do you want your packs all extracted into folders a-z ?

[ in a tiny high pitched voice.. ] Yes please...

Just want to unpack them all to an Amiga HDF or to a PC NTFS folder I can use for WinUAE to access as an Amiga HDD ??

liveevil · 12 November 2016, 15:12

I got four messages so far (from 1040 conversions) :

'BattleIsleDataDisks/Scores.info has an unrecognized default tool (IconX)'.
'Damocles/InstallSavedGames.info has an unrecognized default tool (Installer)'.
'GhoulsNGhosts/Disk.info has an unrecognized default tool (SYS:System/DiskCopy)'.
'Historyline/Scores.info has an unrecognized default tool (IconX)'.

Are these anything to worry about ?

rare_j · 13 November 2016, 02:25

Quote:

Originally Posted by liveevil

Are these anything to worry about ?

It's just saying it found some icons that it didn't know what to do with. Which means they won't go into the little boot disk menu.
As long as it is something you wouldn't want in the boot menu anyway it's ok.

e.g. Historyline/Scores.info has an unrecognized default tool (IconX) - Don't know what this icon is in the pack for but you don't need it to play the game so it's ok.

10 November 2016, 01:37	#52
rare_j Zone Friend Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: London Posts: 1,176	A little update has been added to the first post in the thread - a new version: UPDATE: v.1.2.3 New feature - processes packs in zip and lha format. New feature - the script will check to see if the pack it is processing already exists in the output folder - if it does it will skip processing it. If there is the same pack in zip and lha format, it will process the lha first and skip the zip version. New feature - this may work with Retroplay's JST packs. Not thoroughly tested. A version of JST is on the boot disk. Updated boot disk with latest version of whdload. Updated boot disk with xpk compressor libraries - some packs need them. Split out kickstarts onto a second disk. Readme updated. Because WHDload is bigger, you now need to copy your kickstart files onto a separate second floppy disk, included. Instructions in the updated readme file. Thanks to Retroplay for keeping the whdload packs going! Last edited by rare_j; 10 November 2016 at 01:58.

12 November 2016, 15:12	#59
liveevil Custom User Title Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: UK Posts: 331	I got four messages so far (from 1040 conversions) : 'BattleIsleDataDisks/Scores.info has an unrecognized default tool (IconX)'. 'Damocles/InstallSavedGames.info has an unrecognized default tool (Installer)'. 'GhoulsNGhosts/Disk.info has an unrecognized default tool (SYS:System/DiskCopy)'. 'Historyline/Scores.info has an unrecognized default tool (IconX)'. Are these anything to worry about ? Last edited by liveevil; 12 November 2016 at 21:52.

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13 January 2016, 00:16	#41
Arnie R.I.P Smudge 18-08-16 Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Leicester/UK Age: 66 Posts: 3,968	You don't need a key file with 18.2 but, as you say, you still can't get 2 roms on a disk, unless one is 256kb.

13 January 2016, 03:45	#42
Anubis Retro Gamer Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Underworld Age: 51 Posts: 4,058	I know that you don't need key, but its size really does not make any difference, and it still nice to see your name on splash screen.

08 September 2016, 14:32	#43
seuden uber cool demi god Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Kent/England Posts: 2,073	Hey rare_j, have you managed to setup something similar for the Raspberry Pi 3? I'd like the same setup we get with Winuaex on the Xbox but on the RP3 and was just wondering if you'd set something up already?

08 September 2016, 22:23	#44
rare_j Zone Friend Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: London Posts: 1,176	No I'm still using the xbox and haven't tried any emulation on the pi yet. Been meaning to give it a try though! I imagine the pi is a bit more powerful and the emulation is a bit more advanced and there'd be no need for all this seperate hdf business though? Couldn't you have one big hdf with all the games on like normal and use something like igame as a chooser?

08 September 2016, 22:31	#45
seuden uber cool demi god Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Kent/England Posts: 2,073	Yes you can. It's powerful enough for a workbench but I'd like to set it up similar to the other systems in Retropie where there's a list of games and you can launch them direct from the list. I was just wondering if you'd already set something up before I looked into it. I'll have a go at setting it up. EDIT: Oh and also there's the little problem with save states which this overcomes.

09 September 2016, 01:39	#46
rare_j Zone Friend Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: London Posts: 1,176	Well if uae4arm can use a zip file or lha file as a harddisk then there would be no need to reprocess everything into hdf files, you could just use the packs as hard drives dierctly. It would require a modified boot floppy disc image though, which would scan the packs for whdload slaves and readmes on the fly and put them in a little menu. Can someone have a look and see if archives are supprted as hard drives in uae4arm? It has to be zip and lha file support to be useful. If so I can probably make a new boot floppy for it.

29 September 2016, 06:45	#49
wobbly Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Australia Posts: 130	nice work... time for me to get to work see what i can get working on the pi 3

29 September 2016, 07:03	#50
wobbly Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Australia Posts: 130	would love to get some sort of whdload menu working in emulation station on p3 ... thats the dream

10 November 2016, 21:34	#53
liveevil Custom User Title Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: UK Posts: 331	Thanks for fulfilling my request for LHA support. I did a quick batch of 360 WHDLoad games in LHA format and they all converted successfully. I obviously haven't tested them all but they should all be fine. I transferred your boot disk to a 3mb HDF so I could fit all the required kickstarts onto it. Thanks again for this genius scripting. I did get one message : 'BattleIsleDataDisks/Scores.info has an unrecognized default tool (IconX)'.

11 November 2016, 00:14	#54
Methanoid Retired Quartex Sysop Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Roman Verulamium Age: 58 Posts: 1,873	TLDR - does this enable me to take ALL my WHDLoad dls and unpack them all to a single HDF (would that be too big for an Amiga)? I'm basically looking for lazy gits way to play all the games as WHDLoad files without having to select lots of LHA files in groups...

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