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Questions related to WHDLoad, modifying code and original files...
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In any case, this is why I prefer emulation (for every possible config) for Amiga demos, and the original disk images too. I like the code to be "virgin", so to speak. I don't care so much about the games because, well, I don't care much for Amiga games. Actually, I never did. |
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That's why WHDLoad was born.
Take and preserve the original, patch and modify on the fly (by the slave). |
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What about games/demos that don't have the disk images in the WHDLoad folders? All the files and folders that are there instead, are they extracted from the original ADFs?
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Thanks, ross. What about high score tables? I've seen Wepl and others stick their names into them, but are the original unaltered HST files there too and are just patched?
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20 April 2018, 11:23 | #8 |
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Errm, how about you stop spreading such false information for a change? High score tables are extracted like any other file and not modified at all! Besides, it might help to check the WHDLoad documentation, ALL of your questions asked here are answered there!
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I think you misunderstood me: What I meant by my previous post is that the original high-score table was there, but patched with Wepl and the other names at runtime, as you said earlier this morning. This game is E-Motion and I had it back in the day, and those names are certainly different from what I remember. I will read the documentation anyway, as its about time I stopped relying on assumptions. |
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@Foebane, I've had to move all the above posts out of the Ode to Ramon 1 by The Digital Force - Unreadable scroller thread.
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Anyway high-score is not runtime patched, is loaded as a simple file (E-Motions.hights) from game folder. You can delete it and the original high-score will come back out. And yes, all your doubt is deeply covered in WHDLoad documentation Last edited by ross; 20 April 2018 at 12:40. Reason: typo |
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Why would any demo coder object to their badly written code that they wrote in 1989 being improved upon? Most of those demo coders likely got rid of their Amigas years ago, but sometimes come back for the nostalgia for their old productions. What would they rather see? Their demo crashing and not working, or a version where their demo runs as they remember it? In their defence, they wrote their demos for A500 with code that worked for A500 with no expectation that it needed to work on anything other than A500. As for games developers having an issue, any issues they had about people pissing around with their games was more likely 20 years ago, most are pretty amazed and happy that there is any interest left in their games, and anything that extends the interest in that game is a win for them. I don't think you realise just how important WHDLoad is, I don't think you realise or appreciate how much its extended the life of real Amiga owners, because without it, without the ability to play so many games from hard drive, many owners would have sold up and moved on. You've never met a guy on here called Marzattacks/Methodgit, but you sure do remind me of him. |
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You must not understand and know how WHDload works. It’s merely a front end to make it run on more modern Amiga hardware or make it WB friendly. There really isn’t any modifications except to fix any critical bugs, which I’m sure the original programmers would welcome.
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Thanks for reminding me of MethodGit. It's always a good laugh to read through his posts.
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