Change floppies

Melvein · 17 April 2003, 19:30

I have a problem. When I play games with many floppies (like "Kings Quest 6" or "Beneath a Steel Sky") the disk swapping does not always work.

Usually i start the game with one disk in each of the four disk drivers. To begin with all works fine. But after a while, when I am asked to insert, for instance, disk 7, something goes wrong. I replace one of the disks with disk 7, but the emulator doesn´t load the new disk.

I don´t know what to do, so I would be grateful if someone could help me.

mtb · 17 April 2003, 21:26

Quite impossible....

Maybe the disk is not working, but please add some more info about the actions you perform to change the disk.

[ e.g. f12 - floppy tab - ... - i select the disk # 7 - i press ok - i return to the amiga output screen - maybe i have to press the mouse or joy button ]

Quote:

Originally posted by Melvein
I have a problem. When I play games with many floppies (like "Kings Quest 6" or "Beneath a Steel Sky") the disk swapping does not always work.

Usually i start the game with one disk in each of the four disk drivers. To begin with all works fine. But after a while, when I am asked to insert, for instance, disk 7, something goes wrong. I replace one of the disks with disk 7, but the emulator doesn´t load the new disk.

I don´t know what to do, so I would be grateful if someone could help me.

thomas · 18 April 2003, 10:05

Some games do not support multiple disk drives. Try to insert the new disk into DF0.

Melvein · 18 April 2003, 17:02

Okey, I´ll try to explain my problem better. First of all I use WinUAE 0.8.22 release 1. This problems occurs in most games that uses more than four disks.

This is what happens when I play ”Beneath a steel sky”:

I come to a room and the message ”Please insert disk 3” shows up. Then I press F12 and click on ”Floppies”. When I start the game I use all four diskdrives, so I have Disk 1 in DF0, Disk 2 in DF1, Disk 3 in DF2 and Disk 4 in DF3.

When I have clicked on ”Floppies” I click on the ”…” button for DF0 and replace Disk 1 with Disk 3.

After this I click on ”OK” and return to the game. But nothing happens. When I use the option ”Show LEDs” I see that the game is not loading, since none of the lights is flashing. The light for DFO flashes immediately when I have changed disk, but only for a second. After that, nothing happens.

I´m not sure anything is wrong with the disks. For instance, I have downloaded ”Kings Quest 6” from two different sites with the same result.

derSammler · 18 April 2003, 17:34

Press F12 and eject a disk, then go back to the emulation. Wait some seconds, press F12 again and insert the requested disk into the empty disk drive. This should solve your problem.

17 April 2003, 19:30	#1
Melvein Registered User Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Göteborg Posts: 30	Change floppies I have a problem. When I play games with many floppies (like "Kings Quest 6" or "Beneath a Steel Sky") the disk swapping does not always work. Usually i start the game with one disk in each of the four disk drivers. To begin with all works fine. But after a while, when I am asked to insert, for instance, disk 7, something goes wrong. I replace one of the disks with disk 7, but the emulator doesn´t load the new disk. I don´t know what to do, so I would be grateful if someone could help me.

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18 April 2003, 10:05	#3
thomas Registered User Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Germany Posts: 6,985	Some games do not support multiple disk drives. Try to insert the new disk into DF0.

18 April 2003, 17:02	#4
Melvein Registered User Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Göteborg Posts: 30	Okey, I´ll try to explain my problem better. First of all I use WinUAE 0.8.22 release 1. This problems occurs in most games that uses more than four disks. This is what happens when I play ”Beneath a steel sky”: I come to a room and the message ”Please insert disk 3” shows up. Then I press F12 and click on ”Floppies”. When I start the game I use all four diskdrives, so I have Disk 1 in DF0, Disk 2 in DF1, Disk 3 in DF2 and Disk 4 in DF3. When I have clicked on ”Floppies” I click on the ”…” button for DF0 and replace Disk 1 with Disk 3. After this I click on ”OK” and return to the game. But nothing happens. When I use the option ”Show LEDs” I see that the game is not loading, since none of the lights is flashing. The light for DFO flashes immediately when I have changed disk, but only for a second. After that, nothing happens. I´m not sure anything is wrong with the disks. For instance, I have downloaded ”Kings Quest 6” from two different sites with the same result.

18 April 2003, 17:34	#5
derSammler Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Germany Posts: 1,645	Press F12 and eject a disk, then go back to the emulation. Wait some seconds, press F12 again and insert the requested disk into the empty disk drive. This should solve your problem.

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