WHDLoad problem with XPK packed disk image.

I'm trying to play the WHDload version of Eye of the Beholder. It came from DeCreator's installs but it's irrelevant because I'm having a problem with the original package. The original installer comes with a "disk.4" file for this 3 disk game, probably because the game saves to original floppies and an additional disk is required to redirect saves to somewhere else.

The problem is, disk.4 is a xpk packed file and although I have Xad, Xpk and Xfd libraries installed I keep getting the message: "can't find the required xpk library"
I don't think I miss *any* common library and obviously have a new version of xpkmaster.library.

I found a similar problem posted but not solved here

[rgen]

You problably miss a XPKsub library in LIBS:compressors. Write type disk.4 opt h in a shell and interrupt with Ctrl-C. It's output should start with XPKF????xxxx where xxxx is the required sublibrary.

XPKF..séCRM2..


CRM2?

xpkCRM2.library ?

Crunchmania!!!!

It works! Thank you very much.

But!

Amiga programmers should be more responsible. One can't be expected to find out what the required library is if the error message doesn't specify it! And there was NOTHING about this on the whdload readme either. It's made by CFOU! and I'm informing him about the situation now, using the form in the whdload site. I hope he reads it.

[Codetapper]

Why are you complaining about this? CFou didn't XPK compress the data files! As far as I know, none of the WHDLoad guys ever XPK the data files - that is up to whoever makes up the compilations on CDs to save space. The only thing we do is FImp/Propack data files which WHDLoad internally decrunches anyway.

If you had installed the game from original data disks there would be no problem as the files wouldn't be XPK compressed. I suggest you apologize to CFou if you have sent him a "bug" report.

Codetapper if you look in the actual install on the whdload site the disk.4 file is included with the install so it must be something cfou includes. I assume it is a save disk or something.
This is the readme from the archive


THIS PACKAGE COMES WITH ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED, STATUTORY OR OTHERWISE. THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO USE, RESULTS AND
PERFORMANCE OF THE PACKAGE IS ASSUMED BY YOU AND IF THE PACKAGE SHOULD PROVE
TO BE DEFECTIVE, YOU ASSUME THE ENTIRE COST OF ALL NECESSARY SERVICING,
REPAIR OR OTHER REMEDIATION.
UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES, CAN THE AUTHOR BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE
CAUSED IN ANY USUAL, SPECIAL, OR ACCIDENTAL WAY, ALSO IF THE OWNER OR A THIRD
PARTY HAS BEEN POINTED AT SUCH POSSIBILITIES OF DAMAGE.

This install applies to "Eye Of The Beholder" © 1990 Westwood/SSI.

This install requires WHDLoad and DIC to be in the path. Both can be found in
the WHDLoad package.
To install from a different drive than DF0: select installation mode Expert.

The installed program requires 1 MB ChipMem and 0.5 MB OtherMem.
It can be quit by pressing F10 (key can be changed with Tooltype "QuitKey=").

If you have problems with this installation please try and get a newer
version of this package from the WHDLoad WWW-Page. If that doesn't help try
some Tooltypes like NOCACHE, NOAUTOVEC, NOVBRMOVE, NOMMU, PAL or NTSC. If
that also fails, please inform the author via the Bug-Report-Form which
can be accessed on the WHDLoad WWW-Page.

For the full WHDLoad package, other installs and updates refer to:
http://www.whdload.de/
or aminet:dev/misc/whdload#?
and aminet:game/patch/

version 1.2 (06.04.03) done by C-Fou!:
- Kixx XL version supported now (without manual protection)

version 1.12 (22.06.02) done by C-Fou!:
- German Version and other Gb version (V1.11) Added
- Randow Access FALSE debugged with new English version and German version (V1.1)
- Old patch debugged ->before you saw outro quitting game ;-)
- Game speed is slow down (Pb with 040/060)
- Using new install script (v1.12)

Rem:
- XPKMaster library needed

version 1.0 (02.03.02) done by C-Fou!:
- initial release
- Use wonderfull Wepl's KickEmul
- Manual Protection ripped
- Doc file added
- Load/Save game rediriged on Hd (in 'Disk.2' or 'Disk.1')
- 2 C-Fou!'s and 1 Exotica's Glow Icons added


********************* Thanks Tom Meades for original disks ****************
***************** Thanks Christian Sauer for german original **************
***************** Thanks Seppo Seppala for kixx XL original **************

The kickstart image must be located in the directory "Devs:Kickstarts"
and must be named "kick34005.A500". The image can be extracted from an
A500 with tools like "GrabKick" or similar which can be found on Aminet.
If the image is the wrong version or altered in any way, WHDLoad will
quit with an appropriate error message.

Additionally the file "kick34005.A500.RTB" must be installed in the same
directory as the kickstart image. It can be found in the archive
"util/boot/skick343.lha" on Aminet.

Greetings to Jean-François Fabre and Wepl for the superb Kickstart 1.3
plugin and Dos support, Chris, Carlo, Frank, Wild West, all Action members,
my testing crew and the entire WHDLoad team!

Yes, I checked the original lha before posting this thread, what do you think, I'm a fool to send bug reports before making a research?

Disk.4 came INSIDE the archive from www.whdload.de It couldn't be any other way, the game is originally 3 disks.

CFOU! probably already had that compressor installed on his machine and forgot to list it as a requirement. I think my bug report was polite enough so no need to apologize unless there's some other mistake I did. I also included the url of this thread in my message so he can come and post too. Hopefully the readme or the file will be fixed.

Rem:
- XPKMaster library needed

Yes, no mentioning of the compressor.

Lets all try and keep our toys in the prams please

[Codetapper]

OK sorry - I have to say CFou did a bit of a crazy thing. The reason files shouldn't be XPK compressed is they need extra memory to depack the file into RAM before running and that means they might not run on some Amigas. Sorry guys!

That's OK Codetapper

Also I was mainly trying to criticise the lack of detail in the error message not a whdload author.

@CFOU!
I see you're posting here now. Welcome to eab.
I think this is still not fixed, what do you think?

[keropi]

so, I get the same error! I installed xpkmaster, but nothing! how did u fix it?

It has been a while but I think I had fixed it by installing crunchmania. The compressor required was crunchmania.

So I bumped the thread and pmed CFOU! here, posted the thing on the whdload page but NOTHING happened. This is a shame isn't it?

[keropi]

never mind, i just used the LIBS from crunchmania...

[killergorilla]

The same thing has just happened with the most recent Dune install.

You need the xpkGZIP.library installed in Libs:Compressors

[jotd]

Originally Posted by killergorilla

The same thing has just happened with the most recent Dune install.

You need the xpkGZIP.library installed in Libs:Compressors

Sorry about that. I used that because I used SQSH before (provided with xpk userAFAIR) -> 120Ko for empty disk image. With GZIP 25 Ko!! instead of 900Ko. Faster to unarchive the .lha install package, but maybe that Bert could make a more accurate message when xpk decompressor is unknown (i'm e-mailing him at once for that!)

I must add here that CFOU! did fix the problem with the original game mentioned on this thread a while ago. Thanks to him.