Improving compatibility on stock A1200

highwinder · 05 November 2018, 12:19

Hi all,

Does anyone have any tips on improving compatibility using WHDLOAD on a stock A1200? Any settings that can be tried?

I'm aware that an accelerator or memory expansion would solve all the issues but looking at any tweaks that may help. Have tried TinyLauncher and XBench with their RAD and MegaRAM modes but those didn't help.

Cheers

DanyPPC · 05 November 2018, 13:14

Most games require more than 2MB so you have to install at most a memory expansion.

A trick to have the max memory available is to boot without startup-sequence and disable other partitions.

ptyerman · 05 November 2018, 13:19

A memory expansion is crucial really for WHDLoad. 4Mb total memory is a ideal minimum to aim for.

-Acid- · 06 November 2018, 13:30

2mb ram usually means you are limited to 1 disk games such as Pang and load them from a prompt with no os loaded.

Hewitson · 06 November 2018, 14:33

You'd have to disable PRELOAD to be able to run most of the slaves.

DanyPPC · 06 November 2018, 16:57

On AmigaCD32 there is CD32Load which is more optimized.
Perhaps an optimized version of WHDLoad for stocks A1200 could be useful.

daxb · 06 November 2018, 17:37

There isn't much to optimize. 2MB is 2MB. Adding memory is the best/easiest "optimization".

highwinder · 07 November 2018, 06:29

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hewitson

You'd have to disable PRELOAD to be able to run most of the slaves.

Thanks for this - how exactly do you disable PRELOAD, is this a setting in Classic WB or the actual WDHLOAD game itself?

Thanks everyone else for the comments - extra memory is the way forward!

McTrinsic · 07 November 2018, 06:36

Please make sure to go through the manual of WHDLoad. It offers lots of explanations on e.g. how to to enhance compatibility and what you can do if issues occur.

In short: rtfm

highwinder · 07 November 2018, 06:38

Quote:

Originally Posted by McTrinsic

In short: rtfm

Ouch apologies I should know better than this - I will rtfm now!!

Wepl · 07 November 2018, 09:55

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hewitson

You'd have to disable PRELOAD to be able to run most of the slaves.

This is Wrong!
The option PRELOAD lets WHDLoad try to load files at startup to avoid later switches to the os to load files. It will load files as much as free memory is available after all memory is allocated for basic operation. So option PRELOAD has no influence if the install can be run at all. It can savely be used in low memory situations.

DamienD · 07 November 2018, 11:48

Quote:

Originally Posted by highwinder

Thanks for this - how exactly do you disable PRELOAD, is this a setting in Classic WB or the actual WDHLOAD game itself?

Thanks everyone else for the comments - extra memory is the way forward!

Quote:

Originally Posted by McTrinsic

Please make sure to go through the manual of WHDLoad. It offers lots of explanations on e.g. how to to enhance compatibility and what you can do if issues occur.

In short: rtfm

Quote:

Originally Posted by highwinder

Ouch apologies I should know better than this - I will rtfm now!!

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05 November 2018, 12:19	#1
highwinder Registered User Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Australia Posts: 21	Improving compatibility on stock A1200 Hi all, Does anyone have any tips on improving compatibility using WHDLOAD on a stock A1200? Any settings that can be tried? I'm aware that an accelerator or memory expansion would solve all the issues but looking at any tweaks that may help. Have tried TinyLauncher and XBench with their RAD and MegaRAM modes but those didn't help. Cheers

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DanyPPC Registered User Join Date: Dec 2016 Location: Italy Posts: 728	Most games require more than 2MB so you have to install at most a memory expansion. A trick to have the max memory available is to boot without startup-sequence and disable other partitions.

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ptyerman Registered User Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Worksop/UK Age: 59 Posts: 1,328	A memory expansion is crucial really for WHDLoad. 4Mb total memory is a ideal minimum to aim for.

06 November 2018, 13:30	#4
-Acid- Registered User Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: South Shields Posts: 812	2mb ram usually means you are limited to 1 disk games such as Pang and load them from a prompt with no os loaded.

06 November 2018, 14:33	#5
Hewitson Registered User Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Melbourne, Australia Age: 41 Posts: 3,771	You'd have to disable PRELOAD to be able to run most of the slaves.

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DanyPPC Registered User Join Date: Dec 2016 Location: Italy Posts: 728	On AmigaCD32 there is CD32Load which is more optimized. Perhaps an optimized version of WHDLoad for stocks A1200 could be useful.

06 November 2018, 17:37	#7
daxb Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Germany Posts: 3,303	There isn't much to optimize. 2MB is 2MB. Adding memory is the best/easiest "optimization".

07 November 2018, 06:36	#9
McTrinsic Registered User Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: Germany Posts: 527	Please make sure to go through the manual of WHDLoad. It offers lots of explanations on e.g. how to to enhance compatibility and what you can do if issues occur. In short: rtfm

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