DamienD's WinUAE Collection

[DamienD]

Originally Posted by Sinphaltimus

If the one you provided originally works perfectly the collection, then no reason to update. i wasn't sure if this was something that would effect emulation or just real amigas or just WHDLoad or what. it was kind of confusing on how this issue surface.

Yes, I bug tested this game throughout all betas and the trained version in my collection works perfectly with a "classic" Amiga configuration / setup

...and as you can see from this post, I clocked the game when there were 64 stages

Originally Posted by Sinphaltimus

No worries then, I'll leave as-is.

You only need to use the new version if you have some non "classic", supped up OS, accelerator, JIT, blah, blah, blah...

[DamienD]

Must say that my screenshots for "Campaign - Tactical & Strategic War Simulation" and "Campaign II - 50 Years of Global Conflict" were rubbish as I couldn't work out how to get into the action



...thanks to my friends at HOL, I've used some of theirs. Much better



So, just do the following:

• Download / extract the attached archive into C:\WinUAE.

[DamienD]

Thought I better make a note in post #2 about files that I've updated since Update Pack #7 to save people trawling through pages of this thread...

Update Pack #8: *** note: when I get motivation again ***

... Bomb Jack Beer Edition
... Quick Fix
... Rolling Ronny - The Errand-Boy
... Road Avenger [AGA]
... Alco-Copter
... Worthy [if purchased]
... Campaign & Campaign II - SShots
... Ice Crack & Renegades (Infernal Byte Systems)
... Diggers [AGA]
... Giana Sisters SE [AGA]
... Gloom [AGA] & Gloom Deluxe & Gloom Special Edition 97 & Gloom 3 - Zombie Edition [AmigaCD]
... Payback [AmigaCD] - Title
... Area 88
... Highway Sprint
... Reshoot R [AGA] [demo]

[jabybau]

wow!!!! Hope so....
tks mate

[DamienD]

It will happen; work on my project will recommence at some stage in the future; it's definitely not abandoned... feeling a lot better about things / life in general than I was a few months back

...probably won't happen until after the European summer has ended though i.e. around September, as it's too nice to be stuck inside playing with computers.

On a side note; thanks for your support / encouragement... I guess this means you are enjoying my collection and appreciate all the hard work that's gone into it

[Ian]

Yeah, do keep it up, but there's plenty to be playing so take your time. Theres more important things anyway, like trying to round up more IPFs

[DamienD]

Originally Posted by Ian

Theres more important things anyway, like trying to round up more IPFs

No, like enjoying the sunshine and chasing girlies!!! (well, at least to me anyway)

[Ian]

Originally Posted by DamienD

No, like enjoying the sunshine and chasing girlies!!! (well, at least to me anyway)

I did my chasing hence why the only chasing I do is after my kid lol.

[ross]

Originally Posted by DamienD

No, like enjoying the sunshine and chasing girlies!!! (well, at least to me anyway)

you are not alone.. but detrimental if you have some unfinished Amiga jobs

[DamienD]

Originally Posted by Ian

I did my chasing hence why the only chasing I do is after my kid lol.

As did I many years ago but unfortunately nothing last forever. I never expected to be in this situation at 41 and things to end without warning

...but it's not like life is over; you have to pick yourself back up and get out there; which is what I'm currently doing i.e. being super healthy, exercising multiple time per week, working on my tan etc.

Originally Posted by ross

you are not alone.. but detrimental if you have some unfinished Amiga jobs

They can all be put in hold while we have a maximum 3 months of sunshine my friend. Well, at least in Britain

...notice that I haven't asked again about fixing "Shadow Warriors"

[ross]

Originally Posted by DamienD

They can all be put in hold while we have a maximum 3 months of sunshine my friend.

I cannot understand how you can survive

...notice that I haven't asked again about fixing "Shadow Warriors"

[BullyDog]

Very nice Damien. For all the hard work you've put into it you have my profound thanks.

And thanks for helping me out with the files.

[DamienD]

No problem at all

...with yourself being quite new to the Amiga; this should help you find / play all of the classic (and then some) without any research / trouble

[walkero]

@damienD
The work you put on this package is very much appreciated. Wish we had more people offering knowledge and time to our community.

[BullyDog]

I agree and I'm glad I found this swell place. I didn't realize this was an English board but hey, you guys are all right.

[DamienD]

"English" as in language / speaking / posts; not as in from the UK

...I myself am originally from Sydney, Australia.

[BullyDog]

Ok now what I do?

I checked out Allo Allo and Ambermoon and they want me to insert disk #2.

Uh, what disk and where are they?

Thanks.

[DamienD]

Ok, you are new to the Amiga / WinUAE so...

'Allo 'Allo! Cartoon Fun! only supports 1 disk drive.

Ambermoon supports 4 drives but to minimise disk swapping I've set these to begin with:

... DF0: = Ambermoon (1994)(Thalion)(Disk 01 of 10)(A).adf
... DF1: = Ambermoon (1994)(Thalion)(Disk 02 of 10)(B).adf
... DF2: = Ambermoon (1994)(Thalion)(Disk 07 of 10)(G).adf
... DF3: = Ambermoon (1994)(Thalion)(Disk 10 of 10)(J).adf


You should read the following, as detailed in post #2, where there's a lot of helpful information / answers to FAQ: Important Keys


Anyway, to swap disks in drives you have 2 options really (there's a 3rd i.e. Diskswapper but I won't overload you with information just yet):


Fastest method:
... Press <End> + <F1> to select DF0:, then navigate to C:\WinUAE\Games\<gamename> and double-click on the required .ADF.

Slower method:
... Press <F12> to bring up the WinUAE GUI.
... Navigate to "Floppy drives" and press the "..." next to the required drive.
... Navigate to C:\WinUAE\Games\<gamename> and double-click on the required .ADF.

[BullyDog]

Gotcha! I thank you again mate.

I see your pre setup for Ambermoon but mine went a little different. It asked for D then I then G and finally J before I stopped playing.

I'm learning how this is working now. It uses multiple disks. Cool.

thanks again mate.

[DamienD]

Originally Posted by BullyDog

I see your pre setup for Ambermoon but mine went a little different. It asked for D then I then G and finally J before I stopped playing.

All the below disks are inserted into the drives at startup as it's the best method I found to minimise disk swapping with this game

As you can see, disks "G" & "J" are already in drives... When it asks you for disk "D" just put this into DF0:, it will load for a bit, you will then be asked for disk "I" so again put this into DF0: and then you're playing


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You can use the "Disk swapper" if you like, as all the disks have been inserted into slots:



Again, see the Important Keys for how to use

Finally, this is probably one of the most important things you need to note:

Originally Posted by DamienD

Now people might say; why use so many .ADFs when loading is sooooo much slower than from hard drive? Firstly, I love old school cracktros / trainers. Secondly, this is not really an issue in emulation. You can use the following tricks to eradicate boring loading times:

• Set "Floppy Drive Emulation Speed" to "800%" (which works fine for 95% of games).
• Toggle "Warp" mode on / off i.e. <End> + <Pause>.