The Settlers - technical problems

mr_a500 · 08 January 2006, 23:07

I've got a couple problems with The Settlers:

1. After copying to my new HD, I now can't save games. In the game, when I try to save I get a Disk Error and it tells me to check the protection bit (I did - and it's not protected). I thought it might be because I'm now using SFS, but it works on another SFS partition. Is this problem caused by my partition being too large? (partition is 3.0 Gb)

2. The Settlers will only work if I first go into PAL mode on my NTSC Amiga. In the manual, it says there's a command line option for forcing NTSC. It says about the option: "If your system is in the PAL standard, the screen will be in NTSC mode...the screen will be smaller...". I tried it, but it doesn't work. Does this mean you need a PAL Amiga to be able to use the NTSC mode?? (doesn't sound right)

Ironclaw · 08 January 2006, 23:32

Quote:

Originally Posted by mr_a500

Is this problem caused by my partition being too large? (partition is 3.0 Gb)

Probably.

mr_a500 · 10 January 2006, 10:58

Probably not.

I just tried it again on my small SFS partition and this time it didn't save. So it saved once, but now it won't save. It doesn't make sense.

Does anybody else have The Settlers on an SFS partition?

Ironclaw · 10 January 2006, 12:36

Just said 'probably' because very often for me in the past when dealing with harddrives bigger than, let's say 1gig, problem occurst... like when I'm going to install an amiga game to a big harddrive the installer complains there is not enough space... which there is plenty of.. so I have to make a little hardfile instead in the size of like 100mb.. then it works.. just thought it could be the same problem in your case.

But I know how to fix this now, so I don't have this problem anymore...

mr_a500 · 10 January 2006, 20:34

I think some very old software can't handle partitions greater than 2.0 Gb. I've seen some programs display negative numbers for available disk space for partitions that big. But the other partition I was testing on is only 350Mb, so that can't be it.

Ironclaw · 10 January 2006, 22:14

Ok.... and yeah, they often show negative numbers...

08 January 2006, 23:07	#1
mr_a500 Amiga-based Cyborg Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Canada Posts: 808	The Settlers - technical problems I've got a couple problems with The Settlers: 1. After copying to my new HD, I now can't save games. In the game, when I try to save I get a Disk Error and it tells me to check the protection bit (I did - and it's not protected). I thought it might be because I'm now using SFS, but it works on another SFS partition. Is this problem caused by my partition being too large? (partition is 3.0 Gb) 2. The Settlers will only work if I first go into PAL mode on my NTSC Amiga. In the manual, it says there's a command line option for forcing NTSC. It says about the option: "If your system is in the PAL standard, the screen will be in NTSC mode...the screen will be smaller...". I tried it, but it doesn't work. Does this mean you need a PAL Amiga to be able to use the NTSC mode?? (doesn't sound right)

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10 January 2006, 10:58	#3
mr_a500 Amiga-based Cyborg Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Canada Posts: 808	Probably not. I just tried it again on my small SFS partition and this time it didn't save. So it saved once, but now it won't save. It doesn't make sense. Does anybody else have The Settlers on an SFS partition?

10 January 2006, 12:36	#4
Ironclaw Banned Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: ... Age: 45 Posts: 3,313	Just said 'probably' because very often for me in the past when dealing with harddrives bigger than, let's say 1gig, problem occurst... like when I'm going to install an amiga game to a big harddrive the installer complains there is not enough space... which there is plenty of.. so I have to make a little hardfile instead in the size of like 100mb.. then it works.. just thought it could be the same problem in your case. But I know how to fix this now, so I don't have this problem anymore...

10 January 2006, 20:34	#5
mr_a500 Amiga-based Cyborg Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Canada Posts: 808	I think some very old software can't handle partitions greater than 2.0 Gb. I've seen some programs display negative numbers for available disk space for partitions that big. But the other partition I was testing on is only 350Mb, so that can't be it.

10 January 2006, 22:14	#6
Ironclaw Banned Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: ... Age: 45 Posts: 3,313	Ok.... and yeah, they often show negative numbers...

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