Having trouble games bigger than 1 disk

Nipedley · 15 January 2009, 14:57

Hi there, my apologies if this is a repeat question - i did try searching and read back through 7 pages of threads to no avail!

I have a standard Amiga 1200, kickstart & workbench 3.0, 85mb Seagate 3400rpm hard drive. I installed WHDLoad and got some games across using CrossDOS, but I find that any games over 1 disk seem to give me some trouble.
Games like Stunt car racer, Alfred Chicken (<880kb) work just fine but games bigger dont. Cannon Fodder for example, completely freezes about every 4 seconds while accessing the HDD. Lemmings never loads, I gave it 15 minutes and it eventually got to a black flashing 'Psygnosis' screen before I got bored. Project X takes about 5 or 6 minutes to load, again with this black flashing screen before and the same happened with Zool black flashing screen. I tried putting NoCache in the tooltypes, and Preload is always listed in there.
Is this my hard drive being too slow? A known WHDLoad problem? Someone help

StingRay · 15 January 2009, 15:07

Let me guess, your A1200 has only 2MB RAM? If so, that's where your problem comes from as WHDLoad can't buffer more than 1 disk image in RAM with only 2MB.

turrican3 · 15 January 2009, 15:07

how much memory do you have ?
did you just have the 2 mega chip ram ?
If yes, buy a card to add fast ram .
Because whdload preload disk or files in ram but if you don't have enough ram, or it doesn't launch or the swap with the os is really slow.

Nipedley · 15 January 2009, 15:33

Ah, that would make sense. Any ideas where I could get some fast ram relatively cheap in the UK? I forgot just how much the disk swapping gets on my nerves!

Thanks for the help guys 'n' gals

15 January 2009, 14:57	#1
Nipedley Registered User Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Cornwall, England Age: 34 Posts: 84	Having trouble games bigger than 1 disk Hi there, my apologies if this is a repeat question - i did try searching and read back through 7 pages of threads to no avail! I have a standard Amiga 1200, kickstart & workbench 3.0, 85mb Seagate 3400rpm hard drive. I installed WHDLoad and got some games across using CrossDOS, but I find that any games over 1 disk seem to give me some trouble. Games like Stunt car racer, Alfred Chicken (<880kb) work just fine but games bigger dont. Cannon Fodder for example, completely freezes about every 4 seconds while accessing the HDD. Lemmings never loads, I gave it 15 minutes and it eventually got to a black flashing 'Psygnosis' screen before I got bored. Project X takes about 5 or 6 minutes to load, again with this black flashing screen before and the same happened with Zool black flashing screen. I tried putting NoCache in the tooltypes, and Preload is always listed in there. Is this my hard drive being too slow? A known WHDLoad problem? Someone help

Similar Threads
Thread	Thread Starter	Forum	Replies	Last Post
trouble running a game from the hottest pd games #5	dazel	support.WinUAE	4	07 September 2010 00:48
bigger hard drive	jailer	support.Other	1	07 February 2009 09:19
Need bigger formatted disk for Test Drive 2 playdisk	Duel	New to Emulation or Amiga scene	9	05 November 2007 08:30
ClassicWB and HD's bigger then 4GB ?	Michaelm	project.ClassicWB	14	15 January 2007 10:49
Bigger collection than EmuChina	Ian	Amiga scene	16	09 December 2001 17:52

15 January 2009, 15:07	#2
StingRay move.l #$c0ff33,throat Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Berlin/Joymoney Posts: 6,863	Let me guess, your A1200 has only 2MB RAM? If so, that's where your problem comes from as WHDLoad can't buffer more than 1 disk image in RAM with only 2MB.

15 January 2009, 15:07	#3
turrican3 Moon 1969 = amiga 1985 Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: belgium Age: 48 Posts: 3,913	how much memory do you have ? did you just have the 2 mega chip ram ? If yes, buy a card to add fast ram . Because whdload preload disk or files in ram but if you don't have enough ram, or it doesn't launch or the swap with the os is really slow.

15 January 2009, 15:33	#4
Nipedley Registered User Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Cornwall, England Age: 34 Posts: 84	Ah, that would make sense. Any ideas where I could get some fast ram relatively cheap in the UK? I forgot just how much the disk swapping gets on my nerves! Thanks for the help guys 'n' gals

Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)