Playing WHDLoad games from CD-ROM

Galaxy · 08 October 2004, 22:52

Is it possible to play WHDLoad games on a real Amiga from a CD-ROM?

I gather a lot will probably work, but what about games that need write access - is it possible to save the changes to HD (similar to that used by WinUAE for CAPS releases)?

Wepl · 08 October 2004, 23:15

WHDLoad detects a ReadOnly medium and if a game is started from it silently ignores all write operations. That means no highscores or savegames will be saved.
If you try to save something from the game it seems to save (from the games point of view) but WHDLoad will not write anything.

killergorilla · 09 October 2004, 17:29

Ah now that is a very clever thing to do.

I never knew that!

Galaxy · 09 October 2004, 23:11

That's great. Thanks for the info.

08 October 2004, 22:52	#1
Galaxy Registered User Join Date: May 2004 Location: Canberra, Australia Age: 46 Posts: 1,417	Playing WHDLoad games from CD-ROM Is it possible to play WHDLoad games on a real Amiga from a CD-ROM? I gather a lot will probably work, but what about games that need write access - is it possible to save the changes to HD (similar to that used by WinUAE for CAPS releases)?

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08 October 2004, 23:15	#2
Wepl Moderator Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Germany Posts: 866	WHDLoad detects a ReadOnly medium and if a game is started from it silently ignores all write operations. That means no highscores or savegames will be saved. If you try to save something from the game it seems to save (from the games point of view) but WHDLoad will not write anything.

09 October 2004, 17:29	#3
killergorilla Lesser Talent Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: UK Age: 42 Posts: 7,957	Ah now that is a very clever thing to do. I never knew that!

09 October 2004, 23:11	#4
Galaxy Registered User Join Date: May 2004 Location: Canberra, Australia Age: 46 Posts: 1,417	That's great. Thanks for the info.

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