Old KGLoad Beta Download Thread - Page 3

Bloodwych · 14 December 2008, 14:06

ppill, I'll have a look into it thanks.

KG, should I give your program any extra stack from CLI, or does it handle that itself?

ppill · 14 December 2008, 14:25

It's pretty straightforward to setup. I use it on the CF_ClassicWB boot floppies. Here's the mountlist:

Code:

/*  Mount Entry for the Dynamic Recoverable Ram Disk */

Device = vdisk.device
Unit = 0
Flags = 0x1b
BlockSize = 512
Surfaces = 1
BlocksPerTrack = 32
Reserved = 2
Interleave = 0
LowCyl = 0
HighCyl = 13
BootPri = 6
Buffers = 10
BufMemType = 0x5
DosType = 0x444f5303
Activate = 1

you also need to make the device resident using loadmodule:

Code:

loadmodule devs:vdisk.device reverse

Here's the complete s-s:

Code:

mount vd0:
copy >NIL: df0:boot/ vd0: all
loadmodule devs:vdisk.device reverse

killergorilla · 14 December 2008, 16:47

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bloodwych

ppill, I'll have a look into it thanks.

KG, should I give your program any extra stack from CLI, or does it handle that itself?

Decisions....

Do I pretend to know the answer to that or do I just blag it...

Erm...

Yes Bloodwych, yes it does/you do (delete as appropriate).

Bloodwych · 14 December 2008, 17:30

Thanks for the info ppill.

KG, I'll give it loads of stack to protect it from crashing then!

No seriously, if you haven't had any stability issues perhaps it's fine on the default (4k). I might give it 32, just to be safe.

killergorilla · 14 December 2008, 21:42

Good idea

Might do a little more on it later. We shall see.

Ebster · 15 December 2008, 21:08

will test it this weekend!

killergorilla · 16 December 2008, 00:23

Cool, I plan on updating the current beta with a slightly newer one so any problems anyone finds please let me know so I can try and fix them before the update!

DDNI · 16 December 2008, 08:48

Hi KG,
I get an occassional graphic glitch on the front end when exiting a game. It is a vertical hashed column about 1cm x 6cm it appears on a random part of the screen. I will try and get a photo later. It does not affect the functionality of the frontend.

Will the frontend eventually scan for installed games? Right now It dumps me back to WB if I inadvertantly choose a game that I dont have. This will be more pronounced on my A600 where I will only install a selection of games.

Thanks again!

killergorilla · 16 December 2008, 12:03

It'd be good to see a pic of this...

Is the column mostly green by any chance?

Also, when you say "when exiting a game", what does that mean? When you select a game from the menu?

As for the scanner, yes I will be including a scanner. It'll scan your specified rom paths, and create new database files/folders for all games it finds (they have to be the same names as my KGWHD packs). The frontend is currently only in beta state which is why it just comes with the full games list.

I'll be changing the handling of games which don't exist soon.

DDNI · 16 December 2008, 12:15

Hi KG "when exiting a game" means after playing a game started from the Frontend and pressing the WHDLoad kill key eg. F10.

killergorilla · 16 December 2008, 12:29

Ah, so when the menu reloads itself there is a graphic glitch on the menu.

Does it disappear?

Bloodwych · 16 December 2008, 14:34

Have you uploaded an ECS version yet?

Just so I can dump that in the packs too.

The only ClassicWB pack without your launcher then will be the GAAE, which is kickstart 2.

DDNI · 16 December 2008, 14:34

hi it disappears after playing another game.

killergorilla · 16 December 2008, 14:36

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bloodwych

Have you uploaded an ECS version yet?

Just so I can dump that in the packs too.

The only ClassicWB pack without your launcher then will be the GAAE, which is kickstart 2.

No not yet no.

Although it does work perfectly. I'm going to do a tidy up of the code and update the zips a little for a monday upload. Not sure when you are planning on releasing your ClassicWB updates but maybe you could wait until then?

Quote:

Originally Posted by DDNI

hi it disappears after playing another game.

Ah ok...

If what you describe is what I'm thinking of, it's to do with the screen update. I do have working code that double buffers the screen so stops this happening. I will try and get it in the next update but it may have to wait until beta 3.

Bloodwych · 16 December 2008, 14:40

Great.

That's fine. I'm in no rush. Like I said before, I know your launcher will be under continual development so all I'm doing to the packs is preparing them for it (and future updates) by adding links and RAD: boot ability.

killergorilla · 16 December 2008, 14:49

Ah excellent. You are a good sport.

Happy xmas by the way

Bloodwych · 16 December 2008, 14:51

killergorilla · 16 December 2008, 15:07

Quote:

Originally Posted by DDNI

hi it disappears after playing another game.

What method are you using to reload the menu again? Are you still using the whdload.prefs file to do it? Or are you using the newer scripts I added to a previous post?

DDNI · 16 December 2008, 15:08

I appended the executecleanup line from the KGLoad prefs file to my s/whdload.prefs

killergorilla · 16 December 2008, 15:10

Can you remove that line and try using the method in this post:

http://eab.abime.net/showpost.php?p=487422&postcount=74

(Download the attachment)

DDNI · 16 December 2008, 16:22

Hi KG I tried that.
The frontend does not reload after quitting a game.

killergorilla · 16 December 2008, 16:23

Which files did you replace?

What version are you using, the install one of the boot one?

DDNI · 16 December 2008, 16:28

I am using the installed one for WB.

I unzipped KGload_Test.zip to DH1: where my KGload folder is.

killergorilla · 16 December 2008, 16:33

That's not going to work.

You need to copy the file from the zip in KGLoad/Installed/reboot to your KGLoad dir. So that you overwrite the previous "reboot" file.

DDNI · 16 December 2008, 16:33

The installed download on the front page doesnt have the /Installed or /boot directory.
So I copied reboot from KG_Test.zip to my KGload/kgload directory, overwriting the original reboot file.
The frontend still doesn't reload after quitting a game.

killergorilla · 16 December 2008, 16:44

how are you loading the menu?

DDNI · 16 December 2008, 16:49

double click on the icon in /kgload

killergorilla · 16 December 2008, 16:54

Hmm. Something is amiss then...

can you open your reboot file and paste contents here (it's a plain text file).

DDNI · 16 December 2008, 17:00

cd KGLoad:
kg
IF EXISTS T:KGLoad/GameScript.run
Execute T:KGLoad/GameScript.run
Execute reboot
ENDIF

killergorilla · 16 December 2008, 17:02

I think it may not be able to find reboot afterwards because the GameScript changes the current directory...

Ok,

change it to:

Code:

cd KGLoad:
kg
IF EXISTS T:KGLoad/GameScript.run
Execute T:KGLoad/GameScript.run
cd KGLoad:
Execute reboot
ENDIF

DDNI · 16 December 2008, 17:12

No joy...

killergorilla · 16 December 2008, 17:14

Hmm.

I'm gonna have to give this another test back at home. It's quite tricky to try and troubleshoot without it in front of you.

I'll get back to you.

DDNI · 16 December 2008, 17:15

ok many thanks.

killergorilla · 16 December 2008, 17:29

Doh!

I've been an idiot.

Open up the file KGLoad and edit the contents to match this:

Code:

Assign KGLoad: ""
kg
IF EXISTS T:KGLoad/GameScript.run
	Execute T:KGLoad/GameScript.run
	Execute reboot
ENDIF

And then put reboot back to:

Code:

cd KGLoad:
kg
IF EXISTS T:KGLoad/GameScript.run
	Execute T:KGLoad/GameScript.run
	Execute reboot
ENDIF

(I'll probably be slightly changing the way this is handled somewhere down the line, so that only one file would need updating in the future).

DDNI · 16 December 2008, 21:22

Hi KG I have made those edits.
The first time that I ran the frontend after making the edits I got a yellow recoverable alert, which resolved and the game (Ruff n tumble) started. The game then crashed on pressing the exit key.
This has not occurred since rebooting, and games run fine, though the frontend still is not reloaded on exiting a game.

killergorilla · 17 December 2008, 09:16

Weird.

Wait until the next update and I'll make sure all is working

DDNI · 17 December 2008, 10:26

ok no problems at all. Playing with the beta is more fun than alot of the games

Nostromo · 04 January 2009, 09:58

Any new updates on KGLoad?

Thanks!

killergorilla · 05 January 2009, 08:54

There will be!

Had a busy xmas so have had no time for any coding. Should get back to it soon enough.

I do have a new forum on EAB though! http://eab.abime.net/forumdisplay.php?f=103

WOOOSH!

Retro-Nerd · 19 February 2009, 16:02

I hope the next beta is out before 2012. The Maya calender says we are all dead then.

14 December 2008, 14:06	#81
Bloodwych Moderator Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: I'm behind you! Posts: 3,699	ppill, I'll have a look into it thanks. KG, should I give your program any extra stack from CLI, or does it handle that itself? __________________ Live Long and Procrastinate A500 Batman Pack Classic Workbench

14 December 2008, 14:25	#82
ppill CON: artist Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Poland Age: 32 Posts: 1,125	It's pretty straightforward to setup. I use it on the CF_ClassicWB boot floppies. Here's the mountlist: Code: /* Mount Entry for the Dynamic Recoverable Ram Disk / Device = vdisk.device Unit = 0 Flags = 0x1b BlockSize = 512 Surfaces = 1 BlocksPerTrack = 32 Reserved = 2 Interleave = 0 LowCyl = 0 HighCyl = 13 BootPri = 6 Buffers = 10 BufMemType = 0x5 DosType = 0x444f5303 Activate = 1 you also need to make the device resident using loadmodule: Code: loadmodule devs:vdisk.device reverse Here's the complete s-s: Code: mount vd0: copy >NIL: df0:boot/ vd0: all loadmodule devs:vdisk.device reverse __________________ ADF* transfers proving a hassle? Check out Hombre. ComFy (ADF/PCMCIA transfer package).

14 December 2008, 17:30	#84
Bloodwych Moderator Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: I'm behind you! Posts: 3,699	Thanks for the info ppill. KG, I'll give it loads of stack to protect it from crashing then! No seriously, if you haven't had any stability issues perhaps it's fine on the default (4k). I might give it 32, just to be safe. __________________ Live Long and Procrastinate A500 Batman Pack Classic Workbench

14 December 2008, 21:42	#85
killergorilla Lesser Talent Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: UK Age: 31 Posts: 7,888	Good idea Might do a little more on it later. We shall see. __________________ I'm totally gratified that people find Interceptor worthy of being downloaded and played after so many years especially in light of its rather rudimentary visual content by standards constantly increasing over time.

16 December 2008, 00:23	#87
killergorilla Lesser Talent Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: UK Age: 31 Posts: 7,888	Cool, I plan on updating the current beta with a slightly newer one so any problems anyone finds please let me know so I can try and fix them before the update! __________________ I'm totally gratified that people find Interceptor worthy of being downloaded and played after so many years especially in light of its rather rudimentary visual content by standards constantly increasing over time.

15 December 2008, 21:08	#86
Ebster Registered User Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Frankfurt / Germany Age: 37 Posts: 271	will test it this weekend!

16 December 2008, 08:48	#88
DDNI Targ Explorer Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Northern Ireland Age: 38 Posts: 4,534	Hi KG, I get an occassional graphic glitch on the front end when exiting a game. It is a vertical hashed column about 1cm x 6cm it appears on a random part of the screen. I will try and get a photo later. It does not affect the functionality of the frontend. Will the frontend eventually scan for installed games? Right now It dumps me back to WB if I inadvertantly choose a game that I dont have. This will be more pronounced on my A600 where I will only install a selection of games. Thanks again! __________________ A1200D Blizzard 1230 MKIV 50Mhz 32mb RAM, 4GB HDD, CWB Full. AmigaOne X1000 AmigaOS.net The home of AmigaOS Twitter @AllanU74 _/-\| \|\/\| \| (-, \|-\_

16 December 2008, 12:03	#89
killergorilla Lesser Talent Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: UK Age: 31 Posts: 7,888	It'd be good to see a pic of this... Is the column mostly green by any chance? Also, when you say "when exiting a game", what does that mean? When you select a game from the menu? As for the scanner, yes I will be including a scanner. It'll scan your specified rom paths, and create new database files/folders for all games it finds (they have to be the same names as my KGWHD packs). The frontend is currently only in beta state which is why it just comes with the full games list. I'll be changing the handling of games which don't exist soon. __________________ I'm totally gratified that people find Interceptor worthy of being downloaded and played after so many years especially in light of its rather rudimentary visual content by standards constantly increasing over time.

16 December 2008, 12:15	#90
DDNI Targ Explorer Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Northern Ireland Age: 38 Posts: 4,534	Hi KG "when exiting a game" means after playing a game started from the Frontend and pressing the WHDLoad kill key eg. F10. __________________ A1200D Blizzard 1230 MKIV 50Mhz 32mb RAM, 4GB HDD, CWB Full. AmigaOne X1000 AmigaOS.net The home of AmigaOS Twitter @AllanU74 _/-\| \|\/\| \| (-, \|-\_

16 December 2008, 12:29	#91
killergorilla Lesser Talent Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: UK Age: 31 Posts: 7,888	Ah, so when the menu reloads itself there is a graphic glitch on the menu. Does it disappear? __________________ I'm totally gratified that people find Interceptor worthy of being downloaded and played after so many years especially in light of its rather rudimentary visual content by standards constantly increasing over time.

16 December 2008, 14:34	#92
Bloodwych Moderator Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: I'm behind you! Posts: 3,699	Have you uploaded an ECS version yet? Just so I can dump that in the packs too. The only ClassicWB pack without your launcher then will be the GAAE, which is kickstart 2. __________________ Live Long and Procrastinate A500 Batman Pack Classic Workbench

16 December 2008, 14:40	#95
Bloodwych Moderator Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: I'm behind you! Posts: 3,699	Great. That's fine. I'm in no rush. Like I said before, I know your launcher will be under continual development so all I'm doing to the packs is preparing them for it (and future updates) by adding links and RAD: boot ability. __________________ Live Long and Procrastinate A500 Batman Pack Classic Workbench

16 December 2008, 14:49	#96
killergorilla Lesser Talent Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: UK Age: 31 Posts: 7,888	Ah excellent. You are a good sport. Happy xmas by the way __________________ I'm totally gratified that people find Interceptor worthy of being downloaded and played after so many years especially in light of its rather rudimentary visual content by standards constantly increasing over time.

16 December 2008, 14:51	#97
Bloodwych Moderator Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: I'm behind you! Posts: 3,699	__________________ Live Long and Procrastinate A500 Batman Pack Classic Workbench

16 December 2008, 15:08	#99
DDNI Targ Explorer Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Northern Ireland Age: 38 Posts: 4,534	I appended the executecleanup line from the KGLoad prefs file to my s/whdload.prefs __________________ A1200D Blizzard 1230 MKIV 50Mhz 32mb RAM, 4GB HDD, CWB Full. AmigaOne X1000 AmigaOS.net The home of AmigaOS Twitter @AllanU74 _/-\| \|\/\| \| (-, \|-\_

16 December 2008, 15:10	#100
killergorilla Lesser Talent Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: UK Age: 31 Posts: 7,888	Can you remove that line and try using the method in this post: http://eab.abime.net/showpost.php?p=487422&postcount=74 (Download the attachment) __________________ I'm totally gratified that people find Interceptor worthy of being downloaded and played after so many years especially in light of its rather rudimentary visual content by standards constantly increasing over time.

16 December 2008, 16:22	#101
DDNI Targ Explorer Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Northern Ireland Age: 38 Posts: 4,534	Hi KG I tried that. The frontend does not reload after quitting a game. __________________ A1200D Blizzard 1230 MKIV 50Mhz 32mb RAM, 4GB HDD, CWB Full. AmigaOne X1000 AmigaOS.net The home of AmigaOS Twitter @AllanU74 _/-\| \|\/\| \| (-, \|-\_

16 December 2008, 16:23	#102
killergorilla Lesser Talent Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: UK Age: 31 Posts: 7,888	Which files did you replace? What version are you using, the install one of the boot one? __________________ I'm totally gratified that people find Interceptor worthy of being downloaded and played after so many years especially in light of its rather rudimentary visual content by standards constantly increasing over time.

16 December 2008, 16:28	#103
DDNI Targ Explorer Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Northern Ireland Age: 38 Posts: 4,534	I am using the installed one for WB. I unzipped KGload_Test.zip to DH1: where my KGload folder is. __________________ A1200D Blizzard 1230 MKIV 50Mhz 32mb RAM, 4GB HDD, CWB Full. AmigaOne X1000 AmigaOS.net The home of AmigaOS Twitter @AllanU74 _/-\| \|\/\| \| (-, \|-\_

16 December 2008, 16:33	#104
killergorilla Lesser Talent Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: UK Age: 31 Posts: 7,888	That's not going to work. You need to copy the file from the zip in KGLoad/Installed/reboot to your KGLoad dir. So that you overwrite the previous "reboot" file. __________________ I'm totally gratified that people find Interceptor worthy of being downloaded and played after so many years especially in light of its rather rudimentary visual content by standards constantly increasing over time.

16 December 2008, 16:33	#105
DDNI Targ Explorer Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Northern Ireland Age: 38 Posts: 4,534	The installed download on the front page doesnt have the /Installed or /boot directory. So I copied reboot from KG_Test.zip to my KGload/kgload directory, overwriting the original reboot file. The frontend still doesn't reload after quitting a game. __________________ A1200D Blizzard 1230 MKIV 50Mhz 32mb RAM, 4GB HDD, CWB Full. AmigaOne X1000 AmigaOS.net The home of AmigaOS Twitter @AllanU74 _/-\| \|\/\| \| (-, \|-\_

16 December 2008, 16:44	#106
killergorilla Lesser Talent Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: UK Age: 31 Posts: 7,888	how are you loading the menu? __________________ I'm totally gratified that people find Interceptor worthy of being downloaded and played after so many years especially in light of its rather rudimentary visual content by standards constantly increasing over time.

16 December 2008, 16:49	#107
DDNI Targ Explorer Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Northern Ireland Age: 38 Posts: 4,534	double click on the icon in /kgload __________________ A1200D Blizzard 1230 MKIV 50Mhz 32mb RAM, 4GB HDD, CWB Full. AmigaOne X1000 AmigaOS.net The home of AmigaOS Twitter @AllanU74 _/-\| \|\/\| \| (-, \|-\_

16 December 2008, 16:54	#108
killergorilla Lesser Talent Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: UK Age: 31 Posts: 7,888	Hmm. Something is amiss then... can you open your reboot file and paste contents here (it's a plain text file). __________________ I'm totally gratified that people find Interceptor worthy of being downloaded and played after so many years especially in light of its rather rudimentary visual content by standards constantly increasing over time.

16 December 2008, 17:00	#109
DDNI Targ Explorer Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Northern Ireland Age: 38 Posts: 4,534	cd KGLoad: kg IF EXISTS T:KGLoad/GameScript.run Execute T:KGLoad/GameScript.run Execute reboot ENDIF __________________ A1200D Blizzard 1230 MKIV 50Mhz 32mb RAM, 4GB HDD, CWB Full. AmigaOne X1000 AmigaOS.net The home of AmigaOS Twitter @AllanU74 _/-\| \|\/\| \| (-, \|-\_

16 December 2008, 17:02	#110
killergorilla Lesser Talent Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: UK Age: 31 Posts: 7,888	I think it may not be able to find reboot afterwards because the GameScript changes the current directory... Ok, change it to: Code: cd KGLoad: kg IF EXISTS T:KGLoad/GameScript.run Execute T:KGLoad/GameScript.run cd KGLoad: Execute reboot ENDIF __________________ I'm totally gratified that people find Interceptor worthy of being downloaded and played after so many years especially in light of its rather rudimentary visual content by standards constantly increasing over time.

16 December 2008, 17:12	#111
DDNI Targ Explorer Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Northern Ireland Age: 38 Posts: 4,534	No joy... __________________ A1200D Blizzard 1230 MKIV 50Mhz 32mb RAM, 4GB HDD, CWB Full. AmigaOne X1000 AmigaOS.net The home of AmigaOS Twitter @AllanU74 _/-\| \|\/\| \| (-, \|-\_

16 December 2008, 17:14	#112
killergorilla Lesser Talent Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: UK Age: 31 Posts: 7,888	Hmm. I'm gonna have to give this another test back at home. It's quite tricky to try and troubleshoot without it in front of you. I'll get back to you. __________________ I'm totally gratified that people find Interceptor worthy of being downloaded and played after so many years especially in light of its rather rudimentary visual content by standards constantly increasing over time.

16 December 2008, 17:15	#113
DDNI Targ Explorer Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Northern Ireland Age: 38 Posts: 4,534	ok many thanks. __________________ A1200D Blizzard 1230 MKIV 50Mhz 32mb RAM, 4GB HDD, CWB Full. AmigaOne X1000 AmigaOS.net The home of AmigaOS Twitter @AllanU74 _/-\| \|\/\| \| (-, \|-\_

16 December 2008, 17:29	#114
killergorilla Lesser Talent Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: UK Age: 31 Posts: 7,888	Doh! I've been an idiot. Open up the file KGLoad and edit the contents to match this: Code: Assign KGLoad: "" kg IF EXISTS T:KGLoad/GameScript.run Execute T:KGLoad/GameScript.run Execute reboot ENDIF And then put reboot back to: Code: cd KGLoad: kg IF EXISTS T:KGLoad/GameScript.run Execute T:KGLoad/GameScript.run Execute reboot ENDIF (I'll probably be slightly changing the way this is handled somewhere down the line, so that only one file would need updating in the future). __________________ I'm totally gratified that people find Interceptor worthy of being downloaded and played after so many years especially in light of its rather rudimentary visual content by standards constantly increasing over time.

16 December 2008, 21:22	#115
DDNI Targ Explorer Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Northern Ireland Age: 38 Posts: 4,534	Hi KG I have made those edits. The first time that I ran the frontend after making the edits I got a yellow recoverable alert, which resolved and the game (Ruff n tumble) started. The game then crashed on pressing the exit key. This has not occurred since rebooting, and games run fine, though the frontend still is not reloaded on exiting a game. __________________ A1200D Blizzard 1230 MKIV 50Mhz 32mb RAM, 4GB HDD, CWB Full. AmigaOne X1000 AmigaOS.net The home of AmigaOS Twitter @AllanU74 _/-\| \|\/\| \| (-, \|-\_ Last edited by DDNI; 16 December 2008 at 23:06.

17 December 2008, 09:16	#116
killergorilla Lesser Talent Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: UK Age: 31 Posts: 7,888	Weird. Wait until the next update and I'll make sure all is working __________________ I'm totally gratified that people find Interceptor worthy of being downloaded and played after so many years especially in light of its rather rudimentary visual content by standards constantly increasing over time.

17 December 2008, 10:26	#117
DDNI Targ Explorer Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Northern Ireland Age: 38 Posts: 4,534	ok no problems at all. Playing with the beta is more fun than alot of the games __________________ A1200D Blizzard 1230 MKIV 50Mhz 32mb RAM, 4GB HDD, CWB Full. AmigaOne X1000 AmigaOS.net The home of AmigaOS Twitter @AllanU74 _/-\| \|\/\| \| (-, \|-\_

04 January 2009, 09:58	#118
Nostromo Registered User Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Malta Posts: 183	Any new updates on KGLoad? Thanks!

05 January 2009, 08:54	#119
killergorilla Lesser Talent Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: UK Age: 31 Posts: 7,888	There will be! Had a busy xmas so have had no time for any coding. Should get back to it soon enough. I do have a new forum on EAB though! http://eab.abime.net/forumdisplay.php?f=103 WOOOSH! __________________ I'm totally gratified that people find Interceptor worthy of being downloaded and played after so many years especially in light of its rather rudimentary visual content by standards constantly increasing over time.