Winuae noob help with workbench

29 December 2011, 10:14

Hi everyone. I've actually got 2 problems. I'm completely new to amiga emulation and I don't have a clue as to what I'm doing. I downloaded Pool of Radiance and started a new game. I created my first character, and the game asked me to insert a POOLSAVE disk. I pressed F12, clicked on FLOPPIES, clicked on CREATE STANDARD DISK, named a disk POOLSAVE.adf and loaded the image on DF0, went back into the game and clicked on the RETRY button but it didn't accept it. I then downloaded a blank save disk from "The Zone!" titled save.adf and tried loading that image onto DF0, but it didn't accept that either. I then read about creating my own save disk by formatting one using WORKBENCH. The problem is I don't know how to use WORKBENCH. If it try starting the Amiga OS emulation without having a game already loaded on the DF0 drive, I get a white screen with a picture of a floppy disk that says WORKBENCH on it and nothing happens. It's like I'm seeing the title screen for WORKBENCH, but I don't know how to get in and use it.

s2325 · 29 December 2011, 10:27

I think you need to write-enable ADF.

Arnie · 29 December 2011, 12:56

Workbench comes on a floppy disk.

It sounds like you have kickstart1.3 selected therefore you will need Workbench 1.3.

Don't ask here where you can get them, google is your friend

Morbane · 29 December 2011, 13:23

Create a floppy in WInUAE name it POOLSAVE

You have to manually swap the disk into DF1 to save a game - just make sure that DF1 is actually enabled. I think that is how I got it working since I recently hadthe exact problem and that was the best solution as the PoR UI does not support more than DF0 and DF1

cosmiq · 29 December 2011, 15:32

>> It's like I'm seeing the title screen for WORKBENCH, but I don't know how to get in and use it.

I lolled

When I think about it, he's actually right haha.

29 December 2011, 10:14	#1
mr_durdan Posts: n/a	Winuae noob help with workbench Hi everyone. I've actually got 2 problems. I'm completely new to amiga emulation and I don't have a clue as to what I'm doing. I downloaded Pool of Radiance and started a new game. I created my first character, and the game asked me to insert a POOLSAVE disk. I pressed F12, clicked on FLOPPIES, clicked on CREATE STANDARD DISK, named a disk POOLSAVE.adf and loaded the image on DF0, went back into the game and clicked on the RETRY button but it didn't accept it. I then downloaded a blank save disk from "The Zone!" titled save.adf and tried loading that image onto DF0, but it didn't accept that either. I then read about creating my own save disk by formatting one using WORKBENCH. The problem is I don't know how to use WORKBENCH. If it try starting the Amiga OS emulation without having a game already loaded on the DF0 drive, I get a white screen with a picture of a floppy disk that says WORKBENCH on it and nothing happens. It's like I'm seeing the title screen for WORKBENCH, but I don't know how to get in and use it.

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29 December 2011, 10:27	#2
s2325 Zone Friend Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Gargore Age: 43 Posts: 17,789	I think you need to write-enable ADF.

29 December 2011, 12:56	#3
Arnie R.I.P Smudge 18-08-16 Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Leicester/UK Age: 66 Posts: 3,968	Workbench comes on a floppy disk. It sounds like you have kickstart1.3 selected therefore you will need Workbench 1.3. Don't ask here where you can get them, google is your friend

29 December 2011, 13:23	#4
Morbane Sub-Dimensional Array Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Australia Posts: 123	Create a floppy in WInUAE name it POOLSAVE You have to manually swap the disk into DF1 to save a game - just make sure that DF1 is actually enabled. I think that is how I got it working since I recently hadthe exact problem and that was the best solution as the PoR UI does not support more than DF0 and DF1

29 December 2011, 15:32	#5
cosmiq Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Holland Age: 41 Posts: 314	>> It's like I'm seeing the title screen for WORKBENCH, but I don't know how to get in and use it. I lolled When I think about it, he's actually right haha.

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