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mr_a500 · 20 January 2005, 13:50

In some cases I like to put more than one game into a folder - sequels (eg. Zeewolf 1 and 2) in same folder, all classic arcade into the same folder and so on - so that I don't have to keep opening folders to play games. (open one folder and see all game icons)

The problem is that most WHDload slaves use the same naming for disks or data - "data" folder, "disk.1". Also with the PRELOAD tooltype set, some games attempt to load everything in the whole folder, not just the game data.

Some game slaves using "data" folders I just binary edited and changed the folder to a different 4 character name and this works nicely. But what can I do for slaves using "disk.1", "disk.2" etc?

Wouldn't it be better if naming was based on game name? Like "Pacmania.disk1" or for data folder "StarWars.data"?

20 January 2005, 13:50	#1
mr_a500 Amiga-based Cyborg Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Canada Posts: 808	Multiple games in the same folder In some cases I like to put more than one game into a folder - sequels (eg. Zeewolf 1 and 2) in same folder, all classic arcade into the same folder and so on - so that I don't have to keep opening folders to play games. (open one folder and see all game icons) The problem is that most WHDload slaves use the same naming for disks or data - "data" folder, "disk.1". Also with the PRELOAD tooltype set, some games attempt to load everything in the whole folder, not just the game data. Some game slaves using "data" folders I just binary edited and changed the folder to a different 4 character name and this works nicely. But what can I do for slaves using "disk.1", "disk.2" etc? Wouldn't it be better if naming was based on game name? Like "Pacmania.disk1" or for data folder "StarWars.data"?