Mac titles for CD32 via Shapeshifter?

[DamienD]

Don't worry; have now figured it out... I needed to move "Warcraft.hfv" to the newly created "Mac" folder to replicate your setup on CF card.

[DamienD]

Phew, now that I figured out what hacking I needed to do... I created a fresh .HDF.

All completed so began testing

All was looking good; I played the game twice, completely quitting WinUAE / restarting emulation in between.

...but then I got the dreaded error again:



This keeps occurring everytime when loading afterwards, so same situation as previous for me

Only way to fix is to re-extract the fresh .HDF again but it's only good for 1 or 2 plays.

[Retro1234]

What needs replacing the Mac OS System HFV or The Warcraft HFV?

If it the Warcraft HFV it can be copied to Ram then it will never get overwritten.

[DamienD]

Found a solution; don't know why I didn't think of this earlier

Anyway, it's the "OS" .hfv file that once getting written to and then after totally quitting / restarting emulation, won't work again for some strange reason.

So... I made a copy of the original "Startupdisk.hfv" and renamed it "Startupdisk_base.hfv". I then added this to the "S/Startup-Sequence":

Delete SYS:Startupdisk.hfv >NIL:
Copy SYS:Startupdisk_base.hfv Startupdisk.hfv

Next thing was that I wanted to get rid of the annoying "Startup Options" screen:

Originally Posted by wairnair

Warcraft1.0.8.sit_.bin (70.77 MB) works but your units crawl (fastest game speed) despite everything else is super fast.

Next thing I wanted to do with v1.1 was to set the "Game Speed" from "Normal" --> "Faster".



I set both of the above; and then using HFVExplorer; ripped the "Warcraft Preferences" file out of the "System Folder" --> "Preferences" folder from the modified "Starterdisk.hfv". I then inserted this into a clean "Starterdisk.hfv" that hadn't been run yet.

All is now working perfectly; very happy

The one downside is that you can't save game progress as after restarting these will be lost (due to "Startupdisk.hfv" overwrite); but "Save States" seemed to work fine when I tested

Only one last thing that could help improve this game; and it's not something that I know how to do...

I noticed that if you select "Reply Introduction" you then get a message about needing "Quicktime" installed:



If this was installed in the "OS" .hfv file then you'd see the intro, any cutscenes and the game ending video

[wairnair]

I think simply the second hdd is not set to RAM:GameHDD. hvf but something else on my physical hdd.
I can make a prefs file based on the compilation's prefs plus the changes.

But, if you can go to the ShapeShifter folder and start it from workbench it brings up its prefs window. It's very straightforward to use. The 2 checkboxes are on the SCSI pane.

[DamienD]

Originally Posted by wairnair

I think simply the second hdd is not set to RAM:GameHDD. hvf but something else on my physical hdd.
I can make a prefs file based on the compilation's prefs plus the changes.

Thanks man, but I'm sorted with that part now and moved on to improve the situation; as detailed in my post above and here

The only thing needed now is for "Quicktime" to be installed on the "OS" . HFV file; and then hopefully you'd see the intro, any cutscenes and the game ending video

Originally Posted by wairnair

But, if you can go to the ShapeShifter folder and start it from workbench it brings up its prefs window. It's very straightforward to use. The 2 checkboxes are on the SCSI pane.

I'll have to try this again; last time I failed big time

[wairnair]

odd, I've seen intro anims for both races using this os hvf.

[DamienD]

Originally Posted by wairnair

odd, I've seen intro anims for both races using this os hvf.

Oh I see these, if that's what you're talking about:





I'm talking about the introduction, possibly cutscenes and the game ending which will probably be video

This is what happens if you click on "Reply introduction":

[wairnair]

I'll check Quicktime. I'm afraid there won't be enough space on the OS hvf and I have yet to figure out how to duplicate the OS to a bigger hvf.
On Amiga it's a simple copy in Shell. Too bad there's no shell in these old mac os's.

If anyone knows how this can be done please don' t hold back
(worst case is a reinstall)

[DamienD]

Just noticed that there are graphics not shown correctly after finishing a stage:



I haven't tried in v1.08 to see if the same thing occurs; but I'll do that now.

Originally Posted by wairnair

I'll check Quicktime. I'm afraid there won't be enough space on the OS hvf and I have yet to figure out how to duplicate the OS to a bigger hvf.
On Amiga it's a simple copy in Shell. Too bad there's no shell in these old mac os's.

If anyone knows how this can be done please don' t hold back
(worst case is a reinstall)

Cheers wairnair; really appreciate all your hard work with these installs; and thanks for looking into this

[DamienD]

Ok, just tested "v1.08" and the "Victory" screen isn't corrupt:



Just to be sure that it wasn't a random glitch with "v1.1"; I retested but unfortunately:



Shame really; as I liked the look of "v1.1" over "v1.08", but considering this issue, I may change over to "v1.08".

v1.08:



v1.1:



Unless of course the installation of QuickTime fixes the issue in "v1.1"... it may, considering it handles many graphics / video formats and needs to be installed anyway

[Seiya]

Originally Posted by wairnair

I'll check Quicktime. I'm afraid there won't be enough space on the OS hvf and I have yet to figure out how to duplicate the OS to a bigger hvf.

you have to create a bigger hardfile and then reinstall MacOS.

i have tried Warcraft.toast and Warcraft 1.08 and with shapeshifter works good. i can see any cutscens and if i press "replay introduction" i can see again it without problems.
on an old CU Amiga Cover CD there is some Mac File ready to use. I think it is 7.5.3 and then you can upgrade to 7.5.5. freely. Of course you can download 7.5.5 from that Mac repository and then install on new bigger hardfile.

[DamienD]

Originally Posted by Seiya

i have tried Warcraft.toast and Warcraft 1.08 and with shapeshifter works good. i can see any cutscens and if i press "replay introduction" i can see again it without problems.

I presume that means you have QuickTime installed on your Mac OS for these to work?

Also; no graphics corruption at the "Victory" screen with v1.1?

[Seiya]

i don't try 1.1, but i'll do it soon. But where is 1.1? on Mac Garden there is only 1.08

[wairnair]

Reinstalled .hvf of Mac OS 7.5.5 in the Zone. Has Quicktime and Toast.
Warcraft plays intro. I leave you to test victory screen



edit: btw install was a real PITA as 7.5.3 can't mount disk images by default Disk Copy 4.2 wouldn't work with it, Toast needed serial then it could mount 7.5.5 floppy images but Toast needed restart for each floppy image

Anyways, I wanted to keep OS size down thinking about using it on my compilation CD. Turns out a 30MB disk would've sufficed, now it's 40MB.. But I don't feel like reinstalling again. Don't know how the guy who made "Starterdisk.hfv" could fit this in 10MB.

[wairnair]

Originally Posted by Seiya

i don't try 1.1, but i'll do it soon. But where is 1.1? on Mac Garden there is only 1.08

Hmm not sure where I got it from but it's in my Mega upload zip, https://mega.nz/#!94QyVIbb!HBOxDw_df...DFJli_4Xl7MIHM

It's called "Warcraft_crashy.hfv"

[DamienD]

Originally Posted by wairnair

Reinstalled .hvf of Mac OS 7.5.5 in the Zone. Has Quicktime and Toast.
Warcraft plays intro. I leave you to test victory screen

Awesome news; many thanks wairnair

I'll update my stand-alone .HDF, test the "Victory" screen and report back

[wairnair]

Originally Posted by DamienD

Awesome news; many thanks wairnair

I'll update my stand-alone .HDF, test the "Victory" screen and report back

v1.1 crashy isn't all that crashy after all.
Victory screen now plays a little anim just fine which ends like this

[DamienD]

Cheers wairnair; I just finished testing

So, with QuickTime installed you can watch the Introduction. There are also extra video parts on the "Objectives" screen and the "Victory" screen:

Objectives:





Victory:

Originally Posted by wairnair

v1.1 crashy isn't all that crashy after all.

As you say, now the game loads everytime, even after totally quitting / restarting WinUAE

There are only 2 small downfalls with this new "StarterdiskQT.hfv" which are as follows:

• Takes ages to actually boot.
• If you quit WinUAE, next time you boot you get this screen plus the Trashcan is full.

No big deal

Anyway, off to build a final stand-alone .HDF.

I'm also going to turn the "Game Speed" --> "Fastest" in the Preferences

[wairnair]

Originally Posted by DamienD

Takes ages to actually boot.

While it's not exactly fast I think it's still faster than 7.6.1. You could try disabling some Extensions. That can be done by moving them anywhere out of the Extensions folder.

Originally Posted by DamienD

[*]If you quit WinUAE, next time you boot you get this screen plus the Trashcan is full.

Try making the OS hfv read-only so that it can't save this "reminder".
(this is automatically done on the compilation because of the read-only CD)
It may also be disabled somehow, I don't know.