Hired Guns WHDload Error #205 (object not found) on writing "SavedGames/Track00"?

[dex]

Hello everyone, when trying to save in Hired Guns (latest official and registered WHDload) it exits to Workbench and I get the following error: Error #205 (object not found) on writing "SavedGames/Track00"?

Could it be that it wants some "SavedGames" folder to be at some required location? What am I doing wrong? All other games are working fine of course, saving, loading etc. I have all necessary files in the right place I guess (hence the other games are working).

Any ideas?

[Lord Aga]

HG has a terrific HD installer. Why is it WHDloaded in the first place ?
Try the normal installation.

[dex]

Alright, I followed the manual and dragged the install icon ("English") to a drawer on my HD where I usually install my games. However, it keeps telling me "HDInstall Not enough space on target device! Drag this icon into a drawer on your hard disk, then run me from there."

What am I possibly doing wrong here?

I'd still like a solution to the WHDload problem in that case

[Lord Aga]

Wow what a streak of bad luck I'm sorry I can't help you. I must have installed/played HG like a million times, and never had any problems. It was the cleanest and most technically superior game I have ever seen.
Hopefully someone else will know what to do.

Cheers !

[dex]

Yes, I hope so to It's strange, everything's in order and I've installed countless games without problems before. Even on the same system.

[dex]

Hey, I tried it again and the original install worked! Here's what I did (it's either one of these things, or a combination):

Before I accidently started the install from the floppy itself (then the error comes up of course), I then copied it to the other HD but the error kept popping up. I also had 4 drives enabled in WinUAE.

1. I checked "Disable UAEFSDB-support" in the WinUAE options
2. I enabled only the first drive
3. I copied the icon ("English") from the install folder to my HD
4. I started it only after I copied it to the install folder

and it worked.

However, it would STILL be interesting to know why the WHDload version doesn't function

[Lord Aga]

Yipee
But somehow I thought you were installing it on a real Amiga
Possibly some of those options were the problem.

Anyway, have fun now, it is an incredible game

[Anakirob]

Originally Posted by Lord Aga

HG has a terrific HD installer. Why is it WHDloaded in the first place ?

Well, the WHDLoaded version does defeat the copy protection.

Originally Posted by dex

Hello everyone, when trying to save in Hired Guns (latest official and registered WHDload) it exits to Workbench and I get the following error: Error #205 (object not found) on writing "SavedGames/Track00"?

Could it be that it wants some "SavedGames" folder to be at some required location? What am I doing wrong? All other games are working fine of course, saving, loading etc. I have all necessary files in the right place I guess (hence the other games are working).

Any ideas?

It's been a while since I played it, but I seem to recall that it requires you to format a save disk before you can select the save to floppy option.

[mailman]

Originally Posted by dex

Could it be that it wants some "SavedGames" folder to be at some required location? What am I doing wrong? All other games are working fine of course, saving, loading etc. I have all necessary files in the right place I guess (hence the other games are working).

Any ideas?

Is it original or cracked version? If the latter, then it is normal.

[Psygore]

It seems the whd install does not create 'SavedGame' dir, just do a makedir in HiredGuns/game/

[dex]

It have and use the original version of the game. Maybe that helps, thanks Psygore

[Psygore]

if the "SavedGames" does not exit, you can create it yourself.

7 years on and very helpful ,thanks Psygore , your a lifesaver