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Problem with WHDLoad Hunter...
Not sure if this is the right place to put WHDLoad problems but here goes. I've installed Hunter (WHDLoad version of course) to my original unexpanded Amiga 1200 hard drive but I'm having problems with it.
When I tried to run the thing it came up with an error saying it wanted the xpkmaster.library v4+ so I copied this file to my Libs directory on the harddrive. I now get a new error: Quote:
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18 May 2003, 21:18 | #2 |
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You should install XPK properly, rather than just the library:
http://wuarchive.wustl.edu/aminet/ut...k/xpk_User.lha http://wuarchive.wustl.edu/aminet/ut...pk_User.readme The Hunter images are packed, so the other option is to unpack them before running the game. |
18 May 2003, 21:22 | #3 |
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Ok, I'll do a proper install. Thanks Cody.
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18 May 2003, 21:46 | #4 |
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Darn...
I've just installed the XPK package you directed me to. The good news is I don't recieve the first error message now. The bad news is that I'm still getting the second error message.
My conclusion is that it's unpacking the files to RAM. I only have the bog-standard 2MB so I guess it's running out of space in which to unpack the files, which is when the error appears. Looks like it's time to get some fast RAM. |
18 May 2003, 22:32 | #5 |
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It's better to decompress disks images before using. Use XFD for that for example or XPK.
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19 May 2003, 00:14 | #7 |
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XPK (which you downloaded and installed earlier) should have put a command called 'xUp' (xUnpack) into your C directory.
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I find it very odd that the guy bothered to pack the files in the first place. It looks like they were already heavily packed to start with. Both disks which have been packed using XPK come to a total of 314460 bytes. When they are unpacked they both come to a total of 321220 bytes. He's hardly saving any space at all. Why did he bother? |
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19 May 2003, 01:06 | #9 |
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Who did you get the install from?
The files probably came from the official Xmas WHDLoad CDs - all the images are packed on these CDs, rather than being done selectively. |
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Get your facts right!
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Bert is not an idiot you know - anyone that wrote such a brilliant program like WHDLoad would not go around packing thousands of files for 10k savings at a time... Last edited by Codetapper; 28 May 2003 at 13:36. |
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28 May 2003, 14:18 | #12 |
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As an addendum
I would imagine that he being not stupid, doesn't actually pack them by hand, simply sets up the required parameters for the packer and it packs all files in all directories whilst he goes to the pub or something. Or did you think he packed each file singley?
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Get your facts right 2!!
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I realised it had been packed twice because when I came to run the game again, after I'd already unpacked it once, it brought up the same error message. I then unpacked it again and it worked. It was very well compressed. Last edited by Steve; 28 May 2003 at 18:37. |
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