01 May 2016, 19:14 | #1 |
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Phoenix Fighters - "HD install" --> "ADFs"
Hello there,
This weekend in my spare time I've been working on another "HD install" --> "ADFs" project This time it's: "Phoenix Fighters": http://hol.abime.net/1048 You need to use an AGA configuration with at least 2MB Chip & 1MB Fast RAM; though I just use a 2MB Chip & 4MB Fast RAM configuration... As per usual; you can use this set with 1 or 2 disks drives... Anyway; archive now in The Zone! and also on the EAB file server with the rest of my "HD install" --> "ADFs" archives under the directory "~Uploads/DamienD/HD INSTALL --> ADFS" Hopefully WinUAE / GameBase Amiga / A1200 Gotek / A1200 users without hard drives will appreciated this. Comments / feedback; let me know |
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thanks for another one
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02 May 2016, 13:14 | #3 |
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Slight update to the archive which means that it will also work with the following configuration:
... 68000 / ECS / KS 3.1 / 2MB Chip & 1MB Slow RAM Updated archive in The Zone! and also on the EAB file server under the directory "~Uploads/DamienD/HD INSTALL --> ADFS" |
02 May 2016, 13:30 | #4 |
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Oh, I should point out that the title screen has less colours when using ECS than AGA:
ECS: AGA: HOL also mentions; 68020 CPU or higher (for enhanced graphical effects + other improvements) ...so if you can use AGA |
02 May 2016, 20:55 | #5 |
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Thanks DamienD
This HD - ADF series are cool You really got the trick to make HD only games work with floppy and ADF images my friend. Thank you again |
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They are getting easier as I use the same logic to create any new ones... Saying that, Gloom 97 Special Edition took me a few days to work out http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=82422 ... Install to .HDF. ... Created a logical file structure. ... Delete / edit out the DLM cracktro that seemed to cause issues. ... Package up into 3 x .LZX files and then copy to 3 x .ADFs. ... Write the "s/startup-sequence" & "s/startup-sequence2" along with copying required "c" / "l" / "libs" / "s" directory files etc. ... Get around the "LoadWB" issue. ... Test etc. Yes, I get that installing games to a .HDF (or on a real Amiga with hard drive) isn't that difficult when you know how and in the last few weeks I've learnt how to achieve this ...but; the Amiga is a complex machine compared to Windows (for me anyway) and not everyone has the luxury of having a hard drive. I'll share a lovely PM that I received from PortugesePilot a few weeks ago (as I'm sure he won't mind): Quote:
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...so I will keep making these when I can. There are of course limitations due to the size of the files on a hard drive and then the amount of RAM one can set in WinUAE (or has in a real Amiga). Anyway; I'm happy to be giving people a different option and very glad to hear that someone appreciates my work |
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Thanks for this one Damien, but why so much memory as HOL mentions 1 Mb required ?
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The files from the hard drive install can be large so... I then compress all directories / files, put onto separate .ADFs and create scripts to uncompress / swap disks / start the game etc... When booting the files uncompress into RAM. That's why the RAM requirements are high. ...but it's the only way that I know of to run these "HD only" games without actually having a hard drive. |
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24 October 2016, 19:04 | #9 |
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Thanks for these informations Damien, i should by extra RAM so !
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