06 April 2007, 20:12 | #1 |
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Many WHDLoad games don't work anymore.
For some reason, a number of WHDLoad games does not work anymore in my Amiga.
I'm using what I think it the latest version (16.7), and I own an 1200 with 10MBs RAM, Workbench 3.1. These days, only one out of two WHDLoad games I download works. The weird thing is that already installed games that used to work before no longer do. Usually I get one of the two problems: -A black screen is displayed, it never goes away -The game starts loading, then the graphics freeze I downloaded most of my games from Amiga Magix and other websites that offer already made WHD installs, but I also have some that I installed myself from original disks. The only change I can think of that I did in my Amiga at the time the problems began was the installation of SUBWAY. This gave me two USB ports; I have a 512MB USB stick permanently inserted in the first port, which serves as a second hard drive, and I use the other port to insert a second USB drive for file transfers. Could this be causing the problem? Why do some installs work and others don't? Any help would be appreciated. |
06 April 2007, 20:21 | #2 |
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im not familiar with the way the subway drivers work but maybe additional interupt handlers are messing with whd in the same way elbox drivers/tcp stack can. the med has switches to sort this out. the only whd tooltype i can think of that may help you is NoAutovec.
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06 April 2007, 20:25 | #3 |
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it is a known issue, that when Poseidon Stack is loaded whdload does not work!
just go to Trident and turn it off, then play as usual! |
06 April 2007, 20:27 | #4 |
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I already tried NoAutoVec, it doesn't help.
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06 April 2007, 20:29 | #5 |
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what??? just go to trident and press the All Offline button....
poseidon does not work with whdload. |
06 April 2007, 20:37 | #6 |
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Same thing happens if you have a mediator PCI board and not set VoodooINT to "NO"
having an TCP/IP stack running can also cause problem with whdload, it's a known fact |
06 April 2007, 20:38 | #7 | |
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All this time and it never crossed my mind to simply turn it off! On the downside, I can no longer install games in the Flash drive.. but who cares! I'll just have to see what works there and free some HD space. I appreciate it, dear compatriot. I'm off to download some goodies. P. S. By the way, it's not true that Poseidon does not work with WHDLoad. I have plenty of games that work - it just won't work with ALL of them. |
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06 April 2007, 20:41 | #8 |
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yes, but for 100% success I only activate PSD when needed
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06 April 2007, 20:45 | #9 |
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idealy, you could work out what commands are needed to turn it on/off from the commandline and add it to the whd start/stop scripts, so whd will do the turning on and off for you.
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06 April 2007, 20:55 | #10 |
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psdstack loader has options for shell load/unload.... all is described in the Poseidon help....
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07 April 2007, 11:37 | #11 |
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OK, I'll admit I'm stumped. How do I turn off Poseidon with DOS commands?
I want to make some neat executable files that will disable the USB ports before running a game. Running Trident and clicking on Offline is not that time consuming, but it seems like too much data for my wife to remember in order to play BC Kid. Ideally, I want her to be able to go to Start->Games->Action->BC Kid and start playing. She recently completed Skweek and Superfrog and she's begging me for new challenges! |
07 April 2007, 12:58 | #12 |
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piece of cake...
edit whdload.prefs and change the 2 options below so they look like this: Code:
ExecuteStartup=sys:c/AddUSBHardware REMOVE ALL ;rx offline.rexx ;command to execute on WHDLoad startup ExecuteCleanup=sys:prefs/env-archive/PsdStackLoader ;rx online.rexx ;command to execute on WHDLoad exit |
07 April 2007, 13:06 | #13 |
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or use those scripts with icons I made for my amigas, I put them on Amidock...
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07 April 2007, 13:17 | #14 |
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Cool Keropi, any similar tips for MiamiDx ?
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07 April 2007, 13:22 | #15 |
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I don't know... if there is a DOS command to go online/offline u could add it to the whdload.prefs.... I use genesis that comes with 3,9 and I only use tcp to transfer files to the amiga from my pc...
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07 April 2007, 13:28 | #16 |
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For mediator users elbox game me some stuff to use with whdload.prefs
We should gather all these commands and add them to www.whdload.de |
07 April 2007, 13:49 | #17 |
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The list would be theoritically endless though as you can execute anything you like when whdload starts/ends.
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07 April 2007, 14:22 | #19 |
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Thanks again Keropi.
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26 August 2009, 11:51 | #20 |
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Thanks for this advice , was beginning to wonder what's the prob with WHD...
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