17 November 2022, 16:50 | #1 |
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WHLoad slave for Dungeon Master: Possible to get it working with JST?
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More than often, I find myself using JST instead of WHDLoad to run WHDLoad slaves on my HDD-equiped Amigas with 1.3 kickstarts (be if physical of FPGA ones). Most slaves work flawlessly this way, or show the exact same problems that they show on WHDLoad on ks 3.1 machines. But a game that keeps eluding me is Dungeon Master: it's WHDLoad slave won't work under JST because, apparently, the disk 2 is crunched. Thanks to alexh, however, I got a drecrunched disk.2 file, but still JST won't run the game. So here's my request: would it be possible to have the Dungeon Master WHDLoad slave working under JST? I mean, what would it take? Is it possible at all? Thanks!! |
17 November 2022, 17:31 | #2 |
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I don't see why it wouldn't run. Let me check that.
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17 November 2022, 17:40 | #3 |
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17 November 2022, 19:44 | #4 | |
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Ah, since DM 3.6 is unprotected, does that mean that it should be possible to simply copy the floppy contents to an HDD directory and have it run from there? (In a plain 68K, ks 1.3 machine, I mean!) EDIT: I had already tried that, and I get a "damaged master disk" message. Last edited by Gaula92; 17 November 2022 at 20:41. |
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I've tried in the past and that was pretty difficult with the amiga literally crashing when running the whdload slave and all. But with WinUAE it may be easier (the game has good protection with checksums and all but I remember that a site had exposed them) Is there an interest to do so? Quote:
I just tried DM2 with JST and it runs fine (from modern winuae setup). Which version of JST are you using? I recommend V7.1 which is the latest. |
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18 November 2022, 01:34 | #6 | |
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I am using latest JST (V7.1), but the game I am trying to get working on KS 1.3 via JST is Dungeon Master 1, not Dungeon Master 2. |
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18 November 2022, 08:29 | #7 |
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what happens? crash? black screen?
(I think I have tested DM 1, DM 2 was a typo from me) |
18 November 2022, 10:23 | #8 |
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By DM2 I assume you mean CSB? DM2 is a completely different game requiring an 020 CPU.
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18 November 2022, 11:38 | #9 | |
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First, when I run Code:
jst dungeonmaster.slave Code:
XPK packed files aren't supported. You can use xfddecrunch or decrunchall script on the data files disk.2! So I went and gave it a decrunched disk.2 (in TheZone). With that, I ran Code:
jst dungeonmaster.slave |
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18 November 2022, 15:04 | #10 |
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can you zone the whole installation? I'll compare with mine.
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18 November 2022, 17:14 | #11 |
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Sure! Here it is for you to test. Remember I am trying it on a plain 68000 machine with KS 1.3: https://eab.abime.net/zone/dm_install.lha |
19 November 2022, 16:43 | #12 |
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Working fine on my configuration: WinUAE, 8MB Z2 memory, kick 1.3
I don't get any language selection screen (I remember there is one in V3.6, but probably skipped now as it was selected), and the "enter/exit" buttons appear beside the maze door. I click on enter and it works. |
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Have you tried with a plain 68000 CPU in WinUAE? Can you try to delete the settings so you see the language selection screen? |
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20 November 2022, 00:05 | #14 |
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Sorry, forgot to mention: WinUAE, 8MB Z2 memory, kick 1.3
and 68000 I can't delete the settings (they're on the image). I tried to quit so get the language selection menu. I select "english", screen flashes (os swaps, JST writes back to disk) and game starts again. No issues. Did you try with WinUAE yourself? or on a real machine? |
20 November 2022, 12:34 | #15 |
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@jotd I tried on FS-UAE latest version (on GNU/Linux) and on MiSTer.
In both cases, plain 68000, KS 1.3, WB 1.3, 8MB Fast RAM. |
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