WinUAE Save-state

misguided_fool · 22 August 2007, 16:18

Hi Guys,

I hope I've posted this in the right section. It's a WinUAE problem - but I don't know if it's a problem with the game or the program. Anyway, let me explain what's happening.

I'm playing The Bards Tale - 2 Disks - Main disk & Character disk. Everything is fine - Im wandering about etc. Now when I return to the guild in the game (Where you can remove your characters from your party and save them to the character disk). The program crashes / throws up a read/write error. The disk are not write protected. I'm sure I used to play this game without this happening.

The only changes are that I have installed the latest WinUAE. I'm fairly sure I have set up the paths as they were. I may have deleted a few older adfs and saves etc.

I need to know what files need to be where in order for the game to write to the character disk properly. Does it write to the original adf ? When I restore my save state and try to write to the character disk - I get an error.

I hope I've explained it all well enough. If anyone has any ideas, let me know.

Cheers lads.

Ironclaw · 22 August 2007, 16:48

Just un-write-protect the disk drives in WinUAE... the other version of winuae you had where it didn't complain, you probably had them set to un-protected.

misguided_fool · 22 August 2007, 16:52

Thanks for the suggestion. Tried that. Didnt work.

I think I might have deleted an older file - When you have an adf in df0:, and the game writes to it, do you need the file elsewhere in another directory ? I dont think it saves to the original does it ? Even if it isnt write protected ?

I think since I tried to tidy up my folders, I've deleted a file somewhere - although the original adfs are still in my games folder...

Toni Wilen · 22 August 2007, 17:28

Reason is simple, cached data in memory (by trackdisk.device/AmigaDOS) gets out of date if you restore state and savedisk was modified after state file was created..

Ejecting and reinserting the save disk before accessing it might help.

22 August 2007, 16:18	#1
misguided_fool Registered User Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Cardiff Age: 50 Posts: 79	WinUAE Save-state Hi Guys, I hope I've posted this in the right section. It's a WinUAE problem - but I don't know if it's a problem with the game or the program. Anyway, let me explain what's happening. I'm playing The Bards Tale - 2 Disks - Main disk & Character disk. Everything is fine - Im wandering about etc. Now when I return to the guild in the game (Where you can remove your characters from your party and save them to the character disk). The program crashes / throws up a read/write error. The disk are not write protected. I'm sure I used to play this game without this happening. The only changes are that I have installed the latest WinUAE. I'm fairly sure I have set up the paths as they were. I may have deleted a few older adfs and saves etc. I need to know what files need to be where in order for the game to write to the character disk properly. Does it write to the original adf ? When I restore my save state and try to write to the character disk - I get an error. I hope I've explained it all well enough. If anyone has any ideas, let me know. Cheers lads.

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22 August 2007, 16:48	#2
Ironclaw Banned Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: ... Age: 46 Posts: 3,313	Just un-write-protect the disk drives in WinUAE... the other version of winuae you had where it didn't complain, you probably had them set to un-protected.

22 August 2007, 16:52	#3
misguided_fool Registered User Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Cardiff Age: 50 Posts: 79	Thanks for the suggestion. Tried that. Didnt work. I think I might have deleted an older file - When you have an adf in df0:, and the game writes to it, do you need the file elsewhere in another directory ? I dont think it saves to the original does it ? Even if it isnt write protected ? I think since I tried to tidy up my folders, I've deleted a file somewhere - although the original adfs are still in my games folder...

22 August 2007, 17:28	#4
Toni Wilen WinUAE developer Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Hämeenlinna/Finland Age: 49 Posts: 26,574	Reason is simple, cached data in memory (by trackdisk.device/AmigaDOS) gets out of date if you restore state and savedisk was modified after state file was created.. Ejecting and reinserting the save disk before accessing it might help.

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