How do you decide which games/installs get restricted to registered'ers?

MethodGit · 12 May 2009, 00:16

I thought I might as well ask.

I tried to determine whether there was a pattern to it but I couldn't notice any.

Popularity of game? Coin toss? Every tenth slave? Et cetera.

Rabbit80 · 12 May 2009, 00:33

If you mean WHDLoad i think its up to the author of the slave...

http://www.whdload.de/docs/en/author.html

MethodGit · 12 May 2009, 00:34

Yeah, my question was kind of aimed at the authors in general.

Rabbit80 · 12 May 2009, 00:36

TBH - if you haven't registered you should.. its great software and deserves supporting!

MethodGit · 12 May 2009, 00:52

Lmao. Came, went, bought the t-shirt buddy!

I bet I'm not far off in thinking 98% of this board's population are registered'erererers now, right?

kriz · 12 May 2009, 01:57

I dont think 98% have regged.. sadly

gklinger · 12 May 2009, 03:01

Registering WHDLoad was the single best software investment I've ever made in my Amiga and given how little the registration fee was, it was a hell of a deal.

dlfrsilver · 12 May 2009, 03:06

The main reason is blocking people on best games, or even adding some neat routines
that were not existing at first. You want them so you register.

it's a good point that some slaves are only for registered users. Support whdload author and all our dear coders out there for their work.

Amiga1992 · 12 May 2009, 05:02

It is a matter of personal choice I am afraid. If it was my decision, I'd block them all, so it gets registered, you cheap ass unregistered pukes ;P

Wow, Marz posts back here too? Is 2009 the EAB oldschoolers' revival year?
Wanna talk about Robot Wars, Marz?

kriz · 12 May 2009, 05:36

i agree, all should register.. or even more crippled version without regging

MethodGit · 12 May 2009, 08:50

Perhaps we should be glad the program isn't a solely commercial-only affair eh chums?

And not 98% huh? Bit surprising seeing as we've had a decade and a bit to promote it to heck. Amiga.org not assisting, or are they too scared of the prospect of "Teh Pyrats!!!" amassing huge WHDLoad-flavoured collections for publicity?

TCD · 12 May 2009, 09:20

No pattern? Not even that one slave author puts more restrictions in than the other? Maybe Wepl tells them when it's time to put some in

Wepl · 16 May 2009, 19:09

It's completely the install authors choice.
I restricted some of my installs because it took a lot of time to create them.

Xenon · 13 June 2009, 09:32

The first thing I did when my 1200 arrived was to buy a Whdload license

. It's cheap and it's one of the best apps you can have in your amiga. Whdload + iGame, the perfect combination.

lolafg · 13 June 2009, 14:58

Everyone should register to this fantastic prog !!!!

dlfrsilver · 13 June 2009, 16:36

Yes, some installs required a lot of work, and yes it sounds normal to me.
while you can play most games, the best liked, or even wanted need registering.

Eclipse · 03 September 2009, 20:21

I believe that if they had of blocked everything it would have pushed people into obtaing cracked/pirate copies to be able to play.
The way it is now is perfect. You still get to play and only have to watch the splash screen or register for selected games.
Once you've used it for a while you realise what an awesome piece of software it is and register it.

Adropac2 · 03 September 2009, 22:54

Yeah it basically costs peanuts to register and it's almost like putting your fingers up to all those that have made it what it is if you don't - that is of course if you do use the program regularly enough

Also isn't there a way perhaps more Amiga users could be made aware of the joys of WHD.It was some 3 years or so using emulation and hanging around here before i even understood what WHD was - imagine my joy at seeing some 3000 or games were now hd

The concept of WHD was alien to me to even think what it was supposed to be and i bet many people too wont know.Bear in mind Amiga users will generally only think Amiga games are on floppy, adf

I'd bet a fair few more people would register if they even knew what it was Wepl, though obviously that's probably still a large number that wouldn't out of that

musojon74 · 03 September 2009, 23:10

It is an awesome thing, and was one of my early purchases - once I tried it out and saw how awesome it was. Again, once I knew about whdload and whdownload it was the obvious choice - at first I'd been using my (quite large) adf library and writing to floppies when required lol. Nice work wepl, and all you whdload installers :-D

Zetr0 · 04 September 2009, 01:32

Quote:

Originally Posted by gklinger

Registering WHDLoad was the single best software investment I've ever made in my Amiga and given how little the registration fee was, it was a hell of a deal.

Quote:

Originally Posted by lolafg

Everyone should register to this fantastic prog !!!!

It not just a way to play games, but also to be part of the community =)

12 May 2009, 00:16	#1
MethodGit Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: The Streets Age: 39 Posts: 2,731	How do you decide which games/installs get restricted to registered'ers? I thought I might as well ask. I tried to determine whether there was a pattern to it but I couldn't notice any. Popularity of game? Coin toss? Every tenth slave? Et cetera.

03 September 2009, 22:54	#18
Adropac2 Zone Friend Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Kent Age: 51 Posts: 1,056	Yeah it basically costs peanuts to register and it's almost like putting your fingers up to all those that have made it what it is if you don't - that is of course if you do use the program regularly enough Also isn't there a way perhaps more Amiga users could be made aware of the joys of WHD.It was some 3 years or so using emulation and hanging around here before i even understood what WHD was - imagine my joy at seeing some 3000 or games were now hd The concept of WHD was alien to me to even think what it was supposed to be and i bet many people too wont know.Bear in mind Amiga users will generally only think Amiga games are on floppy, adf I'd bet a fair few more people would register if they even knew what it was Wepl, though obviously that's probably still a large number that wouldn't out of that Last edited by Adropac2; 03 September 2009 at 22:59.

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12 May 2009, 00:33	#2
Rabbit80 Its hard being famous! Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Gateway to the dales, UK Age: 43 Posts: 633	If you mean WHDLoad i think its up to the author of the slave... http://www.whdload.de/docs/en/author.html

12 May 2009, 00:34	#3
MethodGit Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: The Streets Age: 39 Posts: 2,731	Yeah, my question was kind of aimed at the authors in general.

12 May 2009, 00:36	#4
Rabbit80 Its hard being famous! Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Gateway to the dales, UK Age: 43 Posts: 633	TBH - if you haven't registered you should.. its great software and deserves supporting!

12 May 2009, 00:52	#5
MethodGit Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: The Streets Age: 39 Posts: 2,731	Lmao. Came, went, bought the t-shirt buddy! I bet I'm not far off in thinking 98% of this board's population are registered'erererers now, right?

12 May 2009, 01:57	#6
kriz Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: No(R)Way Age: 41 Posts: 3,188	I dont think 98% have regged.. sadly

12 May 2009, 03:01	#7
gklinger Vegetable Lasagna Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Toronto, CANADA Age: 54 Posts: 711	Registering WHDLoad was the single best software investment I've ever made in my Amiga and given how little the registration fee was, it was a hell of a deal.

12 May 2009, 03:06	#8
dlfrsilver CaptainM68K-SPS France Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Melun nearby Paris/France Age: 46 Posts: 10,413	The main reason is blocking people on best games, or even adding some neat routines that were not existing at first. You want them so you register. it's a good point that some slaves are only for registered users. Support whdload author and all our dear coders out there for their work.

12 May 2009, 05:02	#9
Amiga1992 Registered User Join Date: May 2001 Location: ? Posts: 19,645	It is a matter of personal choice I am afraid. If it was my decision, I'd block them all, so it gets registered, you cheap ass unregistered pukes ;P Wow, Marz posts back here too? Is 2009 the EAB oldschoolers' revival year? Wanna talk about Robot Wars, Marz?

12 May 2009, 05:36	#10
kriz Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: No(R)Way Age: 41 Posts: 3,188	i agree, all should register.. or even more crippled version without regging

12 May 2009, 08:50	#11
MethodGit Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: The Streets Age: 39 Posts: 2,731	Perhaps we should be glad the program isn't a solely commercial-only affair eh chums? And not 98% huh? Bit surprising seeing as we've had a decade and a bit to promote it to heck. Amiga.org not assisting, or are they too scared of the prospect of "Teh Pyrats!!!" amassing huge WHDLoad-flavoured collections for publicity?

12 May 2009, 09:20	#12
TCD HOL/FTP busy bee Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Germany Age: 46 Posts: 31,529	No pattern? Not even that one slave author puts more restrictions in than the other? Maybe Wepl tells them when it's time to put some in

16 May 2009, 19:09	#13
Wepl Moderator Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Germany Posts: 866	It's completely the install authors choice. I restricted some of my installs because it took a lot of time to create them.

13 June 2009, 09:32	#14
Xenon Registered User Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Zaragoza, Pamplona-Iruña, Bera Age: 42 Posts: 444	The first thing I did when my 1200 arrived was to buy a Whdload license . It's cheap and it's one of the best apps you can have in your amiga. Whdload + iGame, the perfect combination.

13 June 2009, 14:58	#15
lolafg Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Tours/France Age: 52 Posts: 1,233	Everyone should register to this fantastic prog !!!!

13 June 2009, 16:36	#16
dlfrsilver CaptainM68K-SPS France Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Melun nearby Paris/France Age: 46 Posts: 10,413	Yes, some installs required a lot of work, and yes it sounds normal to me. while you can play most games, the best liked, or even wanted need registering.

03 September 2009, 20:21	#17
Eclipse Turpentine Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Kent, United Kingdom Posts: 744	I believe that if they had of blocked everything it would have pushed people into obtaing cracked/pirate copies to be able to play. The way it is now is perfect. You still get to play and only have to watch the splash screen or register for selected games. Once you've used it for a while you realise what an awesome piece of software it is and register it.

03 September 2009, 23:10	#19
musojon74 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: The World Age: 50 Posts: 476	It is an awesome thing, and was one of my early purchases - once I tried it out and saw how awesome it was. Again, once I knew about whdload and whdownload it was the obvious choice - at first I'd been using my (quite large) adf library and writing to floppies when required lol. Nice work wepl, and all you whdload installers :-D

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