Saving WHDLoad games on V4

manossg · 05 January 2021, 12:40

Hello Amiga people,

I have been trying to get WHDLoad games to save in my V4, latest core, with Coffin R57, but I get no joy.

I have tried several games (gobliins 2, Heart of China, Monkey Island, Conquests of Camelot) and the result is the same everytime I try to save my progress:

Bad stack pointer on entering WHDLoad
via 'resload_Examine'.

Otherwise the games run great. Please, help!

TuKo · 05 January 2021, 13:12

I'd start by making sure that filesystem is not corrupted by running pfsdoctor check and repair (if needed)

manossg · 05 January 2021, 13:13

Quote:

Originally Posted by TuKo

I'd start by making sure that filesystem is not corrupted by running pfsdoctor check and repair (if needed)

Hello, mate, thanks for the answer.

I already checked with pfs doctor and found no problems. I also performed a clean coffin install and checked again. I also reinstalled WHDLoad...same result.

TuKo · 05 January 2021, 13:45

Then, you could also check if WHDSaves folder isn't pointing to a non-existing folder. You can check which folder is used from S:WHDLoad.prefs file

manossg · 05 January 2021, 13:50

Quote:

Originally Posted by TuKo

Then, you could also check if WHDSaves folder isn't pointing to a non-existing folder. You can check which folder is used in S:WHDLoad.prefs file

I checked this as well, even tried saving in other locations, but nothing worked.

I am informed by the Apollo forum guys that this is a known issue without a fix as of yet. :S So I guess it's back to old-school HD installing for now for these games.

Thanks for all your suggestions, mate!

jotd · 05 January 2021, 14:22

Or. If you have enough memory, copy the install in RAM: then run whdload from there, and copy back the savegame when quitting.

If that works you can script this.

I would have suggested to use JST instead (you can try) but even if it works well, the save feature may be buggy. Well, worth a try.

manossg · 05 January 2021, 14:27

These sound like neat, clever workarounds, thanks jotd!

jotd · 05 January 2021, 15:16

My pleasure! Keep me posted on the results

05 January 2021, 12:40	#1
manossg Registered User Join Date: Nov 2019 Location: Greece Posts: 992	Saving WHDLoad games on V4 Hello Amiga people, I have been trying to get WHDLoad games to save in my V4, latest core, with Coffin R57, but I get no joy. I have tried several games (gobliins 2, Heart of China, Monkey Island, Conquests of Camelot) and the result is the same everytime I try to save my progress: Bad stack pointer on entering WHDLoad via 'resload_Examine'. Otherwise the games run great. Please, help!

05 January 2021, 13:45	#4
TuKo Apollo Team Join Date: May 2014 Location: not far Posts: 379	Then, you could also check if WHDSaves folder isn't pointing to a non-existing folder. You can check which folder is used from S:WHDLoad.prefs file Last edited by TuKo; 05 January 2021 at 13:58.

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05 January 2021, 13:12	#2
TuKo Apollo Team Join Date: May 2014 Location: not far Posts: 379	I'd start by making sure that filesystem is not corrupted by running pfsdoctor check and repair (if needed)

05 January 2021, 14:22	#6
jotd This cat is no more Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: FRANCE Age: 52 Posts: 8,161	Or. If you have enough memory, copy the install in RAM: then run whdload from there, and copy back the savegame when quitting. If that works you can script this. I would have suggested to use JST instead (you can try) but even if it works well, the save feature may be buggy. Well, worth a try.

05 January 2021, 14:27	#7
manossg Registered User Join Date: Nov 2019 Location: Greece Posts: 992	These sound like neat, clever workarounds, thanks jotd!

05 January 2021, 15:16	#8
jotd This cat is no more Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: FRANCE Age: 52 Posts: 8,161	My pleasure! Keep me posted on the results

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