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[Noob-tech-ninja]

Hi there guys.

I had a hankering to play some Space Hulk.

N.B. Ages ago I downloaded Pimiga 1.5 (MF edition), which appears to have almost
the complete TOSEC for Amiga apps and games, and I'm using their version of
Space Hulk to try and play this game.

Issue:
The game loads (to a certain extent) but it soon asks for disk #3
However (on the TOSEC archive) although there are x3 disks for this game
two of them are numbered as disk 1.

I have tried all disks (inc disk 2) and none will allow me to progress
or recognise that 1 of these disks is disk 3.


Troubleshooting:

1. I've loaded each disk in an emulated Amiga, and looked at the contents
for each disk

2. The MD5 Sums of each disk are as follows:

Disk 1:cc6971270674a2c9d3ff2f86ac190f32

Disk 2:8cc3631ea9862b1ed633e46c65964495

Disk 1 (This is the 2nd version/disk called disk 1):59d3e979f76e401b985d31f5c3474b6b


3. Although disk 1, and (the 2nd version of disk 1 which I originally believed
was disk 3) Have very similar contents, there are some minor differences
and the disk size (in KB is different)

Disk 1 = at 88% full (733K used / 103K free)
Disk 1(3) = at 99% full (831K in use / 6K free)

4. I maunually (via Workbench) renammed the 2nd version of disk 1
and called it HULK_3
To see if that helped - It didn't

5. After further investigation (using D-Opus) I have been able to get a copy
of each of the disk's contents. It appears that they may been x2 versions
of disk 1

Here is an output of both verisons of disk 1:

5.1. Disk 1 (1st version / disk)

Directory Hulk_1:
s                                 Dir ----RWED 02-Oct-78  2:26:13P
Disk.info                         388 ----RW-D  Saturday  7:40:53P
hulk                            93560 ----RWED 19-Apr-79 12:35:12A
HULK_A.YC1                     231206 ----RWED 01-Jan-78 12:00:00A
IDENT.1                             3 ----RWED 01-Jan-78 12:00:00A
intro.exe                       15488 ----RWED 02-Oct-78  2:25:47P
scn_s.nf1                      199270 ----RWED 01-Jan-78 12:00:00A
SNARL.YF1                       17802 ----RWED 01-Jan-78 12:00:00A
SPACE0.YF1                      15389 ----RWED 01-Jan-78 12:00:00A
SPACE1.YF1                      21521 ----RWED 01-Jan-78 12:00:00A
SPACE2.YF1                      20180 ----RWED 01-Jan-78 12:00:00A
SPACE3.YF1                      19200 ----RWED 01-Jan-78 12:00:00A
SPACE4.YF1                      15808 ----RWED 01-Jan-78 12:00:00A
SPACE6.YF1                      17082 ----RWED 01-Jan-78 12:00:00A
SPACE7.YF1                      29812 ----RWED 01-Jan-78 12:00:00A
SPACE8.YF1                      19323 ----RWED 01-Jan-78 12:00:00A
SPACE9.YF1                      14235 ----RWED 01-Jan-78 12:00:00A

5.2. Disk 1 (2nd version / disk)

Directory Hulk_3:
s                                 Dir ----RWED 28-Sep-93  2:35:30P
Disk.info                         388 ----RW-D  Saturday  7:40:53P
FLT-TEXT                         1263 ----RWED 28-Sep-93  2:32:13P
hulk                           203088 ----RWED 28-Sep-93  2:23:48P
HULK_A.YC1                     231206 ----RWED 01-Jan-78 12:00:00A
IDENT.1                             3 ----RWED 01-Jan-78 12:00:00A
scn_s.nf1                      199270 ----RWED 01-Jan-78 12:00:00A
SNARL.YF1                       17802 ----RWED 01-Jan-78 12:00:00A
SPACE0.YF1                      15389 ----RWED 01-Jan-78 12:00:00A
SPACE1.YF1                      21521 ----RWED 01-Jan-78 12:00:00A
SPACE2.YF1                      20180 ----RWED 01-Jan-78 12:00:00A
SPACE3.YF1                      19200 ----RWED 01-Jan-78 12:00:00A
SPACE4.YF1                      15808 ----RWED 01-Jan-78 12:00:00A
SPACE6.YF1                      17082 ----RWED 01-Jan-78 12:00:00A
SPACE7.YF1                      29812 ----RWED 01-Jan-78 12:00:00A
SPACE8.YF1                      19323 ----RWED 01-Jan-78 12:00:00A
SPACE9.YF1                      14235 ----RWED 01-Jan-78 12:00:00A
system-configuration              232 ----RW-D 28-Sep-93  2:24:13P
type

Again - When D-Opus shows Hulk_3, that may be due to me renaming the disk
via Workbench.


Questions:

1. Does anyone have Space Hulk that works properly ?

2. Are your disks numbered properly ?

3. Can anyone check (inc the contents of their disk 3) to see if it differs
from my version, please ?


TIA for any help or advice


Useful information:
Amiga Emulator: FS-UAE 3.0.2 (Linux)

PC details:
OS: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
OS type: 64-bit
DE: KDE 5.18.8
Kernel: 5.14.0-1051-oem
CPU: 4x Intel Core-2 Q8200 (@2.33 Ghz)
GFX: Intel HD
RAM: 8GB

[rygar]

Try WHDLoad version. Should work flawless

[Seiya]

as you use FS-UAE on linux you can install the game on workbench 1.3 and run with no problem. Require or reccomended 2 MB RAM

[Noob-tech-ninja]

I went over to the TOSEC archive on archive.org, and re-downloaded all of the
Space Hulk ADF files.

Luckily the correct version of each disk was in the set, so I was able to
load and run the game properly.

I died horribly, and quickly but at least I can play the game now.

Cheers.