Using Batch file to run Whdload game

[TCD]

No problem oh obfuscator of the sun Hope that you get it working the way you want now

[kipper2k]

I think TCD's solution may be better. I am not sure but the way i done it may have opened another instance of Jmenu without the current in memory jmenu exiting and freeing Ram wasting memory, not sure though

[TCD]

Originally Posted by kipper2k

I think TCD's solution may be better. I am not sure but the way i done it may have opened another instance of Jmenu without the current in memory jmenu exiting and freeing Ram wasting memory, not sure though

Yeah I thought about that too, but I think your solution won't work this way, because you still would have to jump to the top of the if list Otherwise you can choose game 1 after you choose 2 for example. LAB and SKIP seems to be okay for this as long as you also make an 'end' if

[Eclipse]

Originally Posted by TheCyberDruid

Yeah I thought about that too, but I think your solution won't work this way, because you still would have to jump to the top of the if list Otherwise you can choose game 1 after you choose 2 for example. LAB and SKIP seems to be okay for this as long as you also make an 'end' if

I've just run a quick test using avial and it's the same every time on SKIP so it's clearing. (Damn thing is in Bytes though).
When I try Kippers I'll do the the same.

I used
Echo "*E[0;0H*E[J"
to clear the screen, was on the bottom of that page you linked to.

[TCD]

Some benchmarking is a good idea Eclipse Looking forward to the results.

[Eclipse]

When I tried Kippers one it immediately quits if you run TestVar 1 again. I suspect it's because the very next line is Endif.
Or of course I've done it wrong :P

[TCD]

Like I said it won't work (even if you choose 1 again). It should work if you choose the second option though (or any later one), but even then it would only run that in its current form. The LAB and SKIP part is needed to make it work either way.

[Eclipse]

If Jmenu was to stay resident then I guess you would not have to skip back, but that's a whole different area.
The version with skip is showing exactly the same memory after the second load and after.
I'm going to try it with a minimum setup on the 1200 with just 2MB chip ram and see how it does.
I've included the adf below if anyone wants to try it in it's current form. It still needs tinkering though.
It's set to work on ClassicWB with the original KG Pack names.

[TCD]

Originally Posted by Eclipse

If Jmenu was to stay resident then I guess you would not have to skip back, but that's a whole different area.

Making it resident won't start it again magically, now that's for sure Anyway, nice effort there Eclipse

[kipper2k]

Originally Posted by Eclipse

When I tried Kippers one it immediately quits if you run TestVar 1 again. I suspect it's because the very next line is Endif.
Or of course I've done it wrong :P

My change semi works, it will work if you do not choose the same item once you exit the game so thats not good. I tried your menu setup and it works fine... however (dont you hate that word . .. The menu refuses to load when there is no fastmem. I thought i'd got around that by using tude...

Tude fakefast=1

That gave me 512k fast memory so i thought i'd solved the problem... Jmenu loaded fine and then Damn!! ... when i try to load a WHDload game i get the...

"Slave is illegal
because contains relocations"

I'm not sure what options are available now, whether there is any command line switches to convince WHDload to load a game or find another way to persuade Jmenu to load in chipmem or find another way to fake fastmem... I initially started this menu loader for a A600 with 2MB Chipmem but its kinda grim at the moment

I'm open for suggestions

(Does anyone know (how to contact) the author of Jmenu ?

[TCD]

Maybe someone here knows a different menu program. Could be quite hard to find James Collins these days.

[killergorilla]

Originally Posted by TheCyberDruid

Maybe someone here knows a different menu program. Could be quite hard to find James Collins these days.

Give it time!

[TCD]

Originally Posted by killergorilla

Give it time!

Hehe I actually meant a scriptable menu program like JMenu... for now.

[Retro1234]

What about using AGS - This is quite a good menu - I havent looked at the OCS version for ages but probably worth a look.
I made some crappy menu for my A600 that I still use if needs be ill dig it out.

[kipper2k]

yah,

I'm not interested in fancy, just practical and simple with a low memory footprint., and of course something that will sit in chipmem. I haven't give up yet of trying to get it to work, i'm still surfing Aminet for something that may patch it

[Eclipse]

Damnit!!
Yeah works excellent except without FASTMEM. Fecking

Originally Posted by kipper2k

yah,

I'm not interested in fancy, just practical and simple with a low memory footprint., and of course something that will sit in chipmem. I haven't give up yet of trying to get it to work, i'm still surfing Aminet for something that may patch it

Bingo, that's exactly the point.

I shall go through Amiga Magazine Rack and see if there is anything similar on the coverdisks.

[Eclipse]

Originally Posted by killergorilla

Give it time!

You can achieve roughly the same thing with your KGLoad can't you? If you point it to the hard drive for the necessary files and have the menu boot from the floppy?
Wan't me to give it a go?

[killergorilla]

No it's ok, KGLoad is currently in redevelopment at the moment so the old version is pretty much unsupported now.

Once the new version is out I might say yes

[kipper2k]

Originally Posted by killergorilla

No it's ok, KGLoad is currently in redevelopment at the moment so the old version is pretty much unsupported now.

Once the new version is out I might say yes

Do i hear a subtle hint of something forthcoming... soon .

I wait impatiently lol

[kipper2k]

Mabbe there is someone with the smarts to alter the code to sit in chipmem (elbow, elbow, nudge nudge