LHA Game Not Running

29 May 2001, 16:59

how do you run LHA files? I did everything with the lha x filname command and it extracts, I then get an install file that doesn't work???

Can anybody Help?

29 May 2001, 17:05

http://www.whdload.org/games/J.html

I got the file there

Amiga1992 · 29 May 2001, 17:32

I suppose you are using Amiga LHA.. If not, do it, because any Windows LHA will completely fuck up your filenames.
After you extracted everything (lha -x will work, as you say) you need INstaller to run that Install file. Installer can be nabbed off the Aminet (http://wuarchive.wustl.edu/aminet)

Hope that helps

29 May 2001, 17:44

I used WinUAE to extract the files? Is that right?

29 May 2001, 17:58

I can't find the Installer thing
And all this stuff is racking my brains

Amiga1992 · 29 May 2001, 17:58

Yep, that's excellent. Just get Installer from the AMinet, I suppose you don't have this. Also, I Suppose you have whdload. Whatis the exact error you get?

29 May 2001, 18:04

After I double click Install I get an error

"Unable to open your tool Installer"

I have WHDload but I'm not sure If I have it correct, how are you meant to install it?

CodyJarrett · 29 May 2001, 18:49

The installers included with the files that you downloaded from the WHDLoad site are based on scripts. They use a small program called 'Installer' which interprets those scripts to make standard installs.

If you select the icon, right click and select Information from the menu, so will see that 'Installer' is specified to be used to run this script. So, you need to find that Installer program and put it in the 'c' directory of your hard disk (I assume you are using a hard disk...). The Installer program is a standard Commodore program, but I can't remember if it is included with Workbench.

Are you sure that you know what you downloaded from the WHDLoad site - that these files are merely installers for original copies of games and not the games themselves?

29 May 2001, 18:54

:eek :eek :eek

Now I am really

confused

I should be ok now th because RCK is mailing me the Game

Thanks Anyway tho

Amiga1992 · 29 May 2001, 21:13

I think you just dloaded the installer and not the game... whdload.org won't carry any games.

29 May 2001, 23:34

Could well be, I'm just downloading an LZX Hard Drive Game, will that be it?

Amiga1992 · 30 May 2001, 19:04

I have no clue about what you are dloading

but now you will need LZX, which is different to LHA. Get it from the Aminet.

01 June 2001, 22:35

My Head Just Exploded

Why can't it be as easy as using your Amiga disks in the PC... nothings ever that easy

02 June 2001, 03:16

I did not have any problems extracting .lha files using WinRAR. You may give it a try.

Winrar homepage

RCK · 02 June 2001, 09:21

Winrar was quite good, but it is now overpassed by Winace 2.x

CodyJarrett · 02 June 2001, 10:13

Power Archiver is good. It has internal support for LHA compression and decompression (not through a DOS command) and it's free.

http://www.powerarchiver.com/

Amiga1992 · 02 June 2001, 19:42

The PowerArchiver version I tried was arse witH Amiga LHA files... It just fucked them up completely... I haven't tried WinRAR or WinACE, I always decompress with LHA on the Amiga, it's superior to them all

Ian · 03 June 2001, 01:47

The best thing I've found to unLZX an amiga game is on aminet and it's called something like this: UnLZX 95. All you have to do with this is "Drag and Drop" the amiga LZX file into it and it uncompresses it, it has yet to mess-up any of my files, so of which wouldn't uncompress even using lzx in WinUAE!!

I also agree with RCK WinACE 2.* is the best for unpacking LHA files.

Twistin'Ghost · 03 June 2001, 10:10

Cody mentioned PowerArchiver, and while the blurb sounded good on their home page, there was something I didn't like about the program back when I tried it. Before that program came about, the app was called EasyZip 2000 (last version was 4.6 from Dec. 1999) and I fortunately kept my archive of that. I still use it today. It supports zip, lha, tar, gzip, cab, and bh (Black Hole, whatever the hell that is...) for conversions, plus it will additionally extract rar, arj, arc, ace, zoo, jar (Java ARchives), UUE and XXE.

One of its coolest features is the ability to convert any of those conversion formats. Meaning a zip file to an lha, an lha file to a zip, etc. To be fair, it uses lzh algorithms rather than the Amiga lha's superior compression, and of course there is no lzx support. Those two things would have made the program perfect.

Furthermore, it will create self extracting files, is fully configurable, and features Explorer shell extensions (even for most of the other compression formats!). One of my favorite shell extensions is Extract Here, which is very useful. And archiving with complete paths is easy, as well, unlike with WinZip. If you open an archive with a setup.exe file, it asks you if you would like to install, which it does from a temp directory. I rarely use that, but I have and it works quite well.

Finally, it remembers the last several dirs I extracted files to, which WinZip does not. Useful when I want to extract a zip file to C:\Program Files\WinUAE\Games\ without having to navigate to that path. I just down arrow once or twice, hit enter and it's done.

29 May 2001, 16:59	#1
alex2000 Posts: n/a	LHA Game Not Running how do you run LHA files? I did everything with the lha x filname command and it extracts, I then get an install file that doesn't work??? Can anybody Help?

29 May 2001, 18:49	#8
CodyJarrett Global Moderator Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: UK Age: 46 Posts: 6,160	Installer The installers included with the files that you downloaded from the WHDLoad site are based on scripts. They use a small program called 'Installer' which interprets those scripts to make standard installs. If you select the icon, right click and select Information from the menu, so will see that 'Installer' is specified to be used to run this script. So, you need to find that Installer program and put it in the 'c' directory of your hard disk (I assume you are using a hard disk...). The Installer program is a standard Commodore program, but I can't remember if it is included with Workbench. Are you sure that you know what you downloaded from the WHDLoad site - that these files are merely installers for original copies of games and not the games themselves?

02 June 2001, 10:13	#16
CodyJarrett Global Moderator Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: UK Age: 46 Posts: 6,160	Power Archiver Power Archiver is good. It has internal support for LHA compression and decompression (not through a DOS command) and it's free. http://www.powerarchiver.com/

03 June 2001, 01:47	#18
Ian Global Moderator Join Date: May 2001 Location: Derby, UK Age: 46 Posts: 2,287	LZX The best thing I've found to unLZX an amiga game is on aminet and it's called something like this: UnLZX 95. All you have to do with this is "Drag and Drop" the amiga LZX file into it and it uncompresses it, it has yet to mess-up any of my files, so of which wouldn't uncompress even using lzx in WinUAE!! I also agree with RCK WinACE 2.* is the best for unpacking LHA files.

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29 May 2001, 17:05	#2
alex2000 Posts: n/a	http://www.whdload.org/games/J.html I got the file there

29 May 2001, 17:32	#3
Amiga1992 Registered User Join Date: May 2001 Location: ? Posts: 19,645	I suppose you are using Amiga LHA.. If not, do it, because any Windows LHA will completely fuck up your filenames. After you extracted everything (lha -x will work, as you say) you need INstaller to run that Install file. Installer can be nabbed off the Aminet (http://wuarchive.wustl.edu/aminet) Hope that helps

29 May 2001, 17:44	#4
alex2000 Posts: n/a	I used WinUAE to extract the files? Is that right?

29 May 2001, 17:58	#5
alex2000 Posts: n/a	I can't find the Installer thing And all this stuff is racking my brains

29 May 2001, 18:04	#7
alex2000 Posts: n/a	After I double click Install I get an error "Unable to open your tool Installer" I have WHDload but I'm not sure If I have it correct, how are you meant to install it?

29 May 2001, 18:54	#9
alex2000 Posts: n/a	:eek :eek :eek Now I am really confused I should be ok now th because RCK is mailing me the Game Thanks Anyway tho

29 May 2001, 21:13	#10
Amiga1992 Registered User Join Date: May 2001 Location: ? Posts: 19,645	I think you just dloaded the installer and not the game... whdload.org won't carry any games.

29 May 2001, 23:34	#11
alex2000 Posts: n/a	Could well be, I'm just downloading an LZX Hard Drive Game, will that be it?

30 May 2001, 19:04	#12
Amiga1992 Registered User Join Date: May 2001 Location: ? Posts: 19,645	I have no clue about what you are dloading but now you will need LZX, which is different to LHA. Get it from the Aminet.

01 June 2001, 22:35	#13
alex2000 Posts: n/a	My Head Just Exploded Why can't it be as easy as using your Amiga disks in the PC... nothings ever that easy

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02 June 2001, 03:16	#14
oldpx Posts: n/a	I did not have any problems extracting .lha files using WinRAR. You may give it a try. Winrar homepage

02 June 2001, 09:21	#15
RCK Administrator Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Paris / France Age: 45 Posts: 3,091	Winrar was quite good, but it is now overpassed by Winace 2.x

02 June 2001, 19:42	#17
Amiga1992 Registered User Join Date: May 2001 Location: ? Posts: 19,645	The PowerArchiver version I tried was arse witH Amiga LHA files... It just fucked them up completely... I haven't tried WinRAR or WinACE, I always decompress with LHA on the Amiga, it's superior to them all

03 June 2001, 10:10	#19
Twistin'Ghost Give up the ghost Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: U$A Age: 33 Posts: 4,662	Cody mentioned PowerArchiver, and while the blurb sounded good on their home page, there was something I didn't like about the program back when I tried it. Before that program came about, the app was called EasyZip 2000 (last version was 4.6 from Dec. 1999) and I fortunately kept my archive of that. I still use it today. It supports zip, lha, tar, gzip, cab, and bh (Black Hole, whatever the hell that is...) for conversions, plus it will additionally extract rar, arj, arc, ace, zoo, jar (Java ARchives), UUE and XXE. One of its coolest features is the ability to convert any of those conversion formats. Meaning a zip file to an lha, an lha file to a zip, etc. To be fair, it uses lzh algorithms rather than the Amiga lha's superior compression, and of course there is no lzx support. Those two things would have made the program perfect. Furthermore, it will create self extracting files, is fully configurable, and features Explorer shell extensions (even for most of the other compression formats!). One of my favorite shell extensions is Extract Here, which is very useful. And archiving with complete paths is easy, as well, unlike with WinZip. If you open an archive with a setup.exe file, it asks you if you would like to install, which it does from a temp directory. I rarely use that, but I have and it works quite well. Finally, it remembers the last several dirs I extracted files to, which WinZip does not. Useful when I want to extract a zip file to C:\Program Files\WinUAE\Games\ without having to navigate to that path. I just down arrow once or twice, hit enter and it's done.