KGLoad - Help Needed - Page 2

Retro-Nerd · 09 March 2009, 12:04

Cool that Jason helped you so fast. Now i'm waiting now for a nice update.

waal · 09 March 2009, 19:33

Great news !

I'm eager to see the result.

gklinger · 09 March 2009, 21:59

Hey, KG. How big do you anticipate the final release being?

killergorilla · 10 March 2009, 10:57

You mean just the image files or the whole meaty bitch?

TCD · 10 March 2009, 10:59

Mmmh, meaty bitch...
How much for the whole thingamabob then?

killergorilla · 10 March 2009, 11:12

Well...

The boxart, screenshots and music will all be available as separate packs to download, you then simply unzip (sorry you lha weirdos) them to the corresponding paths.

If you have every single game installed and you want to have all screenshots available (1x Title shot, 2x In-game shots) then you are looking at around 300mb. If you only put 1 screenshot for each game in the screenshot folder, then only they will be displayed, it's up to you, the menu just uses whatever is there.

As for boxart, around 90mb. Although that's boxart for every single game which won't in fact be the case as some games don't have boxes.

And then there's music, there's currently around 20mb of in-game tunes, I'll add to this when I start looking for some more!

And finally the menu itself and it's skin files, which should come to no more than 5mb.

You'll need to install some games as well

r0jaws · 10 March 2009, 14:02

Certainly sounds beefy, good work fella.

gklinger · 10 March 2009, 14:43

So < 500MB for the fully monty? Perfect. I wanted to make sure I had room for KGLoad and all the slaves on my games partition and it sounds like everything should fit.

killergorilla · 10 March 2009, 15:14

Well, it'll be < 500MB for the full monty but that doesn't include games

Marcuz · 10 March 2009, 15:36

currently my KG-games directory is about 4.49GB already, so everything will not fit on a nice DVD.
But i could be nice if somebody would put the whole pack (KGLoad + games) on bittorrent, once finished. maybe it will happen.

now, if the rest of the games on HOL that have no whdload install would get one, this would have 2 consequences:

1) happiness (relative)
2) TCD could not use anymore "the game has no WHDLoad install" as a hint in the Guess the Screenshot game...

killergorilla · 10 March 2009, 15:39

I'd be willing to put together a torrent, but obviously I wouldn't put my name to it as it's got kick roms on it!

Marcuz · 10 March 2009, 15:43

does it? i was not aware of that (sorry i've no time currently to read throughouly the new threads) so don't pay no mind to my banther above

killergorilla · 10 March 2009, 15:53

Well the torrent of the full lot would have to contain kickstart images to fully work, but it could be distributed without them, people would just have to download them from somewhere else

Oh or "use transrom to get them from.... yawn"

gklinger · 11 March 2009, 00:18

Quote:

Originally Posted by killergorilla

Well, it'll be < 500MB for the full monty but that doesn't include games

Aye, and that raises me next question. How many megabytes total for all of your packs unzipped and ready to go? I know it's < 7GB because I was able to fit them on a ~7GB partition. And while I'm asking, how many megabytes for the demos?

killergorilla · 11 March 2009, 11:06

Total for the packs unpacked (this is including dupes such as "Epic" being installed alongside "Epic & Mission Disk") is just under the 4gb mark IIRC.

I really couldn't tell you off the top of my head for the demos, but there aren't THAT many so I doubt it's more than 500mb, 1gb ABSOLUTE tops.

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09 March 2009, 12:04	#21
Retro-Nerd Missile Command Champion Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Germany Age: 52 Posts: 12,436	Cool that Jason helped you so fast. Now i'm waiting now for a nice update.

09 March 2009, 19:33	#22
waal Registered User Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Paris / France Age: 48 Posts: 137	Great news ! I'm eager to see the result.

09 March 2009, 21:59	#23
gklinger Vegetable Lasagna Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Toronto, CANADA Age: 54 Posts: 711	Hey, KG. How big do you anticipate the final release being?

10 March 2009, 10:57	#24
killergorilla Lesser Talent Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: UK Age: 42 Posts: 7,957	You mean just the image files or the whole meaty bitch?

10 March 2009, 10:59	#25
TCD HOL/FTP busy bee Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Germany Age: 46 Posts: 31,522	Mmmh, meaty bitch... How much for the whole thingamabob then?

10 March 2009, 11:12	#26
killergorilla Lesser Talent Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: UK Age: 42 Posts: 7,957	Well... The boxart, screenshots and music will all be available as separate packs to download, you then simply unzip (sorry you lha weirdos) them to the corresponding paths. If you have every single game installed and you want to have all screenshots available (1x Title shot, 2x In-game shots) then you are looking at around 300mb. If you only put 1 screenshot for each game in the screenshot folder, then only they will be displayed, it's up to you, the menu just uses whatever is there. As for boxart, around 90mb. Although that's boxart for every single game which won't in fact be the case as some games don't have boxes. And then there's music, there's currently around 20mb of in-game tunes, I'll add to this when I start looking for some more! And finally the menu itself and it's skin files, which should come to no more than 5mb. You'll need to install some games as well

10 March 2009, 14:02	#27
r0jaws Amibay fanboi Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Boston, Lincolnshire Age: 49 Posts: 154	Certainly sounds beefy, good work fella.

10 March 2009, 14:43	#28
gklinger Vegetable Lasagna Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Toronto, CANADA Age: 54 Posts: 711	So < 500MB for the fully monty? Perfect. I wanted to make sure I had room for KGLoad and all the slaves on my games partition and it sounds like everything should fit.

10 March 2009, 15:14	#29
killergorilla Lesser Talent Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: UK Age: 42 Posts: 7,957	Well, it'll be < 500MB for the full monty but that doesn't include games

10 March 2009, 15:36	#30
Marcuz Registered User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: . Age: 48 Posts: 5,562	currently my KG-games directory is about 4.49GB already, so everything will not fit on a nice DVD. But i could be nice if somebody would put the whole pack (KGLoad + games) on bittorrent, once finished. maybe it will happen. now, if the rest of the games on HOL that have no whdload install would get one, this would have 2 consequences: 1) happiness (relative) 2) TCD could not use anymore "the game has no WHDLoad install" as a hint in the Guess the Screenshot game...

10 March 2009, 15:39	#31
killergorilla Lesser Talent Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: UK Age: 42 Posts: 7,957	I'd be willing to put together a torrent, but obviously I wouldn't put my name to it as it's got kick roms on it!

10 March 2009, 15:43	#32
Marcuz Registered User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: . Age: 48 Posts: 5,562	does it? i was not aware of that (sorry i've no time currently to read throughouly the new threads) so don't pay no mind to my banther above

10 March 2009, 15:53	#33
killergorilla Lesser Talent Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: UK Age: 42 Posts: 7,957	Well the torrent of the full lot would have to contain kickstart images to fully work, but it could be distributed without them, people would just have to download them from somewhere else Oh or "use transrom to get them from.... yawn"

11 March 2009, 11:06	#35
killergorilla Lesser Talent Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: UK Age: 42 Posts: 7,957	Total for the packs unpacked (this is including dupes such as "Epic" being installed alongside "Epic & Mission Disk") is just under the 4gb mark IIRC. I really couldn't tell you off the top of my head for the demos, but there aren't THAT many so I doubt it's more than 500mb, 1gb ABSOLUTE tops.

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