Detroit AGA-Save problems

JACK98 · 26 January 2009, 17:35

Love this game.just one problem,i cant seem to save game on it.im not sure if its a bug or not.when i save the game,it asks me to insert a saved game disk.so i insert a blank floppy,it reads it,but does nothing else.the disk is correctly formatted and stuff.personally i thought it was stupid as well since you could install the game on the hard disk.any help from former players of this game would be appreciated!.

Retro-Nerd · 26 January 2009, 17:53

Detroit uses a custom (in-game made?) save disk. Try the Back2roots save disk:

http://www.back2roots.org/Games/Savedisks//40/

JACK98 · 26 January 2009, 17:55

Thanks for that.any way can make it save to a folder on hd instead?

Retro-Nerd · 26 January 2009, 17:58

Sure, install the game on your hd.

JACK98 · 26 January 2009, 17:59

I have done that.But it would still ask me for the save disk.So i assume you cant,unless you mod code/assignments i guess?

Retro-Nerd · 26 January 2009, 18:06

I would assume that saving should work fine in the DOS installed AGA version. What disks exactly have you installed. There are different TOSEC dumps.

JACK98 · 26 January 2009, 18:10

2 disk version.AGA.Been a while since i have them though.so i wouldn't be able to tell who did the dumping on the net.

Retro-Nerd · 26 January 2009, 18:17

You could tinker with these disks.

http://planetemu.net/?section=recher...&rubrique=roms

JACK98 · 05 February 2009, 01:53

Solved-not sure if its a bug in game or something.For the option of trying anything *since it said you cant run it from floppy which had me thinking the manual was probably written for pc version anyway*.I ran the game from the floppy,and i was able then to save the game onto a blank floppy disk by putting it in and clicking the right mouse button and it saved.So i wonder was it a bug in the game that was overlooked?

olesio · 15 June 2010, 20:53

Can anyone upload valid Detroit savedisk to The Zone? I tried search it on some
web but BTTR is down and web.archive work very slow and mirror of BTTR on a
web.archive do not work too good ;( I still have problem to save games. T.I.A.

JACK98 · 15 June 2010, 20:57

I think its just a regular blank disk.I forgot all about this thread.When i upgraded to 3.1 kickstart,i was then able to save the game onto a floppy or hard drive

olesio · 15 June 2010, 21:14

I see. So maybe you still have this game installed onto HDD and can upload it somewhere
or to The Zone? Beacuse I installed from adfs from planetemu and game show me monit to
put savegame disk and I cannot skip it. Floppy ECS version booted from adfs under WinUAE
save file but only when name EMPTY is used and after this game freeze ;/ Can you test it a
working way to savegames in AGA or ECS version when game is installed onto HDD? T.I.A.

JACK98 · 15 June 2010, 22:35

i don't think it would do any use.since you mentioned winuae,could you find 3.1 kickstarts and use them?.

26 January 2009, 17:35	#1
JACK98 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: N/A Posts: 420	Detroit AGA-Save problems Love this game.just one problem,i cant seem to save game on it.im not sure if its a bug or not.when i save the game,it asks me to insert a saved game disk.so i insert a blank floppy,it reads it,but does nothing else.the disk is correctly formatted and stuff.personally i thought it was stupid as well since you could install the game on the hard disk.any help from former players of this game would be appreciated!. Last edited by JACK98; 15 November 2013 at 19:45.

26 January 2009, 17:55	#3
JACK98 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: N/A Posts: 420	Thanks for that.any way can make it save to a folder on hd instead? Last edited by JACK98; 15 November 2013 at 19:44.

26 January 2009, 17:59	#5
JACK98 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: N/A Posts: 420	I have done that.But it would still ask me for the save disk.So i assume you cant,unless you mod code/assignments i guess? Last edited by JACK98; 19 November 2015 at 23:31.

26 January 2009, 18:10	#7
JACK98 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: N/A Posts: 420	2 disk version.AGA.Been a while since i have them though.so i wouldn't be able to tell who did the dumping on the net. Last edited by JACK98; 15 November 2013 at 19:44.

05 February 2009, 01:53	#9
JACK98 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: N/A Posts: 420	Solved-not sure if its a bug in game or something.For the option of trying anything since it said you cant run it from floppy which had me thinking the manual was probably written for pc version anyway.I ran the game from the floppy,and i was able then to save the game onto a blank floppy disk by putting it in and clicking the right mouse button and it saved.So i wonder was it a bug in the game that was overlooked? Last edited by JACK98; 05 November 2015 at 18:15.

26 January 2009, 17:53	#2
Retro-Nerd Missile Command Champion Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Germany Age: 52 Posts: 12,478	Detroit uses a custom (in-game made?) save disk. Try the Back2roots save disk: http://www.back2roots.org/Games/Savedisks//40/

26 January 2009, 17:58	#4
Retro-Nerd Missile Command Champion Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Germany Age: 52 Posts: 12,478	Sure, install the game on your hd.

26 January 2009, 18:06	#6
Retro-Nerd Missile Command Champion Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Germany Age: 52 Posts: 12,478	I would assume that saving should work fine in the DOS installed AGA version. What disks exactly have you installed. There are different TOSEC dumps.

26 January 2009, 18:17	#8
Retro-Nerd Missile Command Champion Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Germany Age: 52 Posts: 12,478	You could tinker with these disks. http://planetemu.net/?section=recher...&rubrique=roms

15 June 2010, 20:53	#10
olesio Registered User Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Poland Posts: 337	Can anyone upload valid Detroit savedisk to The Zone? I tried search it on some web but BTTR is down and web.archive work very slow and mirror of BTTR on a web.archive do not work too good ;( I still have problem to save games. T.I.A.

15 June 2010, 20:57	#11
JACK98 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: N/A Posts: 420	I think its just a regular blank disk.I forgot all about this thread.When i upgraded to 3.1 kickstart,i was then able to save the game onto a floppy or hard drive Last edited by JACK98; 05 November 2015 at 18:15.

15 June 2010, 21:14	#12
olesio Registered User Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Poland Posts: 337	I see. So maybe you still have this game installed onto HDD and can upload it somewhere or to The Zone? Beacuse I installed from adfs from planetemu and game show me monit to put savegame disk and I cannot skip it. Floppy ECS version booted from adfs under WinUAE save file but only when name EMPTY is used and after this game freeze ;/ Can you test it a working way to savegames in AGA or ECS version when game is installed onto HDD? T.I.A.

15 June 2010, 22:35	#13
JACK98 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: N/A Posts: 420	i don't think it would do any use.since you mentioned winuae,could you find 3.1 kickstarts and use them?. Last edited by JACK98; 15 November 2013 at 18:10.

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