Genetic Species

Fred the Fop · 20 January 2003, 22:28

I downloaded it from Aminet.
Nice.
I put it in a dir in my WinUAE HD.
Nice.
Then I get the following retarded message.
Help.
i tried to install, they all failed.

CodyJarrett · 20 January 2003, 22:31

Try running this in the CLI:

assign Genetics: [location of game]

Fred the Fop · 20 January 2003, 22:39

How do I open a CLI? I know very little about Amiga DOS command line.

Konrad · 20 January 2003, 22:44

1)press AMIGA+E or select "Execute Command" from the Workbench Menu.
2)type NewSHELL
3)type "Assign genetics: [gamepath]" (without quotes)

Steve · 20 January 2003, 23:17

Put the "ASSIGN Genetics: Work:Games/ etc ...." into your User-Startup so you won't have to type it out every time you want to play the superb Genetic Species. Alternatively you could just do what I've done and copy the whole of Genetic Species onto a CD called Genetics. Hey presto no need to assign the game and it saves precious hard drive space.

You have to copy the CD with ASCII Level 2 or something like that so the filenames don't change. Here is a nice script which joins all the anim files into one big cdxl file and saves a lot of space!

http://aminet.net/game/patch/GeneticScript.lha
http://aminet.net/game/patch/GeneticScript.readme

Severin · 20 January 2003, 23:21

Quote:

Originally posted by Konrad
1)press AMIGA+E or select "Execute Command" from the Workbench Menu.

2)type NewSHELL

3)type "Assign genetics: [gamepath]" (without quotes)

you can skip line 2...

or as your using UAE why not just put it all it it's own drawer on the PC and mount it as a HD partition?

Fred the Fop · 20 January 2003, 23:28

I am using WinUAe Konrad, so I had to use the execute command. Guys, I did as you say. Maybe I typed the path wrong. But I got an error:

Invalid device name genetics
assign failed return code 20

This is what I typed:

CodyJarrett · 20 January 2003, 23:32

Don't include the [ and ].

It should be something like:

assign Genetics: Workbench:Gamez/Gs

etc.

RetroMan · 20 January 2003, 23:32

It should look like this

:

ASSIGN GENETICS: WORK:GAMEZ/GS

(replace WORK with the name of the HD you installed it to

)

Fred the Fop · 20 January 2003, 23:39

Quote:

Originally posted by Steve
Put the "ASSIGN Genetics: Work:Games/ etc ...." into your User-Startup so you won't have to type it out every time you want to play the superb Genetic Species. .

http://uk.aminet.net/pub/aminet/game...eticScript.lha

I have no idea how to do this.

Twistin'Ghost · 20 January 2003, 23:47

Step one is to figure out exactly where it is the game is installed. Do you have a hardfile? Is the game installed to it, if so? Is it installed to a PC drive? If so and you have configured WinUAE to mount all PC drives at startup, you need to figure out what the AmigaOS/WB path of that drive is, as well as the path of the directory containing the game. For example if it is on your C: drive in a folder called GeneticSpecies, then

assign Genetics: DH0:GeneticSpecies
or
assign Genetics: DH1:GeneticSpecies

AmigaDOS assumes the drive the game is installed on to be DHx: you just need to suss out which one WinUAE is defining it as. Add the path to that as in the examples above, then make your assign. AmigaDOS will assume from that point on that the path is a physical device (or drive).

Steve · 20 January 2003, 23:48

If you have Directory Opus installed it's a lot easier. If not look for a program called Memacs or Ed or Cygnus Ed. Load one of these up (Utilities drawer I think) then load the User-Startup from one of these editors (S Drawer) and just add the assign as though you was editing a simple text file in windows.

Fred the Fop · 20 January 2003, 23:55

Retroman old chap, The name of the Dir that has the Workbench 3.1 is:

Workbench HD (used to be "gamez" for testing).
This is the Windows path:

C:\WINDOWS\Desktop\Amiga\Workbench HD\GS

I typed in:

Assign Genetiecs: Workbench HD\GS

Got error code again.
Am I that blockheaded?

20 January 2003, 23:58

It should be

Assign Genetics: "Workbench HD:GS"

"" are required since you have a space in that drive name.

or just browse through cli to the genetics folder and type

Assign Genetics: ""

(edited)

Steve · 21 January 2003, 00:01

Quote:

Originally posted by Frederic
Retroman old chap, The name of the Dir that has the Workbench 3.1 is:

Workbench HD (used to be "gamez" for testing).
This is the Windows path:

C:\WINDOWS\Desktop\Amiga\Workbench HD\GS

I typed in:

Assign Genetiecs: Workbench HD\GS

Got error code again.
Am I that blockheaded?

ASSIGN Genetics: "Workbench HD:GS"

That should work for ya Fred. Remember it's forward slashes in Workbench and backslashes in Windows. Add the " " because there is a space in your Hard drive name.

Fred the Fop · 21 January 2003, 00:02

Quote:

Originally posted by Twistin'Ghost
Step one is to figure out exactly where it is the game is installed. Do you have a hardfile? Is the game installed to it, if so? Is it installed to a PC drive? If so and you have configured WinUAE to mount all PC drives at startup, you need to figure out what the AmigaOS/WB path of that drive is, as well as the path of the directory containing the game. For example if it is on your C: drive in a folder called GeneticSpecies, then

assign Genetics: DH0:GeneticSpecies
or
assign Genetics: DH1:GeneticSpecies

AmigaDOS assumes the drive the game is installed on to be DHx: you just need to suss out which one WinUAE is defining it as. Add the path to that as in the examples above, then make your assign. AmigaDOS will assume from that point on that the path is a physical device (or drive).

I do not have it "installed", installations failed.
I have the game unrared to the following path:

C:\WINDOWS\Desktop\Amiga\Workbench HD\GS

PC drives are not loaded on start up, I never had trouble playing Amiga HD games by disallowing this feature. it's not in a Hardfile, just in a folder, unrared. I can try that idea you gave as an example using the path of where Genetic Species is. But AmigaDOS looks for a drive, and not so "long" a patch??
Sorry if I sound confused.

Twistin'Ghost · 21 January 2003, 00:10

Well, that drive has to be loaded at startup or AmigaDOS cannot locate the path. Do that, then use Steve's assign from two messages up, ASSIGN Genetics: "Workbench HD:GS"

21 January 2003, 00:10

Right Steve, " should be closed after the full address!

Fred the Fop · 21 January 2003, 00:23

Quote:

Originally posted by Steve
ASSIGN Genetics: "Workbench HD:GS"

That should work for ya Fred. Remember it's forward slashes in Workbench and backslashes in Windows. Add the " " because there is a space in your Hard drive name.

Bless you Steve

Coming from an athesit, tha's saying alot.
Thank you Cody, Konrad, Severin, Retroman, Twist and Burseg.
Chronological help order, of course. I also want to thank Astuardo Garcia for the lighting, Phillip Gongmarustrand for the pizzaa and my neighbor Janet "Buttnose" Jones for the support.

Fred the Fop · 21 January 2003, 00:25

Oh Twist, I did not have PC drives at startup to get it to work

20 January 2003, 22:28	#1
Fred the Fop flaming faggot Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Versailles Age: 55 Posts: 2,808	Genetic Species I downloaded it from Aminet. Nice. I put it in a dir in my WinUAE HD. Nice. Then I get the following retarded message. Help. i tried to install, they all failed. Attached Thumbnails

20 January 2003, 23:17	#5
Steve I Identify as an Ewok Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: North Lincolnshire Age: 45 Posts: 2,356	Put the "ASSIGN Genetics: Work:Games/ etc ...." into your User-Startup so you won't have to type it out every time you want to play the superb Genetic Species. Alternatively you could just do what I've done and copy the whole of Genetic Species onto a CD called Genetics. Hey presto no need to assign the game and it saves precious hard drive space. You have to copy the CD with ASCII Level 2 or something like that so the filenames don't change. Here is a nice script which joins all the anim files into one big cdxl file and saves a lot of space! http://aminet.net/game/patch/GeneticScript.lha http://aminet.net/game/patch/GeneticScript.readme Last edited by Steve; 15 March 2008 at 09:07.

20 January 2003, 23:28	#7
Fred the Fop flaming faggot Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Versailles Age: 55 Posts: 2,808	I am using WinUAe Konrad, so I had to use the execute command. Guys, I did as you say. Maybe I typed the path wrong. But I got an error: Invalid device name genetics assign failed return code 20 This is what I typed: Attached Thumbnails

20 January 2003, 23:58	#14
oldpx Posts: n/a	It should be Assign Genetics: "Workbench HD:GS" "" are required since you have a space in that drive name. or just browse through cli to the genetics folder and type Assign Genetics: "" (edited) Last edited by Burseg; 21 January 2003 at 00:10.

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20 January 2003, 22:31	#2
CodyJarrett Global Moderator Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: UK Age: 46 Posts: 6,166	Try running this in the CLI: assign Genetics: [location of game]

20 January 2003, 22:39	#3
Fred the Fop flaming faggot Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Versailles Age: 55 Posts: 2,808	How do I open a CLI? I know very little about Amiga DOS command line.

20 January 2003, 22:44	#4
Konrad Registered User Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Germany Age: 43 Posts: 743	1)press AMIGA+E or select "Execute Command" from the Workbench Menu. 2)type NewSHELL 3)type "Assign genetics: [gamepath]" (without quotes)

20 January 2003, 23:32	#8
CodyJarrett Global Moderator Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: UK Age: 46 Posts: 6,166	Don't include the [ and ]. It should be something like: assign Genetics: Workbench:Gamez/Gs etc.

20 January 2003, 23:32	#9
RetroMan Registered User Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Germany Age: 51 Posts: 3,704	It should look like this : ASSIGN GENETICS: WORK:GAMEZ/GS (replace WORK with the name of the HD you installed it to )

20 January 2003, 23:47	#11
Twistin'Ghost Give up the ghost Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: U$A Age: 33 Posts: 4,662	Step one is to figure out exactly where it is the game is installed. Do you have a hardfile? Is the game installed to it, if so? Is it installed to a PC drive? If so and you have configured WinUAE to mount all PC drives at startup, you need to figure out what the AmigaOS/WB path of that drive is, as well as the path of the directory containing the game. For example if it is on your C: drive in a folder called GeneticSpecies, then assign Genetics: DH0:GeneticSpecies or assign Genetics: DH1:GeneticSpecies AmigaDOS assumes the drive the game is installed on to be DHx: you just need to suss out which one WinUAE is defining it as. Add the path to that as in the examples above, then make your assign. AmigaDOS will assume from that point on that the path is a physical device (or drive).

20 January 2003, 23:48	#12
Steve I Identify as an Ewok Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: North Lincolnshire Age: 45 Posts: 2,356	If you have Directory Opus installed it's a lot easier. If not look for a program called Memacs or Ed or Cygnus Ed. Load one of these up (Utilities drawer I think) then load the User-Startup from one of these editors (S Drawer) and just add the assign as though you was editing a simple text file in windows.

20 January 2003, 23:55	#13
Fred the Fop flaming faggot Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Versailles Age: 55 Posts: 2,808	Retroman old chap, The name of the Dir that has the Workbench 3.1 is: Workbench HD (used to be "gamez" for testing). This is the Windows path: C:\WINDOWS\Desktop\Amiga\Workbench HD\GS I typed in: Assign Genetiecs: Workbench HD\GS Got error code again. Am I that blockheaded?

21 January 2003, 00:10	#17
Twistin'Ghost Give up the ghost Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: U$A Age: 33 Posts: 4,662	Well, that drive has to be loaded at startup or AmigaDOS cannot locate the path. Do that, then use Steve's assign from two messages up, ASSIGN Genetics: "Workbench HD:GS"

21 January 2003, 00:25	#20
Fred the Fop flaming faggot Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Versailles Age: 55 Posts: 2,808	Oh Twist, I did not have PC drives at startup to get it to work

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