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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Software Issues and Discussion => Topic started by: Franko on August 09, 2010, 04:24:59 PM
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I've been most interested and quite surprised by the number of people out there who still use their Amiga to play all those excellent old games using WHDload.
I was wondering how most folk actually launch/run their WHDLoad Games. I wrote a little script and prog in 68k a number of years ago to make it very simple to play any of the several thousand games I have stored on my HDs.
With this little util I can select any of the games on my HDs and it will free up as much chip mem and fast mem as possible, before launching the games and run them from ram without any problems.
(http://i995.photobucket.com/albums/af79/frankosamiga/AmigaGamesSelc1.gif)
(http://i995.photobucket.com/albums/af79/frankosamiga/WBgrab2.gif)
Just wondering how do other folk launch their WHDload games on their Amigas... :)
Cheers :drink:
Franko
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Since no one else has asked yet, will we be getting an Aminet release of this, too? ;) I believe igame and kgload are the current launchers of choice for most.
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Since no one else has asked yet, will we be getting an Aminet release of this, too? ;) I believe igame and kgload are the current launchers of choice for most.
Nah... I doubt if it would be of any use to anyone else, as it was written for use on my various A1200 set ups. ;)
But I'll check out the ones you've mentioned, are they on Aminet. :)
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Oh that looks neat!
Personally, I downloaded KG's WHDLoad packs and placed them in the alphabetic draws. I just open the draw, find the game and double-click the icon.
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Hi,
@Franko,
Why would you waste your time with pure garbage like this, I mean who would actually use it?
What did you say the name of this utility was again?
Is it on Aminet yet?
Also would this trash work on my A4000 with 3.9 OS?
Not at all interested you know, just doing a little scientific research for the rest of the Amiga community don't ya know. Don't want them putting something on their system if it is going to corrupt it, right, right, right.
smerf
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Hi,
@Franko,
Why would you waste your time with pure garbage like this, I mean who would actually use it?
What did you say the name of this utility was again?
Is it on Aminet yet?
Also would this trash work on my A4000 with 3.9 OS?
Not at all interested you know, just doing a little scientific research for the rest of the Amiga community don't ya know. Don't want them putting something on their system if it is going to corrupt it, right, right, right.
smerf
One mans trash is another mans treasure... :)
In answer to your sh£ty questions...
1: I would
2: I didn't
3: Nope
4: No (but I could easily write it to trash Your A4000 if you really want...)
If your not interested, then why did your read it, and waste your time replying !!!
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Nah... I doubt if it would be of any use to anyone else, as it was written for use on my various A1200 set ups. ;)
But I'll check out the ones you've mentioned, are they on Aminet. :)
Yeah, igame should be on aminet and kgload should be in the eab forums. Also, I'm pretty sure smerf was attempting humor there.;)
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Yeah, igame should be on aminet and kgload should be in the eab forums. Also, I'm pretty sure smerf was attempting humor there.;)
If smerf was attempting humor there, then it didn't come across that way...
If smerf has been offended by my reply, then he/she only has to post a message here informing me if it was meant to be humorous or not and if so I'll be only more than too happy to issue him/her an apology. :)
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I put my games in alphabetical directories, though I would like to be able to run them from Dopus II's pull down launcher, though this does not seem possible. :/
Nice work on your launcher app btw!
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I put my games in alphabetical directories, though I would like to be able to run them from Dopus II's pull down launcher, though this does not seem possible. :/
Nice work on your launcher app btw!
Cheers XDelusion... :)
I too have all my games in alphabetical drawers, but I compress them all with LZX which means I only have one file per game that hold the disk images, slave file etc.. :)
As I have over 5000 games stored on my HD's this saves a lot of space and the util does all the decompression and launching so it's just a case of selecting the game you want and it's up and running. :)
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Hi,
@Franko,
WOW!!
I was attempting a little humor here, but by golly your answers were G R E A T!! I was not offended at all and I sure hope I didn't offend you. Your program looks interesting and I still enjoyed your humor, by golly I have been out smerfed.
smerf
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Cheers XDelusion... :)
I too have all my games in alphabetical drawers, but I compress them all with LZX which means I only have one file per game that hold the disk images, slave file etc.. :)
As I have over 5000 games stored on my HD's this saves a lot of space and the util does all the decompression and launching so it's just a case of selecting the game you want and it's up and running. :)
Damn, that's a really handy program.
PS. I could tell Smurf was kidding. He was taking the piss out of your suggestion that nobody would want this program because it is obviously very nice indeed.
I like the idea of keeping the game in LZX files. I downloaded KG's games and once unachived and installed along with my Workbench it takes up 4.5GB. Now that isn't a problem for me because I'm using a 35GB partition on a 80GB Hard Drive, but it would be an issue if I wanted to copy my installion onto a 4GB CF Card to use on an A1200. There are also the KG "Demos" which I haven't even downloaded yet...
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Hi,
@Franko,
WOW!!
I was attempting a little humor here, but by golly your answers were G R E A T!! I was not offended at all and I sure hope I didn't offend you. Your program looks interesting and I still enjoyed your humor, by golly I have been out smerfed.
smerf
Humble apologies my dear smerf :) (grovel... grovel..) :o
without any of those little smily icons in you post, I took it to be some nasty PC user having a dig... :)
No hard feelings I hope, Im off now to recharge my sense of humor (batteries must be running low...) :biglaugh:
Cheers :drink:
Franko
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Damn, that's a really handy program.
Hi Darrin, :)
By the time you get back home, you should have all you need to run my little progy on your set up... ;)
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Hi Darrin, :)
By the time you get back home, you should have all you need to run my little progy on your set up... ;)
You da man!
We need a new BBC TV show: "Franko 'ill Fix It" :D
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SUGAR !!! :(
I've just realized Darrin you'll be using NTSC, I'll have to recode it for you, cos it's only in PAL right now. Still it wont take me long to FIX IT... :roflmao:
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SUGAR !!! :(
I've just realized Darrin you'll be using NTSC, I'll have to recode it for you, cos it's only in PAL right now. Still it wont take me long to FIX IT... :roflmao:
Hey, I'm BRITISH by birth. I set my A4000 jumper to PAL. :D
NTSC = Never The Same Colour. Bugger that! :D
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An NTSC version would be nice too though...
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Franko, you are such a tease! I would absolutely love to have a game menu such as yours installed on my Amigas, it looks so oldschool too!
Here is currently how I launch my WHDLoad games from Workbench on my A1200, there are a few ways:
First is by the icons, each of which has a nice screenshot or boxscan image for the icons.
Secondly, I can launch them from the ToolsDaemon Games menu which is added to the Workbench menus.
Thirdly, I have Workbench 2000, which not only allows you to add programs to it the same as Windows' Start Menu does, but it also has a fast directory browser to find what you want quickly.
Here's a screenshot of my Workbench 3.1 setup:
(http://www.amiga.org/gallery/images/5087/2_WHDLoadWorkbench.png)
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Franko, you are such a tease! I would absolutely love to have a game menu such as yours installed on my Amigas, it looks so oldschool too!
Here is currently how I launch my WHDLoad games from Workbench on my A1200, there are a few ways:
First is by the icons, each of which has a nice screenshot or boxscan image for the icons.
Secondly, I can launch them from the ToolsDaemon Games menu which is added to the Workbench menus.
Thirdly, I have Workbench 2000, which not only allows you to add programs to it the same as Windows' Start Menu does, but it also has a fast directory browser to find what you want quickly.
Here's a screenshot of my Workbench 3.1 setup:
(http://www.amiga.org/gallery/images/5087/2_WHDLoadWorkbench.png)
That's a hell of a nice OS3.1 setup!
I like that Workbench 2000 bar. I have a dock running at the moment and it looks so "cluncky". I'm off to hunt that down on Aminet and then install it when I get home.
Cheers.
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I use iGame. Basically does the same thing but has nice options like automatic scanning for games and you can use screenshots for each game.
But it's always good to have more options! Keep up the good work.
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Hi Cammy
Some real neat Icons there, :cool:
I used to launch my games that way too, but when you have over 5000 games to choose from thats a hell of a lot of icons for WB to navigate through (even though they are in separate alphabetical drawers). Well spotted on the retro look thats just what I was trying to achieve... :)
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Hi Cammy
Some real neat Icons there, :cool:
I used to launch my games that way too, but when you have over 5000 games to choose from thats a hell of a lot of icons for WB to navigate through (even though they are in separate alphabetical drawers). Well spotted on the retro look thats just what I was trying to achieve... :)
My system is just like Cammy's. As you say, it can be a pain to find a game in a single draw full of many others. KG has a program similar to your's, but your's looks much easier to scroll with.
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Nevermind, nothing to see here
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Nevermind, nothing to see here
Yup... I've got nowt to say or see either right now... :biglaugh:
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Gonna check out iGame!