Trouble installing the settlers

[paul1981]

Isn't there a original hd installer on one of the floppies ?

That's true, there is. But unless he has a cracked version then he'll need the user manual for the copy protection.

Just download it from here ready-to-go for the easiest:
http://www.whdownload.com/games.php?name=s&sort=0&dir=0

http://www.whdownload.com/games/Update-2009-05-28/Settlers_v1.5_0143.zip

[paul1981]

ive downloaded the file and transfered it to my amiga. after ive extracted the file and double click game icon a message appears saying
 
"CAN'T ALLOCATE ExpMem"

First thing to try is to disable the PRELOAD option on the settlers icon.

So select the icon, then select Information from the Icon menu. Scroll down the tooltypes list and one of the tooltypes is called "PRELOAD". Change this to "(PRELOAD)" which effectively disables preload option, and so it will not try to load the whole game into ram first.

I'm not convinced that's your problem, but it's the first thing you should try so that we can move things along a bit. Settlers should preload fine anyway is what I mean.

Next you could also try removing any card you have in the PCMCIA slot as this could be causing a problem as well. Again, unlikely if you have 6MB only, but it rules it out (8MEG Ram cards do cause problems with the cardslot).

[paul1981]

I've tried both of the points you suggested and the same message still appears.

Maybe there's something odd in your "S:WHDLoad.prefs".
Try replacing the file with the original one from the WHDLoad archive, or do a re-install of WHDLoad.

Do you have any problems with other WHDLoad games?
There could also be something in your WBStartup, Startup-Sequence or user-startup which is causing the problem.

How much chip ram and fast ram do you have free before attempting to load The Settlers?

[paul1981]

How do I find out how much chip ram and fast ram I have?

I've replaced the file with the original in the WHDLOAD folder and that message still appears.

I went into the data folder which is in the settlers folder and was looking through the files and saw a file saying "settlers" so I double clicked on it and the game loaded up. But when it got to the copy protection part it wouldn't let me carry on. Like I needed to enter the correct symbols in order to carry on.

You should be clicking on the "Settlers" icon, you shouldn't be going into the data drawer. What is in there are all the files from the floppy disks (2), and so the crack that enables you to select any symbols to play (implemented by c:WHDLoad along with the file Settlers.slave) will not work.

One question I have, is do you have your MaxTransfer value set correctly for ALL your CF hard drive partitions? This is important for CF cards plugged into the onboard IDE of the 1200 and 600.
You can check this with the HDToolBox program which should be stored in your "SYS:Tools" drawer. It should be set to "0x1FE00". Don't alter anything else and you should be fine. I will not be held responisble for any data loss that may incur from incorrect usage of HDToolBox.
If it wasn't already set correctly, you must transfer the settlers zip archive again to your A1200, and unzip again, replacing your current Settlers drawer (which maybe corrupted due to the MaxTransfer being wrong initially).

P.S. if your MaxTransfer was wrong, re-install WHDLoad as well.