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Title: WHDLoad Rom Files (Problems/Questions)
Post by: 3246251196 on May 24, 2006, 10:38:58 PM: I am trying to get WHDLOAD to work with AGA Theme Park (the disks i got installed fine but when i click on research there comes up a SOFTWARE PROBLEM!!!) so, i am to use another verison - the WHDLOAD one (installed via a different THEMEPARK)

anyway. it first said unable to located kick40068.a4000 so, i copied (into DEVS:kickstarts) something like A40003.1.rom and renamed it "kick40068.a4000". loaded up again, now it wants "kick40068.a4000.rtb" - so, it seems as though you need TWO files. what is this RTB file!?

thanks
Title: Re: WHDLoad Rom Files (Problems/Questions)
Post by: cgutjahr on May 24, 2006, 11:15:27 PM: Read the docs (http://www.whdload.de/games/ThemePark.html) for the Thema Park AGA WHDLoad Install, it will tell you where to get the RTB file.
Title: Re: WHDLoad Rom Files (Problems/Questions)
Post by: 3246251196 on May 24, 2006, 11:40:45 PM: guys, this is a little scary. i am testing some WHDLOAD games. they work fine. then a few mins through they just FREEZE. i can quite to WB. but the games freezes!?

help, please
Title: Re: WHDLoad Rom Files (Problems/Questions)
Post by: 3246251196 on May 24, 2006, 11:54:12 PM: i hope it isnt my Acc card. if it is i am going to be pretty annoyed!

EDIT: Also, i am using WHDLOAD 16.1!!!!!
Title: Re: WHDLoad Rom Files (Problems/Questions)
Post by: amigagr on May 25, 2006, 12:10:07 AM: Quote

3246251196 wrote:
but the games freezes!?

but why not? every game it's just as every other buggy program.
Title: Re: WHDLoad Rom Files (Problems/Questions)
Post by: 3246251196 on May 25, 2006, 12:33:23 AM: yeah. so this happens to you guys?

i mean, i restarted - closed everything so i had as much mem as possible and then the game runs fine. just happens from time to time i suppose.

right?
Title: Re: WHDLoad Rom Files (Problems/Questions)
Post by: Mugo on May 25, 2006, 01:37:49 AM: Quote

3246251196 wrote:
guys, this is a little scary. i am testing some WHDLOAD games. they work fine. then a few mins through they just FREEZE. i can quite to WB. but the games freezes!?

help, please

This problem is a well known one . . .

If you use Miami, just close this program prior to run any WHDLoad game.

It's a imcompatability between WHDLoad and the TCP/IP stack.

I know for sure that Miami causes this, but not as sure about other stacks. But probably they cause the same behaviour.

Regards,
Marcelo.
Title: Re: WHDLoad Rom Files (Problems/Questions)
Post by: adolescent on May 25, 2006, 01:38:39 AM: WHDLoad is rock solid. It sounds like you're running a TCP/IP stack. This can cause freezing like you describe. Other possibilities are using the wrong disks for the particular installation (ie. pirate copies, unsupported versions, etc.).
Title: Re: WHDLoad Rom Files (Problems/Questions)
Post by: 3246251196 on May 25, 2006, 01:42:30 AM: think that makes sense. i think i was running my network when i was running the game (TCP/IP stack). FTPMount
Title: Re: WHDLoad Rom Files (Problems/Questions)
Post by: whiteb on May 25, 2006, 01:55:59 AM: I too had freeze error's i could not explain, until i realised, I still had Miami/Amiga Explorer running still while loading the games after transferring off of the Network from PC.

Works a treat here.., but my 4000 has no network card so I have to use 1.44MB floppies..
Title: Re: WHDLoad Rom Files (Problems/Questions)
Post by: 3246251196 on May 25, 2006, 02:14:50 AM: yup. things are working well now. good stuff!

i would not mind registering so that scroll screen doesnt come up. you guys registered?
Title: Re: WHDLoad Rom Files (Problems/Questions)
Post by: Matt_H on May 25, 2006, 04:44:00 AM: Quote
you guys registered?

Absolutely. Don't even give it a second though - just register. Worth every penny.
Title: Re: WHDLoad Rom Files (Problems/Questions)
Post by: 3246251196 on May 25, 2006, 09:13:32 AM: i agree. WHDLoad has to be one of the greatest pieces of software made - and thats not even being anti-serious.

few questions though:

1 - you guys use the latest model? because i use 16.1, is it good enought?

2 - you get a key when you register right? where do you insert this (when using your amiga)?
Title: Re: WHDLoad Rom Files (Problems/Questions)
Post by: krize on May 25, 2006, 10:49:40 AM: yes, register it ! I have regged years ago and is really worth it!!! Download latest version yes :) You get instructions when ordered....
Title: Re: WHDLoad Rom Files (Problems/Questions)
Post by: whiteb on May 25, 2006, 11:01:22 AM: Quote

3246251196 wrote:
yup. things are working well now. good stuff!

i would not mind registering so that scroll screen doesnt come up. you guys registered?

Yep, sure have, and i left a bonus donation too.
Title: Re: WHDLoad Rom Files (Problems/Questions)
Post by: whiteb on May 25, 2006, 11:10:11 AM: Quote

3246251196 wrote:

1 - you guys use the latest model? because i use 16.1, is it good enought?

2 - you get a key when you register right? where do you insert this (when using your amiga)?

It has a search order, but s: or L: is usually sufficient.

You get an archive (LHA) with a few differing file names
Whdload.key
whdload.key.bak
whdload.key.bak.bak

I use 16.5
Title: Re: WHDLoad Rom Files (Problems/Questions)
Post by: foleyjo on May 25, 2006, 01:25:26 PM: Another good reason to register is that some games wont work without registering. I had versions of Moonstone and Sensible Golf that did this.
The WHDLoad Keyfile is the best piece of software I have ever purchased on my Amiga
Title: Re: WHDLoad Rom Files (Problems/Questions)
Post by: bakoulis on May 25, 2006, 02:17:06 PM: Quote

3246251196 wrote:
I am trying to get WHDLOAD to work with AGA Theme Park (the disks i got installed fine but when i click on research there comes up a SOFTWARE PROBLEM!!!) so, i am to use another verison - the WHDLOAD one (installed via a different THEMEPARK)

anyway. it first said unable to located kick40068.a4000 so, i copied (into DEVS:kickstarts) something like A40003.1.rom and renamed it "kick40068.a4000". loaded up again, now it wants "kick40068.a4000.rtb" - so, it seems as though you need TWO files. what is this RTB file!?

thanks

The freeze problems caused by tcp/ip stacker (ethernet pcmcia cards) or USB stacker. Also many problems caused to 68030 amigas with MMU enabled. Read the whdload guide for all this problems.

________
Lovely Wendie99 (http://www.lovelywendie99.com/)
Title: Re: WHDLoad Rom Files (Problems/Questions)
Post by: 3246251196 on May 25, 2006, 02:51:10 PM: okay i have a new problem now :(

on theme park aga i save the game. everything is fine. def' saved. i restart. come back on today to find that there is no way to reload the game.... any ideas?

thing is: in DATA/SAVE for that folder my file IS there :S

EDIT: hmm, i think i have to pretend to make a new park and put the same name and park details in. then it allows me to open that save up. a little unorthodox but it works ;p
Title: Re: WHDLoad Rom Files (Problems/Questions)
Post by: adolescent on May 26, 2006, 05:00:22 AM: Odd. Loading a saved park works here. What version of the slave are you using?
Title: Re: WHDLoad Rom Files (Problems/Questions)
Post by: whiteb on May 26, 2006, 08:00:02 AM: Quote

foleyjo wrote:
Another good reason to register is that some games wont work without registering. I had versions of Moonstone and Sensible Golf that did this.
The WHDLoad Keyfile is the best piece of software I have ever purchased on my Amiga

Agree'd.

No "Shareware" nag screen, and i can load my favorite game, Dragons breath :)

Which Galahad wrote as a registered user only slave.
Title: Re: WHDLoad Rom Files (Problems/Questions)
Post by: 3246251196 on May 30, 2006, 10:50:44 AM: my amiga at the min is being really inconsistent and i think it has something to do with WHDLoad.

remember: i am using 16.1 UNREGISTERED at the moment

i load up Flashback and sometimes the amiga will crash - i do it another time and it WORKS!?

and when it did work, when i quit out my amiga froze completely. i dont know what the problem is at all. any help? (do i need a better whdload?)
Title: Re: WHDLoad Rom Files (Problems/Questions)
Post by: Flashlab on May 30, 2006, 10:57:50 AM: Latest version is 16.5; try it. Also check if you have the latest slave files from the installations on the whdload site.

Don't use a pirate key; it will make whdload unstable (own experience).

And please don't take this the wrong way but you seem to ask a lot of questions when there are really simple steps that may lead to solution. Like installing the latest whdload version; you don't really need a forum telling you to download that when you could have done that already?
Title: Re: WHDLoad Rom Files (Problems/Questions)
Post by: 3246251196 on May 30, 2006, 11:17:32 AM: yeah i know but this is the thing. i needed to ask that to ask this: do you need to get rid of 16.1 or can you just install latest OVER 16.1 without needing to remove it?
Title: Re: WHDLoad Rom Files (Problems/Questions)
Post by: Flashlab on May 30, 2006, 11:22:40 AM: Just install it over it; older files will be overwritten if you install it the same way you did before.
Title: Re: WHDLoad Rom Files (Problems/Questions)
Post by: d0pefish on May 30, 2006, 01:26:08 PM: Regarding the freezing problem, it happens with my Genesis on OS3.9 too. It's just a case of closing it. :)

It's easy to forget and leave it running if you have it loaded on startup and it's set to hidden :)