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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Software Issues and Discussion => Topic started by: AAACHIPSET on July 29, 2012, 04:43:51 PM
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ok ..i have downloaded a few adf files of various games ..burnt to cd ..so i can copy to my a1200 harddrive ..now what ??
what program runs or installs them from adf ?? ..ok ..im a dummy on this .:>
johnny
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Find a file called ADF2DISK http://aminet.net/package/disk/misc/adf2disk11
Copy the file to C:
Put a blank disk to df0:
type in cli ADF2DISK filename.adf [return]
Enjoy!
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thank you a million times ..
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ok ..i have downloaded a few adf files of various games ..burnt to cd ..so i can copy to my a1200 harddrive ..now what ??
what program runs or installs them from adf ?? ..ok ..im a dummy on this .:>
johnny
ADFblitzer also works great.
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also TSGui http://aminet.net/package/disk/misc/tsgui
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but what you need is whdload and games patched to work with it.
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You could use EasyADF to transfer ADFs to disk or RAD:
http://amigakit.leamancomputing.com/catalog/advanced_search_result.php?keywords=easyadf
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but what you need is whdload and games patched to work with it.
See, this is the part I don't get. That's it means that only gamesn and apps available through WHDLOAD can be mounted in a floppy and run?
To begin with, I have never been able to install WHDLOAD in my A12000. At least for an old rusted user like me, that installation is not so straightforward.
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See, this is the part I don't get. That's it means that only gamesn and apps available through WHDLOAD can be mounted in a floppy and run?
To begin with, I have never been able to install WHDLOAD in my A12000. At least for an old rusted user like me, that installation is not so straightforward.
WHDLoad is a tool to run floppy-only games from hard disk. It uses "slave" files to create a sandbox environment for a specific game. (These are the heart of what you download whenever you're downloading a WHDLoad-based hard disk installer, along with the install script to rip the disk image). Because of subtle differences between NTSC, PAL, re-released versions, different language versions, etc., slave files must account for these differences as well. Cracked/pirated versions of games introduce yet another variable (and legal issues), and they are generally not supported. There are some exceptions, such as for games that have subsequently been released as freeware.
Being unable to install WHDLoad is a common problem, and 9 times out of 10 the issue is that someone doesn't have the program "Installer" in SYS:Utilities or C:. Grab it (http://aminet.net/package/util/misc/Installer-43_3) and the install should work.
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See, this is the part I don't get. That's it means that only gamesn and apps available through WHDLOAD can be mounted in a floppy and run?
To begin with, I have never been able to install WHDLOAD in my A12000. At least for an old rusted user like me, that installation is not so straightforward.
no, there are other ways to mount and run some games and apps. but whdload is actually easiest. provided you got enough RAM.
in the old days, many games lacked 'install to hdd' option. whdload offers 'standard' way of running games from hdd. and many of those slaves/patches allow running KS1.3/AGA fixed/.. games.
iirc, installation is not complex at all. you can do it manually by copying WHDLoad and few other utils to c:
then copy kickstarts in devs:kickstarts/ (i think)
and (optionall but highly recommended) copy reg key somewhere (iirc, S: )
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i got whdownload ..registered ..an lots games ..but simcity 2000 isnt on whdownload
only adf so got no choice ..funny thing though put the adf files on a cd ..copied over to my a1200 harddrive ..but they dont seem to exist ..cli the adf command an cant find them ..probably user error somewhere ..ill work it out or wait for a whd copy..
whdownload is my preference anyway..