How the heck do i use whdload!!!!

[Jiffy]

I don't think the pal issue is the problem.  All the games I've selected are ntsc games.  It isn't that the game begins and then turns black or anything.  It is that when I double click on the icon, it brings up a small rectangular "execute a file" window comes up asking me to "enter command arguements".  It almost looks like the program doesn't know where to look to start.  Do I need to direct the icon to associate itself with WHDLoad?

Barney

Again, don't unzip the games on your pc, but unzip them directly on your Amiga. There are unzip-programs to be found on Aminet.

More important: calm down and check the things mentioned in the thread without any mood swings (you seem to change quite rapidly between 'WHDload sucks' and 'WHDLoad is great' and back again). Relax, take a breath and count to 10.

[Jiffy]

Ok, unzipper file "unzip" dropped into the C: on DH0:  What is the next step?

Read the manual. What else?

[Jiffy]

I attempt to run and it states I need one.

Read your own message carefully and then think about it.

Your computer states it needs a certain file without which it can not perform the task you require it to do. And you ask if you need that file? What do you think? That your computer is making fun of you and creating random error messages just because it likes it that way?

Come on barney, you seem to stampede through the topic without thinking or reading carefully. You ignore about 95% of the tips given and give hardly any significant feedback on what you have tried yourself.

Software needs getting used to. Some software needs adjusting according to your liking or to the hardware you have.

WHDload has a manual which you should read carefully, as you should also read any ReadMe files accompanying the WHDload-games you download. All the info you need to run WHDload is either in the manual, in the ReadMe of the specific game or already in this very topic. Try a little harder to understand what you're working with.

You're using a machine from the early 90-ies, designed in the 80-ies and it needs a different approach compared to the current 'next-next-next-ok-run' generation. You have to find out things yourself.