Using downloaded software

[motorollin]

MS-DOS formatted floppies are limited to filenames with 8+3 characters. Probably some of the files inside the drawer got truncated to 8+3 characters, so when you run the game it can't find the files it needs.

You should copy the .lha file you downloaded on to the disk and extract it on the Amiga. That way the filenames will be preserved.

EDIT: Actually, C= were more forward thinking than a lot of other computer manufacturers at the time. Remember - the Amiga can read PC disks, but the PC can't read Amiga disks! :-)

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moto

[motorollin]

Piru wrote:
The last / is mandatory.

Unless you're extracing to the root of a volume  :-P

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moto

[motorollin]

BGary335 wrote:
Instead of bringing the lha file over, I've tried another method-opening the lha on the PC and putting the contents on the floppy instead of the entire lha archive.

Don't do that. As already explained, the MS-DOS disk format doesn't permit filenames longer than 8 characters + a 3 character extension. Thus, the file "Scorched1.85" becomes "SCORCH~1.85". That's why the game can't find the files it needs.

Just copy the LHA file on to your hard disk like you did before, then follow Piru's example for how to extract it to a drawer. That way the filenames within the archive will be preserved at their full length and the game will work.

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moto

[motorollin]

This isn't getting through is it :roll:

Don't double click anything. It won't work. Just rename lha_68k to lha, then copy lha to the C drawer on your hard drive. Then open up a shell window and type the LHA command already given to unarchive the file.

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moto