Quick WHDload question.

[RMK305]

I've downloaded the skick346.lha file from aminet, is it only the .RTB files for the kickstart files I'm grabbing that I put into the Devs:Kickstarts folder or are there other files in the archive that need to be copied over also?

I'm still to fire up the A500 to grab the kickstart image but thought I'd find the answer to this while I'm doing it.

Thanks

[Christian Johansson]

Only the RTB-files.

[RMK305]

Thanks for the reply, I've got it up and running now.

I've been messing around with a couple of installs and some of the game are running a litle fast on my 040.  What's the best way to slow them down a bit? Syndicate was the game in question.

Thanks,

Robert

[zipper]

Disable the cpu caches.

[alexh]

I don't think Zipper is right (but you never know) WHDload usually handles all the caches appropriately for a particular game.

The most likely thing is you've originally played it in PAL and the slave has the NTSC tooltype set. Games running at 60Hz will seem a bit faster than 50Hz (obviously)

Check the game icon's tooltype for an NTSC entry and if it is there remove it, if not try adding the "PAL" one.

If that does not work you can try what Zipper suggested and add to the icon's tooltype the "NoCache" option.

http://www.whdload.de/docs/en/opt.html

If you do not know what a tooltype is then... erm... look it up?

[zipper]

alexh wrote:
WHDload usually handles all the caches appropriately for a particular game.

Agreed.

[save2600]

@alexh:

Does changing the tooltype affect the screen mode as well or just the timing? I'd assume both, but I ask because I find it much easier to simply run Degrader before playing any WHDLoad games. Switch your system to either PAL or NTSC and you don't have to mess with any individual game settings AFAIK and the dozens I have tried all play at the correct speed and a single display (PAL or NTSC, whichever you originally chose in Degrader).  

[RMK305]

I'm starting to mess around with WHDload a little now. Am I correct in thinking that when you install a game you can move the contents of the folder to another location and it will work no problem? If you did this with a standart installer that came with the software sometimes the software would not launch when you double click on the icon.

[save2600]

You've gotta place WHDLoad itself into the C: directory for all to be good.

If double-clicking a games icon does not work, check it's attributes. It may be pointing to somewhere else besides SYS:C