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How the heck do i use whdload!!!!
« on: July 11, 2009, 06:52:24 PM »
This program is the most frusterating thing on the face of the earth.  I installed it successfully on my hard drive along with several WHDLoad games.  What do I do next?  Is there a command I type in the shell to get a game started?  What is the command to start a game?  Anybody have the answer I would appreciate it.  Thanks.

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Re: How the heck do i use whdload!!!!
« Reply #1 on: July 11, 2009, 07:25:21 PM »
Once you've installed WHDload, download a couple of games from http://www.whdownload.com and unzip them, then just double click the .slave file in the game directory.

There's probably more functionality to WHDload, but this is as far as I've gotten.
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Re: How the heck do i use whdload!!!!
« Reply #2 on: July 11, 2009, 07:42:17 PM »
That didn't work tone007.  I double click the .sla file, and a "execute a file" windows comes up asking me to "enter command arguements".  There must be somthing I am missing.
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« Reply #3 on: July 11, 2009, 07:48:04 PM »
Hm. Extension should be .slave if I'm not mistaken.  Did you uncompress the games on the Amiga or a PC?
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Re: How the heck do i use whdload!!!!
« Reply #4 on: July 11, 2009, 07:51:05 PM »
the game is on the amiga hard drive perfectly, I think my problem is that i didn't configure WHDLOAD at all.  How do I set up the settings in WHDLoad so games work?  Am i supposed to first start whdload then click on the .sla game icon, or is WHDload always running in the background ready to start?
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« Reply #5 on: July 11, 2009, 07:53:12 PM »
Woops, I had it wrong.  Don't double click the slave file, double click the name of the game instead.

Running the WHDload install should be all you need to do, the tooltype or whatever in the file will call WHDLoad.
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Re: How the heck do i use whdload!!!!
« Reply #6 on: July 11, 2009, 07:54:50 PM »
Quote from: barney;515358
the game is on the amiga hard drive perfectly, I think my problem is that i didn't configure WHDLOAD at all.  How do I set up the settings in WHDLoad so games word.  Am i supposed to first start whdload then click on the .sla game icon, or is WHDload always running in the background ready to start?


If your extension is called .sla, you haven't installed the game correctly. Unpack the archives on your Amiga instead of a PC, and doubleclick the icon in the drawer.

WHDLoad doesn't need to be configured, it's just an "executer" for slaves. All it takes is for the WHDLoad file to be placed in C: (or any other system path). Configuration is done in the WHDLoad.prefs file, but the program works fine with the default prefs file.
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Re: How the heck do i use whdload!!!!
« Reply #7 on: July 11, 2009, 07:57:36 PM »
SWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET man!!!!!!!!!!  This program is awesome.  It worked fine that time.  No more loading from floppies!!!!!!!!!!
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Re: How the heck do i use whdload!!!!
« Reply #8 on: July 11, 2009, 08:00:13 PM »
One more small question though.....how to I exit the game back to the Workbench desktop?
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Re: How the heck do i use whdload!!!!
« Reply #9 on: July 11, 2009, 08:05:05 PM »
It's posted on the splash screen when you start the program.

Remember to register if you haven't already, it's by far worth the small amount it costs.
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Re: How the heck do i use whdload!!!!
« Reply #10 on: July 11, 2009, 10:01:06 PM »
I am still having several issues with this program.  I would love to register if only it would actually work.  Now, only about 20% of the programs work.  Some programs don't even have a data folder with the program icon in it.  Sometimes a program does run and sometimes it doesn't (locks up my system).  When I power on my system, is there anything I have to tweak in WHDLoad before I run any programs?  Also, everytime I lick on the program icon, an "execute a file" windows comes up asking me to "enter command arguements".  This is starting to disturb me.

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Re: How the heck do i use whdload!!!!
« Reply #11 on: July 11, 2009, 10:11:51 PM »
Where do you get your games from and how do you unpack them?

The reason for games not running is most likely because your computer doesn't meet the requirements; the games requirements can be seen in the readme.

Again, if you have to enter a command to get it started, you either have uncompressed the archive wrongly or have gotten a badly created archive.
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Re: How the heck do i use whdload!!!!
« Reply #12 on: July 11, 2009, 10:19:44 PM »
I get my downloads from here http://www.whdownload.com/.  My system has 9mb. Amiga 2000 w 2630 accelerator. 2091 scsi.  
When I download them from the website, they are in zip form.  I unzip them from the pc before I burn them on a cdrom.  I guess i could unzip them from the Amiga if I knew how to unzip "zip" files.  What should I try next?

And I also have kickstart 3.1 and running Magic Workbench.

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Re: How the heck do i use whdload!!!!
« Reply #13 on: July 11, 2009, 10:39:56 PM »
I've found some games won't work unless you boot your system up in PAL mode, since you have 3.1 ROMs you may be able to do that in the early boot menu (hold both buttons while booting.)
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Re: How the heck do i use whdload!!!!
« Reply #14 on: July 11, 2009, 10:43:27 PM »
Have you checked that the files on the CD hasn't been made into 8.3 format? Get an unzipper from http://www.aminet.net instead and unzip them on the Amiga instead.

The archives on http://www.whdownload.com contains all the icons and files needed to run the program, so I believe the files burned to CD isn't in the correct format.
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