pagman27 Posted January 21, 2017 Posted January 21, 2017 Hi All....... not sure if this has been asked already (surely it has....but i cant find it) But i am on with getting my Amiga stuff sorted and renamed to use on hyperspin.... what do you do with multiple disk games ie naming? i only see one entry per game in the xml file..... so what do i do with these games??? I asked Simply Austin and he was on about merging disks (adf files) but again i cant find anything on this either.....please help me out here cos im at a bit of a dead end :-)
Avar Posted January 21, 2017 Posted January 21, 2017 Provide me of an example of a game like this please so I can back you up. This simply sounds like a game that makes use of WHD though and I imagine should run normally.
pagman27 Posted January 21, 2017 Author Posted January 21, 2017 Hi Avar thanks for the super quick reply this is monkey island 2 11 disks the xml calls it MonkeyIsland2_v1.1_0020..... so im not sure what i do.... do i call them all MonkeyIsland2_v1.1_0020 or do i call them MonkeyIsland2_v1.1_0020_disk1 or something like that?
Avar Posted January 21, 2017 Posted January 21, 2017 Yeah so this is definitely an example of a game that takes advantage of WHD. Forgive me if you already understand some of this but the WinUAE emulator is effectively a Virtual Machine of a Commodore Amiga and WHD acts as the literal, digital equivalent of a the physical Hard Disk Drive. Those are all the disks that, in the physical world, would have been used during the installation process. Another example I can recall from my childhood is Return to Zork, which had an absurd number of disks. Thanks to WHDLoad, we don't have to physically install all of the games like this one by one in order for them to work however. While you could create your own WHDLoad rom I very much willing to bet that if you google the rom name (ie. MonkeyIsland2_v1.1_0020) you'll be able to find exactly what you need without your having to do any more work. You can probably even track down a proper set that won't take any additional effort on your part. HS obviously can't distribute or tell people where to find roms but I can tell you that with a lil digging you can avoid having to toil over romsets much. Keep in mind also that games like this demand that you're using WHD with your WinUAE setup. Also, some games require newer iterations of the Amiga Kickstarts/OS that come with higher levels of Amiga Forever support (though the base level will run >70% of games). If this sounds like gibberish, fear not. I'm currently finishing up the tutorial I'm working on and the very next one will be a quick, simple setup guide for WinUAE/Commodore Amiga that'll clarify everything.
pagman27 Posted January 21, 2017 Author Posted January 21, 2017 Thats my problem Avar, i have what i can only say is the most complete set of Amiga adf files all ripped from floppy.... trust me its got everything and has took me years to sort out.... when i was using winue years back this was not a problem....but now im trying to add everything into my homebuild arcade with hyperspin as the front end ive hit this problem......maybe i will do as you say and just try get a sorted named set and keep my own just for winue..... Thanks for your advice though i appreciate it :-)
Avar Posted January 21, 2017 Posted January 21, 2017 Aye I'm sure your set is complete. Just wanna give you a heads up that there are 100% complete sets that are "plug & play" ready out there, if that makes sense. As for guides, I suggest this: It's fairly clear and polished and the video tut I'm doing is based heavily off of ron's work with some modifications where things have changed. I just ran through it myself from scratch a few days ago and it gets the job done with little trouble. If you have any questions, concerns, or issues, feel free to PM or post here or anywhere. I'll have the video for it done soon, relative to how much I can force myself to work and not play Battleborn XD Cheers!
pagman27 Posted January 21, 2017 Author Posted January 21, 2017 what do i need to search for to get this romset? ie whd roms or what? i have monkey island working now :-)
pagman27 Posted January 21, 2017 Author Posted January 21, 2017 Dont Bother think ive got it :-) thanks again :-)
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