[Commodore Amiga] [Fs-Uae] Multiple disks games

[Niewidomy]

Hello it's me again with another question. I'm trying to set up Amiga in Hyperspin and I have a little problem regarding games with more than one disk. I'm not sure how do I need to name them (if thats the case) or how to make FS-Uae to see them and eventually load when needed?

[rfancella]

Hello it's me again with another question. I'm trying to set up Amiga in Hyperspin and I have a little problem regarding games with more than one disk. I'm not sure how do I need to name them (if thats the case) or how to make FS-Uae to see them and eventually load when needed?

Hi,

I modified the Official FS-UAE.ahk module so that it will load up to four disks when the game launches. Not every game will support the use of more than one drive and some games have more than four disks. For those cases, this module will do no good.

FS-UAE.ahk:

http://pastebin.com/wE4vwfnr

Give it a try and let me know.

Thanks,

Ron

[Niewidomy]

I applied your module, 1 disk games seem to still work like they did before but still whenever I load a game (DISK 1) it wont let me select other ones in F12 menu. My questions here: Do I need to pack all the disks in to one zip? Do I need to have specific names for Disk2,3... files? For example if I have files called Agony_v1.3_0960, Agony_v1.3_0960_Disk2, Agony_v1.3_0960_Disk3 and the xml has one entry only called "Agony_v1.3_0960". What other disks suposed to be named for it to see it?

PS in both modules the 2-4 drives are grayed out and the first Disk shows only "Agony_v1.3_0960" with no ability to even change the main disk.

[rfancella]

I applied your module, 1 disk games seem to still work like they did before but still whenever I load a game (DISK 1) it wont let me select other ones in F12 menu. My questions here: Do I need to pack all the disks in to one zip? Do I need to have specific names for Disk2,3... files? For example if I have files called Agony_v1.3_0960, Agony_v1.3_0960_Disk2, Agony_v1.3_0960_Disk3 and the xml has one entry only called "Agony_v1.3_0960". What other disks suposed to be named for it to see it?

PS in both modules the 2-4 drives are grayed out and the first Disk shows only "Agony_v1.3_0960" with no ability to even change the main disk.

Hi,

The name format needs to end in (Disk 1), (Disk 2), etc. There also needs to be a space in front of the (.

The names you give above sound like WHDLoad packages. You cannot use FS-UAE on WHDLoad sets. Open up the files, if they have files in them that end in .adf, they just need to be renamed. If in the zip file there is a .slave file and a directory, you need to use WinUAE for the emulator. For WinUAE look in my signature for a guide.

Thanks,

Ron

If they are named correctly, they will load in the correct drives.

[Niewidomy]

When I call my main (first) disk anything than agony_1.3_0960.zip it wont work (indise is adf files) For example agony_1.3_0960.zip (Disk 1) is not seen by hyperspin anymore hence the xml. Slots for disl 2-4 still greyed out when I have names setup like this;

-Agony_v1.3_0960.adf

-Agony_v1.3_0960 (Disk 2).adf

-Agony_v1.3_0960 (Disk 3).adf

[rfancella]

When I call my main (first) disk anything than agony_1.3_0960.zip it wont work (indise is adf files) For example agony_1.3_0960.zip (Disk 1) is not seen by hyperspin anymore hence the xml. Slots for disl 2-4 still greyed out when I have names setup like this;

-Agony_v1.3_0960.adf

-Agony_v1.3_0960 (Disk 2).adf

-Agony_v1.3_0960 (Disk 3).adf

Ok,

Leave disk 2 and 3 named like above.

Name the first one "Agony_v1.3_0960 (Disk 1).adf

Now, open up your database file ...\HyperSpin\Databases\Commodore Amiga\Commodore Amiga.xml

Find the entry:

<game name="Agony_v1.3_0960" index="" image="">
   <description>Agony</description>
   <cloneof></cloneof>
   <crc></crc>
   <manufacturer></manufacturer>
   <year></year>
   <genre></genre>
   <rating>Other - NR (Not Rated)</rating>
   <enabled>Yes</enabled>
 </game>

and change it to this:

<game name="Agony_v1.3_0960 (Disk 1)" index="" image="">
   <description>Agony</description>
   <cloneof></cloneof>
   <crc></crc>
   <manufacturer></manufacturer>
   <year></year>
   <genre></genre>
   <rating>Other - NR (Not Rated)</rating>
   <enabled>Yes</enabled>
 </game>

You will also have to rename all of your artwork for that game to the same.

Thanks,

Ron

[nathan1974au]

an idea has pop'ed into my head to remove multiple disks for the amiga!

the cdtv is an Amiga perhaps some of the contents can be made as a CD type image! with a bit of tweaking could be possible!

just a thought! may be an experiment for me to do in the future!

what are your thoughts!

[rfancella]

an idea has pop'ed into my head to remove multiple disks for the amiga!

the cdtv is an Amiga perhaps some of the contents can be made as a CD type image! with a bit of tweaking could be possible!

just a thought! may be an experiment for me to do in the future!

what are your thoughts!

Hi,

That would be great for the games that do not have a WHDLoad install.

When it comes down to it, there is nothing that is in any emulator that cannot be done with WinUAE better. "One emu to rule them all." lol

Thanks,

Ron