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Short: HD Installer for Gods V1.0
Author: jffabre@ensica.fr (Jean-François Fabre)
Uploader: jffabre@ensica.fr (Jean-François Fabre)
Type: game/patch
Install-Script & HD-loader © 1997 Jean-François Fabre
Gods is ©1990 Renegade.
--- Gods Hard Disk Installer ---
This installer requires the Gods original disks (there are 2).
I wrote this installer because Bert Jahn's one did not work properly for me
(maybe the disk version is different).
I think that my loader is anyway slightly better that his because it works
with 512K chipmem and it includes a tool to rip floppy saves of the game.
FEATURES:
- Loads fully from HD
- Convenient Installer script
- Runs on ANY amiga provided you've got minimum 512K chipmem, and 2MB other mem.
- Possibility to quit the game (F10)
- Copy-protection removed.
- Load/Save hiscores/passwords from from/to hard drive (still possible from floppy)
- Includes an utility to rip your old scores/passwords from floppy to hard disk.
The HD-Patched game will need about 3Mb of memory to work properly.
It should work on ALL Kickstarts and ALL CPUs (up to '060).
The game was also patched for NTSC users and has got a quit option
(Available provided you've got at least 3Mb of memory).
Report me any bugs you'll find.
IMPORTANT, READ THIS:
WARNING: Do not press keys during hard disk access: this can lock the machine, which means
a possible disk corruption if you're saving scores (not very serious, but annoying).
I took the maximum care I could to avoid those problems, and I tested those features
a lot because I know they are critical. Use it at your own risk. If you don't trust
the program, run the game from a test partition or a ramdisk. If you're not happy with
it, nevermind. I worked hard for this and it works for me :-)
Because of the Delay after a write to the disk (file open then close in read mode then
2 seconds waiting), I think disk crashes are very improbable. I did not test my program
with a very slow hard drive or a floppy, but I never crashed my disk with this system.
I recently improved the in-game OS call routine, so it should work OK.
If you don't want to write/read the hard disk for game saves, or if the HD saves don't work,
you can disable the HD accesses by activating the NOOSWAP tooltype.
The full HD version will not work with machines equipped with only 3 MB of
memory. Use the NOOSSWAP tooltype/argument to enable floppy saves.
If you use NOOSSWAP, be sure to insert disk 2 (or the backup copy) into DF0:
during the introduction or before running the loader.
BUG:
Sometimes the keyboard interrupts don't work. That happens when you quit the game
once, then re-run it. I'll soon know how to fix this.
TO DO:
- Correct the keyboard bug
- Include the official walkthrough (on the Bitmap Bros. home page)
- Make a TRAINER option
Note: I created and tested this package with a A1200/060/50 16Mb, so there should
be no problems for all 680x0 CPUs (caches,chipset...). It degrades display properly
so Multiscan users won't have any sprite or screen problem.
You can modify the installer script to install disks from DF1:, DF2: or DF3: instead
of DF0: by changing the unit in the disk2file arguments.
If you find some bugs, or the game crashes, please e-mail me (specify your
configuration).
I'm also looking for people who could send me original disks for me to patch them
for 680x0 or write HD-Installers (please, not for cracked versions).
E-mail me if you're interested, or if you simply like this installer.
Enjoy this GREAT game from The Bitmap Bros. on your HD (the best ever I think)
Jeff
============================= Archive contents =============================
Original Packed Ratio Date Time Name
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6676 6376 4.4% 26-Dec-96 12:20:04 +disk2file
7528 7137 5.1% 11-Jan-97 19:36:36 +GodsHD
1690 560 66.8% 11-Jan-97 20:09:54 +GodsHD.info
3582 1818 49.2% 11-Jan-97 20:13:38 +godshd.readme
5146 1623 68.4% 11-Jan-97 20:09:54 +godshd.readme.info
1169 424 63.7% 11-Jan-97 16:36:50 +Install-Gods
1866 1013 45.7% 11-Jan-97 20:09:54 +Install-Gods.info
6828 6522 4.4% 11-Jan-97 19:58:46 +ripscores
2339 918 60.7% 11-Jan-97 20:09:54 +ripscores.info
2273 563 75.2% 11-Jan-97 20:13:44 Gods.info
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39097 26954 31.0% 13-Mar-97 16:13:52 10 files