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Short: HD Installer for Shadow Of The Beast III V1.1
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
Shadow Of The Beast 3 is ©1992 Psygnosis.
--- Shadow Of The Beast 3 Hard Disk Installer ---
This installer requires the ORIGINAL disks from Shadow Of The Beast 3, PAL or NTSC version
(there are 2 game disks, the intro is not HD installable).
It should NOT work for cracked versions, but if the files are ripped the same way I
did on the original, it could.
The HD-Patched game will need about 1Mb of fast memory if you use the HDLOAD tooltype,
3Mb if you don't use it (files cached in RAM).
FEATURES:
- Full HD/RAM load of the game, using real files instead of diskfiles.
- Now both NTSC and PAL versions are supported, and can run indifferently in PAL or NTSC
(there were a country check, but the only difference between the 2 versions is the 'main' file)
- F5 key allows you to quit the game now in the menu and during the game
- Original trainer keys activated (<- ->). Thanx to Abaddon for the cheat.
- Low memory consumption owing to the HDLOAD tooltype
- Full use of fast memory and full memory control
The game should work on ALL Kickstarts and ALL CPUs (up to '060).
Report me any bugs you'll find.
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.
INSTALLING THE GAME:
Just run the installer script.
When the disks are copied during installation, the pointer freezes. That's
normal cause the game uses a custom trackload routine (copy-protection), and
it does not easily multitask.
To abort installation during the custom disk loading, just press the left mouse
button.
The installer also checks that you inserted the correct disk. In case of problem
during the installation, you can partially re-install the game by hand using
the rippsyfiles command.
After that you just have to adjust the tooltypes and start the game by clicking on
the SOTB3HD icon or by typing SOTB3HD <options> in a shell.
'SOTB3HD ?' will give you the list of the arguments that you can use.
OPTIONS:
I don't repeat them in every doc file I join to one of my installers. Read the doc
I wrote to know the details. You'll find it on my http patch page.
PAL: Forces the game tu run PAL mode. Useful when you have a NTSC amiga, useless otherwise,
because the loader switches in 15KHz anyway.
NTSC: Same thing for NTSC.
QUIET: displays nothing and opens no window. No error messages, and no author message.
NOCACHES: useful if you get unexplained crashes. The game will disable all caches at startup.
HDLOAD: new feature: allows loading of big files from harddisk instead of caching them in
memory -> less memory used, but the screen goes black when the hard disk is accessed.
DEBUG: useful only for bug reports. Makes a memory image on exit.
LEAVEVBR: useful only for debugging purposes, and with a debugger such as Action-Replay,
HRTMon or ThrillKill. Don't select it unless you want to debug.
IN-GAME KEYS:
I remind you the other keys (original game)
- ESC : lose a life and restart
- HELP : restart
- F10 : return to menu
- SPACE: scroll through inventory
- cursor right: invincibility
- cursor left : normal
BUGS:
No known bugs :-)
If you find some other 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 (NO WAY FOR CRACKED VERSIONS).
E-mail me if you're interested, or if you simply like this installer.
DISCLAIMER:
I'm not responsible for any damage caused directly or indirectly by this piece
of software.
DISTRIBUTION:
This patch can be distributed freely, but I'd appreciate that you drop me a line
if you include it in a coverdisk or PD collection.
However, FFD (France Festival Distribution) is not allowed to include it in any
of its PD disks (if you read usenet in fr.comp.sys.amiga, you'll know why).
It's the only exception for the distribution.
ME:
Visit my patch page, where all my HD work is gathered, along with some other
quality installers (all for original software), and some other interesting
freeware stuff:
http://www.ensica.fr/~jffabre/patches.html
And my home page (totally stupid stuff):
http://www.ensica.fr/~jffabre/ (english)
http://www.ensica.fr/~jffabre/index_fr.html (french)
E-mail: jffabre@ensica.fr
Enjoy this cool game from Psygnosis on your HD. It really improves gameplay.
Jeff
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Original Packed Ratio Date Time Name
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1510 545 63.9% 03-Apr-97 23:20:34 +Install-BeastIII
1885 1024 45.6% 03-Apr-97 23:19:40 +Install-BeastIII.info
8344 8012 3.9% 05-Jan-97 23:02:30 +rippsyfiles
8916 8519 4.4% 03-Apr-97 23:17:28 +SOTB3HD
1712 545 68.1% 03-Apr-97 23:19:40 +SOTB3HD.info
4697 2379 49.3% 03-Apr-97 23:28:36 +sotb3hd.readme
5146 1618 68.5% 03-Apr-97 23:19:40 +sotb3hd.readme.info
2278 572 74.8% 03-Apr-97 23:28:48 SOTB3.info
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34488 23214 32.6% 05-Apr-97 21:16:06 8 files