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- Short: HD Installer for Leander 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
-
- Leander is ©1991 Psygnosis.
-
- --- Leander Hard Disk Installer ---
-
- This installer requires the ORIGINAL disks from Leander (there are 3).
- It should NOT work for cracked versions.
-
- The HD-Patched game will need about 3Mb of memory.
- It 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 click on the Install-Leander icon. You need the commodore 'Installer'
- program to run the install script. It's not provided here.
- Then follow the instructions.
-
- 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 (e.g you forget to swap disks), you can partially re-install
- the game by hand using my 'rippsyfiles' command. No need to specify the disk id if
- you're sure of the disk you've inserted.
-
- rippsyfiles 0 GAMES:Leander will rip the files of the disk DF0: into the directory
- specified.
-
- After that you just have to adjust the tooltypes and start the game by clicking on
- the LeanderHD icon or by typing LeanderHD <options> in a shell.
-
- 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.
- TRAINER: activates trainer when there is one. Here it is infinite lives.
- QUIET: displays nothing and opens no window. No error messages, and no author message.
- 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.
-
- FEATURES:
-
- - Full HD Install of the game, using real files instead of diskfiles.
- - Full use of fast memory, but avoid 32 bit fastmem if possible and use chipmem instead.
- - HD save of the hi-scores.
- - F10 key allows you to quit the game (and the hi-scores are saved unless you specify
- the NOOSSWAP option). I'm sorry, I could not make a in-game save because the game
- crashed after the call. My routines are still to be tuned :-)
-
- BUGS:
-
- - If you run and quit the game once, and the re-run it, the keyboard will be disabled.
- That's a mysterious bug I found in other installers from mine. I'm working on it.
-
-
- 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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- ============================= Archive contents =============================
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- Original Packed Ratio Date Time Name
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- 1427 440 69.1% 26-Dec-96 02:00:02 +Install-Leander
- 1869 1013 45.7% 26-Dec-96 02:01:18 +Install-Leander.info
- 9804 9398 4.1% 05-Jan-97 20:05:36 +LeanderHD
- 4071 1053 74.1% 26-Dec-96 02:01:18 +LeanderHD.info
- 4314 2205 48.8% 26-Dec-96 02:08:12 +leanderhd.readme
- 5146 1623 68.4% 26-Dec-96 02:01:18 +leanderhd.readme.info
- 8344 8012 3.9% 05-Jan-97 23:02:30 +rippsyfiles
- 2278 569 75.0% 05-Jan-97 23:04:48 Leander.info
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- 37253 24313 34.7% 07-Jan-97 23:59:52 8 files
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