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- > On Thu, 16 Feb 1995, Ludwig wrote:
- >
- > > Is there anyway to and a non-dos boot block to a disk, which will run an
- > > executable file on the disk? I just want to make my amos games non-dos
- > > disks (partly so i can DMS em on to aminet!)
- > >
- > I believe the Aminet doesn't welcome .DMS files, only .LHA - and most
- > users nowadays don't welcome non-dos disks either.
-
- Yes it does. Aminet DOES welcome DMS files ONLY if the disk has a
- non-dos Bootblock. However, there does seem to be quite a few .DMS
- uploads that have normal Dos disks..but lets not get into that..
- >
- > I have an Amiga 4000. Many good games turn up on non-dos disks, and I
- > can't install these on my hard drive. Guaranteed I will return them or
- > junk them or find someone who hacked away on it enough to make it
- > HD-installable. Part of the reason the Amiga has failed a lot lately in
- > the games category has
- > been due to the ignorance of large game developers in this respect.
- >
-
- Lately? In the past year yes, but a hell of alot of games are becoming HD
- installable, or have patches..everything from T17, Mortal Kombat II,
- everything from Microprose and Ocean.
-
- > I will not play your game if it won't install on my hard drive.
-
- Did I ever say it wouldnt?
-
- >I program in AMOS (look for /game/2play/airTaxi.lha on the Aminet) and my
- > games will always be HD-installable (though it seems not always
- > system-friendly).
- >
- > In short, you can still protect your work before storing it in an .LHA
- > archive. I assume you want to use a non-dos disk to protect your work,
- > but users will not be so accepting of your game unless it installs.
- >
- > You should ask on the amos-list for ways to protect your work, rather
- > than insulting other Amiga users.
-
- Yes, ok Good point. "IS tehre any other way to protect the work?".
- Insulting other Amiga Users? Getoutahere..
-
- >
- > One last thing: large game developers use non-dos disks and other disk
- > corruption schemes to protect against illegal duplication and to protect
- > their work. I can guarantee to you that the hundreds of groups of
- > software pirates in the Amiga community will only be slightly delayed in
- > altering commercial software to be more easily distributed when these
- > techniques are used. And this usually happens before the game is even
- > released to the masses.
-
- Right, lets get this straight. The reasons i asked for the "protection"
- were simple.
-
- 1) So i can upload the disks as, well disks. It's a bit of pain getting
- an LHA archive, decrompressing it to floppy and finding libraries etc
- missing, having to rename disks etc. DMS is quicker and easier for
- Multi-disk software. As my game is currently residing on Four disks, id
- rather use DMS. But thats just my preference.
-
- 2) It would protect the sound, gfx etc. Yes, i know you can get rippers
- and bits and pieces to grab the Gfx and samples, and if you can be
- bothered to spend time doing this, then I think thats fine. It doesnt
- bother me. What does bother me is me relasing a game wich, say loads up
- Iff Screens, which someone can quite easily load into D-Paint and mess a
- round with the re-release as there own "version".
-
- > Does anyone else share these views?
- >
-
- Yes. Sort Of. And calm down! Good grief, I only asked a simple question,
- i didnt expect the Spainish Inquisition ("No One Expects the Spainish
- Inquisition" - Everyone) about it. Lets face it, the Amiga today is a
- two tier computer. You have the A500/600/unexpanded 1200 crew who are
- happy playing there games from floppy, doing the odd bit of tracking on
- med, Dpainting etc, and the Expanded A1200/4000 crew, who DEMAND
- everything should be HD JUST COS THEY HAVE ONE. Everything should be AGA
- and everything should use extra memory. If you only play games that are
- HD installable, you are missing a lot of good games. Everything from
- Core and Virgin, for a start. Right ive finished now. Apologies to all
- the other Amos-Listers. I'll shut up now.
-
- Ludwig (the Non-Amiga-Insulting-Hard-Drive-Owning A1200 Owner)
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