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@thevoice An a1200 configfile? Um, I just know about setting the machine as an a1200 and using the default settings or playing around a bit with them. I'm fine with my zip-file now, though.
Whatever, but I agree with you an updated entry would be the best option, as the whole point of lovely FS-UAE is IMO about everything working out of the box and retro fans NOT having to think about all these complex configuration matters...
@nietzsche666 : what you need is a a1200 configfile. then mount the .lha archive as a harddisk and it should work flawless. but best is still if frode would make an updated entry for the title to have an easy loading .
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nietzsche666 at
2017-08-15 18:41:36 (Updated 2017-08-15 19:14:14):
@thevoice Damn, still problems with this. Finally got to test this today. The new lha hasn't been updated yet, launcher still loads the english keyboard and "setmap not found" error version, but that has time.
But I still have problems even with the new file Hellowoon_v1.0_De.lha. Started it as a custom config and it gives an error message in FS UAE.
Amiga Launch Task failed with FileNotFoundError:
"[Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'C:\\Users\\(...)\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\fs-uae-vmrkbbfv\\DH0\\HellowoonDe\\data\\lib\\'"
Looks for some file in the wrong place, I guess.
Other WHDload lha packs work just fine with my custom config default settings. Am I doing some stupid config mistake here?
EDIT: I certainly am doing something wrong here, because the old lha archive gives the same error message. Works with the pre-config of the old version, though. Strange.
EDIT2: Ok, found a weird workaround. And the new version indeed loads the umlauts!
I just unpacked the lha archive and it gave some error message (missing libs or something). But when I repacked the files to zip, suddenly the custom config worked, no error message, game starts just fine.
Don't have a clue what exactly is going on with that file, though.
Posted by
thevoice at
2017-08-11 01:22:04 (Updated 2017-08-17 14:52:24):
@frode could you please import Hellowoon_v1.0_De.lha uploaded on aug 10th and disable the broken version v1.0.
retroplay fixed the issue with the setmap command and the newly uploaded install works like it should.
@nietzsche666 the problem seem to be the preinstalled whdload archive. so stingray is right here. for the good news, i contacted retroplay and he kindlyfixed the install and its available on the eab fileserver. i tested this one and the umlauts work like they should now. so the onyl thing we need now is to have frode to import the newly uploaded archive in the launcher. then this case can be closed .
Posted by
nietzsche666 at
2017-08-10 09:18:48 (Updated 2017-08-10 10:11:14):
Stingray replied on Mantis. He said it must be a bad install and if properly installed german keymap should load just fine. Closed the case.
Hm. I assume the pre-installed version that is supported by FS-UAE must be broken, then. I don't think another WHDLoad pre-install is available anywhere but I could of course try and redo the install manually and do a custom config.
@TheVoice: Before he vanished, he also said if I don't want to re-install it anew, I could "copy setmap from Workbench disk", before he vanished Ok great, but how can I do this within a FS-UAE environment? The last time I got into Amiga CLI issues this deeply I was still a teenager...
Edit: I just re-read your comments. So Setmap IS in this Version, but in the wrong folder? Could I just copy it to the c directory within a workbench environment, and then it works, as easy as that?
Ok, I checked the available ADF versions and it works perfectly fine with ONE version: Hellowoon - Das Geheimnis des Zauberstabs (1985)(Ariolasoft)(De)
There is another version with "cr Blizzard" in the title that doesn't seem to work at all, at least I couldn't find a configuration for it to work. It crashes with a Guru before the first screen.
The good version needs an A500 preset (A600/A1200 freeze at the title screen). But the german keymap is working correctly I just exited the first room.
If you don't have the "ö" and "ü" for "öffne die tür" ( = open the door) you can't even leave the first room, lol. Game remains unplayable this way.
There is an adf version of Hellowoon that didn't have this issue AFAIR. I already had a custom config of this at my other PC. I will be back again there tonight and provide infos about the adf version. If u could add it here, there'll be a playable vs. of this in your database. I guess it can take a long time till anyone will bother at Whdload mantis.
Posted by
thevoice at
2017-07-09 02:41:18 (Updated 2017-07-09 02:59:36):
hi, you are right. while starting the whdload variant ther is an error telling the setmap command isnt found.
see sctreenshot here :
so the keymap isnt properly set to german layout.
the setmap command is inside the archive of the whdload under data/system. normally it should belong into the c directory.
i am not exactly sure if this is an issue of how fs-uae creates the "virtual" drive or if stingray made a mistak while creating the whdload install.
maybe try out to report a bug at the mantis whdload bugtracker.
update: i just tested the install on my real amiga 4000 with the same german umlauts issue.
so it's really a good idea to file an issue at the mantis tracker.
Posted by
nietzsche666 at
2017-07-08 21:23:58 (Updated 2017-07-08 21:54:56):
Right now, it's set to (qwerty) english keyboard by default.
This is a bit of a problem, as the very primitive parser of this text adventure has difficulties with understanding "oeffne tuer" instead of "öffne tür", needs special german keys + keyboard map.
Is there a way to start with german keyboard by default and save it to the database?
@FrodeSolheim. Ha, cool! Thanks again, will test it later.
@thevoice @nietzsche666 I've updated the variant based on the new archive
@thevoice An a1200 configfile? Um, I just know about setting the machine as an a1200 and using the default settings or playing around a bit with them. I'm fine with my zip-file now, though.
Whatever, but I agree with you an updated entry would be the best option, as the whole point of lovely FS-UAE is IMO about everything working out of the box and retro fans NOT having to think about all these complex configuration matters...
@nietzsche666 : what you need is a a1200 configfile. then mount the .lha archive as a harddisk and it should work flawless. but best is still if frode would make an updated entry for the title to have an easy loading
.
@thevoice Damn, still problems with this. Finally got to test this today. The new lha hasn't been updated yet, launcher still loads the english keyboard and "setmap not found" error version, but that has time.
But I still have problems even with the new file Hellowoon_v1.0_De.lha. Started it as a custom config and it gives an error message in FS UAE.
Amiga Launch Task failed with FileNotFoundError: "[Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'C:\\Users\\(...)\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\fs-uae-vmrkbbfv\\DH0\\HellowoonDe\\data\\lib\\'"
Looks for some file in the wrong place, I guess.
Other WHDload lha packs work just fine with my custom config default settings. Am I doing some stupid config mistake here?
EDIT: I certainly am doing something wrong here, because the old lha archive gives the same error message. Works with the pre-config of the old version, though. Strange.
EDIT2: Ok, found a weird workaround. And the new version indeed loads the umlauts!
I just unpacked the lha archive and it gave some error message (missing libs or something). But when I repacked the files to zip, suddenly the custom config worked, no error message, game starts just fine. Don't have a clue what exactly is going on with that file, though.
@thevoice Great, thanks a lot for your help!
@frode could you please import Hellowoon_v1.0_De.lha uploaded on aug 10th and disable the broken version v1.0. retroplay fixed the issue with the setmap command and the newly uploaded install works like it should.
@nietzsche666 the problem seem to be the preinstalled whdload archive. so stingray is right here. for the good news, i contacted retroplay and he kindlyfixed the install and its available on the eab fileserver. i tested this one and the umlauts work like they should now. so the onyl thing we need now is to have frode to import the newly uploaded archive in the launcher. then this case can be closed
.
Stingray replied on Mantis. He said it must be a bad install and if properly installed german keymap should load just fine. Closed the case.
Hm. I assume the pre-installed version that is supported by FS-UAE must be broken, then. I don't think another WHDLoad pre-install is available anywhere but I could of course try and redo the install manually and do a custom config.
@TheVoice: Before he vanished, he also said if I don't want to re-install it anew, I could "copy setmap from Workbench disk", before he vanished Ok great, but how can I do this within a FS-UAE environment? The last time I got into Amiga CLI issues this deeply I was still a teenager...
Edit: I just re-read your comments. So Setmap IS in this Version, but in the wrong folder? Could I just copy it to the c directory within a workbench environment, and then it works, as easy as that?
Ok, I checked the available ADF versions and it works perfectly fine with ONE version: Hellowoon - Das Geheimnis des Zauberstabs (1985)(Ariolasoft)(De)
There is another version with "cr Blizzard" in the title that doesn't seem to work at all, at least I couldn't find a configuration for it to work. It crashes with a Guru before the first screen.
The good version needs an A500 preset (A600/A1200 freeze at the title screen). But the german keymap is working correctly I just exited the first room.
Ok, I'll definitely do this later today.
If you don't have the "ö" and "ü" for "öffne die tür" ( = open the door) you can't even leave the first room, lol. Game remains unplayable this way.
There is an adf version of Hellowoon that didn't have this issue AFAIR. I already had a custom config of this at my other PC. I will be back again there tonight and provide infos about the adf version. If u could add it here, there'll be a playable vs. of this in your database. I guess it can take a long time till anyone will bother at Whdload mantis.
hi, you are right. while starting the whdload variant ther is an error telling the setmap command isnt found. see sctreenshot here :
http://www.bilder-upload.eu/show.php?file=82a40c-1499574645.png
so the keymap isnt properly set to german layout. the setmap command is inside the archive of the whdload under data/system. normally it should belong into the c directory. i am not exactly sure if this is an issue of how fs-uae creates the "virtual" drive or if stingray made a mistak while creating the whdload install. maybe try out to report a bug at the mantis whdload bugtracker.
update: i just tested the install on my real amiga 4000 with the same german umlauts issue. so it's really a good idea to file an issue at the mantis tracker.
Right now, it's set to (qwerty) english keyboard by default.
This is a bit of a problem, as the very primitive parser of this text adventure has difficulties with understanding "oeffne tuer" instead of "öffne tür", needs special german keys + keyboard map.
Is there a way to start with german keyboard by default and save it to the database?
Oops, works with A1200, indeed.
Must have mis-checked something before, sorry.
Thanks!
i can confirm the exception thrown with a600 model.with a1200 model it just runs fine. so requesting a change to a1200 model
Thanks for adding this one!
Crashes right now (500+/600/1200 presets & many tested ram size variants) after whdload screen with:
Exception "Address Error" ($F00C) PL = $32BAA (Task 'Initial CLI') Write to $122DD
WHDLoad description mentions something about a needed installed kickstart 1.3 image. Maybe that info is helpful here?
http://www.whdload.de/games/Hellowoon.html