Inferno and Overload

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giggler
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Inferno and Overload

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Hi.

I have used JFD to image on 2.73 under RiscOS3.1 on a A4K with 4MB DRAM. It completes but the games don't run, Overload returns to desktop and Inferno says something about "signal <n>" and returns to desktop. I got these copies off ebay and sold as budget some years ago.

Any help with be great?
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Re: Inferno and Overload

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Are you using Boot Floppy, or manually running from the icon?

I'm assuming the original floppies run, so it's possible you have a different version to the ones imaged. If you look in the !Help file, it explains how to create your own recording files which you can then use to image them.
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Re: Inferno and Overload

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There was only ever one 'version' of each released. :)
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Re: Inferno and Overload

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IanJeffray wrote: Thu Feb 11, 2021 1:24 am There was only ever one 'version' of each released. :)
It must be coming up to their 20 year anniversary...any chance you might change your minds about JASPP releasing them...pretty please :D
giggler wrote: Wed Feb 10, 2021 9:15 am Any help with be great?
Given the amount of JFD imaging issues you're having, have you loaded SparkFS before attempting to image the floppies?
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Re: Inferno and Overload

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No why would I load SparkFS? It needs system resources which originally caused ADFFS to die and not image so i put them in a new directory so not seen when i open hdd and then didn't bother with SparkFS
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Re: Inferno and Overload

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F'ing pi** star dot b1locks. Days wasted. Umm.

So the record file is compressed, it was repeatedly selecting 800k e format disc when you don't load SparkFS - great. I didn't know they were joined at the groin only that I needed sparkfs to get adffs on my hdd.

Both those games work now. Dam it do I have to re-image everything again? I mean some of the games appear to be working?
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Re: Inferno and Overload

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giggler wrote: Thu Feb 11, 2021 5:23 pm Dam it do I have to re-image everything again? I mean some of the games appear to be working?
The !Help specifically states SparkFS must be loaded, as does the How to image a floppy disc with ADFFS article.

I appreciate we're all busy and stressed at the minute, but all these processes are documented for a reason...to avoid thevery situation you now find yourself in.

Although it is frustrating to find out you've missed a step and now need to reimage all your floppies...consider the 10 years I spent figuring all this stuff out, coding floppy imaging etc to make it as simple as possible for you.
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Re: Inferno and Overload

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That sounds like my bank manager, see paragraph 3, sentence 7, clause 45 - Didn't you read it? To late now
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