Short: HD Installer & Patch for Cadaver V1.1 Author: jffabre@ensica.fr (Jean-François Fabre) Type: game/patch Replaces: cadaver2hd.lha J.F. FABRE proudly presents: --- CADAVER & THE PAYOFF Hard Disk Installer & Patcher --- This installer requires the Cadaver ORIGINAL disks (there are 2+1 for The Payoff). The HD-Patched game will need about 2Mb of FAST memory and 0.5Mb of any other memory. It should work on ALL Kickstarts and ALL CPUs (up to '060). Work done: - Patched the game to run from HD (RAM, actually) - Two versions supported: V0.01 and V1.03 - Convenient installer script - Patched game (V0.01) to avoid crashes with 68020+ CPUs - Removed copy-protection for V0.01 (that crashed the game too). Don't know for V1.03 - Quit key (F10) - Load/Saves from/to HD or floppy. Compatibility between saves of both versions on HD. - Tool to rip the saves from floppies (V1.03 saves only). - Complete walkthrough provided for both level disks, from Steve Kelly, the Bitmap Brothers. - Added my name instead of 'Loading Game Please Wait', since you no longer have to wait :-) Version 1.0 was really a first try. This version is definitively better :-) Report me any bugs you'll find. If the game still crashes on load/saves *FROM HD* with V0.01, please let me know. I heard about many crashes for Blizzard 68030 cards. You can modify the installer script to install disks from DF1:, DF2: or DF3: instead of DF0: by changing the unit in the disk2file arguments. To run Cadaver, original version, click on the CadaverHD icon. To run Cadaver, the payoff levels, click on the PayoffHD icon. (obviously you need the Payoff level disk for this one :-) ) WARNING: You have to take care if you use the save to HD option. Do not run the game with a copyback cache on your disk, or on a partition using a copyback filesystem (AFS). This could unvalidate your HD if you quit by a reset or if the game crashes afterwards. It never happened to me, but... If you are scared, either install the game on a partition you dont mind or RAM: if you've got enough (or copy the loader in RAM: and make soft links to the diskfiles). You can disable the HD load/save by using the NOOSSWAP tooltype/argument. The saves will be stored on floppy, as before. You must have at least 3MB of memory to be able to save/load from HD (and to quit) BUGS: In V0.01, when saving or loading with floppy, there were crashes (original game) on some users machines. I never noticed one but I hope the HD saves will solve the problem for those unlucky users. If you find some 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 (NOT FOR CRACKED VERSIONS). E-mail me if you're interested, or if you simply like this installer. THANKS GO TO: Keiron Wilkinson for providing me V1.03 (I only had V0.01). Bernard & Dominique Kubler for the chocolates. Finalement, j'ai terminé ce patch un peu grâce à vous :-) 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 GREAT game from The Bitmap Bros. on your HD (The best in its kind) Jeff ============================= Archive contents ============================= Original Packed Ratio Date Time Name -------- ------- ----- --------- -------- ------------- 58243 21197 63.6% 19-Jan-97 22:12:28 +cadaver_solution.txt 5146 1623 68.4% 19-Jan-97 22:16:16 +cadaver_solution.txt.info 9728 8719 10.3% 19-Jan-97 22:23:16 +CadaverHD 1113 768 30.9% 19-Jan-97 22:16:16 +CadaverHD.info 3921 2049 47.7% 20-Jan-97 23:42:06 +cadaverhd.readme 5146 1622 68.4% 19-Jan-97 22:16:16 +cadaverhd.readme.info 6676 6376 4.4% 26-Dec-96 12:20:04 +disk2file 2269 639 71.8% 19-Jan-97 19:51:38 +Install-Cadaver 1887 1024 45.7% 19-Jan-97 22:16:16 +Install-Cadaver.info 8408 8071 4.0% 19-Jan-97 21:57:44 +makeHDsaves 2339 915 60.8% 19-Jan-97 22:16:16 +makeHDsaves.info 38281 13303 65.2% 19-Jan-97 22:12:28 +payoff_solution.txt 5146 1621 68.4% 19-Jan-97 22:16:18 +payoff_solution.txt.info 9736 8724 10.3% 19-Jan-97 22:23:22 +PayoffHD 1037 729 29.7% 19-Jan-97 22:16:16 +PayoffHD.info 2278 566 75.1% 20-Jan-97 23:42:12 Cadaver.info -------- ------- ----- --------- -------- 161354 77946 51.6% 08-Feb-97 02:24:42 16 files