Short: HD Installer for Desert Strike V1.2 Author: jffabre@ensica.fr (Jean-François Fabre) Uploader: jffabre@ensica.fr (Jean-François Fabre) Type: game/patch Install-Script & HD-loader © 1996/1997 Jean-François FABRE --- Desert Strike Hard Disk Installer --- This installer requires the 3 Desert Strike disks. The HD-Patched game will need about 4Mb of memory. Features: - Full HD loading using cached disk images in memory. - Installer script to install the game easily - HELP key quits (only during the game sequence) - Removed some in-game memory allocation so the quit option is totally clean. - Right Shift is now equivalent to left Shift (my left shift is dead), useful to give up a game with SHIFT+ESC combination It should work for ALL Kickstarts and ALL CPUs (up to '060). The game was also patched for NTSC users. 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. You can install the different disks from DF1:, DF2: or DF3: instead of DF0: by changing the unit in the installer script: (set #CI_Unit 2) for DF2: I know some people have their DF0: dead :-) 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. 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 Electronic Arts on your HD. Jeff ============================= Archive contents ============================= Original Packed Ratio Date Time Name -------- ------- ----- --------- -------- ------------- 176 145 17.6% 08-Dec-96 12:40:04 +DesertStrike.cheat 5146 1623 68.4% 26-Dec-96 15:03:20 +DesertStrike.cheat.info 6676 6376 4.4% 26-Dec-96 12:20:04 +disk2file 7332 6990 4.6% 23-Dec-96 12:33:56 +dshd 1671 579 65.3% 26-Dec-96 15:03:20 +dshd.info 2495 1329 46.7% 26-Dec-96 15:07:20 +dshd.readme 5146 1620 68.5% 26-Dec-96 15:03:20 +dshd.readme.info 1411 430 69.5% 26-Dec-96 15:04:42 +Install-DS 1875 1020 45.6% 26-Dec-96 15:03:32 +Install-DS.info 2278 567 75.1% 26-Dec-96 15:07:46 DesertStrike.info -------- ------- ----- --------- -------- 34206 20679 39.5% 07-Jan-97 23:51:24 10 files