Work in Progress...

[mihcael]

Started doing a pack for Dogs of War,

i just need to test it some more!

was acting a bit strange at times! 

maybe just tweak the config a bit!!

[Hungry Horace]

Mike, i better let you know, one thing i will be looking to do in all the updates is to use the pspuae file-naming convention for kickstarts.

i will also drop in a .txt insteed of the rom for the actual site download, just to avoid any legal issues with the on-site packs.

this basically mean telling the config to use;

kick13.rom
kick30.rom
or kick31.rom

and stuffing text file called kick30.txt in it's place temorarily.

i am also considering new front-ends for some of the multi-game packs, although whether i will have time fo this, is as-yet unknown.

[mihcael]

No problem there mate!

I was nearly going to ask how you wanted to handle things, before i started posting links around!!

[Hungry Horace]

keep checking back, and i will upload a couple of the new single-packs later, so you can see what i've done.

also, we should remove any of the measures we've used to quicken loading, unless it is absolutely neccessary to run the game.

[Skateblind]

Kick Off 1 and 2 shall be around shortly aswell.

[mihcael]

Kick Off 1 and 2 shall be around shortly aswell.

Awesome!

...
also, we should remove any of the measures we've used to quicken loading, unless it is absolutely neccessary to run the game.

what measures do you mean?

and to what end?


Also was thinking about diff stuff,
currently we include the Kaillera exe in every pack so that when online it displays the Game name and version on the Server!
It would save alot of space if we simply abandoned this feature and use shortcuts to load the Config somehow
...or had the game name and version load from within the config file (probly need some proper coding here!)

and also a common structure so only 1 rom file needs to be added for each ks version
and have a dir where the user can put there WHDload key and all games that use it can find it there!!

Dont know if you get wjat i mean, but im getting sick of typing!

[Hungry Horace]

what measures do you mean?

and to what end?

err... that THING that often speeded loading?? and the end being... legality / not pissing off people still developing an excellent piece of Amiga software 

Also was thinking about diff stuff,
currently we include the Kaillera exe in every pack so that when online it displays the Game name and version on the Server!
It would save alot of space if we simply abandoned this feature and use shortcuts to load the Config somehow
...or had the game name and version load from within the config file (probly need some proper coding here!)

and also a common structure so only 1 rom file needs to be added for each ks version
and have a dir where the user can put there WHDload key and all games that use it can find it there!!

there is a common structiure!  kickstarts in in "roms" (named kick31.rom mostly) .uae files in configs etc!

the use of whdload keys whould mean the sharing of a single keyfile, (illegal) and the use of fodlers instead of HDF files, which may potentionally lead to people messing up their files, in turn leading to de-sync.

regarding using a generic winuae-kaillera prog.... this would mean at *least* using the "full" version of the program, which i have found to be unstable, unreliable and much more confusing for the user.

The single-pack methos i think makes it pretty easy to keep on top of, and to save sapace, you need only unpack just thegame you wish to play!

if you want to try messing about with it for an alternative, feel free to do so, and send me your results, however, i dont think its worth the effort mate!

[mihcael]

Dogs of War [Done]

Keep an eye on the downloads section!