README
THIS PACKAGE COMES WITH ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED, STATUTORY OR OTHERWISE. THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO USE, RESULTS AND
PERFORMANCE OF THE PACKAGE IS ASSUMED BY YOU AND IF THE PACKAGE SHOULD PROVE
TO BE DEFECTIVE, YOU ASSUME THE ENTIRE COST OF ALL NECESSARY SERVICING,
REPAIR OR OTHER REMEDIATION.
UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES, CAN THE AUTHOR BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE
CAUSED IN ANY USUAL, SPECIAL, OR ACCIDENTAL WAY, ALSO IF THE OWNER OR A THIRD
PARTY HAS BEEN POINTED AT SUCH POSSIBILITIES OF DAMAGE.
This install applies to "Sim Earth" © 1992 Maxis.
Requirements:
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This install requires WHDLoad to be in the path.
It can be found in the WHDLoad package.
To install from a different drive than DF0: select installation mode Expert.
The installed game requires:
LoRes version: 0.5 MB ChipMem and 0.5MB OtherMem
HiRes version: 1.0 MB ChipMem and 1.5MB OtherMem
Additionally 1.1 MB OtherMem are required for preload and Kickstart ROM.
It can be quit by pressing F10 (key can be changed with Tooltype "QuitKey=").
The game requires an installed A500 Kickstart 1.3 image.
The kickstart image must be located in the directory "Devs:Kickstarts" and
must be named "kick34005.A500". The image can be extracted from a A500 with
tools like 'GrabKick' or similar which can be found on aminet.
If the image is of wrong version or altered in any way WHDLoad will quit with
an appropriate message.
Additionally the file "kick34005.A500.RTB" must be installed in the same
directory as the kickstart image. It can be found in the archive
"util/boot/skick346.lha" on aminet.
Features:
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- Full load from HD
- Protection removed (manual check)
- 3 versions supported (English, French, German)
- LoRes and Hires versions supported
- Unneeded library checks disabled
- NewIcon (created by me)
- Source code included as usual
- Quit option that works on 68000 machines (default key is 'F10')
Here's yet another patch for quite a classic game. Started it last Friday
and today I finished everything while listening to the new In Strict Confidence
album which made coding so much more enjoyable. :)
Except for removing the manual protection there wasn't much to do but a few
things had to be patched anyway. The game used icon.library to save the icons
for the save games but the library is not included on all disks of the game
so I have disabled the icon creation which isn't needed anyway in my opinion.
The Hires versions also opened diskfont.library for a reason I fail to understand
as it isn't used anywhere in the game. If that library couldn't be opened the
game would quit with an error, I have disabled this "feature" too!
Protection was a joke and has been completely disabled in about 10 seconds.
Supported are three versions of the game, these are:
English (SPS 1066), French (SPS 2645) and German (no SPS version available yet)
LoRes and HiRes versions are of course all supported!
If you have a fast machine and a flicker fixer I recommend to play the
HiRes version.
Enjoy the game from HD.
Sting, 16-Mar-2014
Greetings to all in Scarab and Scoopex, the WHDLoad team, PMC,
Musashi5150, Skan, Slummy, Loaderror, Frequent, Wayne Kerr, Mr.Spiv,
Alpha One, CFou!, Paradroid and all the other usual suspects. :)
Special greetings to all Golf MK1 fans worldwide except those
lowlifes who "borrowed" my MK1 for a joyride!
Extra greetings to the usual suspects on #amigascne, see you all at
Revision 2014! :)
History:
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version 1.00 (16.03.2014) done by StingRay:
- initial version
- source code included
Contact:
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If you have problems with this installation please try and get a newer
version of this package from the WHDLoad WWW-Page. If that doesn't help try
some Tooltypes like NOCACHE, NOAUTOVEC, EXPCHIP, NOMMU, PAL or NTSC. If
that also fails, please inform the author via the Bug-Report-Form which
can be accessed on the WHDLoad WWW-Page.
For the full WHDLoad package, other installs and updates refer to:
http://www.whdload.de/
or aminet:dev/misc/whdload#?
and aminet:game/patch/
