My AmigaOne X5000 will not launch .ADF game

OK, for some reason I thought my X5K could launch and run older games such as the new RogueCraft which comes as an .ADF file.

I paid for and downloaded the game and when I transferred to my X5K, UnArc tries to open it.

Is there some application I need to switch the game in the Info window to select and not the UnArc app?

I see I can click the directory icon and point it elsewhere but unsure what to select.

How can I confirm that my current Amiga OS 4.1 has all needed to run older games like this?

Thanks
TJ

@AmigaSociety

ADF (Amiga Disk File) is a file format used by Amiga emulators to store images of floppy disks.
You can't open it with unarc but you have to use such files with an emulator... try installing RunInUAE first

@samo79

I knew that what adf was but thought Amiga OS 4.1 (the last public release) had this already.

I see RunInUae is quite old from 2013. I did try to install but gave me a grim reaper and I have to kill the install.

TJ

How can I upload an image and it NOT be a URL?
I don't use dropbox or any of those services.
I see no way to add a image so you all can see the Grim Reaper error I get when trying to install RunInUAE.
TJ

This is what I get.

Guru Meditation 80000003
Task 0x5cbf54f0 ("Dir")
generated an error of type DSI (Data Storage Interrupt)
on address 0x7fced344
Redzone was not damaged
Stackpointer is inside bounds (guard area hit)

Funny thing is I do find a directory where I tell it to go but not much anything inside it all all. A empty Workbench folder.

TJ

@AmigaSociety

You can get the latest beta of runinuae from here https://www.amigans.net/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?post_id=110393

Dont know if it will solve your grim reaper problem but i have it installed on several os4 systems.

But maybe you have the enhancer version of the dir command installed, try with the original dir command, it would not be the first time enhancer replacement components is acting up.

@smf

Thanks for that. I did see that thread earlier and get the same Grim Reaper when trying to install it.

Yes I do have Enhancer 2.2 installed.

How can I go back to try the old DIR as you suggesst. Afraid that goes over my pay grade. lol.

TJ

Replace the Enhancer dir command in c directory with the original OS version. You could rename the Enhancer version to keep it available if you need to for some reason.

@mbrantley

Thanks Mikey.

I will have to see if I have that someplace. haha.

I wonder if Enhancer killed the OG version. I am not sure if Enhancer over-writes, replaces and keeps the original copy.

I will look around.

Thanks

TJ

@mbrantley

Quote:

I'm not a big fan of enhancer software either, I have it fully installed myself and it works well with a few exceptions.

The command "Dir 54.7" is in SYS:C/ and I have no problems with RunInUAE and ADF files. Demo like "Batman Rise" or "tbl_eon_party" as ADF versions could be executed without any problems.

But it could well be that there are problems with exactly this game ADF.

@Maijestro

Did you install RunInUAE before or after Enhancer 2.2?

What version of RunInUAE did you install.

My issue is I can't install it.

I had though my Amiga OS 4.1 latest public update already had the JIT stuff to run ADFs but guess mine did not.

2 years ago I started fresh with a new Amiga OS 4.1 install, update to latest, then Enhancer 2.2 update after that.

Now finding I can't launch ADF anything I am trying to install RunInUAE but Grim Reaper every time.

I will have to go see what version of DIR I have later.

TJ

@AmigaSociety

It should not matter whether Enhancer Software 2.2 was installed before or after.

My system was pre-installed including RunInUAE, since I became aware of this thread I have updated to the latest beta version r8 of RunInUAE.

I have no problems with either the old or the latest version of RunInUAE.

What I suspect is that you don't have a complete installation of RunInUAE which leads to problems. You could proceed like this:

Delete or create a backup of your emulation folder which is located in SYS: then insert your AmigaOs4.1Install.iso or CD and reinstall RunInUAE completely via Extras. That might help...

@Maijestro

Thanks.

I will have to try that at some point.

My X5K has no CD and although I do have a USB Stick that Amiga On The Lake provided back in 2016, it won't boot my X5K any more since I have a Radeon 580X and w/o a bootable USB stick, I may have to wait.

I do have an external USB CD unit that may work but been ages and it was finicky on opening in Amiga OS, I suspect USB port issues as X5K USB ports seem wonky from 2016.

I wonder if I can boot as I do now from HDD and instead launch the USB stick Amiga OS Installer from workbench and ONLY allow install of RunInUAE as I don't want to bork my Amiga OS at all. haha..

I do see my USB stick does show on the workbench but afraid launching it will try to install all of Amiga OS again.

More exploring for me to do.

TJ

@AmigaSociety

If you have a bootable USB stick and Enhancer Spoftware 2.2, it is easy to modify this stick so that it also boots with your RX graphics card and an image of the Workbench appears.

If you like, I can guide you through the necessary steps to boot your USB stick with RX graphics card. It is not difficult and everything can be undone.

Apart from that it's a shame that they don't even have AmigaOneX5000InstallCD-53.25.iso available as a pre-release.

@Maijestro

The stick is quite old, probably og version of Amiga OS 4.1 that came in 2016. haha. My Enhancer 2.2 I did download from AmigaKit as well as have a CD too of that.

I guess step one is to see if my old Amiga OS 4.1 stick does boot with proper radeon driver.

I am guess I need to look at the files on the USB stick and place the correct Polaris drive in the right place and then see if the old Amiga OS 4.1 boots my computer 1st. haha.

So yes, if you have guidance there I can always try that.

TJ

@AmigaSociety

You could try the following....

from your AmigaOs4.1 installation "Sys:Kickstart/" take the "RadeonRX.Chip" and copy it to your USB stick in the same directory Kickstart. Next you have to edit "Kicklayout" it is also located in the Kickstart directory of your USB stick, add the following entry "MODULE Kickstart/RadeonRX.chip", preferably in the column where "MODULE Kickstart/PCIGraphics.card" is located, save and you are done. Next you could try booting the USB stick. I'm not sure if this will work, you might need more dependencies like newer kernel, PCIGraphics, graphic.library. But it's a try......


Otherwise there is also a guide here in the forum that describes how to create a bootable USB stick from a running AmigaOs4.1 installation.

https://www.amigans.net/modules/publisher/item.php?itemid=29

Success. I am able to run RogueCraft.

I grabbed an older 53.3 DIR from my old stick and was able to install RunInUAE. Still gave me an error but completed install now.

I see my Enhancer 2.2 version of DIR was 54.5 and it had an update to 54.7. I switched back to it and updated. Maybe my older 54.5 had some issue?

Anyway, I am up and running for now.

Thanks

TJ

@AmigaSociety

It is quite possible that older versions of Enhancer Software are causing "DIR" problems - the update to 54.7 only came out last year and you must have missed it

Nevertheless, you should make sure that you have an emergency backup USB stick of AMigaOs4.1 in case your system fails completely. You never know...

I'm glad it's working for you now. RogeCraft really seems to be a great game and I'm a bit jealous that it's not native for AmigaOs4.1.

@Maijestro

I have not used my X5K much in the last year, only every now and then, so did not keep up to date on stuff.

I am feeling more into my X5K at the moment so been playing with it more as of late.

I do plan on making a new bootable USB stick though. I have a print-out on how to make one from a while back but been lazy and also dabble in so many 8bit systems for my YouTube Channel, I often can't get it all done. haha.

But will explore it more now.

Thanks again for the help.

TJ