Short: Uridium-II Hard Drive Installer Short: Uridium-II Hard Drive Installer Author: girv@girvnet.demon.co.uk (John Girvin) Uploader: girv@girvnet.demon.co.uk (John Girvin) Type: game/patch Requires: 4Mb Fast RAM, 2Mb HD space, Installer 43.3+, WHDLoad 0.322+ TITLE U2Install VERSION 1.00 Latest updates available from my homepage: http://www.girvnet.demon.co.uk/ AUTHOR John Girvin E-Mail: girv@girvnet.demon.co.uk WWW: http://www.girvnet.demon.co.uk SnailMail: John Girvin, 25 Moorgate Street, Belfast BT5 5BZ, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. DESCRIPTION This is version 1.00 of a hard drive installation and trainer package for the Graftgold game "Uridium-II". Features high-score loading and saving and in-game infinite lives and quit keys. Please read this document *thoroughly* before attempting to use the installer! There are some important points you may miss if you just dive right in, so much as it may be against your nature, I REALLY DO THINK YOU SHOULD READ THIS FILE. You have been warned! Requires version 0.322 or later of the WHDLoad package by Bert Jahn (v0.322 included in this archive). The latest WHDLoad package, along with installers for many other games and demos, may be obtained from Bert's support page at: http://www.fh-zwickau.de/~jah/whdload.html ARCHIVE CONTENTS U2Install.info U2Install/Install_Uridium-II U2Install/Install_Uridium-II.info U2Install/U2Install.doc U2Install/U2Install.doc.info U2Install/U2MakeDat U2Install/Uridium-II.inf U2Install/Uridium-II_HD U2Install/Uridium-II_HD.inf INSTALLING THE GAME Read the "SPACE REQUIREMENTS" and "BUGS/CAVEATS" sections of this document NOW! They are important. Really. Workbench or CLI use. Installation is best handled by using the "Installer" program from Commodore, which should have been provided with your original system disks. It is also available from Aminet as: util/misc/Installer-43_3.lha (NB: the version number might have changed!) After installation is complete, you may delete the directory produced by extracting this archive ("U2Install"). All files required for running the game will be found in the "Uridium-II" directory created during installation. FROM WORKBENCH: --------------- Extract all files in the archive to your system. They will be extracted to a drawer called "U2Install" Open the newly created "U2Install" drawer and double click on the "Install_Uridium-II" icon found there. Follow the instructions given to you by the Installer program: - when asked to insert a game disk, do so and wait for the floppy activity light to go out before clicking the 'Proceed' button. - during the disk image creation process, all multitasking will be disabled and you will not be able to do anything else with your Amiga. DON'T PANIC! This is normal. The game will be installed to a directory you select on your hard drive. You will be alerted if installation fails for any reason. FROM CLI/SHELL: --------------- Extract all files in the archive to your system. They will be extracted to a directory called "U2Install" CD to the "U2Install" directory created when you extracted the acrhive. Type "Installer Install_Uridium-II" and press RETURN. Follow the instructions given to you by the Installer program: - when asked to insert a game disk, do so and wait for the floppy activity light to go out before clicking the 'Proceed' button. - during the disk image creation process, all multitasking will be disabled and you will not be able to do anything else with your Amiga. DON'T PANIC! This is normal. The game will be installed to a directory you select on your hard drive. You will be alerted if installation fails for any reason. CONFIGURING THE GAME The Uridium-II_HD program has a number of tooltypes relating to its operation. It should not normally be necessary to change these tooltypes, but should you need to please refer to the WHDLoad documentation for further information on their purpose and function. PLAYING THE GAME Read the "BUGS/CAVEATS" section of this document NOW! From Workbench, open the "Uridium-II" drawer created during installation and click on the "Uridium-II_HD" icon. From the CLI/Shell, CD to the "Uridium-II" directory and type: WHDLoad SLAVE=Uridium-II_HD NOVBRMOVE PRELOAD When the game is running, the following keys may be used: F8 = give both players 5 Mantas F9 = quit and make a coredump (for debugging only) F10 = quit the game and return to Workbench SPACE REQUIREMENTS Requires approximately 2Mb of free space on your hard drive. Please do not attempt installation if you have less than this amount free on the partition you intend to install Uridium-II on. Do not attempt to crunch or pack the disk image files ("Disk.1" etc.) or the Uridium-II-HD program. The WHDLoad program may be packed like any normal executable program. The game disks are cached in memory during play, so you will require approximately 4Mb of free RAM in order to play the game. If you have less than this the loader will attempt to load data as it needs it, but I have found this to be slow and unreliable at best with Uridium II. Basically, the more memory you have the better! BUGS/CAVEATS U2Install is provided "as is" and is used at your own risk. The author is not liable for any loss or damage caused by the use or misuse of this program. It almost certainly *wont* destroy your Amiga, but if it does (or does anything else untoward) then I cannot be held responsible. U2Install cannot be used to create pirate versions of Uridium-II. The installer does not affect the protection system of the game in any way - you will still need your original game manual to enter the required protection codes. When running the installer it is advisable to disable any virus checking software you may have running. The original game disk uses a non-standard bootblock which will most likely cause your virus checker to complain and this could interefere with the installation process. It is not necessary to disable such programs before playing the game once it is installed. The installer is written in as system friendly a way as possible, but the game is not. Owners of heavily expanded Amigas may have problems running the game, but this is not the fault of U2Install and there is little I can do about it :( Try the usual system degrading tricks if you run into difficulties, or get in touch and Ill try to sort you out. TESTING INFORMATION Created on A1200/68030+68882-40Mhz/8Mb/KS39.106, but should run on any Amiga with enough RAM that the original Uridium-II would run on. If you have a problem running U2Install then I WANT TO KNOW! Please, feel free to get in touch. HISTORY 1.00 First version. Released to Aminet in July 1997. FUTURE - I don't know! Any suggestions? HOST NAMES Uploaded to wuarchive.wustl.edu (Aminet) probably in game/patch Latest updates available from my homepage: http://www.girvnet.demon.co.uk/ FILE NAMES U2Install.lha U2Install.readme PRICE One email message - U2Install is emailware. (if you use it then let me know :) I'd also appreciate a postcard of your home town, especially if you live outside of the UK! This isnt required, but it would be *nice* :) DISTRIBUTABILITY (c) 1997 John Girvin. No modifications may be made to either the program or its accompanying documentation without my consent. Freely Distributable, provided all files are included unchanged in any distribution and no more than minimal handling/media costs are charged. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS "Uridium-II" is (c) 1993 Andrew Braybrook/Graftgold. Piracy is theft. If you like the game then buy it (and run it from your hard drive with U2Install) ! WHDLoad is (c) Bert Jahn (jah@fh-zwickau.de). Bert's homepage, with the latest version of WHDLoad and installers for many games and demos can be found at: http://www.fh-zwickau.de/~jah/whdload.html Thanks to Erol Ismael for lending me the original disks and beta testing the first versions of U2Install. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- $VER: U2Install documentation version 1.00 (c) 1997 John Girvin