Short: Zeewolf Hard Drive Installer Uploader: jgirvin@bfs.unibol.com (John Girvin) Author: jgirvin@bfs.unibol.com (John Girvin) Type: game/patch Replaces: game/patch/ZInstall.lha Requires: 1.5Mb RAM, 900K hard drive space, Installer, Zeewolf ;) TITLE ZInstall VERSION 1.00 Latest updates available from my homepage: http://www.girvnet.demon.co.uk/ AUTHOR John Girvin E-Mail: jgirvin@bfs.unibol.com (work) girv@girvnet.demon.co.uk (play) WWW: http://www.girvnet.demon.co.uk/ SnailMail: John Girvin, 25 Moorgate Street, Belfast BT5 5BZ, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. DESCRIPTION This is a hard drive installer for the Binary Asylum polygon helicopter blaster "Zeewolf". 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! ARCHIVE CONTENTS ZInstall.info ZInstall/.info ZInstall/Install_Zeewolf ZInstall/Install_Zeewolf.info ZInstall/ZBoot1 ZInstall/ZBoot2 ZInstall/ZInstall.doc ZInstall/ZInstall.doc.info ZInstall/ZMakeDat ZInstall/Zeewolf_HD ZInstall/Zeewolf_HD_icon ZInstall/Zeewolf_icon 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 ("ZInstall"). All files required for running the game will be found in the "Zeewolf" directory created during installation. FROM WORKBENCH: --------------- Extract all files in the archive to your system. They will be extracted to a drawer called "ZInstall" Open the newly created "ZInstall" drawer and double click on the "Install_Zeewolf" icon found there. Follow the instructions given to you by the Installer program. When asked to insert your game disk, do so and wait for the floppy activity light to go out before clicking the 'Proceed' button. 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 "ZInstall" CD to the "ZInstall" directory created when you extracted the acrhive. Type "Installer Install_Zeewolf" and press RETURN. Follow the instructions given to you by the Installer program. When asked to select a "User Level" you *must* choose "Expert". When asked to insert your game disk, do so and wait for the floppy activity light to go out before clicking the 'Proceed' button. The game will be installed to a directory you select on your hard drive. You will be alerted if installation fails for any reason. THE HARD WAY: ------------- As of version 1.00 the Hard Way has become VERY HARD INDEED and so I have discontinued support for this installation method. If you absolutely cannot use the supplied Installer script then please get in touch with me and I'll try to sort you out, but I really don't recommend doing things The Hard Way. PLAYING THE GAME Read the "BUGS/CAVEATS" section of this document NOW! From Workbench, open the "Zeewolf" drawer created during installation and click on the "Zeewolf_HD" icon. From the CLI/Shell, CD to the "Zeewolf" directory and type "Zeewolf_HD". The cheat window will open allowing you to select the cheats you wish to use for playing the game. Initially all cheats are disabled - you must click on the appropriate gadgets to activate them. When you have selected the cheats you want, click the "Play" gadget. The game will now load and run if possible. If you started Zeewolf by mistake, or have changed your mind and do not want to play the game right now then click the "Cancel" gadget. SPACE REQUIREMENTS Requires approximately 900K 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 Zeewolf on. The "Zeewolf.dat" file (the big one, about 880K) may be crunched using a packer/patch combination that modifies the dos.library "Open" and "Read" functions eg: XData or PPData. This should save you a few hundred Kb of hard disk space if you need it. You will still require approximately 900K of hard drive space to do the installation however. The game disk is cached in memory during play, so you will require approximately 1.5Mb of free RAM in order to play the game. If this amount of memory is not available the loader will report the error and quit. Due to the stringent memory requirements, owners of 2Mb machines may be unable to run the game while Workbench is loaded. If, for whatever reason, the loader stops with a "could not allocate xyz" error, then close down some applications or commodities to free memory and try again. If this does not work then reboot and try running the game again from a minimal system (boot with no startup-sequence). BUGS/CAVEATS ZInstall 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. ZInstall cannot be used to create pirate versions of Zeewolf. 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. It has come to my attention that there are a number of different versions of Zeewolf in circulation. This release can cope with at least two different ones, but there may be others. If you experience unusual problems while installing the game, or running the installed version then this could be the reason. If so, or if you get the 'Disk image version is incorrect' message, please email me and I'll see what I can do. 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 ZInstall 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. Multitasking is disabled while the game is running and it is not possible to return to Workbench (or whatever) after you have finished playing. A system reboot is necessary. Sorry, but theres nothing I can do about it - its the way the game was written. TESTING INFORMATION Created on A1200/68030+68882-40Mhz/8Mb/KS39.106, but should run on any Amiga with enough RAM that the original Zeewolf would run on. I have also tested the patched version on a vanilla 2Mb A1200 and and a 50Mb A4000/060. If you have a problem running ZInstall then I WANT TO KNOW! Please, feel free to get in touch. HISTORY 0.90 First version, based heavily on Z2Install by me! Released to Aminet in October 1996. 1.00 Handles 2 different Zeewolf versions. Bug fixed in ZBoot - would free some memory twice if loading failed. Completed the game from hard drive. Manual installation (The Hard Way) no longer supported. Released to Aminet in November 1996. FUTURE - Add more cheats: o infinite armour o start on any level - Add a "Quit" option to return you to WorkBench after the game. (this seems possible :) HOST NAMES Uploaded to wuarchive.wustl.edu (Aminet) probably in game/patch FILE NAMES ZInstall.lha ZInstall.readme PRICE One email message - ZInstall 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) 1996 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 "Zeewolf" is (c) 1995 Binary Asylum. Piracy is theft. If you like the game then buy it (and run it from your hard drive with ZInstall) ! The cheat menu was written in Blitz Basic v2.10. Blitz Basic is (c) 1995 Acid Software. http://www.acid.co.nz/ BIG thanks to Chris Coulson (c.j.coulson@newcastle.ac.uk) for helping me debug and update the patch for his A4000/060 and different versions of Zeewolf. Chris's homepage is at: http://www.ncl.ac.uk/~n0afx/