Short: Kikstart-II HD Installer Author: girv@girvnet.demon.co.uk (John Girvin) Uploader: girv@girvnet.demon.co.uk (John Girvin) Type: game/patch Replaces: game/patch/KS2Install.lha Requires: Installer 43.3+ TITLE KS2Install VERSION 1.02 - 3rd release: better support for AGA and/or 68060 machines. 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 1.02 of a hard drive installation package for the game "Kikstart-II". Two versions of the game and 68060 systems are supported. 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! INSTALLING THE GAME INSTALLATION NOTES ------------------ PLEASE READ THIS SECTION *COMPLETELY* BEFORE INSTALLATION! You should not attempt to install the game before reading and understanding the information given in this section. You have been warned! Installation is handled by version 43.3 (or later) of the "Installer" program from Commodore, which should have been provided with your original Amiga system disks. It is also available from any Aminet site 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 ("KS2Install"). All files required for running the game will be found in the directories created during installation. Kikstart-II equires approximately 300K 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 Kikstart-II on. Do not attempt to crunch/pack/compress etc. the game data files (in the "data/" subdirectory). The "KC" program may be compressed like any other normal executable program. INSTALLATION PROCEDURE ---------------------- Have you read the Installation Notes yet? You REALLY should. Assuming you have read and understoon the installation notes, extract all files in the archive to your system. They will be extracted to a drawer called "KS2Install". If you are reading this document, chances are this step has already been performed! Open the newly created "KS2Install" drawer and double click on the "Install_Kikstart-II" icon found there. Follow the instructions given to you by the Installer program: - if you have installed Kikstart-II using v1.01 of KS2Install then you can select to "upgrade" your existing installation without having to completely reinstall the game. - if asked to insert the 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. PLAYING THE GAME From Workbench, open the "Kikstart-II" drawer created during installation and click on the "Kikstart-II" icon. From the CLI/Shell, CD to the "Kikstart-II" directory and type: Execute Kikstart-II IF THE INSTALL DOES NOT WORK ? Please read the "INSTALLATION NOTES" and "BUGS/CAVEATS" sections of this document if you have not done so already. They contain important information which may help resolve your problem. I will make no fixes for pirate copies the game. Don`t even ask because you will only annoy me. I don`t care if the game is no longer available commercially, I have enough to do as it is without doing updates for every version made by every braindead 3l1t3 cracker group there ever was. NO! Clear? If you are going to send a bug report (email preferred) please include at least the following information: * version of the game (eg. 1 MB English Version ECS), number of disks etc. * configuration of your machine including type of Amiga, CPU, CPU speed, amount of chip and fast memory, gfx chipset (OCS/ECS/AGA), special hardware, kickstart version * description what happens (error while installing, error while starting, gfx errors, keyboard hangs, game crashes on level 15...) It helps if you describe *exactly* when the error happens. BUGS/CAVEATS KS2Install 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. 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 KS2Install. It might be possible to enhance KS2Install to fix these problems - get in touch if you have trouble and Ill see what I can do! You may find that you are unable to enter file names when prompted to do so during the game. If this happens (you type but no characters appear) simply wait for the filename prompt to time out and try again. I will try to fix this in a later version of KS2Install! HISTORY 1.00 First version. Released to Aminet in December 1997. 1.01 Added support for second version of the game. Released to Aminet in January 1998. 1.02 Fixed for 68060 Amigas (I got a 68060!) Better fix for AGA machines. Released to Aminet in February 1998. FUTURE * Any ideas? 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 KS2Install.lha KS2Install.readme PRICE One email message - KS2Install 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*. Cash donations, gifts etc. are also appreciated; these tend to also buy you faster and more positive responses to help and change requests ;) DISTRIBUTABILITY © 1997-1998 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 KS2Install uses GPatch 2.0 (c) 1997 by Ralf Gruner (ralf.gruner@t-online.de) KS2Install uses IconX (c) 1992 by Commodore. Thanks to Luke Osbaldeston for lending me the original disks. Thanks to Chris Vella for sending me the files from the second version of the game. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- $VER: KS2Install documentation version 1.02 (c) 1997-1998 John Girvin