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    [Amiga] Amiberry + WHDLoad = Holy Grail - Amiberry's official thread

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      DarishZone Banned
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      Seems speaked too soon... some lha games works, some not and i get a black screen after whload setup... it gave me "setpatch not found", it is relevant?
      Tried to change bios path toward kickstart folder and now i get a sinister Aros splashscreen "waiting for bootable media" :/

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        dudleydes @DarishZone
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        @darishzone Could you tell the name of the lha file? I can take a look at it.

        EDIT: I get the setpatch not found message during the WHDLoad autoboot process for each game I have tried and each one works fine. I don't believe it's an issue.

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          DarishZone Banned @dudleydes
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          @dudleydes said in [Amiga] Amiberry + WHDLoad = Holy Grail - Amiberry's official thread:

          @darishzone Could you tell the name of the lha file? I can take a look at it.

          EDIT: I get the setpatch not found message during the WHDLoad autoboot process for each game I have tried and each one works fine. I don't believe it's an issue.

          I see, me too, but you never know.
          Can't see if my setup is wrong or there's issues with my lha set, guess if some game run it would be ok with my conf.
          Oh and the file is Rise of the Dragon
          RiseOfTheDragon_v1.1_1793

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            dudleydes @DarishZone
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            @darishzone Which game isn't working for you?

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              DarishZone Banned
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              Sorry, added the title later
              RiseOfTheDragon_v1.1_1793

              for now, but i guess others will follow...

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                DarishZone Banned
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                It also relevant Amiberry logo before hdload autoboot is green... and often red?

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                  dudleydes @DarishZone
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                  @darishzone You are most likely missing the Kickstart 1.3 rom.

                  If you take a look at the Debug script for Rise of the Dragon which you can find in the /opt/retropie/configs/amiberry/whdboot/save-data/Debugs folder, you should find the following (repeated many times):

                  DOS-Error #205
                  (object not found)
                  on reading "devs:kickstarts/kick34005.a500".
                  

                  kick34005.a500 refers to the Kickstart 1.3 rom. Please refer to this page in Amiberry wiki for further info.

                  You need to have this file in the BIOS folder. The file I have in the BIOS folder is Kickstart v1.3 rev 34.5 (1987)(Commodore)(A500-A1000-A2000-CDTV).rom. This Kickstart rom is also needed for other games, e.g. Another World, North and South.

                  The different coloured logo splashscreen is a bit of fun. See this post.

                  The setpatch not found can indeed be ignored - see this post from the dev.

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                    DarishZone Banned
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                    @dudleydes said in [Amiga] Amiberry + WHDLoad = Holy Grail - Amiberry's official thread:

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                    Very good, thanks, i can confirm error on debug folder.
                    I have "kick13.rom" on bios folder, not sure if it is the right one.
                    I also reinstalled Amiberry and deleted configs, so it all returned to default paths, which is opt/retropie/emulators/amiberry/kickstarts/
                    Seems to me this path correlate to bios folder.

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                      dudleydes @DarishZone
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                      @darishzone It may be worth checking which kickstart roms you have on your system and making sure that symlinks are being created accordingly.

                      Could you run the following commands?

                      Contents in BIOS Folder

                      cd RetroPie/BIOS
                      ls | grep -i kick
                      

                      This is my output:

                      pi@retropie:~/RetroPie/BIOS $ ls | grep -i kick
                      Kickstart v1.3 rev 34.5 (1987)(Commodore)(A500-A1000-A2000-CDTV).rom
                      Kickstart v3.1 rev 40.68 (1993)(Commodore)(A1200).rom
                      

                      Symlinks in Amiberry WHDBoot configs

                      cd /opt/retropie/configs/amiga/amiberry/whdboot/save-data/Kickstarts
                      ls -lah
                      

                      This is my output:

                      pi@retropie:/opt/retropie/configs/amiga/amiberry/whdboot/save-data/Kickstarts $ ls -lah
                      total 24K
                      drwxr-xr-x 2 pi pi 4.0K Jun  1 07:34 .
                      drwxr-xr-x 6 pi pi 4.0K Apr 19 15:07 ..
                      -rw-r--r-- 1 pi pi    1 Apr 19 15:07 foo.txt
                      lrwxrwxrwx 1 pi pi  112 Jun  1 07:34 kick34005.A500 -> /opt/retropie/emulators/amiberry/kickstarts/Kickstart v1.3 rev 34.5 (1987)(Commodore)(A500-A1000-A2000-CDTV).rom
                      lrwxrwxrwx 1 pi pi   97 Apr 19 15:08 kick40068.A1200 -> /opt/retropie/emulators/amiberry/kickstarts/Kickstart v3.1 rev 40.68 (1993)(Commodore)(A1200).rom
                      
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                        DarishZone Banned
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                        I'm confused now, however i got this
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                          dudleydes @DarishZone
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                          @darishzone In the Kickstarts folder, is the entry for kick34005.A500 in red? If so, this means that the symlink is broken.

                          I can't see all of the kickstart roms in the BIOS folder. You only need the two kickstart roms in my previous post so could you remove all kickstarts from the BIOS folder except these two and confirm that there are present by running the ls | grep -i kick command in the BIOS folder?

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                            DarishZone Banned
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                            alt text

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                              dudleydes @DarishZone
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                              @darishzone I renamed my 1.3 Kickstart rom to Kickstart 1.3.rom to match yours and it broke the symlink.

                              We may be able to fix this by renaming the kickstarts but before we do, we should check that they are valid. Drag your kickstart file into an online CRC32 checker such as this one and check that the values given match those given on this page.

                              If they do, then try changing the file names as given on the Amiberry Wiki page linked above.

                              If they don't, then you will need to find valid 1.3 and 3.1 kickstart roms, appropriately named.

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                                DarishZone Banned
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                                Ok, i've done it, it reports following codes

                                Kickstart 1.3: f6290043
                                Kickstart 3.1: fc24ae0d

                                I don't know what i'm doing, lol, but i suspect those files are corrupted?

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                                  dudleydes @DarishZone
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                                  @darishzone OK, your kickstart roms are not valid and will not work with Amiberry.

                                  Your 3.1 kickstart rom may be fine as the symlink is there and you say some games work. Does Cannon Fodder work?

                                  You will need to find 1.3 kickstart rom. Look for the TOSEC archive.

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                                    DarishZone Banned
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                                    It seems every game that dsnt use kickstart 1.3 works, otherwise i get black screen.

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                                    • HoraceAndSpiderH
                                      HoraceAndSpider
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                                      My suggestion:

                                      Delete all symlink files
                                      Add all kickstarts to bios/ folder
                                      Load Amiberry straight to the menu with Amiberry.sh
                                      Select the paths panel
                                      Reset the kickstarts path to the bios/ folder
                                      Press “scan paths”
                                      Enter emulation.
                                      Go back to the menu
                                      Quit Amiberry

                                      Relaunch a game with WHDLoad (.lha file)
                                      Symlinks should be fixed

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                                        DarishZone Banned
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                                        Tested Cannon Fodder, it works.

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                                        • HoraceAndSpiderH
                                          HoraceAndSpider
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                                          Symlinking for th WHDLoad booter doesn’t care what file names you have.

                                          It hadn’t occurred to me to add a check for “broken” symlinks, but I will look into that

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                                            DarishZone Banned
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                                            How can i delete symlinks?

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