OnEscapee - problem when trying to save game

[Viotto]

Hello, this is my first post on this forum :)

Has anybody played OnEscapee? Seems a very good game to me...also because I am a big Another World and Flashback fan :p

I tried to play the free version released for Windows, but whenever I try to access the saving / loading menu, the game crashes.

So I downloaded WinUAE, Kickstart 3.1, Workbench 3.1, and the Amiga version of the game. I set everything up, and now I am able to play the Amiga version without crashing when accessing the save / load screen.

But there is another problem: the save option and the load option are disabled!

http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/3721/onescapeesavingdisabled.png

Why are them disabled? :unsure:

I would be very grateful if anybody can help me.

Thanks

[Harrison]

Can you give any more information on how you have the game setup?

From memory the game comes on CD, or ISO if downloaded, and needs to be installed to Amiga HDD to play. If you have a hardfile/HDD setup in WinUAE with Workbench installed and onEscapee installed then the game should load and save games to the HDD.

You can try adding a line to the Workbench user-startup file to see if that helps.

From Workbench, open a new shell/cli and type


ed s:user-startup

Once loaded, add the following line to the file and then save it.


Assign >NIL: onEscapee: DH0:Games/OnEscapee

Replace the DH0:Games/ part with the location where you have the game installed.

Then reboot the Amiga and play the game.

Hope that helps.

[Harrison]

Forgot to mention. If that doesn't help, then we have a version of OnEscapee available for download from our main site here (http://www.classicamiga.com/content/view/2128/96/). Unless you are using that version already. We also have all of the manuals for download which might help you further.

[Viotto]

Thank you for your reply, I downloaded the game from here already by the way :)

So my setup is:
- I load Workbench 3.1 in floppy drive DF0
- Onescapee.hdf loaded as hardfile in device name HD0 (read/write is checked)

The "onescapee" file I must open to run the game is in HD0 drive (named OnEscapee):

http://img825.imageshack.us/img825/2005/winuaeonescapee1.png


I enter this line in the file and save, but nothing happens when rebooting Workbench:

http://img530.imageshack.us/img530/2659/startup.png


And the saving option in the game is still disabled. Any help?

Thank you

[Harrison]

I will gave the game a try on Monday for you and see what I can get it to do.

[Viotto]

I will gave the game a try on Monday for you and see what I can get it to do.

Thanks :)

By the way could it be that it has got no space on disk to save on? I don't think so by the way since you can see from the screenshot that the game drive has got free space on it... I also left checked "read/write" checkbox so it should have write permissions on its own disk

[Harrison]

As you booted from an ADF of of floppy disk or Workbench, it might be trying to save to the floppy disk, not the HDF harddrive, and the save file might be too large for that.

I've not had chance to try it out myself yet, but you might need to create a booting HDF hardfile with workbench and the game on it together for it to save. I will let you know.

[Viotto]

Hello,
have you tried it out already? :) I am still looking for a solution to it! :unsure: