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Hi all. I'm having trouble figuring out how to copy over games to the MegaAGS drive. Specifically, I am trying to update the latest distribution with MT32-Pi support as per this post viewtopic.php?t=2529. I've successfully gotten the MT32 versions onto the "Amiga" via the shared folder and I'm trying to figure out where to copy them using Direct Opus, but I'm not sure if I should be copying the entire folder for each game or just specific files or what. Has anyone else done this?

Thank you!

I have the latest MegaAGS installed on my MiSTer. Can you please link to the instructions on how to add a new game to it? I just bought Reshoot Proxima 3 and want to add it to MegaAGS. The game has it's own HDD installer, but obviously that will only install to a new folder, not MegaAGS.

The easiest way to add games that will survive upgrades is to use the “Favorite” function on an existing game, and edit those files to point at your new install (also put that one on MegaAGS-Saves.hdf to make it survive upgrades. So, roughly, something like this:

1. Install your game using the HD installer, put it somewhere on Saves:

2. From the launcher, find any entry (e.g. “Turrican”) and hit Tab or the tertiary button to add it to your favorites.

3. Using CygnusEd (or an Amiga text editor of your choice) to change the information in the three files that are in the Favorites directory on the Saves: drive (I can’t remember the exact path, but you should be able to find them).

4. The entry is a .txt file with all the metadata for the launcher, a .run file that is what is run when you select an entry, and an IFF file which is the screenshot for the game. Update all these to reflect your newly installed game, and rename the files to the title of the game.

Enjoy a custom entry in the Favorites section for your new game!

OK, thanks for the info. That all makes sense, and I have modified the .txt file with the appropriate metadata and have changed the .run file as follows:

execute "AGS:Run/Game/ReshootProxima3"

However, when I select this entry in AGS, I get the error:

EXECUTE: Can't open AGS:Run/Game/ReshootProxima3
object not found
execute failed returncode 10

The game folder is stored in: Data/WHD/G/R/ReshootProxima3

Also, I can not get the screenshot to display correctly in AGS:

I tried saving compressed and uncompressed from GIMP2 and Paint Shop Pro 6 but still same result.

edit: fixed this issue, needed to save as 8-bit

wmd wrote: ↑Sun Oct 22, 2023 2:44 pm

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execute "AGS:Run/Game/ReshootProxima3"

The game folder is stored in: Data/WHD/G/R/ReshootProxima3

Point the execute command to the binary you run to start the game. And, I highly recommend doing all this on Saves: so it will survive upgrading the main HDF.

OK, I moved the ReshootProxima3 folder to "Saves/WHDSaves/MyGames/ReshootProxima3/". What is the exact syntax that should be in the .run file? I tried the following but am still getting the object not found error:

execute "Saves/WHDSaves/MyGames/ReshootProxima3/reshootProxima3"

The "reshootProxima3" is the executable in that folder. When I double click on it in the Amiga desktop the game loads as it should.

If it’s a binary that can ble launched from the command line, you can drop the execute command.

Tried that, with and without the quotes, and get the error: "Unknown command. failed returncode 10".

Then it’s not pointing to the correct binary. Sorry, a bit hard to troubleshoot remotely. The first thing you should make sure to do is that you can actually run the game from the command line. Boot into Workbench, open AmigaShell, and use it to navigate to the directory where the game is installed. Once you find the correct file to make the game start, make note of its path and put the entire thing in the .run file.

The folks over at the English Amiga Board kindly helped to fix this. Simply change the .run file to this:

Saves:WHDSaves/MyGames/ReshootProxima3/rp3.bin

Franko the crazy revenge needs to be added to this!