preformatted save game

robert · Post by **robert** » Sat Jan 22, 2005 7:10 pm

cross posted to general forum

I'm dying to play DM again after finding it on this site. Together with Captive, DM was my favourite game for the amiga and it brought out a certain feeling of exitement that very few games can. Only diablo 2 IMO has lived up to the legacy of the sheer fun you get when playing DM

However, this site mentions preformatted save games are available on the 'archives'. I can't seem to find the archives, only the news archives, and I couldn't see them there. I can't get fellow to work, so I was hoping to use preformatted saves from here, to enable ongoing DM play.

Please help me out!

PS i always thought Halk, Hissssa, Gothmog and Chani was the best combination. I can't wait to go back to playing them again!

Thanks in excited anticipation

Robert

beowuuf · Post by **beowuuf** » Sat Jan 22, 2005 7:22 pm

this is actually a joint-forum site to the encyclopaedia

the pre-formatted games should be available on the encyclopaedia, under the 'DM/play DM section, or under downloads, or soemthign like that = the downloads/play section of each game should give you a link to everything you need top play that version of DM, includign the saved games

Robert · Post by **Robert** » Sat Jan 22, 2005 7:43 pm

Thanks, but all i can see in the downloads section is:

Note:

Formatting save game disks does not work under WinUAE. You must use another emulator like Fellow to do that. Note that the archives on this site contain a preformatted save game disk.

I really hate to think i'm being totally thick, even it looks like I am (obviously no one else has ever had this problem!), but I really cant find any saved games anywhere. They're certainly not on the downloads section and certainly not in the DM section

At least that I can see...

beowuuf · Post by **beowuuf** » Sat Jan 22, 2005 7:59 pm

it might mean the two forums athat are still o nthe encyclopaedia - there is a 'dungeon' forum and a 'tolls'# forum, bot hof which allow uplaods - there could be a blank disk thread there...

robert · Post by **robert** » Sat Jan 22, 2005 8:14 pm

Beowuuf thanks for your swift responses and help. But:

Hmm...

There's definitely no save game on the encyclopaedia.

the forums on the encyclopaedia are merged with these ones now and searching these forums for something only produced an earlier post from someone else needing a save game with a reply saying go to the encyclopaedia...

*pretty pretty please please* I beg of thee can you give me some more specific help or even the guiding light of a link ?

beowuuf · Post by **beowuuf** » Sat Jan 22, 2005 8:26 pm

there are still three forums on the encyclopaedia, the tool, dungeons and general - check the first two and see if they are there

Robert · Post by **Robert** » Sat Jan 22, 2005 8:39 pm

Thanks again for your fast response.

you're right, there are still 3 forums on the encyclopaedia.

New dungeons
Misc Files
general discussion

None of the 3 forums has any posts that even digging through them looks like it has a preformatted save game.

Have you got any further suggestions as to where I may obtain a saved game please?

Many thanks in advance.

Robert

beowuuf · Post by **beowuuf** » Sat Jan 22, 2005 9:25 pm

lol, damn

umm, then i'm afraid i'm at a loss...you could just do a google search, or try somewhere like underdogs, etc .... I'm sure I had to do this myself at one point...
It's not an actual DM save you need, just an already formated 'disk' file, I believe...I could be wrong...

Sorry, busy just now and so rushing around - if you haven't had success I can try to hunt around on my HD and the net for a pre-formatted DM disk and hosting it if I find it

good luck til then

Robert · Post by **Robert** » Sat Jan 22, 2005 10:52 pm

Ok thanks. Yeah I guess you must be right - about the save file, it's ages since i've used an amiga!

I'll keep looking and report back!

beowuuf · Post by **beowuuf** » Sat Jan 22, 2005 11:47 pm

i have a pre-formatted disk that seems to work with DM3.6

http://www.dmjump.net/dmsave.adf

Simon · Post by **Simon** » Sun Jan 23, 2005 12:22 am

Simply copy any disk image, rename it to 'Dungeon Master Save.adf' (or any other name you want), mount it in the second drive, and format it in-game using Dungeon Master's format tool

Post by **ChristopheF** » Sun Jan 23, 2005 2:34 pm

Robert, you misunderstood the word "archive" I think.
It does not refer to any web site archive where you could find saved games.
It refers to compressed files (ZIP, RAR, CAB, ...) that are often called archives.

By "Note that the archives on this site contain a preformatted save game disk", I mean that the RAR files that you can download containing the games themselves ALSO contain a formatted floppy disk image that you can use to save your game to.

Robert · Post by **Robert** » Mon Jan 24, 2005 11:19 pm

Thanks for the help, tolerance and patience guys! I'll be able to play DM now

However, presently, I have become embroiled in the addiction that is Dungeon Master Java!!! LOL (and big grins - it's great).

Dungeon Master truly holds up after all these years - having a fab time playing the Java version.

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