It will be a Zip file that will just need extracting onto the SD card by the user.
Just to reassure you, my thoughts were strictly for you to be able to make it available for esxDOS users from your itch page, so it was never my intention to do make it available to anyone myself.
:-)
Do you have a tips page for the game? I have a feeling I may need some help lol
I was very intrigued by this game, and wondered if it would work on my Omni 128HQ Spectrum clone with divMMC built in.
Unfortunately, it doesn’t out of the box.
The Omni supports 128k machine code games, and the sound chip, but runs in “User 0” mode, leaving you with 48k BASIC only, so the game breaks when it utilizes the 128 RAM disk.
That said, I have been able to convert the game to leverage the SD storage of the divMMC and it works great.
As a bonus, when I enable the accelerator on the Omni, which doubles the clock speed, the pointer movement works much more fluidly.
I am play-testing it now, for the first time, and really getting into it, and will be sending you a donation.
In the meantime, if you want me to send you a copy of the esxDOS converted version, I would be only to glad to do so. Just let me know.
Just a quick update....I don't think I mentioned it before, but Fuse has a max limit of 4GB 32 Bit formatted virtual drives. In the last couple of releases, I have updated the HDFMONKEY version to a more robust version, which seems to be okay (so far) with 4GB 32 Bit formatted virtual drives. I would make a backup just to be sure, but this definitely seems to be working better so far for me.
You will be prompted to update the application when you next launch.
From the options menu, there is a new menu option where you can set the default drive size when running the Fuze esxDOS wizard. Just choose the required size from the available submenu options.
Currently the maximum limit has been reduced to 1GB, as previous sizes above 1GB were causing issues with the HDF content becoming corrupted after continued use. This is apparently a common issue with some emulators. I therefore set the maximum size to 1GB.
If you want to use the Fuse Wizard on a volume above 256MB, up to 1GB, the approach would be as follows:
From the HDF Drive menu, select Create HDF Image.
Choose the volume name and size that you want.
Select the path where you want to save your HDF file (Reccommeded location is %LocalAppData%\AlnRoxieSoft\esxDOS Explorer\
Click Create HDF
When asked Would you like to open the newly created HDF image?, click Yes
After the image has been loaded, run the Fuse Wizard. This will detect a mounted volume, and install everything on this.
I can add sizes above 1GB back in for a future update, and add a warning when selected to use at own risk, due to the potential of content or file corruption. This way you would have the option, should you wish to try.
Another user this last week had been using a 4GB file with Fuse and had to recreate everything from a backup from files saved in a Windows folder, so I would definitely advise against it.
Do you typically work with a single virtual drive file, or multiple files?
Do you keep all of those files in one place
Do you use the default esxDOS Explorer repository for those files?
The next biggest change will be the support of multiple concurrent files, so the answers to these questions will help shape how this will be implemented.
I’m getting asked for a lot of enhancements, and doing my best to keep on top of them.
You should get prompted as of v1.36.0 when you start it up, letting you know when there are updates to the main program, plus you can also check for updates to all of the other components too.
The following is a list of ideas for future updates, what may or may not implemented soon, and in no particular order:
Check for App Update: this will check for updates to the program.
Multiple, concurrent, virtual volumes mounting, with mounted volumes remembered between sessions.
Virtual clipboard support for cut/copy/paste of files and folders within the same virtual volume, across different, mounted virtual volumes, and with the Windows file system.
Additional hotkey support
Support for additional third party tools, for optional or manual installation when installing esxDOS.
Please reach out to me via this thread with any issues you may experience during installation or use. Please provide the esxDOS Explorer version number, you Windows Version, details of any anti-virus or Firewall software, and where possible screenshots and details of what caused the error.
