09-30-2016, 04:15 AM
(This post was last modified: 09-30-2016, 04:19 AM by sean_skroht.)
Hi there,
About a week ago I had made images of all three Lotus Turbo Challenge games and had uploaded them to the FTP server.
After having made those images i realized the following:
(I'll use Lotus 2 as an example)
The image worked fine in WinUAE and, when written to back up floppy disk, it worked in the real Amiga.
Then, as a test, I re-imaged the backed up version to the hard drive but found that the second generation image created did not work in WinUAE nor did it work in my Amiga when re-written to another floppy.
I noticed that a Kryflux image of Lotus 2 that I downloaded was created with 83 tracks whereas my backup was 80 tracks. Therefore I re-imaged the original retail disk at 83 tracks and that fixed the issue of the second generation image not working.
Therefore I have uploaded the new images just in case and have "(new)" in the filenames.
The SCP manual states: "Some copy protection schemes use extended tracks, so keep that mind." Would that apply to Lotus 2 in this case and would it explain why the second generation image wasn't working?
When backing up a copy protected game, is there a way to find out if copy protection uses extended tracks?
Thank you very much.
About a week ago I had made images of all three Lotus Turbo Challenge games and had uploaded them to the FTP server.
After having made those images i realized the following:
(I'll use Lotus 2 as an example)
The image worked fine in WinUAE and, when written to back up floppy disk, it worked in the real Amiga.
Then, as a test, I re-imaged the backed up version to the hard drive but found that the second generation image created did not work in WinUAE nor did it work in my Amiga when re-written to another floppy.
I noticed that a Kryflux image of Lotus 2 that I downloaded was created with 83 tracks whereas my backup was 80 tracks. Therefore I re-imaged the original retail disk at 83 tracks and that fixed the issue of the second generation image not working.
Therefore I have uploaded the new images just in case and have "(new)" in the filenames.
The SCP manual states: "Some copy protection schemes use extended tracks, so keep that mind." Would that apply to Lotus 2 in this case and would it explain why the second generation image wasn't working?
When backing up a copy protected game, is there a way to find out if copy protection uses extended tracks?
Thank you very much.