Tips

Due to the extra eye candy and higher resolution, the ADV/SP versions may not have enough chipram available to run certain AGA specific games. Users with only 2MB RAM and no fast will often face problems with certain WHDload titles too. If this is the case, then reset the Amiga and hold either the right or left mouse button. The right will boot a minimal Workbench with limited functionality but maximum memory. The left will take you to a CLI prompt. From here you can launch the game with full resources by first changing the prompt to the games directory (use "cd") and then finding the executable file with the "dir" command. If a game requires an icon to launch, use the command "wbrun" before the games executable. This method can also be used for launching WHDload games.

Other options apart from those provided above are various RAD utilities from Aminet. These can be used to create a RAD: drive in Workbench then reset the Amiga and run the game. Examples are "Max_Reset_V1.5.lha", "ResetRun2.lha", "ResRun_V1.0.lha" and "ResRunV1_1.lha"

For those running the ClassicWB ADV in laced mode on PAL/NTSC TVsets or monitors, "MagicTV" is included in the C directory but not run by default. MagicTV is a utility that greatly reduces flicker in 16-colour interlaced screenmodes - therefore it's not compatible with Copper Backgrounds or the 64-colour ADVSP. The AGA chipset is also required. In order to run it, add the line "MagicTV" after "Setpatch" in the "S/startup-sequence" file.

The drawer "MyFiles" contains extra install options such as SFS, CDROM, mousewheel/clicktofront and compressed volume support. Please be sure to check this drawer for any extra features you may require. If you install CDROM support, be sure to call the device either the default CD0, CD or CDROM and you will end up with a nice Workbench icon. Also, when asked to choose a CDDA program, select "SongPlayer" in the program's directory.

Glow/OS3.5+ icon support. Please read HERE. Large hard drive support Please read HERE.

Dopus does not automatically detect volumes on your system. Instead it requires configuration by the user to tailor it for their specific needs. In order to do this, go to the "Project" menu and select "Configure".
The current setup has commonly used devices and volumes (DF0, DH0, Temp, Games etc) as well as those paths suggested for CDROM and PC access. The reason for using CD0: and PC: respectively is given above - special Workbench icons are present for certain device names. For instance, when I add a PC directory in WinUAE or mount a network like "Ami-PC" on a real Amiga, I make sure in both cases the device is called PC: This automatically ensures that the ClassicWB will use a pre-determined Workbench disk icon relevant to the device in question.
You can choose any icon or name for your devices by modifying those included in the "Expansion/Scalos/Icons" drawer. Simply rename or replace those present.

Under the popup menu, the option "Ami-PC" exists. This is a network solution for transferring files from the Amiga-PC and back. It works with either a serial or 4-way laplink cable, the settings setup to the latter. You'll need the package "PC2Am308.lha" from Aminet in order to obtain the required PC software. The readme explains how this software works.

At the start of the "S/User-Startup" file, assigns were added so common folders can be accessed and referred to easily in file requesters, programs, CLI and Scalos scripts. They're in the format "A-x", where "x" is the folder name. The prefix "A-" was added so they appear at the top of file requesters. If any of these folders differ in location (eg games folder is on DH1: not DH0:) then feel free to edit these assigns. Once edited, popup menus, Dopus and file requesters will all automatically be updated with the folders new location.

If you prefer boarderless/frameless icons, you can fully disable boarders easily in the Scalos prefs (topleft menubar Settings->Scalos->Prefs).

Help files, hardware details, shortcuts and preferences can be found under the bar menu by right clicking in the top left hand corner of the screen. More help files can be found in the actual program folders. Together, these will tell you exactly what each program does.

Under the top left hand corner tools menu exists an option to "Enable FDC". FDC stands for Floppy Disk Cache. Once selected, the program "CachIt" is silently run and all floppy disk activity from that moment on will be cached in RAM. Another option is "FBlit FText", which can be enabled or disabled. These hand blitter functions to the CPU, increasing performance and reducing chipram usage. Both are enabled by default, but can be disabled easily using this option if compatibility problems arise. Please read the help files provided for further details.

Several convenient methods exist for handling archives: Double click support of the actual files in Workbench windows using MiraWizarc; direct browsing of archives in Dopus treating them just like a directory; Dopus "Arc Ext" button, which has been linked to extract many file formats through Shell. Combined with XAD and XFD libraries, such methods support decompression of a huge range of formats, including disk archives like DMS and ADF.

Double clicking on common files without icons such as mods, html's, adf's, dms's, IFF's, text docs (startup-sequence, readme files) etc will automatically open the relevant program.

When dealing with ADF's in Workbench windows, double clicking the file will open TSgui. You'll notice the file isn't automatically selected - simply drag the file over to the TSgui window and it will be recognized. Many program windows and actual icons display this ability of "drag and drop" with files.
You can also create a virtual floppy disk that can be used in conjunction with TSgui. Select "New-FF0" from the popup menu in order to mount the device first.

Right clicking on highlighted Windows, DiskIcons and Files will bring up different popup menus, each one tailored for the selected item.

Depending on the ClassicWB version, there can be either one or two programs under the icons popup menu to convert images. Once selected, an icon will appear on the Workbench. Simply drag a picture or screencap of the game in question over to the icon and it will be converted! A good place to get images is the HOL database. Differences between the two programs are as follows:

Pic->Oldicon: This produces old (standard) icon data and as default is setup for low colour (fixed magicicon palette, max 8) high performance icons. It can, however, be setup to use whatever screenmode colours are available at the time of conversion - the max number of colours used and quality settings can be changed in the tools prefs. Problem is, unless the colours used are fixed in place using Scalos palette prefs (like the fixed magicicon palette currently setup), the icons may change when you swap screenmodes due to the way the Amiga works.
Pic->Newicon: Best method for high colour game icons as the most fitting colours out of those available in a given screenmode are automatically selected. This will produce the newicons shown in the pics, but you will obviously need higher screen mode colours when converting and displaying and performance will be slower. Best to have the icons in separate drawers as displaying one perfectly may require 32 colours, two 64 etc, so the more icons on display, the less available for each individual icon and quality will suffer.