Game/Demo launcher for JOST exe to run .slave for WHDLOAD compatible with 1.3 kickstart
This is kind of a clone of TinyLauncher from "Master" Gibs (french will understand this stupid joke).
The target setup for this launcher is a CDTV with 8Mo fast memory and BlueCDTV/BlueSCSI SD Card hard disk.
You can fully control the launcher with your CDTV Remote, mouse mode or joy mode.
A folder mode is also available to see your games and demo by the parent folder :
Prequisites :
- You need
jost
in yourC:
folder. Download - Kickstarts files. Legit files can be bought from Amiga Forever
- Copy
jl
executable n yourC:
folder. - Change content and copy
jl-config.cfg
toS:
folder - Launch jl and launch a scan. It should add a
jl-inventory.data
in yourS:
folder
Launch it through CLI or add it in your startup sequence.
CDTV Remote (mouse mode or joy mode) :
- Arrow to navigate
- A or B button To launch
- 0 to scan your whdload games or demo folder.
- 1 to switch to folder mode
- Escape to quite
Any joystick/joypad :
- Arrow to navigate
- A or B button To launch
Keyboard :
- Arrow to navigate
- Enter button To launch
- S to scan your whdload games or demo folder.
- Escape to quite
- F to switch to folder mode
Mandatory
To specify the folder to be scanned. No trailing /
at the end please.
Example:
scan_dir_1=Games:Games
Optional
To specify an inventory file other than the default one (S:jl-inventory.data
)
Example:
inventory_file=Games:inventory_1.data
Optional
TO define default behaviour after startup (folder mode or list mode).
folder_mode_by_default=true
- http://amigadev.elowar.com/read/ADCD_2.1/Includes_and_Autodocs_3._guide/node015E.html
- https://github.com/jotd666/jst
- Jotd/Jean-François Fabre for his huge work on jst.
- Daedalus and Earok from the blitzbasic.dev discord.
- Whdload contributors.
- Gibs for his work on TinyLauncher.
- feat: folder view mode
- refactor: display info
- feat: display current JL version
- feat: new optional config entry
folder_mode_by_default
- fix: display refresh before and after scan
- feat: Add alphabetical order on games display
- fix: hardcoded limit of 100 games
- fix: Scan on 1.3 not working on more than the 1st folder
- feat: new optional config entry
inventory_file
- Initial alpha version
Lha command :
lha a jl.lha jl README.md jl-config.cfg