I managed to install the (now free) TV Paint on my Sam440, but it was quite an "adventure", since I did not have any floppy drive (which the installer assumes).

As I don't imagine less technically able users would manage this, I am posting to see if it is worth my posting a how-to (or possibly an AmigaDOS script).

EDIT: You can find my installation script/guide in post #8.

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@ChrisH

Can't you just do an assign?
I think that's all I had to do when I installed it.

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You shouldn't need to install TvPaint at all. It should run just like that out of the box. It's only important that you have needed fonts in Fonts:

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@AmiDelf2 & number6
I got the TV Paint installation files from here:
http://amigau.com/c-graphics/tvpaint.htm

It requires that you create 3 floppy disks, which the installer expects. First two disks come as LHA archives, which do not even contain all the files required! While the last disk is a self-extracting DMS image (SFX), which cannot be solved by just an assignment.

If there is a simpler (and Newtek-approved) download, then that would save me the bother of writing a how-to or script...

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@ChrisH

Why not just use DiskImageGui? It just mounts ADF/DMS files as standard disks on your workbench desktop, easy, I've used it for years.

@danwood
Does it mount Executable DMSes (SFX)? I tried using DMS on the SFX file, and it didn't like it. (There is an 'easy' work-around, but I'd rather mention it as part of a full explanation/script.)

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OK, here is the promised installation script:
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FailAt 21 ;create disk 1 IF NOT EXISTS TVPaint_1 MakeDir TVPaint_1 ;lha x tvpd1.lha TVPaint_1/ UnArc tvpd1.lha TVPaint_1 AUTO Copy cyber.lha TVPaint_1 ENDIF ;create disk 2 IF NOT EXISTS TVPaint_2 MakeDir TVPaint_2 ;lha x tvpd2.lha TVPaint_2/ UnArc tvpd2.lha TVPaint_2 AUTO Copy ex.lha TVPaint_2 ENDIF ;create disk 3 IF NOT EXISTS TVPaint_3 MakeDir TVPaint_3 Mount Sys:Storage/DOSDrivers/RAD Assign df0: RAD: Protect tvpd3.SFX +E Echo "" Echo "WARNING: The Grim Reaper will appear!" Echo "You MUST click 'More...' and then 'Continue Program'" Echo "" TO T:TVPaintInstaller tvpd3.SFX Nil: TVPaint#3: TVPaint_3 ENDIF ;start the installer Assign TVPaint#1: TVPaint_1 Assign TVPaint#2: TVPaint_2 Echo "" Echo "NOTE: Your serial number is: " NOLINE Type tvp.txt Echo "" CD TVPaint#1: Installer Install_TVPaint3.6 TVPaint AVERAGE AVERAGE Echo "PLEASE REBOOT YOUR AMIGA!" Echo "(Otherwise system may be unstable & crash)"

1. Create a TVPaintInstall folder somewhere. I suggest NOT in RAM, because a crash would loose it.

2. Copy & paste the above script into Notepad, then save as TVPInstall in the TVPaintInstall folder.

3. Find the TVPInstall file with Workbench, select it with a click, then choose Icons/Information from the menu. Click the Icon tab, and change the Default tool to IconX (you will have to delete whatever it shows there - probably Multiview). Then click Save.

4. Now download http://amigau.com/c-graphics/TVPaint.lha . This may take some time, so be patient!
EDIT: That site is currently down, but you can get it from here instead:
http://web.archive.org/web/20060315193951/http://www.amigau.com/c-graphics/TVPaint.lha

5. Now extract TVPaint.lha to the TVPaintInstall folder.

6. Finally Open the TVPaintInstall folder, and double-click on the TVPInstall file. Follow any instructions!

If you run into problems during installation, I have designed the installer script so it can be run again. But I suggest rebooting first.

EDIT: The install script is now fixed to work with OS4.1 Update 1.

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Cool! I didn't have any problems installing it on my A1, but I don't remember how I did it on the other hand... Might be worth uploading that script to AmiNet so the masses can make use of it!

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@ChrisH

I think this is a great idea. Thanks.

I installed TV Paint a few years ago on my MicroA1. It was quite an experience. I extracted the lha files using the unarchive program on OS4, then launched my AmigaOS4PPC version of E-UAE to do the actual install. The ADF files became my floppies on my emulated Workbench 3.1. If I recall correctly, the self extracting program worked quite well in the E-UAE environment. Afterwards, I went back to OS4 and dragged the TV Paint drawer out to a more convenient location on my hard drive.

I also learned quite a bit about E-UAE as well, such as how to "pop" a virtual floppy disk into a virtual floppy drive.

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@redfox

Amazing guys, I just dropped it into my 68k Work folder and ran it, no installer no assigns and off it went. Runs beautifully on IcAros.

Will have to do a video of this.

Have they released Lightwave 5.5, I only have 3.5

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@Daedalus Quote:

Might be worth uploading that script to AmiNet so the masses can make use of it!

Someone else is free to upload it (with note of credit to me).

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@clusteruk Quote:

I just dropped it into my 68k Work folder and ran it, no installer no assigns and off it went.

Are we talking about the same installation download? It REQUIRES that you manually create 3 floppy disks, before the installer will work. And it definitely REQUIRES the installer running before the program will work!

(Sure, once TV Paint is installed, it runs fine on OS4, without any assigns.)

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@clusteruk
5.5 was only released for PCs sadly. If they made it for Amiga with PPC and Warp3D support (the Tornado3D guys were doing it as I can see from AmigaLife back issues I have here) it would have been very nice...

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@ChrisH

hopefully "mounted&assigned" floppy images are enough? (or RAD disk)

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@clusteruk

I downloaded the files from the same place ChrisH mentioned,
http://amigau.com/c-graphics/tvpaint.htm

As I said before, that was a few years ago and I used E-UAE and Amiga Workbench 3.1 to do the install on my MicroA1 because I did not know of any other way to handle ADF files. The emulated classic Amiga provided the environment I needed to get the job done.

Once the files were extracted and installed on the hard drive, I just moved the whole TVPaint drawer out to a more convenient place on my hard drive, so that I could access the drawer more conveniently from my OS4 Workbench.

TVPaint runs just fine on OS4.0 and OS4.1 with no assigns necessary and launches just fine from the OS4 AmiDock.

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