Xenon 2 problem in WINUAE

[corenemesis]

I can´t get Xenon2 to work in WinUAE(version doesn´t matter)
when I pick up the first powerup WinUAE crashes instantly
I´we tried different versions of the game AGA and ECS...

Does anyone else experiensed the same problem and is there any solution to fix it

[Fred the Fop]

Try it with 512 kb mem and 512 kb slow ram..NO fast ram..that may help.

[MethodGit]

Hmmm, the way Xenon 2 crashes on you, corenemesis... it sounds familiar. I think I read something like that in the readme of this patch from Aminet which is meant to fix your Xenon 2 game (after you make a copy of it that is). Here's the patch if anyone is interested to look at it.

[andreas]

Try it with 512 kb mem and 512 kb slow ram..NO fast ram..that may help.

plus... WinUAE 0.8.8 R8. :)
I could guess it might crash with recent builds (0.8.16/17) ...
Give this old and great version a try.

@Marz: that's DANGEROUS! :eek
Patching a cracked version with a patch from Aminet, meant for originals! Don't do this without thinking!

[corenemesis]

Well thx for all ideas about how to make it work but..no it didn´t
I tried with no fast... workbench looks ugly =) Iwe allso tried The 0.8.8 R8 version of Winuae and... (screen flashes white as it should when i pick up an powerup) and then "CRASH" Im in windows again.. but this time I got an error meassage which i didn´t get in 0.8.17 R1

it says some thing about an direct draw initialiation error.

I still don´t know what to do... thx anyway

But if there are anymore ideas...just bring em´on =)

[Ian]

Get yourself the ADF version and use the attached config:D
http://members.aol.com/ianreeve1721111/Xenon.jpg
Taken using 0.8.17r1:D

Remember to point the config to your kickstart 1.3 location:D

I don't see why it wasn't working for you mate:D, it works fine with just a standard A500 config:D

CPU --> 68000 more compatible mode checked
Memory --> 1 Meg any mem
Chipset --> OCS

[corenemesis]

now i´we tried with 800x600 resolution the common adf version of the game did work but the AGA HD didn´t.......
im really confused now because it was the same problem before
but now it isn´t.....

there is something wrong with the aga version but i don´t know if it´s an WinUAE error or if the game is broken....
:confused

i will try to put Xenon2 aga on adfzone again.......

[Ian]

AFAIK there is no AGA version of Xenon 2, there maybe a AGA fixed version, but not an actual AGA version.

The game was released years before the AGA chipset was introduced and only utilises the OCS/ECS chipset's

Scrap it and use the ADF version:)

[corenemesis]

No Ian i don´t think this is just a "fix" it has a real HD installer (4 disks), digitized voice samples and new sound, sadly no music =( probably because it have been on an CD before...
I can´t find it anywhere else

it still didn´t work puting it on the adf zone so...
here it is
ftp://adf:adf@corenemesis.dnsalias.com/Zenon_2_AGA.zip

please try.;)

[Ian]

I have that version already:) It's the CDTV version, not AGA:D

I'll install it and see if I can get it working:)

[Ian]

Yeah this works too:great

On this config you'll have to direct it to a 2.* kickstart rom.

Change all the Hard Drives to the ones you use for Workbench 2.* and your HD-Games and it'll work:) Trust me:D

[corenemesis]

Hey... It woked..
thaks a lot Ian for helping me out here. You really know what to do huh ?
but u say it was a cdtv version, so it was on a cd originaly ?
if thats so, do u have the cd then or do u know anyone who has.
I would really like to have the sound tracks too.

anyway thanks for helping me ;)

[Ian]

Originally posted by corenemesis
but u say it was a cdtv version, so it was on a cd originaly ?
if thats so, do u have the cd then or do u know anyone who has.
I would really like to have the sound tracks too.
Yes it was on a CD:)

There was a few Amiga CD iso ftp's around that might have it, but I don't know there addresses I'm affraid:(

[zerohero]

Hiho

Anyone knows where i can find Zenon_2_AGA.zip or CDTV version,the ftp link seems down...would be great to be able to run zenon2 from wb in winuae...

I have had no luck with the whdload version, access fault all over the place??

[andreas]

Originally posted by Ian
AFAIK there is no AGA version of Xenon 2, there maybe a AGA fixed version, but not an actual AGA version.

The game was released years before the AGA chipset was introduced and only utilises the OCS/ECS chipset's

Scrap it and use the ADF version:)
Ian, that's definitely because people would always confuse CDTV [OCS/ECS] with CD32 [AGA]. You bet! :D

[zerohero]

TomTom has reuploaded xenon2 cdtv[whd] and it works great in 0.8.22 Release 8 :), however regular xenon2[whd] throws access faults.

Has anyone managed to get xenon2[whd v1.7] to work in winuae 0822 rel8??
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[haynor]

Maybe real Amiga is Your solution:cheese

[zerohero]

Yup haynor :) that's true, i play xenon2 on my old miggy and it works ok, but as i want to be able to find the optimal wb configuration for winuae one has to expect a few *uhm* small
problems ;)

[Tranio]

hey,

umm, sry for putting this one up again, but i too have this problem with xenon2. I've already tried to use the patch, but i think it doesn't work because i got only cracked adf's.

Where can i get an uncracked adf? Is it difficulty to make an adf out of an amiga-original disk? Might someone link me to a working, already-patched adf set of Xenon 2?

thanks in advance...

[X-Ray-Man]

Get yourself the ADF version and use the attached config:D
http://members.aol.com/ianreeve1721111/Xenon.jpg
Taken using 0.8.17r1:D

Remember to point the config to your kickstart 1.3 location:D

I don't see why it wasn't working for you mate:D, it works fine with just a standard A500 config:D

CPU --> 68000 more compatible mode checked
Memory --> 1 Meg any mem
Chipset --> OCS

Thanks, Ian! Finally, I got Xenon2 running...greatest Space Shooter ever!

[jotd]

the bonus pickup crash is a 24/32 bit problem. Select 68000 or 680EC20 CPU and it will work. Any real 32 bit CPU will crash the game when picking the first powerup.

Else use WHDLoad patch.