TFX Problems

[RetroMan]

Ok, I installed TFX (WinUAE 0.8.17R2) and now I have three options ..... 68000, 68020+FPU, 68040 ....
040 causes WinUAE to crash back to Windows, the two others seem to start, I can here the Intro/Menu music but no Grafix appear ... I´m still on my WB and can work on (but I can hear the music) ..... any solutions ??

[CodyJarrett]

Sometimes WinUAE can't change from a high Workbench graphics card resolution to a lower game one. Try running it with an 020 processor and without using Picasso.

[Washac]

Originally posted by CodyJarrett
Sometimes WinUAE can't change from a high Workbench graphics card resolution to a lower game one. Try running it with an 020 processor and without using Picasso.

Would it be worth running it on an 020???

That games needs a bit of grunt to make it worthwhile playing from what I recall.

[RetroMan]

Originally posted by Washac
Would it be worth running it on an 020???
Well, that´s the nice side of WinUAE-JIT :D that 020er emulation is faster than a 060/66Mhz real Amiga ;):D but you are right, on a real Amiga it would be a pain to use 020 with TFX !

[Amigaboy]

On my 030 it ran shit. I doubt 020 would be anywhere near playable

[RetroMan]

I just found out :) The ONLY way for me to get TFX to run in WinUAE is boot with NO startup-sequence and AGA on, then just ignore all error messages and start "TFX_FPU" from CLI .... run´s nice and smooth, think I never ever heard such great voice samples on Amiga at all :D:D:D

[RetroMan]

I just transfered TFX to my A1200 ..... and guess what :D It runs faster than on WinUAE and my A1200 only got a 030@50Mhz. :) Even with the outer view (my favourite zoom) when pressing F6, there´s NO slow down and the sound is way better than the PC Version ...... This is a true Amiga Gem :)

[Ian]

I think, in the interest's of testing you should upload TFX so I can play...sorry test it;)

[RetroMan]

http://agaworld.free.fr/games2/games.htm

Formerly Ninjas AGA world which was closed some time ago by Amiga Inc. ;) but the downloads still work :D

[Ian]

:eek :eek :eek

I thought that site had gone (All of it:))

Thanks Retroman, FlashGet's got work to do tonight;)

[Amigaboy]

OMG!

It's still alive! Why wasn't I notified!?!?

[RetroMan]

The problem is, the games don´t have direct links, so Flashget might not work .... I remember I´ve tried that some time ago and only got error messages, so I had to go to the site and click LEFT and wait for the download to start :( If you get any other results, please post your flashget list ;)

@Amigaboy : you can call me "Mr SearchEngine" from now on :D

[Ian]

Ask and ye shall receive;)

Later though:) 10 minutes do ya?

[RetroMan]

Originally posted by Ian
Ask and ye shall receive;)

Later though:) 10 minutes do ya?
Sure thing :D

[Ian]

Here you go, a little later than promised:sad

These may or may not work properly, if they don't just let me know because I know why and I'll upload one that will work for you:D

All the files that say ?name= are no longer on the server, and get file not found errors:)


Deleted list, see below for better one

[RetroMan]

That´s not quite true, here´s the link for tfx : http://gtrevize2.free.fr/script/?name=Tfx.zip and that game IS there, I just tested with a normal left mouse click :D

[Ian]

TFX isn't one of the ones that don't work, it downloads fine.

Heres a revised list with all games that aren't there any more removed, please note TFX is still there:D

One thing though, you will NOT be able to resume downloads if you stop them for longer than five minutes (Maybe less I don't know)

All files now have a ?name in them now, this is fine, it's needed to make the downloads work properly. Just start them and you will be fine.

[RetroMan]

THX :):D

[MethodGit]

OMG! OMG! OOHHHHHHHHHHHMFG!!! The downloads survived Amiga Inc.'s wrath? Never though such a thing would happen! :)

How did you first discover the downloads page after it was shut down, RetroMan? :D

[RetroMan]

Easy :) I NEVER bookmark main pages .... I only bookmark pages of interest like the game pages itself and a few days ago I had to put back a year old backup, cause my actual system was fucked up and ..... VOILA ;) there it was :D But you can find it with GOOGLE as well :p

[Steve]

Hahaha. I sent Ninja that version of TFX that you're all playing. I took it off my CU Amiga cover CD and sent it to him as it was. Thank me for that. :) One thing that's got me confused about the Ninja AGA archive is Frontier AGA??? Huh. It's certainly not an AGA version of Frontier as there never was one but I have noticed that the main executable is bigger than the standard A500 version. Anyone got any ideas on this. :confused.

Also Coala, Kingpin and Odyssey shouldn't be there as they aren't AGA as far as I'm aware. I know Coala has an AGA data disk but it's still A500 at the heart of it.

[TikTok]

Maybe the verison of Froniter is a CD32 rip? I definitely remember there was a CD32 version, but I dont think there were that many differences (so whats new :rolleyes). Oh well, the ECS version was fairly scalable in terms of graphics and CPU power anyway.

[Fred the Fop]

Well, Mr Saerch engine....find Night Raider (Dive Bomber in the USA) by Gremlin

[RetroMan]

@TikTok

It is indeed the CD³² version, I got the ISO here :D

@Frederic

What kind of game is it ??? Any infos ??

[MethodGit]

Speaking of TFX, I wonder why no site ever had the original installation floppy disks of the game? It certainly would've been interesting to see how the disks behaved originally. ;)

[RetroMan]

AFAIK TFX was designed as a CDRom game ....

[Amigaboy]

I wonder why no site ever had the original installation floppy disks of the game?

As Retrodude said, it was a CD-Rom game. It was too big for floppies. Imagine the disk swapping involved there

[Akira]

But Ive seen the disk version reviewed in The One! And it was running in a 1200! (around 94ish)

Now we have another Putty Squad :P

[RetroMan]

Originally posted by Akira
Now we have another Putty Squad :P
No we don´t ...... TFX is proved to exist :) doesn´t matter if CD or DISK :D

[Akira]

In 1993/4 a disk version was reviewed. Were is it? Teh CDROM only game came many years after that. So it does matter :)

[pcGTW_Webmaster]

Originally posted by RetroMan
AFAIK TFX was designed as a CDRom game ....

Not really. I have an old Beta and it's on 8 disks. It's also playable from disk, no need to install. ;)

[Amigaboy]

Originally posted by WindowsKiller


Not really. I have an old Beta and it's on 8 disks. It's also playable from disk, no need to install. ;)

An Old BETA?!? Any chance of uploading it?

[MethodGit]

Wow, please explain the origin of this beta for us (if you can, that is), WindowsKiller!!! :) :) :)

[Akira]

I told you, there IS a disk-based game :)

Upload to the zone, Wkiller? :)

[pcGTW_Webmaster]

Yes, I can upload it to "The Zone" ;) But you have to wait some hours... (I don't have the time for that ATM)

[pcGTW_Webmaster]

Sorry for the long delay but I had to fix some things first. ;) It's in the zone now.

BTW: Disk 2 is the log-disk...

[Amigaboy]

Thanks dude! Very much appreciated