Eskadra [Polish]

[andreas]

Hi guys,

thanks to Toni Wilen, a long-lasting enigma has finally been solved!
The game Eskadra from Poland doesn't work on WinUAE because it's apparently NOT CRACKED!

[edit][SOLVED] it is cracked, but crack is only "activated in special cases" ;) - more details see below! :)

[haynor]

It is possible to obtain oryginal version of the game... but it will cost You 10 USD. I don't think it's worth that but if You really want this I can buy this for You.

[andreas]

Thanks. In case that I'm not willing to, I'm PRETTY sure someone else will be! :cheese

[Twistin'Ghost]

Originally posted by haynor
It is possible to obtain oryginal version of the game... but it will cost You 10 USD. I don't think it's worth that but if You really want this I can buy this for You.
Where from?

[haynor]

www.animart.info

[andreas]

YES! :great

Eskadra works from disk now!
I did a lot of emulator testing work today with this game, Toni did a lot of debugging and gave invaluable hints -- well, there was a nice "gimmick" I didn't see first time!

Back 2 The Roots gives you a hint how to make this game work:
Hint (http://www.back2roots.org/Games/Find/?find=eskadra) (No, it's NOT from me this time, in case you ask. :p)

There's a REASON why: the TOSEC version only works from WB, but won't ever work from disk!

Solution: Toni figured out that there are TWO Eskadra "main files" on disk 1!

'eskadra' and 'Eskadra '. (note the space)
'Eskadra ' is a script that launches a *CRACK*, then it launches main executable 'eskadra'. When the game is started from WB, there's always the script launched - that's the simply reason why it never worked from disk! :laughing

Simple, eh? Putting the crack into the startup-sequence makes the game work from disk!

Note for A500 users: Do not use more than one external drive, unless you have PLENTY of memory! "Wasting" too much memory will cause the game to bail out with a Polish (!) error message.

- "patched" version in the zone!

[haynor]

Nice work;)

[andreas]

Yeah ... with one problem that stays:

score doesn't go beyond 0000!

So there must be a reason why. :shocked

[Logan]

I make interview with a Eskadra programmer - Tomasz Ośmiałowski
Read HERE (http://www.ppa.pl/artykul-Rozmowa.z.Tomaszem.Osmialowskim.programista.i.grafikiem.gry.Eskadra.-7_22_1130.html)

[haynor]

You may as well search for original, after these years I can't fnd it anywhere.

[mailman]

You may as well search for original, after these years I can't fnd it anywhere.

Files of Eskadra which you may find on PPA are originals. At least I do not have knowlege if they are not (of course I could mixed up the archives but I am 99% sure I didn't). I have original of this game and made a dump of it.

[haynor]

Mailman, we need original disks for SPS.

[mailman]

Mailman, we need original disks for SPS.

I have original disks! But I have no idea how the SPS system works and how can I preserve them. Some time ago I asked someone to explain this to me and let me know if I can do the ipf files on Amiga but I wasn't able to get information. I have a lot of originals of polish games (Eskadra, W Potrzasku, Liga Polska, Cyber Force - at least these I remember).

[haynor]

Ask IFW, he will give you caps tools.