Tfx Aga?

[Angus]

Originally Posted by jotd

xmas eve gets kn the way but i ll check all versions tomorrow for whd.

which controls should be mapped to joypad buttons?

I won't be using one so not my place to say, but I would think:
+ and -for throttle
M for Map
P for Pause
Return for change weapon system
Fire for erm..... firing
B is for Ground targets
Not sure how to cycle Air Targets
Does that make sense?

[jotd]

okay, any choice of keys is detrimental to the other keys anyway. But yes, it makes sense. Maybe I wouldn't map pause for that game if there's any other in-game key that can be usefully mapped instead since you need the keyboard anyway.

thanks for the advice & the quick manual.

Guess what? the TFX.040 executable has symbols in it. I love when it happens

	MOVE.L	D6,D1			;048ac: 2206
	BSR.W	@gbasedCollisions	;048ae: 610067ae
	ADD.W	D0,D4			;048b2: d840
	MOVE.L	D7,D0			;048b4: 2007
	MOVE.L	D5,D1			;048b6: 2205
	BSR.W	@sceneryCollisions	;048b8: 6100fb30
	MOVE.L	A5,(-12918,A4)		;048bc: 294dcd8a
	ADDQ.W	#4,A7			;048c0: 584f
	MOVE.W	D4,D0			;048c2: 3004
	MOVEM.L	(A7)+,D4-D7/A5		;048c4: 4cdf20f0
	RTS				;048c8: 4e75
@WPcraftAttackedByMissile:
	MOVEM.L	A3/A5,-(A7)		;048ca: 48e70014
	MOVEA.L	A1,A3			;048ce: 2649
	MOVEA.L	A0,A5			;048d0: 2a48
	MOVEA.L	A5,A0			;048d2: 204d
	MOVEA.L	A3,A1			;048d4: 224b
	BSR.W	@planeAttackedByMissile	;048d6: 61002e82
	MOVEM.L	(A7)+,A3/A5		;048da: 4cdf2800
	RTS				;048de: 4e75
@WPcraftSafeFromMissile:
	MOVEM.L	A3/A5,-(A7)		;048e0: 48e70014
	MOVEA.L	A1,A3			;048e4: 2649

[NovaCoder]

Well done

Will this whdload work without an FPU so that I can play it on my MiSTer FPGA?

[jotd]

the "TFX" executable doesn't need a FPU only a 68020. So basically yes.

A luck that devs released that version, it's like they could predict that in the future there would be super fast 68020 clones without FPU

[Angus]

Originally Posted by jotd

Guess what? the TFX.040 executable has symbols in it. I love when it happens

That's a good thing, right?





P.S. Happy Christmas, y'all.

[jotd]

yeah that's a good thing. But it doesn't run. music plays and black screen.

no biggie, probably fixable

FPU version runs on whdload now

[DamienD]

Originally Posted by jotd

yeah that's a good thing. But it doesn't run. music plays and black screen.

no biggie, probably fixable

FPU version runs on whdload now

The version "TFX" that I have in my .HDF runs on 68020 without FPU:

I've put the only 3 game exes you'll need in The Zone! for you jotd

[jotd]

thanks you already provided them DamienD

I meant: TFX runs in 020, TFX.FPU needs FPU + 020 and TFX.040 requires 68040

.slave close to release

[jotd]

okay, releasing a beta (see the zone)


if someone has icons, or the CD image of the CU amiga so I can create a proper installer (just for closure)... share

[Retroplay]

CD is available on the ftp
http://grandis.nu/eabsearch/search.p...=cuam10&limit=

[jotd]

thanks. BTW I had a more thourough look into the "beta" executables provided afterwards.

All of them are completely bogus, and it appears that the relocation info is broken, which makes the OS reloc bogus offsets, and corrupt the program (also forgets to reloc at some locations). If anyone is an expert at fixing hunks, we could possibly rebuild proper executables that work, with fixed features.

(the best way would be to get hold of source code but I don't think that it's going to happen ever)

when disassembling 'tfx.strip' (68040 updated version) IRA issues those warnings (I saw them in other progs that work but still, I've seen program corruption when program is loaded)

Watch out: prgcounter(0004c3be) > nextreloc(0004c3bc)
Watch out: prgcounter(0004c3c0) > nextreloc(0004c3bc)
Watch out: prgcounter(0004c3c2) > nextreloc(0004c3bc)
Watch out: prgcounter(0004c3c6) > nextreloc(0004c3bc)

[Angus]

502 Bad Gateway
nginx

There's been a lot of that today.


Hi Jean-Francois,

I had some success and some confusion. ;-)

I tried unsuccessfully to get the version labeled 040 to work. There is the CU Amiga version (TFX.040) but that doesn't work. But the filesize you mentioned in the notes is the same as the TFX.??? file that I had archived, so I renamed that TFX.040 - but it didn't work either.

When you launch WHDLoad, I noticed it gives the 040 option as "TFX_040" with an underscore, like the text files in the CU archive. Is that deliberate?

When I tried the 020 version, it just worked fine, but I could not get the quit to work, which worked before I'm sure. Not a problem though, as the game allows you to quit to AmigaDOS.

By the way, I have just bought a copy of the pc game on Ebay with full instructions, so that may provide some additional help. :-)

[jotd]

TFX.040 should be selected by default on a 68060. Now I'm not sure if it's not using FPU instructions that aren't implemented on a 68060. What happens? not starting?

TFX.FPU: notice that the quitkey is set to "k" not num * or whatever rightmost upper key there is, because that particular key is used...

changed the "_" to "." now

[sokolovic]

Nothing run in my Amiga1200 with Blizzard 030.
I have unpacked the hdf version in a drawer named data, but maybe this isn't the way to do it properly.
Merci pour le boulot en tout cas !

[Angus]

Originally Posted by jotd

TFX.040 should be selected by default on a 68060. Now I'm not sure if it's not using FPU instructions that aren't implemented on a 68060. What happens? not starting?

With the original CU TFX.040 I get a message saying the data/diskfiles are damaged or it is unsupported. With the TFX exe that I had archived (599152 bytes) renamed to TFX.040: Exception line 1111 emulator ($402C) etc etc

[jotd]

it's probably because the 68040 version uses FPU instructions that 68060 doesn't support anymore, which explains that 68060 users get more speed when running from DOS with oxypatcher on.

But whdload doesn't support those unimplemented 68040 FPU instructions (yet). That would be the first game where this is needed. So right now, I'll select the FPU version (68020) when a 68060 is present. I suspect that implementing those FPU instructions isn't going to be a piece of cake. And since Oxypatcher is still sold/copyrighted/without source code, we'd have to start from scratch...

Maybe Bert is interested.

[Angus]

Originally Posted by sokolovic

Nothing run in my Amiga1200 with Blizzard 030.
I have unpacked the hdf version in a drawer named data, but maybe this isn't the way to do it properly.
Merci pour le boulot en tout cas !

What I did: Create an empty TFX directory. Make a directory in that, called DATA. Put your original TFX installation into DATA. Put JFF's slave etc into TFX. That should do it. Is your WHDLoad exe very old?

[Retroplay]

I've zoned a beta preinstall for folks having problems installing it.

It runs fine on my 030 setup with the default exe, the other throws errors but that's because I don't use 040 or FPU, so that is to be expected.

[jotd]

there are a zillion executables out there. Some of which are broken... I wonder what tools were used to link the last beta versions that Charlie something shared.

[sokolovic]

Originally Posted by Retroplay

I've zoned a beta preinstall for folks having problems installing it.

It runs fine on my 030 setup with the default exe, the other throws errors but that's because I don't use 040 or FPU, so that is to be expected.

It ran fin until I've put a K in my pilot name (because of SoKolovic) and then the games quits . I'll be Soquolovic then. But I had also tu upgrade my WHDLOAD version with the latest one as Angus recommended

Anyway thanks to you all and to Jean François for everything !