Premiere CD32 with audio tracks

jotd · 30 March 2019, 23:54

After a month hard work & help from Toni on CD32Load & a lot of bugfixing in the CD audio / CD data routine I'm proud to present

Premiere CD32 with original audio tracks & sfx at the same time

https://www.dropbox.com/s/2nmdhj4wtt..._CD32.zip?dl=0

Bonus:

- yellow + fwd: level skip
- reverse + fwd : quit current level
- blue button: jump (console-like controls)
- play: pause

Press blue button during boot until "8th day" screen appears for trainer.

So definitely better than the original CD32 version which is the ECS version on a CD.

Update: Tested on real hardware and works.

- On the real machine, sometimes loading seems to take forever/stop/etc but it eventually works. It's the best I could do ATM after a hellish week of trying to figure out how to make CD audio & data loading work together & harassing Toni with questions. All 6 levels were tested (using level skipper of course...).

I've improved the error handling/delay already, I think that's good enough for now

Enjoy

Gzegzolka · 31 March 2019, 00:21

Nice work ^^

Wachi · 31 March 2019, 10:03

jotd · 31 March 2019, 22:13

Careful: It (again) doesn't work with real hardware. I may have changed some stuff in the CD loading routine that the real hardware doesn't like. More in a few days

In the meanwhile, you can enjoy it on an emulator

ransom1122 · 31 March 2019, 23:12

Fantastic. Big fan of games with audio & sfx present at the same time..

Mrz · 01 April 2019, 01:14

Fantastic master!!

Now yes is worth playing this game
how things change when there is sfx and music together

I wonder why it was not coded like this

ransom1122 · 01 April 2019, 02:01

Confirmed working with WINAUE

Nice Job @jotd & @Toni

Amicol · 01 April 2019, 02:50

Great, can't wait for a version that works on real hardware

Mrz · 01 April 2019, 13:44

btw, JOTD

can you add infinite lives,? because this game is insane difficult

lesta_smsc · 01 April 2019, 15:58

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mrz

btw, JOTD

can you add infinite lives,? because this game is insane difficult

lol, I never got past the 1st level without a trainer! Shameful, I know! That women running crazy fast somehow always got bumped into lol.

wairnair · 01 April 2019, 18:55

Quote:

Originally Posted by jotd

Careful: It (again) doesn't work with real hardware. I may have changed some stuff in the CD loading routine that the real hardware doesn't like. More in a few days

In the meanwhile, you can enjoy it on an emulator

It crashed under winuae with a 030+fast mem CD32 setup, displayed a red screen.

shot: https://ibb.co/p2zJRkN

thanks for the great work, I hope the fix will be an easy one

Viceroy · 01 April 2019, 19:00

Nice one thanks ;-)

alexh · 01 April 2019, 19:40

Nice work.

Out of curiosity where did the CDDA come from?

If the CD32 version was the ECS disk version converted to run from CD presumably it had no CDDA?

Sampled from an Amiga playing the original in-game chip tracker files?

I can imagine a technique like this would be very cool for Turrican(2) where there are full studio remixes by the original composer available (if you own the CD).

jotd · 01 April 2019, 21:10

The CDDAs come from the original music modules converted to mp3 using Delitracker on Windows.

For Turrican yes, it would be cool, but I don't have the CD and I cannot just distribute the image without tracks saying "just name the tracks as x or y and respect the order, and use 2-channel mp3s...". Most people won't be able to manage.

amigoun · 01 April 2019, 21:49

Quote:

Originally Posted by jotd

For Turrican yes, it would be cool, but I don't have the CD and I cannot just distribute the image without tracks saying "just name the tracks as x or y and respect the order, and use 2-channel mp3s...". Most people won't be able to manage.

I still hope this will once happen

jotd · 01 April 2019, 23:21

What I could do would be to create the CD with original music (no real interest) then users can change it, respecting the placeholders & the names. But remember that doing this kind of conversion is a lot of work.

alexh · 02 April 2019, 10:27

Quote:

Originally Posted by jotd

What I could do would be to create the CD with original music (no real interest) then users can change it, respecting the placeholders & the names. But remember that doing this kind of conversion is a lot of work.

I think the majority of CD32 users would really want Turrican(2) more than any other title?

If you wanted to do something different perhaps some of the "placeholder" CDDA music could be from another format (SNES / Megadrive?)

Wachi · 02 April 2019, 20:48

Does not work on real hardware CD32

jotd · 02 April 2019, 21:27

I explained it earlier in this thread. I've found one reason, now it blocks after CD play stops; More work to do on that.

nice cd BTW. Next one won't go to the trash. Sorry about that.

BTW: enabling trainer: press "blue" button when game boots. This should enable CUSTOM1=1 and thus trainer. Levels can be skipped with FWD+Yellow.

amigoun · 02 April 2019, 22:28

Quote:

Originally Posted by jotd

What I could do would be to create the CD with original music (no real interest) then users can change it, respecting the placeholders & the names. But remember that doing this kind of conversion is a lot of work.

That is exactly the way I would like it to be done.

30 March 2019, 23:54	#1
jotd This cat is no more Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: FRANCE Age: 52 Posts: 8,196	Premiere CD32 with audio tracks (WinUAE only) After a month hard work & help from Toni on CD32Load & a lot of bugfixing in the CD audio / CD data routine I'm proud to present Premiere CD32 with original audio tracks & sfx at the same time https://www.dropbox.com/s/2nmdhj4wtt..._CD32.zip?dl=0 Bonus: - yellow + fwd: level skip - reverse + fwd : quit current level - blue button: jump (console-like controls) - play: pause Press blue button during boot until "8th day" screen appears for trainer. So definitely better than the original CD32 version which is the ECS version on a CD. Update: Tested on real hardware and works. - On the real machine, sometimes loading seems to take forever/stop/etc but it eventually works. It's the best I could do ATM after a hellish week of trying to figure out how to make CD audio & data loading work together & harassing Toni with questions. All 6 levels were tested (using level skipper of course...). I've improved the error handling/delay already, I think that's good enough for now Enjoy Last edited by jotd; 14 April 2019 at 22:53.

01 April 2019, 19:40	#13
alexh Thalion Webshrine Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Oxford Posts: 14,354	Nice work. Out of curiosity where did the CDDA come from? If the CD32 version was the ECS disk version converted to run from CD presumably it had no CDDA? Sampled from an Amiga playing the original in-game chip tracker files? I can imagine a technique like this would be very cool for Turrican(2) where there are full studio remixes by the original composer available (if you own the CD). Last edited by alexh; 01 April 2019 at 19:48.

02 April 2019, 21:27	#19
jotd This cat is no more Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: FRANCE Age: 52 Posts: 8,196	I explained it earlier in this thread. I've found one reason, now it blocks after CD play stops; More work to do on that. nice cd BTW. Next one won't go to the trash. Sorry about that. BTW: enabling trainer: press "blue" button when game boots. This should enable CUSTOM1=1 and thus trainer. Levels can be skipped with FWD+Yellow. Last edited by jotd; 02 April 2019 at 23:26.

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31 March 2019, 00:21	#2
Gzegzolka Registered User Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: Warszawa / Polska Posts: 1,858	Nice work ^^

31 March 2019, 10:03	#3
Wachi Registered User Join Date: Jul 2014 Location: Madrid Posts: 141

31 March 2019, 22:13	#4
jotd This cat is no more Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: FRANCE Age: 52 Posts: 8,196	Careful: It (again) doesn't work with real hardware. I may have changed some stuff in the CD loading routine that the real hardware doesn't like. More in a few days In the meanwhile, you can enjoy it on an emulator

31 March 2019, 23:12	#5
ransom1122 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Omnicorp Age: 45 Posts: 5,818	Fantastic. Big fan of games with audio & sfx present at the same time..

01 April 2019, 01:14	#6
Mrz Banned Join Date: Dec 2016 Location: I Posts: 338	Fantastic master!! Now yes is worth playing this game how things change when there is sfx and music together I wonder why it was not coded like this

01 April 2019, 02:01	#7
ransom1122 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Omnicorp Age: 45 Posts: 5,818	Confirmed working with WINAUE Nice Job @jotd & @Toni

01 April 2019, 02:50	#8
Amicol Registered User Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Hartlepool / England Posts: 389	Great, can't wait for a version that works on real hardware

01 April 2019, 13:44	#9
Mrz Banned Join Date: Dec 2016 Location: I Posts: 338	btw, JOTD can you add infinite lives,? because this game is insane difficult

01 April 2019, 19:00	#12
Viceroy Registered User Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Sunderland Posts: 946	Nice one thanks ;-)

01 April 2019, 21:10	#14
jotd This cat is no more Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: FRANCE Age: 52 Posts: 8,196	The CDDAs come from the original music modules converted to mp3 using Delitracker on Windows. For Turrican yes, it would be cool, but I don't have the CD and I cannot just distribute the image without tracks saying "just name the tracks as x or y and respect the order, and use 2-channel mp3s...". Most people won't be able to manage.

01 April 2019, 23:21	#16
jotd This cat is no more Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: FRANCE Age: 52 Posts: 8,196	What I could do would be to create the CD with original music (no real interest) then users can change it, respecting the placeholders & the names. But remember that doing this kind of conversion is a lot of work.

02 April 2019, 20:48	#18
Wachi Registered User Join Date: Jul 2014 Location: Madrid Posts: 141	Does not work on real hardware CD32

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