Can't get CDTV to work

[Maren]

This is the first time I bother with CDTV emulation and I have absolutely no idea what could be causing the problem, just can't get past the logo. Any suggestions? using the latest beta here.

Dark Seed 1.1
CRC32 for the ISO: 82FB3D1C
CRC32 for the CUE: 0041AF6E

[Toni Wilen]

Use Quickstart. Do not use ASPI. Especially DO NOT put anything to harddrives panel. Do not enable uaescsi. Do not read bad guides.

(and do not talk about betas in non-beta thread, ALWAYS test with official version first. This is last warning)

[Maren]

Originally Posted by Toni Wilen

Use Quickstart

Already using it.

Originally Posted by Toni Wilen

Do not use ASPI

Got it, but exactly the same happens with SPTI.

Originally Posted by Toni Wilen

Especially DO NOT put anything to harddrives panel

Got it.

Originally Posted by Toni Wilen

Do not enable uaescsi

I didn't.

Originally Posted by Toni Wilen

Do not read bad guides

Which reminds me, that's where I got this brilliant idea of adding the CD's directory to the hard drives panel

Originally Posted by Toni Wilen

(and do not talk about betas in non-beta thread, ALWAYS test with official version first. This is last warning)

I'm really sorry about that, just didn't want to post this in the beta thread because I wasn't sure it was beta-related; won't happen again. Anyways, I'd be much more willing to run the tests for each version if they had different registry entries allowing me to keep 2 entirely different configs without having them fall in conflict, in fact, no registry entries at all would be ideal.

Regards.

[TCD]

Originally Posted by Maren

Anyways, I'd be much more willing to run the tests for each version if they had different registry entries allowing me to keep 2 entirely different configs without having them fall in conflict, in fact, no registry entries at all would be ideal.

Make an empty file called 'WinUAE.ini' in the same dir as WinUAE.exe and see the magic happening
(WinUAE will use these settings instead of the ones in the reg for this version in the future).

[Ian]

try pressing fire

[Maren]

@TheCyberDruid: most useful tip ever, thanks a bunch
@Ian: probably the second thing I did, but IIRC you didn't have to with the real CDTV.

Ok, same problem confirmed for 1.6.1. It just keeps rebooting. All I can be certain of at this point is that at least it must be detecting the CD because I'm not being prompted to the setup screen when it's in the drive.

Update: nevermind, this version is for the CD32, but I think I read something about a CDTV version.

[alexh]

There is no "Dark Seed" for CDTV.

It was released on floppy disk for A500 or CD for CD32

[Maren]

Originally Posted by alexh

There is no "Dark Seed" for CDTV.

It was released on floppy disk for A500 or CD for CD32

Apparently there was an unofficial CDTV version of Dark Seed called "Darkseed CDTV (1992)(Cyberdreams)(Sp)[Unofficial] [A_-]" and that's probably where I read it.

http://amigafans.proboards.com/index...lay&thread=104

[TCD]

Maybe use an official CDTV game for the tests?

[Maren]

Did that already, everything working smoothly

[Ian]

Originally Posted by Maren

Apparently there was an unofficial CDTV version of Dark Seed called "Darkseed CDTV (1992)(Cyberdreams)(Sp)[Unofficial] [A_-]" and that's probably where I read it.

http://amigafans.proboards.com/index...lay&thread=104

Unofficial as in floppy version put on CD.

I have many unofficial releases and last time I tried none of them worked.

[Maren]

Well, I could only find the spanish version, and it works ok with 1.6.1 and 1.6.2.

Interestingly enough, if you put the CD32 version of Dark Seed in a PC, it reads it as "CDTV Test." Very likely another abandoned CDTV project moved to the CD32.

[lilalurl]

Originally Posted by Peteroo

Interestingly enough, if you put the CD32 version of Dark Seed in a PC, it reads it as "CDTV Test." Very likely another abandoned CDTV project moved to the CD32.

That's interesting (and I confirm that)

I tried to mount via Daemon Tools the image that is available in TOSEC:
Darkseed v1.1 (1994)(Cyberdreams)[!][CDD4925]

and run through Winuae (going through Workbench to launch the game)


On an A1200 configuration, the game starts and seems playable (I didn't have joypad configuration at hand so I could not move the cursor, but I guess if I had done so it would have played fine?)

On an A500 configuration but with 2Mb chip RAM, it reboots (no guru message).

On a CDTV quickstart, it seems to do something (you don't get sent to CDTV configuration screen), but seem stuck there (exactly as stated in the first post).


Note to TOSEC people (although I don't think Mai or Crashdisk are in charge of the CD section?):
It seems like when the files were renamed, the cue file was not edited accordingly and therefore it gives an error about locating the iso file when you try to mount it.

Another CD32 release that comes up as "CDTV Test" is Psygnosis's "Flink" ...