Unable to run MYST properly...

[Marskilla]

Hi !

I tried many configurations of WINUAE (and FS-UAE) to run Myst.

I just cannot make it run properly. I tried A1200, A4000, Virtually every RAM configuration, every type of installation (light, full...).

What happens is always the same : everything runs fine until this moment :

Ok so far...


...I'm getting closer...


...closer...


...I choose a date, push the button and...


CRASH !

The background windows indicates files cannot be found, but they are on the disc !

See "MR_Planetmotors2.mov" in the "sound" directory ?

Can anyone help me ? Is it a configuration problem ? What Am I doing wrong ?
Maybe the game is just not working at all !

[Arnie]

Where did you get the game from? I'll download it and try on my setup.

[Marskilla]

Thank you !

I got it from here : http://www.emuparadise.me/Amiga_CD_I..._(1997)/136999

And it's definitly not a CD32 Iso.

[fryguy]

Perhaps the RTG version works better?

Just guessing, but might be worth a try.

[Mad-Matt]

Have you patched upto the latest version? May or may not help. I did'nt have any issues when I played it, but I did copy every datafiles to the hd so the game never has to wait for the cd to spin up and seek.

http://aminet.net/package/game/patch/MYST_v1.1

[Arnie]

O.K. I tried it with the patch, everything installed to HD, Assign Myst: Harddrive path) and it crashes every time at the same point as you for me also.

[Marskilla]

Originally Posted by Arnie

O.K. I tried it with the patch, everything installed to HD, Assign Myst: Harddrive path) and it crashes every time at the same point as you for me also.

Thanks a lot for trying.

Does anyone has a solution ?

Maybe the iso is not good ?

It really get frsutrated...

[Marskilla]

Originally Posted by fryguy

Perhaps the RTG version works better? (...)

Originally Posted by Mad-Matt

Have you patched upto the latest version? (...)

Here's what I did :

* I tried a different CD dump, the one found on eab : ftp://ftp:any@grandis.nu/Commodore_A...20-%201997.rar
* I re-installed the game
* I patched it
* I tried the RTG version, and, at the same point...

There IS a way to make it work, here's the proof : [ Show youtube player ] . I just can't figure how...

[s2325]

Maybe try to ask in comments.

[Marskilla]

Originally Posted by s2325

Maybe try to ask in comments.

Hmmm I assumed AmigaOmega (youtube video author) and Mad-Matt were the same person (same avatar icon).

[fryguy]

Originally Posted by marskilla

here's what i did :

* i tried a different cd dump, the one found on eab : ftp://ftp:any@grandis.nu/commodore_a...20-%201997.rar
* i re-installed the game
* i patched it
* i tried the rtg version, and, at the same point...

there is a way to make it work, here's the proof : [ Show youtube player ] . I just can't figure how...

nvm.

[Arnie]

@Marskilla

Have you tried copying all the files from the CD to the HD? Also you need to add an assign to the Myst.AGA file or your S:user-startup......

Assign MYST: (Path to your install)

EDIT: I added a 68882 FPU with 'more compatible' ticked and no more crashing, it doesn't do anything else mind, but then I don't know how to play this game.

[Mad-Matt]

Originally Posted by Marskilla

Hmmm I assumed AmigaOmega (youtube video author) and Mad-Matt were the same person (same avatar icon).

I am the one and the same. The only way I can get Myst to crash is if JIT is enabled. Although that results in the Emulated Amiga freezing not a game crash.

Although its unlikely to fix the crash, I would recommend using a screenmode such as dblpal hires no flicker instead of pal interlaced if playing the AGA version. The game will look nicer, especially the mouse pointer

[Toni Wilen]

Not enough stack?

[Marskilla]

Originally Posted by Arnie

I added a 68882 FPU with 'more compatible' ticked and no more crashing, it doesn't do anything else mind, but then I don't know how to play this game.

Man, it worked !

You're great !

EDIT : it also worked with FS-UAE...

[Amiga_CDTV]

Resurrecting an old thread... even this might better relate to FS-UAE.

I am using FS-UAE (A4000, P96, lots of RAM) and I am having almost the same problem, but in a different place inside the game (and NOT where Marskilla had it!).

Everytime I try to leave the powerhouse (where I can switch on/off generators), I got a "Program Failed (error #80000008)". The game seems to work otherwise, but this one place always crashes it.

Marskilla: how did you did the 68882 FPU + 'more compatible' setting in FS-UAE? I tried it by putting in custom configurations "fpu_model = 68882" and "fpu_strict = true" but it had no affect in my case.

I have patched the game, but not copied everything manually to the HDD. I just did the default install from the CD. Do I still need to do some manual assigns (as Arnie suggested above)? I am running the RTG version. Disk image from the Zone.

One thing that I though *might* have something to do with the problem; I have installed the game into a drive that is actually a mounted folder from my Mac.

Other than this, I am already loving the game

[Amiga_CDTV]

The same crash actually happened to me on my 4000T as well (running OS 3.9, just as my FS-UAE install is).

I did some more testing in emulator, and I believe the crash is somehow related to the AHI settings. Trying different Paula modes I have been able to exit the powerhouse succesfully couple of times, but I am not sure what triggers the crash as it still seems to happen randomly.