03 June 2007, 14:11 | #1 |
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whdload xenon runs slow in winuae
I have been unable to get xenon to run correctly using whdload in any config. The menus and speech are fine - however the ingame play runs slow - making the game unplayable.
I have beening using winuae for many years and have been a registered user of whdload for quite some time now. This is the first game I have been unable to get running. - if i run an adf version of the game - the game runs correctly. - I have tried many versions of winuae including the latest version. - i have also tried quite a few versions of whdload also. I have also tried killer gorillas whdload version of the game with the same result. - i have run clrmamepro (using gamebase amigas .dat file) on my rom file (info for xenon says is requires a v1.3 rom). and it comes up as good. I currenlty use gamebase v1.4 (which uses whdrun) as the frontend with winuae 1.4.2a My current machine is a 2.4G P4 running win XP. I have also tried it on a mates centrino laptop with the same results. anyone have any ideas. thanks |
03 June 2007, 14:23 | #2 |
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Yeh it definitely runs too slow, I told KG about it and he said it seemed to run too slow for him as well.
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03 June 2007, 14:25 | #3 |
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Could just be a badly-programmed slave?
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03 June 2007, 14:26 | #4 |
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thanks belgarath,
Now that I know its not just me - I'll put in a bug report on the whdload website. Are you the same Belgarath who writes gamebase? |
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Which version is installed? It's indeed very slow.
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03 June 2007, 14:31 | #6 |
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I've no idea which version was used, KG would have to answer that.
and Michael, yes I'm the same Belgarath who made GameBase Amiga |
03 June 2007, 14:35 | #7 |
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KG installed the retail version, we should try the bugfixed compilation version. Maybe Carlo could help us.
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03 June 2007, 14:38 | #8 |
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Hi retro-nerd
I originally had this game back in the day on my Amiga 500+. Unfortunately my original disks corrupted so I have had to resort to ADFs. I have tried quite a few different ADFs - all with the same result. I just realised I can't lodge a bug on the whdload site as I don't know what version it is. |
03 June 2007, 14:43 | #9 |
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Belgarath, Great to meet you and thanks to you and your team for Gamebase Amiga. I didn't have a hdd on my A500+ so the emulated whdload versions run even better than the originals. you have rekindled my childhood love of Amiga.
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03 June 2007, 14:46 | #10 |
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All we can do is wait atm. I'm in hope that somebody owns the compilation version, for another test.
btw: It runs very slow on a real machine too. Last edited by Retro-Nerd; 03 June 2007 at 15:06. |
04 June 2007, 11:27 | #11 |
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I've got the same experience with xenon on winuae/winuaex and on a real Amiga. It's always sloooooooooooooooooow.
I'll dig through my random files and see if I have a different version of it. |
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i remembered i intensively played the whd version a few months ago..and even if i cannot remember if the original game was this slow at start when i played it 10 years ago, once you pick up a few "improve speed bonuses", the "landed ship" (pacman sprite) speed gets much better...the "flying ship" speed stays the same but seems ok to me.. |
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04 June 2007, 17:28 | #13 |
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no I mean whdload. It's always ran slow for me IIRC.
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But thanks for uploading this version, Carlo. Now it's sure that we need a slave update. |
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28 June 2007, 15:12 | #16 |
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thanks to everyone for responding, At least I now know its not my winuae setup at fault.
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07 August 2007, 14:39 | #17 |
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Which real amiga did you run it on? A 68000 cpu? It seems very slow to me on whdload, but then I thought I remembered it was faster through winuae a year ago with an adf, might just be thru rose-coloured glasses
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07 August 2007, 14:54 | #18 |
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It was my A1200 030 @ 50Hz. This was only with the whdload version though.
I do (did?) have the original game and remember playing it a lot, it was always faster, much faster. MUCH FASTER! BWAHWHWHAH! |
14 August 2007, 21:29 | #19 |
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i tried to boot with a1200 with tude degrader and kickstart1.3 with the first xenon crack i found on planetemu...and it runs much faster (a real delight to replay this game at full speed!!) ...so dear whdload coders...can you please have a look at this bored seal's install and try to improve it to make it reach its original speed ? THANKS!
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14 August 2007, 21:42 | #20 |
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Xenon is badly coded, doesn't like running on faster processors.
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