BlitzBombers

indigolemon · 05 January 2018, 12:44

Hi All,

I recently remembered about this game, and grabbed it from Aminet.
http://aminet.net/package/game/2play/BlitzBombers

Unfortunately it doesn't like me or my Amiga

Has anyone tried it on an expanded machine?

I get a pretty much instant failure wth error code 8000 0020. If I boot with no startup sequence and try, I get the initial loading screen buried in a morass of graphical corruption.

Keen to see if it's just me (likely, given any expanded Amiga is a mass of carefully balanced patches!).

Cheers!

wiz12 · 05 January 2018, 15:08

Just tried it on a 060 Amiga and it's work fine for me.

DamienD · 05 January 2018, 15:18

Also works for me fine via WinUAE.

Think I'm using the following config:

a) 68020
b) AGA (no "cycle-exact")
c) KS 3.1 (A1200)
d) 2MB Chip and 4MB Fast RAM

daxb · 05 January 2018, 15:41

What is you hardware config? Guru: "not initialized TRAP-Vector". On my A1240 3.1 + patches the game works started from WB but with "long read from $1". Maybe a VBR issue?

indigolemon · 05 January 2018, 19:00

Have a feeling it's likely something to do with the hardware yup:

A1200 (Rev 2B, recap and all fixes carried out)
Blizzard 1260 with 64Mb
Mediator with:
- Radeon 9250 (adds 96mb to fastram pool)
- Soundblaster 128
- Realtek NIC
- Spider II USB

AmigaOS 3.9 patched up to BB4, using MMULib and associated libs and programs too.

All other games seem happy, and WHDLoad stuff runs great - might try stopping networking/usb and having another go!

Cheers for trying it though - means I know it can work on an 060

wiz12 · 05 January 2018, 19:36

Quote:

Originally Posted by indigolemon

Have a feeling it's likely something to do with the hardware yup:

A1200 (Rev 2B, recap and all fixes carried out)
Blizzard 1260 with 64Mb
Mediator with:
- Radeon 9250 (adds 96mb to fastram pool)
- Soundblaster 128
- Realtek NIC
- Spider II USB

AmigaOS 3.9 patched up to BB4, using MMULib and associated libs and programs too.

All other games seem happy, and WHDLoad stuff runs great - might try stopping networking/usb and having another go!

Cheers for trying it though - means I know it can work on an 060

My Amiga 060 setup is:

A1200 (Rev 1.D.4 Recapped with timing fix and PCMCIA activity mods)
Blizzard 1260 with 64Mb
Mediator with:
- Radeon 9200
- Soundblaster 128
- Realtek NIC
- Spider II USB

As you can see it's very similar to yours, the only difference is that I'm just using BB 1 & 2 unless that's the reason the game isn't working?

indigolemon · 05 January 2018, 19:51

Haha! Practically identical setups

I've just done a wee experiment and edited my SS to launch it if I hold the left MB down, which seems to work fine, so I had wondered if it was due to the RTG screenmode on the Radeon, but maybe not if you can run it OK.

I'll do the usual dance of disabling patches and see if I can find the culprit

daxb · 05 January 2018, 20:29

First try the stuff mentioned in the readme (VBR to fastram patch and softkick ROM).

indigolemon · 05 January 2018, 20:34

Which readme sorry? Have I missed something in the BlitzBombers one?

utri007 · 06 January 2018, 03:13

I play it with my son time to time. Never has a problem with it with 68040 or 68060 Amigas.

I also has 1&2. 3&4 are pain.

adonay · 06 January 2018, 09:29

Only issue i ever had With that game was sound disappeared or the music but was only an issue with my Apollo 060.

I ran the game with a mediator sx.voodoo 3 and native output through my tv card.

daxb · 06 January 2018, 14:27

Quote:

Originally Posted by indigolemon

Which readme sorry? Have I missed something in the BlitzBombers one?

The readme.txt from http://aminet.net/package/game/2play/BlitzBombers
On top of the readme.txt there is a small *NOTE* part.

indigolemon · 06 January 2018, 17:45

Quote:

Originally Posted by daxb

The readme.txt from http://aminet.net/package/game/2play/BlitzBombers
On top of the readme.txt there is a small *NOTE* part.

Found it - yeah think I skipped that due to the fact it only mentioned music not playing. Can confirm the game works fine if I run it from the startup-sequence, at present I have it working great by launching it after Setpatch/Loadmodule etc, but before all the assigns.

Just tried running it with SnoopDos sitting in the background, the fail seems to be with a call to 'FindRes' - could it be as simple as the default res (via the Radeon) of 1280x1024 is beyond anything it expects to see?

adonay · 06 January 2018, 20:59

Quote:

Originally Posted by indigolemon

Found it - yeah think I skipped that due to the fact it only mentioned music not playing. Can confirm the game works fine if I run it from the startup-sequence, at present I have it working great by launching it after Setpatch/Loadmodule etc, but before all the assigns.

Just tried running it with SnoopDos sitting in the background, the fail seems to be with a call to 'FindRes' - could it be as simple as the default res (via the Radeon) of 1280x1024 is beyond anything it expects to see?

Dont think this is the case i was running 1280x1024 if i remember correctly and the game would run fine

indigolemon · 07 January 2018, 19:46

Ok, found the offending patch, the problem was in fact caused by: http://aminet.net/package/util/wb/TopazPatch

Removed it from user startup and can play BlitzBombers!

05 January 2018, 12:44	#1
indigolemon Bit Copying Bard Join Date: Jan 2017 Location: Kelty, Fife, Scotland Age: 41 Posts: 1,293	BlitzBombers Hi All, I recently remembered about this game, and grabbed it from Aminet. http://aminet.net/package/game/2play/BlitzBombers Unfortunately it doesn't like me or my Amiga Has anyone tried it on an expanded machine? I get a pretty much instant failure wth error code 8000 0020. If I boot with no startup sequence and try, I get the initial loading screen buried in a morass of graphical corruption. Keen to see if it's just me (likely, given any expanded Amiga is a mass of carefully balanced patches!). Cheers!

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