[AmigaCD] Bubble Heroes - .HDF [No CD]

DamienD · 03 October 2017, 22:29

Heya guys,

...this is something I whipped up tonight for our new member gradius3

Personally, many moons ago; I created myself a .HDF which requires the CD image to be mounted (just like "Land of Genesis" & "T-zer0") in order to fully enjoy the game with audio tracks enabled via WinUAE

Anyway, gradius3 uses "WinUAEX" on his Xbox so unfortunately no option to mount CD images

Thought I'd post this as the same applies to "Retropie" as far as I know...

...so, atleast you can now play the game on these emulators; be it without audio tracks.

Grab the new file "Bubble Heroes AmigaCD HDF [No CD].rar" from the EAB File Server under /~Uploads/DamienD/HDFs.

Enjoy!!!

DamienD · 03 October 2017, 22:37

...oh shite; forgot to mention that the game requires 2MB Chip and 8MB Fast RAM.

ransom1122 · 03 October 2017, 22:49

You can add Amiberry to the list of Amiga emus that dont support CD Mounting..

How many games have you got now that have been fixed for no cd mount

DamienD · 03 October 2017, 22:57

...not sure my friend; as I don't use any of these Amiga emulators on other systems.

WinUAE is all that I need and have used for 12 years plus. Thank you again master Wilen for your constant improvements / support / bug fixes!!!

Anyway, this question only really relates to "[AmigaCD] games that also use audio tracks"...

"Genetic Species", "Land of Genesis" & "T-zer0" spring to mind but you can already find "[No CD]" files that I've created for all these on the EAB File Server

All other [AmigaCD] --> .HDF games that I've done so far work perfectly without the CD-ROM mounted

Amigajay · 03 October 2017, 23:03

Strange one for the CD32 version, now boots finally without a error prompt, but still getting lots of gfx corruption in the intro anims and loading screens, though once loaded plays fine, HOL says min 020 and 2x cd minimum, might be pushing i guess, still nice to have, need to retest on real hw first.

gradius3 · 04 October 2017, 00:56

Quote:

Originally Posted by DamienD

Heya guys,

...this is something I whipped up tonight for our new member gradius3

Wow, even got mentioned here already

Thanks for the warm welcome an for this conversion too. So many new playable games to find here. Yay! This is really awesome.

Keep em coming

honx · 10 March 2019, 10:08

today i downloaded your setup of bubble heroes because i want to play it with scanlines, finally. and with my own rtg-based installation scanlines don't work. now my question: how do i set up configuration to read audio tracks from my bubble heroes cd? i already set winuae to read drive and as i boot your bubble heroes hdf there is cd rom led activity for short time, but no music is playing.

AMIGASYSTEM · 10 March 2019, 11:12

On an RTG screen works well and you see well, see my screenshot, resolution 1024x768. For audio if you are referring to CD tracks you should use the CD or ISO that contains the audio tracks.

honx · 10 March 2019, 11:15

as i said, SCANLINES do NOT work on rtg screen. and i also see no scanlines in your screenshot. your screenshot is the same my own rtg base configuration looks like. it's missing scanlines and that's exactly the reason, i downloaded this aga based hdf today, because i want to play it with scanlines. and i also mentioned, i HAVE original cd which would play cd audio fine, if i use it with my own, rtg based setup (which does not display scanlines because it's rtg). but on this aga based hdf i downloaded today my cd doesn't play music...

DamienD · 10 March 2019, 11:23

Quote:

Originally Posted by honx

today i downloaded your setup of bubble heroes because i want to play it with scanlines, finally. and with my own rtg-based installation scanlines don't work. now my question: how do i set up configuration to read audio tracks from my bubble heroes cd? i already set winuae to read drive and as i boot your bubble heroes hdf there is cd rom led activity for short time, but no music is playing.

The only .HDF I've uploaded of Bubble Heroes to the EAB File Server is this: Bubble Heroes AmigaCD HDF [No CD].rar

That was really for ransom1122 to use in his RetroPie project; as it doesn't support CD-ROMs / audio tracks...

You're best off just re-installing the game doing a small install and virtually everything runs off the CD-ROM.

AMIGASYSTEM · 10 March 2019, 11:36

Quote:

Originally Posted by honx

as i said, SCANLINES do NOT work on rtg screen. .

RTG + SCANLINES works for me, even if I don't like this mode

DamienD · 10 March 2019, 11:40

I wouldn't set scanlines that way AMIGASYSTEM; they look horrible...

Instead set them via the "Filter" area i.e:

honx · 10 March 2019, 11:44

damien got it, that's right:
i prefer filter/"scanline opacity" option instead of this "scanline" in line mode which i don't like, this one is just ugly.
and changing scanline opacity in filter does change nothing in rtg screens. for me it only works in non-rtg screens.

AMIGASYSTEM · 10 March 2019, 12:04

Quote:

Originally Posted by DamienD

I wouldn't set scanlines that way AMIGASYSTEM; they look horrible...

Instead set them via the "Filter" area i.e:

Ok thanks Damien, in fact it was really bad, I don't usually use filters, set RTG scanlines "Filter" 1x and 1.5x and it seems to be a good quality.

DamienD · 10 March 2019, 12:58

Quote:

Originally Posted by honx

today i downloaded your setup of bubble heroes because i want to play it with scanlines, finally. and with my own rtg-based installation scanlines don't work. now my question: how do i set up configuration to read audio tracks from my bubble heroes cd? i already set winuae to read drive and as i boot your bubble heroes hdf there is cd rom led activity for short time, but no music is playing.

@honx: I've now uploaded the following to the EAB File Server under /~Uploads/DamienD/HDFs:

Bubble Heroes AmigaCD HDF [Requires CD].rar

Obviously just mount the game's CD image before starting...

DamienD · 10 March 2019, 13:01

Quote:

Originally Posted by AMIGASYSTEM

Ok thanks Damien, in fact it was really bad, I don't usually use filters, set RTG scanlines "Filter" 1x and 1.5x and it seems to be a good quality.

You haven't set scanlines though... change "Scanline opacity" to say "50"

...but what honx is saying is that this doesn't work when using RTG.

Haven't tested personally as I never use RTG.

honx · 10 March 2019, 14:22

Quote:

Originally Posted by DamienD

@honx: I've now uploaded the following to the EAB File Server under /~Uploads/DamienD/HDFs:

Bubble Heroes AmigaCD HDF [Requires CD].rar

Obviously just mount the game's CD image before starting...

thx!

aga version of bubble heroes with scanlines looks so much better! and now with cd audio it's a perfect experience!
AND finally i'm able to record gameplay since there is no rtg involved! i just had to try that, it worked successfully!
can't understand why i installed rtg version in the first place... maybe i thought, rtg looks better? i don't know...

DamienD · 10 March 2019, 14:30

No problem

I hope this also fixes the issues you've mentioned in this thread: winuae crash on bubble heroes game over screen

...I'm not good enough to get that far

honx · 10 March 2019, 14:34

i'll try that today afternoon...

AMIGASYSTEM · 10 March 2019, 19:12

Quote:

Originally Posted by DamienD

You haven't set scanlines though... change "Scanline opacity" to say "50"

Thanks Damiano, with the value "50" it still improves
.

Quote:

...but what honx is saying is that this doesn't work when using RTG.
.

I'm testing Bubble Heroes AGA with AfA-OS 1024x768 32Bit Video Card UAE Zorro III.

03 October 2017, 22:29	#1
DamienD Banned Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: London / Sydney Age: 47 Posts: 20,420	[AmigaCD] Bubble Heroes - .HDF [No CD] Heya guys, ...this is something I whipped up tonight for our new member gradius3 Personally, many moons ago; I created myself a .HDF which requires the CD image to be mounted (just like "Land of Genesis" & "T-zer0") in order to fully enjoy the game with audio tracks enabled via WinUAE Anyway, gradius3 uses "WinUAEX" on his Xbox so unfortunately no option to mount CD images Thought I'd post this as the same applies to "Retropie" as far as I know... ...so, atleast you can now play the game on these emulators; be it without audio tracks. Grab the new file "Bubble Heroes AmigaCD HDF [No CD].rar" from the EAB File Server under /~Uploads/DamienD/HDFs. Enjoy!!!

03 October 2017, 22:57	#4
DamienD Banned Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: London / Sydney Age: 47 Posts: 20,420	...not sure my friend; as I don't use any of these Amiga emulators on other systems. WinUAE is all that I need and have used for 12 years plus. Thank you again master Wilen for your constant improvements / support / bug fixes!!! Anyway, this question only really relates to "[AmigaCD] games that also use audio tracks"... "Genetic Species", "Land of Genesis" & "T-zer0" spring to mind but you can already find "[No CD]" files that I've created for all these on the EAB File Server All other [AmigaCD] --> .HDF games that I've done so far work perfectly without the CD-ROM mounted Last edited by DamienD; 03 October 2017 at 23:32.

10 March 2019, 11:12	#8
AMIGASYSTEM Registered User Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: Brindisi (Italy) Age: 70 Posts: 8,248	On an RTG screen works well and you see well, see my screenshot, resolution 1024x768. For audio if you are referring to CD tracks you should use the CD or ISO that contains the audio tracks. Last edited by AMIGASYSTEM; 10 March 2019 at 11:35.

10 March 2019, 11:15	#9
honx Registered User Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Klagenfurt / Austria Posts: 1,559	as i said, SCANLINES do NOT work on rtg screen. and i also see no scanlines in your screenshot. your screenshot is the same my own rtg base configuration looks like. it's missing scanlines and that's exactly the reason, i downloaded this aga based hdf today, because i want to play it with scanlines. and i also mentioned, i HAVE original cd which would play cd audio fine, if i use it with my own, rtg based setup (which does not display scanlines because it's rtg). but on this aga based hdf i downloaded today my cd doesn't play music... Last edited by honx; 10 March 2019 at 11:23.

10 March 2019, 11:44	#13
honx Registered User Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Klagenfurt / Austria Posts: 1,559	damien got it, that's right: i prefer filter/"scanline opacity" option instead of this "scanline" in line mode which i don't like, this one is just ugly. and changing scanline opacity in filter does change nothing in rtg screens. for me it only works in non-rtg screens. Last edited by honx; 10 March 2019 at 11:49.

03 October 2017, 22:37	#2
DamienD Banned Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: London / Sydney Age: 47 Posts: 20,420	...oh shite; forgot to mention that the game requires 2MB Chip and 8MB Fast RAM.

03 October 2017, 22:49	#3
ransom1122 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Omnicorp Age: 45 Posts: 5,812	You can add Amiberry to the list of Amiga emus that dont support CD Mounting.. How many games have you got now that have been fixed for no cd mount

03 October 2017, 23:03	#5
Amigajay Registered User Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: > Posts: 2,881	Strange one for the CD32 version, now boots finally without a error prompt, but still getting lots of gfx corruption in the intro anims and loading screens, though once loaded plays fine, HOL says min 020 and 2x cd minimum, might be pushing i guess, still nice to have, need to retest on real hw first.

10 March 2019, 10:08	#7
honx Registered User Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Klagenfurt / Austria Posts: 1,559	today i downloaded your setup of bubble heroes because i want to play it with scanlines, finally. and with my own rtg-based installation scanlines don't work. now my question: how do i set up configuration to read audio tracks from my bubble heroes cd? i already set winuae to read drive and as i boot your bubble heroes hdf there is cd rom led activity for short time, but no music is playing.

10 March 2019, 11:40	#12
DamienD Banned Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: London / Sydney Age: 47 Posts: 20,420	I wouldn't set scanlines that way AMIGASYSTEM; they look horrible... Instead set them via the "Filter" area i.e:

10 March 2019, 14:30	#18
DamienD Banned Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: London / Sydney Age: 47 Posts: 20,420	No problem I hope this also fixes the issues you've mentioned in this thread: winuae crash on bubble heroes game over screen ...I'm not good enough to get that far

10 March 2019, 14:34	#19
honx Registered User Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Klagenfurt / Austria Posts: 1,559	i'll try that today afternoon...

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