How to get past populous intro screen?

26 September 2011, 07:43

I'm running winUAE 2.3.3 and the Quartex image and the bottom of the screen says to abort the demo mode with the mousebutton. but never do I actually see a title screen it just sits there in the Quartex intro screen. am I missing something? Thanks

TCD · 26 September 2011, 13:43

Hi cpbea and welcome to EAB.
Can you make a screenshot? Here it loads a Workbench screen and after clicking the icon, the game start with the title screen. That is with the 'Populous v2.7 (1989-03-17)(Electronic Arts)[cr QTX]' version from TOSEC.

27 September 2011, 05:04

Thanks for the welcome! its been about 15 years since I got rid of my Amiga and i'm feeling very nostalgic to say the least. So I think I'm using the same version.

I ran the image file from the emulated DF0 drive. I never had an icon, just ran it from quickstart.

deicidal · 27 September 2011, 09:06

Looks like you are running winuae without a Kickstart file, however you can't ask for these here so my recomendation is get onto google.

TCD · 27 September 2011, 13:40

Exactly what deicidal said

For the legal options to get the kickstarts, have a look here : http://eab.abime.net/faq.php?faq=eab..._ks_wb_faqitem

Galahad/FLT · 27 September 2011, 21:37

Quote:

Originally Posted by cpbea

Thanks for the welcome! its been about 15 years since I got rid of my Amiga and i'm feeling very nostalgic to say the least. So I think I'm using the same version.

I ran the image file from the emulated DF0 drive. I never had an icon, just ran it from quickstart.

You haven't got enough memory specified for a start.

I can see from the screenshot you only have 256K of chip ram set.

You need to set it to MINIMUM on ALL Amiga games as 512K chip

28 September 2011, 06:21

Oh so that's what the KS ROM screen was about on startup. I totally forgot about that.

Galahad, I have 1mb on my "Chip" memory settings, just like on my old Amiga 500. I'm also running the 68000 CPU which I believe I also had. Should I juice my virtual system to the 1200? I still remember when my brother got the 1200 and I was so jealous...

Thanks guys, all is running well!

deicidal · 28 September 2011, 10:03

Populous should run fine under A500 KS1.3 settings

Toni Wilen · 28 September 2011, 10:36

AROS ROM replacement is under development, it is slow, uses lots of memory etc.. Currently it is not very good for games that are not trackloading.

Try increasing amount of chip ram, it may help. (If you can't get real KS 1.3)

26 September 2011, 07:43	#1
cpbea Posts: n/a	How to get past populous intro screen? I'm running winUAE 2.3.3 and the Quartex image and the bottom of the screen says to abort the demo mode with the mousebutton. but never do I actually see a title screen it just sits there in the Quartex intro screen. am I missing something? Thanks

27 September 2011, 05:04	#3
cpbea Posts: n/a	Thanks for the welcome! its been about 15 years since I got rid of my Amiga and i'm feeling very nostalgic to say the least. So I think I'm using the same version. I ran the image file from the emulated DF0 drive. I never had an icon, just ran it from quickstart. Attached Thumbnails

28 September 2011, 06:21	#7
cpbea Posts: n/a	Oh so that's what the KS ROM screen was about on startup. I totally forgot about that. Galahad, I have 1mb on my "Chip" memory settings, just like on my old Amiga 500. I'm also running the 68000 CPU which I believe I also had. Should I juice my virtual system to the 1200? I still remember when my brother got the 1200 and I was so jealous... Thanks guys, all is running well! Last edited by cpbea; 28 September 2011 at 07:17.

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26 September 2011, 13:43	#2
TCD HOL/FTP busy bee Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Germany Age: 46 Posts: 31,518	Hi cpbea and welcome to EAB. Can you make a screenshot? Here it loads a Workbench screen and after clicking the icon, the game start with the title screen. That is with the 'Populous v2.7 (1989-03-17)(Electronic Arts)[cr QTX]' version from TOSEC.

27 September 2011, 09:06	#4
deicidal Registered Insane Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Ununited Kingdom Posts: 792	Looks like you are running winuae without a Kickstart file, however you can't ask for these here so my recomendation is get onto google.

27 September 2011, 13:40	#5
TCD HOL/FTP busy bee Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Germany Age: 46 Posts: 31,518	Exactly what deicidal said For the legal options to get the kickstarts, have a look here : http://eab.abime.net/faq.php?faq=eab..._ks_wb_faqitem

28 September 2011, 10:03	#8
deicidal Registered Insane Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Ununited Kingdom Posts: 792	Populous should run fine under A500 KS1.3 settings

28 September 2011, 10:36	#9
Toni Wilen WinUAE developer Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Hämeenlinna/Finland Age: 49 Posts: 26,502	AROS ROM replacement is under development, it is slow, uses lots of memory etc.. Currently it is not very good for games that are not trackloading. Try increasing amount of chip ram, it may help. (If you can't get real KS 1.3)

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