Help! Populous sound bug?

[Adderly]

Hi there, i need some help with a sound problem:

I've started to play Populous and got a sound problem:
After playing some time i got this bug, it's a "rapid heart-beat" sound that is nonstop there.
If you start playing a new world and have few people/low mana you have a high heart beat sound too, but this is much faster and stays the whole game! Also, if i turn off sound fx and music within the game, the sound still is there. Looks like a heart-beat sfx loop bug?

Is this only me/my configuration of Winuae (winuae v1.1.1 and tried both cracked versions and the ipf of the game) or anyone else had this problem? All other games/demos i tried work fine, no sound problems at all. Strange...

I can provide an uae state file with this bug for checking out. If someone can help me i can upload it to the zone.

[BippyM]

It is normal and means you are losing the battle!

More men and more mana will resume the heartbeat to normal

[Adderly]

Originally Posted by bippym

It is normal and means you are losing the battle!

More men and more mana will resume the heartbeat to normal

Yes, i know that one and it's normal, but this heart beat i mean is a nonstop sound and it's while whole game, even just before i win the game, only broken by the outro ("well done mortal") and then in the new world it continues...
I'll upload a state file, can you please check and verifiy that you have this bug or don't have it?
Edit: Ups, can i swap state files??? Just found that at least the path to the rom is saved in the state file. Dunno if i can swap this, maybe will not work!?

[BippyM]

it'll be cool.. I get what you mean now.. I'll need the same version of Populous as you so upload that or tell me what version.

Don't worry about the rom etc.. I have em all

[Adderly]

I've got this problem with different versions of Populous, SPS/Caps and cracks. I don't know, it's maybe a winuae bug. If someone has time and is keen in Populous: Please play a world and post here if a soundbug occurs.
Anyway, i'll upload my savestate, no need for the Populous disk at all! I hope you manage to make the state run (i think the rom path must be correct).

[Toni Wilen]

Unfortunately this statefile does not help.. I need statefile that is saved before the bug happens. (maybe 10 seconds or more)

Of course it will get very difficult if it happens randomly..

[Adderly]

Originally Posted by Toni Wilen

Unfortunately this statefile does not help.. I need statefile that is saved before the bug happens. (maybe 10 seconds or more)

Of course it will get very difficult if it happens randomly..

Thank you for helping.
I have found a workaround. Instead of using state file for saving i use the passwords provided by the game. I quit UAE (with soundbug) after i got the password for the next world. With Restarting UAE/loading Populous and type in the password i can play the new world without this soundbug for some time.
Then the bug comes again.
I think that the bug occurs if i'm going to beat the opponent, when i have lots more mana than he has. There is a small delay in the game at this point, maybe the heartbeat is meant to going down once more "to sleepy one" and here the sound is messing up.

I'll play and try to save a statefile some seconds before the bug occurs.

Edit: damn, the bug is totally random, and just got another bug with a "swamp swallow man" sound loop, but this time the game is also frozen. Can upload state-file if you want (with the game frozen).