Putty Squad for Amiga CD32 request thread.

[musashi5150]

Originally Posted by Telemachus

just assigning the disks assuming they are not protected and amiga dos.

Yeah Galahad, why didn't you think of using assign?

[Galahad/FLT]

Originally Posted by musashi5150

Yeah Galahad, why didn't you think of using assign?

Yeah, why didn't I think of that?

[Galahad/FLT]

Originally Posted by Telemachus

I think Putty Squad should run on a CD32 you can free over 1.9mb on a CD32 using simple tools. I don't think Putty Squad would use 100% 2MB memory, that was never expect from a regular A1200 either.

Maybe other coders or whdload authors can chime in to confirm this, running with whdload is the problem I think. It would run fine without it, with just assigning the disks assuming they are not protected and are in amiga dos which I guess they might not be? It has worked for other AGA games.

On a real CD32 there is usually more memory available than on WinUAE due to people using a hard disk for testing.

Maybe we need a bounty challenge I put money on StingRay or Psygore

Then you would be wrong, categorically and emphatically.

Its been disabled but there was an ingame memory watcher which displayed the location and size of everything in memory for Putty Squad, and I can assure you, Putty Squad uses virtually ALL of memory.

Sure, there might be the odd spare 15K chunk here or there, but not in any meaningful way. Putty Squad is hard coded to run from a specific memory location, pretty much where AmigaDOS would wish to reside in.

As for using an assign....... if it were that simple, it would have been released already :/

It is possible, but for the CD32 I would have to recode parts of the game to reduce memory consumption, remove all hard coded addresses.

Its not impossible, but its no two second job either.

[Ventilator]

Does anyone have a link for Putty Squad CD32 ISO?

I have a CD32 with 6.MB RAM, so i can run any ISO.
I use Elsat Promodule expansion on CD32.

[Galahad/FLT]

Originally Posted by Ventilator

Does anyone have a link for Putty Squad CD32 ISO?

I have a CD32 with 6.MB RAM, so i can run any ISO.
I use Elsat Promodule expansion on CD32.

No such thing... yet

[Predseda]

Originally Posted by Galahad/FLT

Its not impossible, but its no two second job either.

Ty it pliiiiz for all the putties on the Zid

[Ventilator]

Originally Posted by Galahad/FLT

No such thing... yet

Ok. Then i should make a ISO for the game.

My old CD32/CDTV page is still online if someone is interrested. Lots of info there.

http://cd32.amiga32.com

[Galahad/FLT]

Originally Posted by Ventilator

Ok. Then i should make a ISO for the game.

My old CD32/CDTV page is still online if someone is interrested. Lots of info there.

http://cd32.amiga32.com

Good luck with that, let us know how you get on

[Ventilator]

Originally Posted by Galahad/FLT

Good luck with that, let us know how you get on

Thanks, but it shouldn't be no problem for me.

I was the first ever to release homebrewn ISO's for CD32 in 1999/2000, then many others followed.
I started a big CD32 board in 2000 which got followers quickly, then i made IRC channel etc.

I didn't have a turorial back then, but i studied how a CD32 cover disc worked, and the the ball started rolling. If a Magazine could make multiple games on a disc, then i could too.

Anyway. I will post a link when i made it. Its nearly 10 years since i made my last CD, so i need to freshen up memory. Its so simple to make, so it shouldn't take long.

I'm gone for 3 days now, so expect a week or something.

[Retro1234]

I think the idea is to work on unexpanded CD-32

[Galahad/FLT]

Originally Posted by Ventilator

Thanks, but it shouldn't be no problem for me.

I was the first ever to release homebrewn ISO's for CD32 in 1999/2000, then many others followed.
I started a big CD32 board in 2000 which got followers quickly, then i made IRC channel etc.

I didn't have a turorial back then, but i studied how a CD32 cover disc worked, and the the ball started rolling. If a Magazine could make multiple games on a disc, then i could too.

Anyway. I will post a link when i made it. Its nearly 10 years since i made my last CD, so i need to freshen up memory. Its so simple to make, so it shouldn't take long.

I'm gone for 3 days now, so expect a week or something.

Dude.... it has to work on a standard CD32, anyone can write a massive ram load version, fact is, most CD32 owners don't have anything more than 2 meg of chip ram, hence the problems.

After all, I completed the game on Amiga, one might think I might have an idea of the pitfalls of squeezing it into a system like the CD32.

[Cooljerk]

Originally Posted by Galahad/FLT

Its been disabled but there was an ingame memory watcher which displayed the location and size of everything in memory for Putty Squad, and I can assure you, Putty Squad uses virtually ALL of memory.

is there a way to reenable this? This sounds like it'd be fascinating to study.

[Ventilator]

Originally Posted by Galahad/FLT

Dude.... it has to work on a standard CD32, anyone can write a massive ram load version, fact is, most CD32 owners don't have anything more than 2 meg of chip ram, hence the problems.

After all, I completed the game on Amiga, one might think I might have an idea of the pitfalls of squeezing it into a system like the CD32.

Most have a problem then, since the Putty disks need to be loaded into memory.
Putty Squad itself uses 0.5-1.MB RAM to run. When 2 floppies sucks 1.5.MB RAM, there is of course no room left to run it.

People could of course nag System 3 about getting the DOS files for Putty Squad. If they can release the game 20 years later, they most likely have them as AmigaDOS files too.

I want this game to run on my CD32, so i will still make the ISO. Its cool that others is still making CD32 ISO's, even with new CDXL.

[Galahad/FLT]

Originally Posted by Ventilator

Most have a problem then, since the Putty disks need to be loaded into memory.
Putty Squad itself uses 0.5-1.MB RAM to run. When 2 floppies sucks 1.5.MB RAM, there is of course no room left to run it.

People could of course nag System 3 about getting the DOS files for Putty Squad. If they can release the game 20 years later, they most likely have them as AmigaDOS files too.

I want this game to run on my CD32, so i will still make the ISO. Its cool that others is still making CD32 ISO's, even with new CDXL.

Wrong, Putty Squad uses ALL of 2 meg of chipram, I know as I'm the guy that released it for System 3

I also have all the source code and files for the game, but it still isn't trivial to get it to fit.

[Ventilator]

Originally Posted by Galahad/FLT

Wrong, Putty Squad uses ALL of 2 meg of chipram, I know as I'm the guy that released it for System 3

I also have all the source code and files for the game, but it still isn't trivial to get it to fit.

Cool. I have been too long away from Amiga OS, and obviously had some "memory loss". I was thinking too much ECS, but this game is of course AGA.

It should technically in theory be possible to run it from CD on 2.MB RAM with your source, but too bad its not easy to do this.
Putty Squad was planned for CD32, so it must be possible on 2.MB chip only.

I don't have the skills required to make your files work either, so we can only hope someone can do it some day.

Just pulled out my CD32 with Promodule from storage room to reconnect it.
Its a full "Amiga 1200" with sweet Eric Schwartz Workbench, so i will refresh my memories and also play some of the newer sweet CD32 releases.

I have Wii U, 360, PS3 etc. , but no console ever had a soul like CD32 and Dreamcast had i think. Wii U is getting close thou.

[Ventilator]

I made a working Putty Squad ISO for CD32, but it needs 4.MB RAM expansion as we already knew.

That means you need Promodule, SX32 or SX-1 to play it on CD32.

[earok]

Apologies if this has already been considered/rejected - could a "compromised" version of the game for CD32 be possible? Say, if some of the music was cut, or some sound effects, or background graphics?

Speaking for myself at least I'd be totally keen for any version of Putty Squad on CD32 even if it had a few compromises.

[Dougal]

Has there been any progress on a CD32 version of this ?

Also I tried the floppy version on my CD32 w/Analogic FDD but it gets stuck on the System 3 logo

[kipper2k]

hopefully with more memory available this will be a reality

[Galahad/FLT]

Originally Posted by kipper2k

hopefully with more memory available this will be a reality

Are you creating a low cost solution?