2 Button support not working

[Fabie]

Originally Posted by dlfrsilver

Fabie please use whdload versions of Aladdin and BCkid. I have 2 1200 that have not the
same rev, and it works.

aladdin supports in STANDARD 2 buttons joypad with no hardware modification !
Same for BCkid...

I know the Aladdin whdload version
but try the Aladdin version which I have uploaded to the zone
it's a nice release because it have a cracktro with trainer
but 2nd button not works in the new winuae version but works well on my A1200
it seems that developers of Aladdin developed the game on a A1200 Rev 1.x
while rev 2B was made later ...comes with a strange bug related to 2nd button

if whdload ppl talk about a fix of the 2nd button.....they don't know exactly but they talk about a fix for the A1200 rev 2B

[dlfrsilver]

well all this is a mess. whdload coders knows their thing.

aladdin 2nd button support works on my 2 1200 (different motherboards rev).

[Toni Wilen]

You still haven't said if your pad has pullup resistors (I am 99% sure it does)

Does the original or JST version (or "2nd button non-fixed" whd version) work in NTSC mode and fail in PAL?

(Pot counters overflow in PAL but does not in NTSC in one frame)

[dlfrsilver]

I use megadrive compatible pad. Why making thing wierdier than they should be ?

i use an XE-1SG from Sega, kind of arcade coin-op stick (very solid and use the exact same mecanism as a coin-op machine, so unbreakable).

I also use quickshot joypads.

[Toni Wilen]

You are still only bringing useless noise to this topic and wasting my time.

I repeat: PADS WITH PULLUPS -> OFFTOPIC. Measure it or go away, names are irrelevant. Thanks.

Even OP mentions that this issue only occurs with joysticks without pullups (which includes WinUAE second/3rd button emulation)

[dlfrsilver]

Ok, take it like that : i never heard of 2 buttons pads using no pullups, and back in time,
games using 2 buttons routines were meant to be used with megadrive compatible pads.

it's true that the 3rd button is not 'natural' on amiga (for instance the little work to do on a pad for flashback for ex.)

Sorry if you think i'm doing noise.

PS: just to test, i have picked aladdin.zip in the zone. My A1200 refuses to make it run. So no test....

[Toni Wilen]

It is known that all 2-button games work perfectly fine with pads including pullups. (but I don't understand why they didn't trust HRM description and use output mode, it would have worked with both types of pads..)

I am trying to solve why some non-pullup joysticks/pads work with some Amiga models (or do they?)

Fabie, could you test if latest WHDLoad Aladdin (slave v1.4) have working second button? (with non-pullup pad) It does not work on my real A1200. Button gets stuck.

Potgotest program shows that button gets stuck on your Amiga, just like on my A1200 too.

Note that this does not test non-whd Aladdin second button read routine, it uses POT counters, not POT io-bits and this could be different. Different test program needed for this.

EDIT: I have same problem with that aladdin version.. crashes.

[Steve]

Originally Posted by Toni Wilen

EDIT: I have same problem with that aladdin version.. crashes.

Is that on a real A1200 or WinUAE??

I figured out a configuration to get this prodigy version working under WinUAE a while back.

http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?...laddin+problem

The game requires Match A500 Speed + Immediate Blitter.

Config attached.

[Toni Wilen]

Ancient information, time before A1200 cycle exact modes. Disk versions work fine.

Zoned HD installed version does not work even on my real Amiga..

[dlfrsilver]

i have the same problem, so why bother ?

[andreas]

Originally Posted by Toni Wilen

Ancient information, time before A1200 cycle exact modes.

Tell me about it. Because when I had been fiddling around with a configuration for this one, we had WinUAE 0.8.15 beta 2 (leaked/unofficial) resp. 0.8.22 R1. (that was 8 years ago, face it peeps!)

[Toni Wilen]

Originally Posted by dlfrsilver

i have the same problem, so why bother ?

Because OP says it works on his A1200. This "problem" needs to be solved

[Fabie]

Originally Posted by Toni Wilen

It is known that all 2-button games work perfectly fine with pads including pullups. (but I don't understand why they didn't trust HRM description and use output mode, it would have worked with both types of pads..)

I am trying to solve why some non-pullup joysticks/pads work with some Amiga models (or do they?)

Fabie, could you test if latest WHDLoad Aladdin (slave v1.4) have working second button? (with non-pullup pad) It does not work on my real A1200. Button gets stuck.

Potgotest program shows that button gets stuck on your Amiga, just like on my A1200 too.

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ok...I tested aladdin ' whdload and 2nd button works fine on my A1200
I just downloaded from whdownload site

I think it's a problem with 2B motherboard....I'm not joking...believe me
seems that Aladdin'developers tested the game on A1200 1.x mobo and worked

[Fabie]

BTW, and OUT OF TOPIC because we are discussing 2nd button issue

the Aladdin crack done by prodigy it is very buggy
will work on real A4000 without any problem
but
it will not works on a real A1200 out of timing
it worked fine on A1200 rev1.4 without any modification which I had
but
on the rev1.D1 I have at the moment not worked until I did certain timing fixes

so.. maybe....and maybe....if anyone want to know if own A1200 needs timing fixes....the solution is test Aladdin prodigy crack

[Toni Wilen]

Originally Posted by Fabie

ok...I tested aladdin ' whdload and 2nd button works fine on my A1200
I just downloaded from whdownload site

I think it's a problem with 2B motherboard....I'm not joking...believe me
seems that Aladdin'developers tested the game on A1200 1.x mobo and worked

Thanks but there is still one issue. My test program uses similar method to read second button and it didn't work... Argh

[Toni Wilen]

Does all Amiga-compatible gamepads have 3 buttons? Or do some only have 2 buttons?

I probably add another GamePorts device type ("gamepad" under "digital joystick") which enables pullups and maps 3 buttons by default.

[Retro-Nerd]

The Sega Master System pad has only 2 buttons.

[dlfrsilver]

@ tony : Some Pads i have are megadrive compatible and have only 2 buttons, and others have 3.

@Fabie : Please tell us or show a picture of your "Joypad" or "stick" please.

I have many joystick and joypad in my collection, maybe i own the one you have.

[Fabie]

Originally Posted by dlfrsilver

@ tony : Some Pads i have are megadrive compatible and have only 2 buttons, and others have 3.

@Fabie : Please tell us or show a picture of your "Joypad" or "stick" please.

I have many joystick and joypad in my collection, maybe i own the one you have.

my joystick is a custom made Genius G-07 PC gameport pad which I adapted to the Amiga...I inserted a DB9 connector at the end of the cable and I made simple connections there for 2 buttons...(no pullups resistors)
it is a high quality game pad ...also it have 3 levels of turbo...it uses a LM555 chip for the turbo.

[dlfrsilver]

Ok. It's then at first a not amiga compatible joypad you have customized.

This means if tomorrow i pick any joystick not made for the amiga and then brag out
to Toni, hey it doesn't work, he will then modifiy Winuae for that ?

This means that if you add the pullups yourself, the problem is ironed out !

i'd be interested to hear you Toni about this really....