Death Rally Amiga port - Page 8

BSzili · 07 May 2023, 21:01

Quote:

Originally Posted by Estrayk

I done a fast video for that you see the music playing with AHI 16bit audio card.

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The music sounds a bit off, the volume levels for the channels appears to be limited, as if it was a Fast 16-bit mode.

Quote:

Originally Posted by wiz12

What is this Musicport AHI soundcard like?

Could Prisma Megamix support be added to this game?

Unfortunately not. It's only useful for streaming music, because the chip on card has no interupts.

rabidgerry · 08 May 2023, 13:33

Quote:

Originally Posted by BSzili

What adapter is this? How is it identified by JoyPortTest? I mean the "Ctrl type".

It is identified as a joypad. And all the buttons function as CD32 style pad.

The adapter I doubt I can find any info on this for you as the guy stopped selling them a while ago. Basically allows playstation pads to work on Amiga and you have configure to work as a cd32, 2 button pad, single button joystick, copy buttons, swap buttons, lots of options. I just use as CD32 pad and leave it.

BSzili · 08 May 2023, 17:28

I see, then it looks like a CD32 pad from the Amiga side. I recently uploaded a new version that seems to have fixed the issue for wiz12. Please check if it's any better with your setup.

rabidgerry · 08 May 2023, 19:42

Quote:

Originally Posted by BSzili

I see, then it looks like a CD32 pad from the Amiga side. I recently uploaded a new version that seems to have fixed the issue for wiz12. Please check if it's any better with your setup.

of course I will indeed check it out.

StevenJGore · 08 May 2023, 20:02

Quote:

Originally Posted by BSzili

Do you mean that the fire button appears to be constantly pressed? In that case I recommend checking the lowlevel.library mode in JoyPortTest

Thanks! Using JoyPortTest, my PS4 controller works perfectly with "lowlevel.library" unticked. However, when I tick it, the connection is intermittent and pressing "O" also presses "X" (but not the other way round). I guess this is why there's a problem with Death Rally. I tried the PS4 controller with a few random games like Alien Breed Tower Assault and Project X, and it works fine. So perhaps there's a compatibility issue between MouSTer and lowlevel.library? Maybe I'll start a new thread on it.

Could Death Rally optionally work without lowlevel.library? I assume classic games mostly don't use it.

BSzili · 08 May 2023, 21:21

Thanks for the feedback, it looks like the MouSTer is indeed not compatible with lowlevel.library. Reimplementing the functionality of system libraries is beyond the scope of this project.

rabidgerry · 08 May 2023, 22:09

Ok so new version with music seems to no longer have the issue with the auto selecting the sabotage guy and also at the results screen. Played for an hour or two there also and no weird crash after a while like I was experiencing before.

GOOD WORK! Great little game. I think I could have lives without the music, but it's good it is included now and now issues with that either.

jurassicman · 09 May 2023, 09:42

Yesterday I did play for 3-4 hours with my new joystick.
Before that I switched "boost/brake" and "machine gun/mines" so that now it works similar to SuperCars 2: forward "machine gun", backward "mines" plus an extra button for "turbo boost".
I didn't have any issues, the only weird thing that I noticed was that many times an opponent that played on a different race was first, second and third at the same time.
In particular, Jane Honda, that usually plays the Hard Race, got more than 1000 points while I was still around 100 points (I was usually playing the Medium Race).

tomcat666 · 09 May 2023, 10:09

Quote:

Originally Posted by BSzili

Thanks for the feedback, it looks like the MouSTer is indeed not compatible with lowlevel.library. Reimplementing the functionality of system libraries is beyond the scope of this project.

It works with mouSTer and lowlevel library here to an extend... I have UP mapped to one of the keys, so it is possible to press Down + UP at the same time, this confuses lowlevel.library so it thinks the mouse is connected. So not really mouSTer's fault, it could be fixed by not letting that combo be reported (only report up in that case for example). But that problem will be with ANY joystick that has UP mapped to a button, not just mouSTer...

nikosidis · 09 May 2023, 11:20

BSzili: Thanks for adding music

That was really nice. The game is just great now. Great job!!

gimbal · 09 May 2023, 11:41

Quote:

Originally Posted by jurassicman

In particular, Jane Honda, that usually plays the Hard Race, got more than 1000 points while I was still around 100 points (I was usually playing the Medium Race).

They always play the hard race. That's just how the game is. The more races you do in the lower tiers, the further the racers in the high tier will spiral away from you. It's a very grindy game.

jurassicman · 09 May 2023, 12:00

Quote:

Originally Posted by gimbal

They always play the hard race. That's just how the game is. The more races you do in the lower tiers, the further the racers in the high tier will spiral away from you. It's a very grindy game.

I agree that Jane Honda, Duke Nukem, etc.. always play the Hard Race, however I don't remember that a single player was first, second and third at the same time... this seems a bug to me.
This way Jane Honda did dozens of points each race...

gimbal · 09 May 2023, 15:31

Ah. Yeah that's something else.

BSzili · 09 May 2023, 17:12

Quote:

Originally Posted by tomcat666

It works with mouSTer and lowlevel library here to an extend... I have UP mapped to one of the keys, so it is possible to press Down + UP at the same time, this confuses lowlevel.library so it thinks the mouse is connected. So not really mouSTer's fault, it could be fixed by not letting that combo be reported (only report up in that case for example). But that problem will be with ANY joystick that has UP mapped to a button, not just mouSTer...

I see, now I remember the discussion about this. Allowing invalid input combinations like Up+Down and Left+Right is kind of a bug, that screws with the auto-detection heuristic in lowlevel.library.

Quote:

Originally Posted by jurassicman

I agree that Jane Honda, Duke Nukem, etc.. always play the Hard Race, however I don't remember that a single player was first, second and third at the same time... this seems a bug to me.
This way Jane Honda did dozens of points each race...

If the same thing doesn't happen in the DOS or Steam Classic release then it's indeed a bug. Otherwise it's a keeper.

edit: It was an endianness issue in the function that calculates the results for the races you didn't partake in. This is now fixed.

jurassicman · 09 May 2023, 21:29

Quote:

Originally Posted by BSzili

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If the same thing doesn't happen in the DOS or Steam Classic release then it's indeed a bug. Otherwise it's a keeper.

edit: It was an endianness issue in the function that calculates the results for the races you didn't partake in. This is now fixed.

Great!
It doesn't happen in the DOS version, thanks for fixing it so quickly!
I'll check the new version as soon as possible (tonight I need to sleep more than yesterday...

)

tomcat666 · 10 May 2023, 07:17

Quote:

Originally Posted by BSzili

edit: It was an endianness issue in the function that calculates the results for the races you didn't partake in. This is now fixed.

Oooh

I just thought I was shite at it since Jane Honda and Duke Nukem had x10 score

Starting over then...

nikosidis · 10 May 2023, 07:28

Quote:

Originally Posted by tomcat666

Oooh

I just thought I was shite at it since Jane Honda and Duke Nukem had x10 score

Starting over then...

Same here

Started over yesterday. Looks better now

jurassicman · 10 May 2023, 08:37

I confirm that the bug has been fixed... and I was good... yesterday I finished playing before midnight...
It was 2 minutes to midnight to be more precise

(great song btw)
[ Show youtube player ]
Thanks so much again, I'm really enjoying finally playing Death Rally on my Amiga!

BSzili · 10 May 2023, 08:46

Thanks for confirming the bug is gone. I uploaded a new version with some performance improvements.

jurassicman · 10 May 2023, 09:38

Quote:

Originally Posted by BSzili

Thanks for confirming the bug is gone. I uploaded a new version with some performance improvements.

oh nooo!
Another version to test tonight!!!

Thanks once again!

10 May 2023, 08:37	#158
jurassicman Registered User Join Date: Dec 2017 Location: Sassari/Italy Posts: 906	I confirm that the bug has been fixed... and I was good... yesterday I finished playing before midnight... It was 2 minutes to midnight to be more precise (great song btw) [ Show youtube player ] Thanks so much again, I'm really enjoying finally playing Death Rally on my Amiga! Last edited by jurassicman; 10 May 2023 at 09:42.

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08 May 2023, 17:28	#143
BSzili old chunk of coal Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Hungary Posts: 1,300	I see, then it looks like a CD32 pad from the Amiga side. I recently uploaded a new version that seems to have fixed the issue for wiz12. Please check if it's any better with your setup.

08 May 2023, 21:21	#146
BSzili old chunk of coal Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Hungary Posts: 1,300	Thanks for the feedback, it looks like the MouSTer is indeed not compatible with lowlevel.library. Reimplementing the functionality of system libraries is beyond the scope of this project.

08 May 2023, 22:09	#147
rabidgerry Registered User Join Date: Nov 2018 Location: Belfast Posts: 1,542	Ok so new version with music seems to no longer have the issue with the auto selecting the sabotage guy and also at the results screen. Played for an hour or two there also and no weird crash after a while like I was experiencing before. GOOD WORK! Great little game. I think I could have lives without the music, but it's good it is included now and now issues with that either.

09 May 2023, 09:42	#148
jurassicman Registered User Join Date: Dec 2017 Location: Sassari/Italy Posts: 906	Yesterday I did play for 3-4 hours with my new joystick. Before that I switched "boost/brake" and "machine gun/mines" so that now it works similar to SuperCars 2: forward "machine gun", backward "mines" plus an extra button for "turbo boost". I didn't have any issues, the only weird thing that I noticed was that many times an opponent that played on a different race was first, second and third at the same time. In particular, Jane Honda, that usually plays the Hard Race, got more than 1000 points while I was still around 100 points (I was usually playing the Medium Race).

09 May 2023, 11:20	#150
nikosidis Registered User Join Date: Jan 2020 Location: oslo/norway Posts: 1,616	BSzili: Thanks for adding music That was really nice. The game is just great now. Great job!!

09 May 2023, 15:31	#153
gimbal cheeky scoundrel Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Spijkenisse/Netherlands Age: 42 Posts: 6,977	Ah. Yeah that's something else.

10 May 2023, 08:46	#159
BSzili old chunk of coal Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Hungary Posts: 1,300	Thanks for confirming the bug is gone. I uploaded a new version with some performance improvements.

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