Walker's BTTR Aid

Walker · 18 May 2002, 07:35

In my opinion, BTTR is the best configuration source when you have trouble getting a game to run properly. There are a few gaps in the WinUAE configuration list though, and the purpose of this thread is to fill some of them. I know Bobic from BTTR visits this board now and then, so if he finds something he likes he can pick up the info here.

OK, we begin with "Aaargh!". Has anyone played this on a real Miggy? When you load the game in WinFellow the first "level" always is a head-to-head fight between the ogre and the lizard. BTTR lists the game as not working in WinUAE, but there are no comments about it. I got the game running in WinUAE 0.8.21 R3 using a ECS13 config with 2 MB chipmem and 1 MB slow mem. The strange thing is that when I pick ogre or lizard, the game is completely different from the one in WinFellow. Instead of the head-to-head fight, my character's goal is to burn down buildings while a catapult and giant mosquito-looking creatures are trying to stop me (check the screenshot below).
The second problem is that if I play as the lizard, my character is invisible. I can run around and torch stuff, but I have to "guess" where the lizard is located. Playing as the ogre works just fine....

Walker · 18 May 2002, 07:40

Number two is "Battleships" from Elite. BTTR listing says "Freezes at intro". I got it running in WinUAE 0.8.21 R3 with an OCS12 config though (Blizzard crack).

Walker · 18 May 2002, 07:51

Number three is "Cannon Fodder X-mas Special", available from an Amiga Format coverdisk. I don't know why BTTR has no config for it, but it works with WinUAE 0.8.21 R3 (ECS13 config).

Walker · 18 May 2002, 08:04

Next one is "Champion Driver" from Idea. BTTR says "Crashes after intro", but the game works with WinUAE 0.8.21 R3 (ECS13 config).

jmmijo · 18 May 2002, 08:53

Arrgh!

I only vaguely remember this game, from Arcadia I believe

Seems to me that it was a 1MB game, i.e., 512K chip and 512K slow/fast mem is how I remember it. Of course I'm probably wrong:eek

Now as for working on a real Amiga, not sure I have time to check. Could copy it over but I'm working on some TOSEC stuff right now

andreas · 18 May 2002, 18:59

Quote:

I know Bobic from BTTR visits this board now and then, so if he finds something he likes he can pick up the info here.

Bobic is VERY busy with other stuff (mainly private life), so he passed the "sceptre" to Bernd G. to reign (

) over BTTR from now on. I think Bernd can confirm this.

@Walker

Quote:

Number two is "Battleships" from Elite. BTTR listing says "Freezes at intro". I got it running in WinUAE 0.8.21 R3 with an OCS12 config though (Blizzard crack).

Doesn't the game work with an OCS13 config and the slow but more compatible box checked in CPU settings?

Twistin'Ghost · 18 May 2002, 20:52

OK, I have a question:

When does Walker sleep? If at all...

Fissuras · 18 May 2002, 22:42

Maybe he lives so to the north that the sun does not go down

Walker · 18 May 2002, 23:28

@Andreas
There might be a number of working configurations; I just posted the first one that I tried.

@Twist & Fissuras
I've been at work a lot the past week, but fortunately I didn't have to do much real work (just monitoring and doing minor installations) so I could process a lot of Amiga stuff. I think I slept about 4 hours per night in average, which is a bit low even with my standards!

Twistin'Ghost · 18 May 2002, 23:34

Well, cheers for the massive amount of good for the scene which you accomplish in your ample waking hours!

Walker · 22 May 2002, 14:06

The quest continues with "Chase HQ 1", listed with "Freezes after intro". The game works with WinUAE 0.8.21 R3, OCS13 config.

Walker · 22 May 2002, 14:28

Next one: "Combo Racer" from Gremlin.

"Freezes at title screen"? Not with WinUAE 0.8.21 R3 and an OCS13 config it doesn't!

Walker · 22 May 2002, 15:02

Another "Freezes after intro", this time it's "Crazy Seasons" from Idea. It works with WinUAE 0.8.21 R3, ECS13 config.

andreas · 22 May 2002, 19:53

did you have screen-centering turned off with the latter one?
The screenshot looks a little bit ... uhmm ... edited.

If you turn centering on, the picture is shifted to the left by more than one inch, so a narrow part of the left margin is cut off (see here).

Walker · 22 May 2002, 22:14

I noticed the bad centering, but didn't bother to change it since the purpose of the screenshot is to show that the game loads.

Walker · 24 May 2002, 22:57

Elvira - The Arcade Game, "Freezes after level selection"

This game works with WinUAE 0.8.21 R3, ECS13 config

Walker · 24 May 2002, 23:12

European Championship 1992, "Intro won't work, boot from Disk 2!"

Both intro and game works with WinUAE 0.8.21 R3, ECS13 config

Walker · 24 May 2002, 23:19

Exile (ECS version), "heavy graphic bugs"

Works fine with WinUAE 0.8.21 R3, ECS13 config

Walker · 25 May 2002, 00:02

James Pond 3 - Operation Starfish AGA, "Disk Version. Freezes after intro"

Works with WinUAE 0.8.21 R3, AGA30 config

Walker · 25 May 2002, 11:00

Kick Off 96 ECS, "Freezes at title screen"

Works with WinUAE 0.8.21 R3, ECS13 config

18 May 2002, 07:35	#1
Walker Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Sweden Age: 51 Posts: 595	Walker's BTTR Aid In my opinion, BTTR is the best configuration source when you have trouble getting a game to run properly. There are a few gaps in the WinUAE configuration list though, and the purpose of this thread is to fill some of them. I know Bobic from BTTR visits this board now and then, so if he finds something he likes he can pick up the info here. OK, we begin with "Aaargh!". Has anyone played this on a real Miggy? When you load the game in WinFellow the first "level" always is a head-to-head fight between the ogre and the lizard. BTTR lists the game as not working in WinUAE, but there are no comments about it. I got the game running in WinUAE 0.8.21 R3 using a ECS13 config with 2 MB chipmem and 1 MB slow mem. The strange thing is that when I pick ogre or lizard, the game is completely different from the one in WinFellow. Instead of the head-to-head fight, my character's goal is to burn down buildings while a catapult and giant mosquito-looking creatures are trying to stop me (check the screenshot below). The second problem is that if I play as the lizard, my character is invisible. I can run around and torch stuff, but I have to "guess" where the lizard is located. Playing as the ogre works just fine.... Attached Thumbnails Last edited by Walker; 18 May 2002 at 09:29.

18 May 2002, 07:40	#2
Walker Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Sweden Age: 51 Posts: 595	Number two is "Battleships" from Elite. BTTR listing says "Freezes at intro". I got it running in WinUAE 0.8.21 R3 with an OCS12 config though (Blizzard crack). Attached Thumbnails

18 May 2002, 07:51	#3
Walker Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Sweden Age: 51 Posts: 595	Number three is "Cannon Fodder X-mas Special", available from an Amiga Format coverdisk. I don't know why BTTR has no config for it, but it works with WinUAE 0.8.21 R3 (ECS13 config). Attached Thumbnails Last edited by Walker; 18 May 2002 at 23:29.

18 May 2002, 08:04	#4
Walker Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Sweden Age: 51 Posts: 595	Next one is "Champion Driver" from Idea. BTTR says "Crashes after intro", but the game works with WinUAE 0.8.21 R3 (ECS13 config). Attached Thumbnails

22 May 2002, 14:06	#11
Walker Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Sweden Age: 51 Posts: 595	The quest continues with "Chase HQ 1", listed with "Freezes after intro". The game works with WinUAE 0.8.21 R3, OCS13 config. Attached Thumbnails

18 May 2002, 08:53	#5
jmmijo Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: PDX Age: 62 Posts: 2,396	Arrgh! I only vaguely remember this game, from Arcadia I believe Seems to me that it was a 1MB game, i.e., 512K chip and 512K slow/fast mem is how I remember it. Of course I'm probably wrong:eek Now as for working on a real Amiga, not sure I have time to check. Could copy it over but I'm working on some TOSEC stuff right now

18 May 2002, 20:52	#7
Twistin'Ghost Give up the ghost Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: U$A Age: 33 Posts: 4,662	OK, I have a question: When does Walker sleep? If at all...

18 May 2002, 22:42	#8
Fissuras Old Luny Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Brazil Age: 54 Posts: 574	Maybe he lives so to the north that the sun does not go down

18 May 2002, 23:28	#9
Walker Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Sweden Age: 51 Posts: 595	@Andreas There might be a number of working configurations; I just posted the first one that I tried. @Twist & Fissuras I've been at work a lot the past week, but fortunately I didn't have to do much real work (just monitoring and doing minor installations) so I could process a lot of Amiga stuff. I think I slept about 4 hours per night in average, which is a bit low even with my standards!

18 May 2002, 23:34	#10
Twistin'Ghost Give up the ghost Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: U$A Age: 33 Posts: 4,662	Well, cheers for the massive amount of good for the scene which you accomplish in your ample waking hours!

22 May 2002, 14:28	#12
Walker Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Sweden Age: 51 Posts: 595	Next one: "Combo Racer" from Gremlin. "Freezes at title screen"? Not with WinUAE 0.8.21 R3 and an OCS13 config it doesn't! Attached Thumbnails

22 May 2002, 15:02	#13
Walker Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Sweden Age: 51 Posts: 595	Another "Freezes after intro", this time it's "Crazy Seasons" from Idea. It works with WinUAE 0.8.21 R3, ECS13 config. Attached Thumbnails

22 May 2002, 19:53	#14
andreas Zone Friend Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Germany Age: 50 Posts: 5,857	did you have screen-centering turned off with the latter one? The screenshot looks a little bit ... uhmm ... edited. If you turn centering on, the picture is shifted to the left by more than one inch, so a narrow part of the left margin is cut off (see here). Last edited by andreas; 22 May 2002 at 20:00.

22 May 2002, 22:14	#15
Walker Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Sweden Age: 51 Posts: 595	I noticed the bad centering, but didn't bother to change it since the purpose of the screenshot is to show that the game loads.

24 May 2002, 22:57	#16
Walker Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Sweden Age: 51 Posts: 595	Elvira - The Arcade Game, "Freezes after level selection" This game works with WinUAE 0.8.21 R3, ECS13 config Attached Thumbnails

24 May 2002, 23:12	#17
Walker Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Sweden Age: 51 Posts: 595	European Championship 1992, "Intro won't work, boot from Disk 2!" Both intro and game works with WinUAE 0.8.21 R3, ECS13 config Attached Thumbnails

24 May 2002, 23:19	#18
Walker Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Sweden Age: 51 Posts: 595	Exile (ECS version), "heavy graphic bugs" Works fine with WinUAE 0.8.21 R3, ECS13 config Attached Thumbnails

25 May 2002, 00:02	#19
Walker Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Sweden Age: 51 Posts: 595	James Pond 3 - Operation Starfish AGA, "Disk Version. Freezes after intro" Works with WinUAE 0.8.21 R3, AGA30 config Attached Thumbnails

25 May 2002, 11:00	#20
Walker Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Sweden Age: 51 Posts: 595	Kick Off 96 ECS, "Freezes at title screen" Works with WinUAE 0.8.21 R3, ECS13 config Attached Thumbnails

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