Dogfight by Microprose

brett71 · 01 July 2012, 05:08

I've installed this on my A500 hard drive. Whenever I run the game from Workbench, I run into an odd problem.

First, the mouse isn't quite as responsive as it is when I boot the game from floppy. Second, after I click on the title screen, click on the British flag, press RETURN at the manual protection check, and then click on Duel Mode, when I try to click on WW2, I have to double click and then the screen starts strobing. Black turns to white and back to black over and over in a strobe and it never stops. I can continue past the Duel Mode menu and choose my plane and starting position, but the strobing continues.

I have tried both the TRSI and PDX cracks, both exhibit this problem, so I doubt if it's a bad crack. I've tried it in both NTSC and PAL, no change. The game was written in 1993, so Kickstart 2.0 or 3.1 shouldn't be an issue. The game does NOT exhibit these problems if I run it from disk, but the thing has a HD install program, so I'm assuming it was meant to work from HD.

Any ideas what could be causing this?

rampartsagain · 01 July 2012, 05:41

have you wonder if the game needs more ram or another kickstart to run?

brett71 · 01 July 2012, 06:35

My A500 has 512KB Chip RAM and 8.5MB of FastRAM.

The game runs from floppy disk under KS3.1 with no strobing, I was actually in and played the game for a bit. I suppose it could be a RAM issue, like it needs 1MB Chip when run from hard disk, but not if run from floppy.

Anakirob · 01 July 2012, 08:17

have you tried running it from HD with no startup-sequence? If that works then maybe you will still be able to run it from WB by running the add44k program first.

mai · 03 July 2012, 19:01

try IPF to be sure its not the crack, that causes the problem!

brett71 · 03 July 2012, 19:51

I have not gotten back to test this game yet, but will try to run it from HD without a startup-sequence...I'll need to find the add44k program as well.

Is it possible to write IPF's with standard Amiga drives? How would I get my hands on the IPF's?

mai · 04 July 2012, 19:30

Quote:

Originally Posted by brett71

How would I get my hands on the IPF's?

Grab the images from the zone, but i think its again rather configuration problem.

brett71 · 04 July 2012, 20:04

I don't see an add44k program on Aminet, but I do see an add36k.

pintcat · 04 July 2012, 20:47

Also remember to deactivate all external hardware which might use additional RAM (i.e. disk drives).

01 July 2012, 05:08	#1
brett71 Registered User Join Date: May 2010 Location: Ames, IA, USA Posts: 521	Dogfight by Microprose I've installed this on my A500 hard drive. Whenever I run the game from Workbench, I run into an odd problem. First, the mouse isn't quite as responsive as it is when I boot the game from floppy. Second, after I click on the title screen, click on the British flag, press RETURN at the manual protection check, and then click on Duel Mode, when I try to click on WW2, I have to double click and then the screen starts strobing. Black turns to white and back to black over and over in a strobe and it never stops. I can continue past the Duel Mode menu and choose my plane and starting position, but the strobing continues. I have tried both the TRSI and PDX cracks, both exhibit this problem, so I doubt if it's a bad crack. I've tried it in both NTSC and PAL, no change. The game was written in 1993, so Kickstart 2.0 or 3.1 shouldn't be an issue. The game does NOT exhibit these problems if I run it from disk, but the thing has a HD install program, so I'm assuming it was meant to work from HD. Any ideas what could be causing this?

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01 July 2012, 05:41	#2
rampartsagain Registered User Join Date: May 2012 Location: Porto/Portugal Posts: 385	have you wonder if the game needs more ram or another kickstart to run?

01 July 2012, 06:35	#3
brett71 Registered User Join Date: May 2010 Location: Ames, IA, USA Posts: 521	My A500 has 512KB Chip RAM and 8.5MB of FastRAM. The game runs from floppy disk under KS3.1 with no strobing, I was actually in and played the game for a bit. I suppose it could be a RAM issue, like it needs 1MB Chip when run from hard disk, but not if run from floppy.

01 July 2012, 08:17	#4
Anakirob Unregistered User Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Tasmania Age: 42 Posts: 893	have you tried running it from HD with no startup-sequence? If that works then maybe you will still be able to run it from WB by running the add44k program first.

03 July 2012, 19:01	#5
mai Registered User Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Federativnaya Respublika Germaniya Posts: 4,994	try IPF to be sure its not the crack, that causes the problem!

03 July 2012, 19:51	#6
brett71 Registered User Join Date: May 2010 Location: Ames, IA, USA Posts: 521	I have not gotten back to test this game yet, but will try to run it from HD without a startup-sequence...I'll need to find the add44k program as well. Is it possible to write IPF's with standard Amiga drives? How would I get my hands on the IPF's?

04 July 2012, 20:04	#8
brett71 Registered User Join Date: May 2010 Location: Ames, IA, USA Posts: 521	I don't see an add44k program on Aminet, but I do see an add36k.

04 July 2012, 20:47	#9
pintcat Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Berlin/Germany Posts: 226	Also remember to deactivate all external hardware which might use additional RAM (i.e. disk drives).

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