Lollypop crashing

[kremiso]

Originally Posted by dlfrsilver

There is no copy protection on this game, it's full AmigaDOS.

yet something strange happens with this game, expecially when installed on HD

you cannot access directly to the first 4 disks files, those are recognized as NODOS

also, the fifth disks is a fake empty disk, it does contain some gamefiles in add of the lone install
played via disks, the game will ask also for that disk later

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checked with an hexeditor, strangely the disk 5 also contain that file 6E, that has been fixed in the update disk one

also, when you launch the installer, the disk5 is strangely completely readed (all tracks), and also for first

here, the savestates generated with the game installed are double size than the ones saved playing with disks, using same RAM amount

[kremiso]

Originally Posted by CFou!

can you test last quick update ?(here)


random crashes are fixed (normally )

there was a bug in load file code.
(CPU registers was not correctly restored after loading....)

this need to be shared also in the competition thread, thanks

[CFou!]

game code use absolute adresses with extended memory to $80000, 200000 or c00000 but with not relocable codes....

but there are 3 game codes by example:
6e for absolute adress to $260000
6F for absolute adress to $c60000
etc...

so i will try to compare unpacked files 6e & 6f to try to make relocable table to update slave to support 0.5 chip + 0.5 fast (at the end of the week)

[Torti-the-Smurf]

Tested and finished the Game ( with the invincible Cheat ) and had zero issues

I used the Latest Install & Beta Slave.
http://mantis.whdload.de/file_downlo...=1481&type=bug
http://mantis.whdload.de/file_downlo...=1484&type=bug

BTW; I found out that the Second Button (Options> Sega-Pad)
is actually used to Enter Doors and Button 1&2 Together triggers the "Photo/Bomb".

Thank you CFOU

[CFou!]

Can you test last WHDLoad's package v2.0 before release?
here

WARNING: update disk now rejected by RawDIC you need use original release or use IPF images.

version 2.0 (01.11.2022) done by CFou!:
- source code adapted to WHDLoad 17+ & included
- RawDIC imager updated (issue #5831):
- to remove inused 'Disk.x' files
- to support checksum control (disks can not be swapped by error now)
- to fix 3 corrupted files of original release (files 0F, 58 & 6e)
WARNING!! you need re-install the game to fix files
You must use RawDIC V5.0 or above
- test for good files at launch added (message displayed if files corrupted)
- access fault fixed on 68000 (issue #3245 & issue #5485)
- randow crash fixed (load file code bugged, some CPU registers not restored...)
(issue #5831)
- less chip memory needed & main game code loaded & relocaded in fast memory
Relocation table is created at first launch to reloc main game code (file '6e')
remark: files "6D" and "6F" can be deleted now
- new install script

[Torti-the-Smurf]

Yup, i will test the new Install package tomorrow.

PS: Only Original IPF Images are used. The "Updated" Disk was only used to compare some files; as you know

I Report back tomorrow; Time to zZZzzZZz. Good Night Boys

[Torti-the-Smurf]

The Install is flawless

I finished the game (with invincible Cheat).... again and had zero troubles.

Great work

Thank you so much CFOU

[CFou!]

@Torti-The-Smurf & Pascal

thanx for your tests

[CFou!]

in last minute CUSTOM1 support added to force at launch original cheat modes

package soon released

[Torti-the-Smurf]

Originally Posted by lifeschool

I tried using the installer on disk 5, which makes a huge file appear on the system, but the game did not run and it quit with an error saying it could not allocate memory, even though my setup has 2mb chip and 8mb fast. Maybe the installer on the disk tries to keep the copy protection somehow?

The Reason why you get this error Message is,
because there is not enough free Chip-Mem to start this Game.

So you would need to use the "Early startup Menu"
(Reset + Holding Both Mouse Buttons) and choose

"Boot with no Startup-Sequence"

Then it will work 100%

[Torti-the-Smurf]

@CFOU

I did a Second playthrough and this time it crashed late in Level 3.

So i dont know if the slave is really 100% done (sorry) ; the install itself certainly is.

What a odd and stubborn game.
If that game would not be as slow and kinda tedious, i would enjoy testing it way more

Would be good if more people would test the new Lollypop Slave

(Any Lollypop Pros/Speedrunners out there ?)

[CFou!]

Originally Posted by Torti-the-Smurf

@CFOU

I did a Second playthrough and this time it crashed late in Level 3.

So i dont know if the slave is really 100% done (sorry) ; the install itself certainly is.

What a odd and stubborn game.
If that game would not be as slow and kinda tedious, i would enjoy testing it way more

Would be good if more people would test the new Lollypop Slave

(Any Lollypop Pros/Speedrunners out there ?)

crash ? can you port bugreport main file?
Same error with v1.0c?

[CFou!]

i tested last WHDLoad's patch and i have finished level3 (killing tree boss) without crash

[Torti-the-Smurf]

Same here. I finished Level 3; (with slave Version2.0) two more times and everything was fine.

Dont know what triggered the Crash in the third Level with 2.0 before

I only did one playthrough with version 1.0C and everything was hunky dory;
But i did more testing with 2.0 since that is out

[CFou!]

Originally Posted by Torti-the-Smurf

Same here; I played Level 3 again; actually two more times and everything was fine.

Hmm; dont know what triggered the crash in third Level before

if you it's crashed, can you think to generate bug report files please ?

i will try later on real 060 to compare (perhaps blitter delays needed with game code relocated in fast memory on fast CPU)

[Torti-the-Smurf]

Hmm, Bug report files ? You mean, via the WHDLoad Feature; right ?

Well, in the case of that Crash in Lv3 before; it was no crash back to WB

All the sudden, every Gfx on Screen Corrupted; followed soon by a GuRu/Software Failure.

No luck there for a bug report file ... i guess

[el_pasi]

Tried WHDLoad-installed v2.0 with TC64v1-Minimig-core, and it crashed on the Frosty land -level (level7). I had set "nocache".
So this time I got quite far in the game. I have that CoreDump saved, would that help at all investigating what happened?

[CFou!]

Originally Posted by el_pasi

Tried WHDLoad-installed v2.0 with TC64v1-Minimig-core, and it crashed on the Frosty land -level (level7). I had set "nocache".
So this time I got quite far in the game. I have that CoreDump saved, would that help at all investigating what happened?

it's curious it's audio player code...

can you send Bug Report file?

how can i try to reproduct it ? have you special action to do to cause crash?

[el_pasi]

Sure, is this .whdl_register enough? Coredump generated also .whdl_dump, expmem and memory -dumps, which are together about 2mb size.

I didn't do anything special, used pause-key a few times to have time to take screenshots, but probably that doesn't explain crash...
So I was just playing around until game crashed in the latter parts of level 7. Before crash there was no graphic corruptions and audio sounded alright all the time.

[el_pasi]

I just tried to complete Lollypop on Amiga 1200 (Blizzard 603e+/040), and newest whdload-slave crashed here too. Now it happened in the middle of level 3 and I didn't do anything special. Error is different this time. Here's attached whd-register-file of this crash too.