09 April 2019, 20:11 | #1 |
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hi, i've got a serious bug with this game, i have tested the demo and he always asked for data disk, i have tested the CD , installation is ok , very fast cause all is play from cd, i have 3 icons for low resolution game, high resolution and when i try to launch any of us, i have some music, two screen intro Name of the author "alien" and after that, it return to workbench with this message "VGP_DATA:VGP: unknown command" .
i on classic workbench 3.1 , CD32 with TF330 64 mo ram. most of games are ok but this one make me confused , when the game start, it reading from CD..... so if you have a tips ! thanks ps : before open this thread i've read other about this game and found nothing similar to my error. Edit : today i have tried on winuae and it works with the same cd, so i have made new try and it have started on my CD32..... but the cd turn and turn endlessly and made some bad noise. So i think it's my CD who is not good. Edit 2 : i have make a copy of my CD and now it start and run ok,loading the anim HAM intro who is invisible, just have the sound and after a screen say "loading, please wait " and nothing happends ! the demo is working without problem....... Last edited by thairacerjp; 10 April 2019 at 22:53. |
11 April 2019, 01:04 | #2 |
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not sure if any help , but there are some patches available , they may or may not help.
http://hol.abime.net/1578 cant try it myself as i dont have the game. |
11 April 2019, 07:51 | #3 |
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thanks, i have tried patches, it doesn't help more, it working without problem on winuae without patches, may be a CD drive fault or a compatibility problem with the TF330.... i will do a test with my TF328.But why the demo is ok ?
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11 April 2019, 17:50 | #4 |
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i would have tried it on my TF330 , but the game no longer appears to be available to buy , shame as it looks quite good
But from reading your 1st post, it does sound like your CD drive/laser is on the way out, maybe time to get a new laser fitted, and also the CD32 recapped if you haven't had it done yet. |
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ahh cheers DamienD , i did have a look but didn't see it , must b going blind in my old age |
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and i burn many multisession cd and my CD32 reading all without error. thanks DamienD, i have tested with this ISO and with another one. Last edited by thairacerjp; 12 April 2019 at 22:30. |
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11 April 2019, 20:38 | #8 |
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ok , ive downloaded and tried the game, thanks to DamienD
and i can confirm i have almost the same problem, it doesn't crash the system , but it just sticks on the loading screen,the readme mentioned holding down the left mouse button while loading to skip the intro, but i tried it a few times and it didn't seem to do anything. it does mentioned it needs a faster CD-Rom drive,but it should work on slower drives but the intro will be jerky etc. So i'm inclined to think that possibly the CD32's drive is simply to slow to start the game. installing to HD simply lets u save settings etc to the hard drive,not possible if just playing from disk, but even with the game installed,the game still requires the cd to be in the drive,and im assuming it loads the intro from the cd,hence the problem. wouldve liked to have played it ,but never mind, cant have everything i suppose lol. my cd32 has been recapped and has had a new laser btw,plays all other cd's just fine,so it must be either the drive being to slow,or maybe incompatible with the tf330,or the game is just fudged lol |
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Yes, i said at the top of the thread that with winuae, it Works , same "xubidoo" , may be like they said, it need 16X CD ROM , but even it should be more long to load but not stop ? the game have protection CD, so it always ask for CD...... the demo works for HDD for have a idea, so pity, such great 3D rendering AGA ! OR if it's a AMIGA CD game, the cd driver not support this title, but Napalm working great with the CD, it's a AMIGA CD game also !
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11 April 2019, 21:51 | #11 |
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o god no , hate playing Amiga on the PC ,doesn't feel right , id much rather play on the actual machine. i only use Winuae for transferring files over to my cf card. Thanks for the above link,btw, ive downloaded a load of games that wouldn't run before and needed updating , Aladdin,Archer Mcleans pool,Odyssey,James Pond 2 AGA, Jag 220 , for some reason most of my games seem to be pretty ancient that came on the CF , no doubt ill find plenty more, least there's a chance now i can find an updated version. |
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I have no problem running this game on tf330. I simply downloaded the whd-load version, however the game won't run using main icons (i.e. the 4MB and the 32MB icons). It runs from icons stored in the data drawer called vgp_high or vgp_arcade_high (high resolution version) and It Is also very playable. Note: I also have the original game on cd but I didn't try it.
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14 April 2019, 14:40 | #13 |
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whd-load version ? where did you find that killego?
altho i will try what you said about the icons with the hd install and the CD,to see if that works. fingers crossed |
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He's probably talking about one of Aladin's "generic" WHDLoad slaves: /~Uploads/Aladin/WHDLOAD generic/VirtualGPAGA-WHDL.lha
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14 April 2019, 17:23 | #15 |
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thanks, will check it out
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I have this HD version copied in a CD-Rom. The intro starts without video, but the game starts just clicking the mouse button. I don't know It is helpful for you, however I think your problem Is not related to the CD-Rom trying reading the intro. I don't remember where I downloaded this version, maybe in the eab FTP database.
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14 April 2019, 19:50 | #18 |
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works for me, as long as i run the file from the data draw its also the updated 1.0d version.
altho getting my cd32 pad to work is another matter haha , i change to joystick, and when i push forward to accelerate, i start flying backwards , and i cant control it with the mouse at all but ill work it out , thanks DamienD |
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And up joypad goes forwad, now the problem is to have Forwad with buttton (like in the demo) .and the Cockpit turning is annoying. |
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Press F2 to stop the virtual cockpit
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