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Wrote something on EAB too. Galahad said it could be the auto fake NTSC mode. http://eab.abime.net/showpost.php?p=940340&postcount=12 |
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You are using the latest slave? |
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Yes, of course. |
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If there is a difference between WHDLoad 17.0 and 17.1 it could be something with the interrupts because the handling was changed a bit. Can you check if setting NoVBRMove makes a difference? |
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I tried the following WHDLoad version with NoVBRMove 17.0 17.1 beta (51.46) (that worked once till the end without NoVBRMove) 17.2 18.0 (current beta) and the game freezes always at the Hudson Soft Logo/Bee animation. |
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ATM I can't reproduce it on my 68060. Your system specs are correct, no MMU? |
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ACA 1230, which has no MMU. This is indeed the only WHDLoad game which causes that kind of trouble. Other issues were fixed with your timing updates in 17.1. edit: Ok, x-file again. I could complete v1.2 again today with the current 18.0 beta. I didn't change anything, though NoCache is necessary to avoid the freeze in the Hudson Soft Logo. With "NoCache" set it always crashes instantly with a black screen in the options menu, just when you use the stick/pad to select something. But as i said, after many reboots it magically worked today. Very strange! :-( Though something is wrong in the options menu. Some garbled white flashes and some options text appears in a wrong position through a flicker. Hard to describe. |
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OK, it seems an issue with the ACA 1230 only with this particular game. With my M-Tec 1230 it boots always into level 1. No garbled options menu neither. You can close it. |
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It could be a problem related to audio interrupts which happens only on specific timings. Please try attached Slave. I fixed some smc and interrupt acknowledge in the tfmx player. |
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Finally it boots always into level 1 with the ACA! No more garbled options menu. Many thanks for the fix, Wepl. I will complete it once again, only to be sure. :-))) Edit: Cheered too soon. The game crashed with a black screen at the end boss, after his tranformation. Damn it! :-( |
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It is a full crash so you can't make a dump? Could you check the 1.2 slave using option ChkInts if WHDLoad reports a problem before the usual crash? |
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It's always a full hardware crash with a black screen. Just tried the 1.2 slave and it crashed in level 2 at the end boss. ChkInts didn't report anything before the usual crash. edit: Actually it's pure luck if the game starts. Also the Hudson Soft logo freeze isn't completely fixed in slave 1.3 as i thought. A crash in the options menu can happen too. So, maybe really an unfixable turbo card vs. WHDLoad/Slave imcompatiblity. |
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I have no idea then and will release the current slave as it contains still some improvements. Maybe the problems can be fixed any time later. This is the only game with these problems? |
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Yes, the only game that crashes the hardware comletely. Only minor problems with some older slave now and then. |
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does the freeze also happen during the Hudson Soft logo or only at the end when Factor5 logo starts? |
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It freezes sometimes instantly when "Hudson Soft" is shown, and sometimes during the bee animation. If it pass the Hudson Soft logo it always boots without further freezes into the title screen. So, no problems with Factor5 logo. Do you think this is somehow related to the black screen hardware crashes in the options and ingame? |
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I thought it could be something with the blitpri, but it is first enabled at start of the factor5 logo. There is not much code for the hudson logo. I will check it maybe I see something unusual... |
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maybe some of the blitwaits are not sufficient under your config, attached a new slave you may try |
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Doesn't fix anything. Actually it freezes now always as soon as the Hudson Soft Logo is visible. Edit: after many reboots it worked into the title screen, but then the usual black screen crash in the options. Edit2: Could it also be an Kickstart problem? I removed the ACA and booted without s-s a few times. Looks good so far with slave 1.2. I use the ACA to load a kickstart 3.1 via maprom. Somehow the card doesn't work properly with my my internal Kickstart 3.0. Edit3: No, seems no Kickstart issue. When i reset the machine after a crash there is sometimes a cyan and/or violet screen. Edit4: Just completed the game without any turbocard with slave 1.2. No problems at all. So, an interrupt or maybe too agressive fastram timing issue. Anyway, i appreciate that you really tried to make this ACA 1230 compatible. |
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That means the latest slave works worser than the previous one? For comparision I have attached the older slave_nobw which doesn't contain the blitwait patches. During the Hudson logo no interrupts are running. So I assume it can only be something with the custom chips and cpu, e.g. blitter. But for now I have no idea what the problem can be. The kickstart should not make any difference because it is not used when the game runs. The only difference which could be is a different init of cia/custom because some of these or not init directly by WHDLoad itself. Did you check if option Cache does make any difference (more or less freezes)? I like to stop searching then. Maybe it's somehow a hardware problem. I tested with my aca1231 and also cannot reproduce the problem there. But strange is that no other games should have a problem. |
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No differences with the slave_nowb. Cache also doesn't fix something. The stack isn't the problem either, right? I mean you moved it to fastram in slave 1.2, but the game worked fine yesterday with 2 MB chipram only. But right, please end the search then. You could do better things then. ;-) Edit: Tried slave 1.1. Seems to works muuch better. At least no freezes at the logos and no option crashes. Will play it again. |
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You can close the report now. I've plugged my MTEC 1230 and it seems fine, no more freezes/crashes. Also enabled the MMU. Guess the ACA 1230 wasn't that stable. |
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