jal wrote:

Ah, so you don't believe me? With a hex editor and all the information above, you could patch it yourself, you lazy !@#$!#@% :). […]
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eL_PuSHeR wrote:

Here. My version. I have unpacked it. I would like you to patch it just for knowledge sake.

Ah, so you don't believe me? With a hex editor and all the information above, you could patch it yourself, you lazy !@#$!#@% 😀.

But okay, since I'm in a good mood today, here it is.

JAL

Thank you very much! I will test it later, because I am at work now. And yes, I think I could have done it myself, but I am a lazy bastard. 😁

Jai, thanks for your dedication and professionalism, I get to enjoy obitus the way it was meant to. And Cool Croc as well! Guess what? I found another game with the same VGA issue.
"Neverending Story II".
As seen in the screen grab here, I can't select VGA. It of course works fine in XP hehehe.

cuttock wrote:

Jai, thanks for your dedication and professionalism, I get to enjoy obitus the way it was meant to. And Cool Croc as well! Guess what? I found another game with the same VGA issue.
"Neverending Story II".
As seen in the screen grab here, I can't select VGA. It of course works fine in XP hehehe.

Well, let's check to see if it is really the same problem, or maybe some new and interesting different one 😀. I'll get back later...

Edit: Hah, if only all games are this easily debuggable. Yes, this game uses exactly the same detection scheme, using exactly the same idiotic code. Did all these DOS coders read the same magazines or something? I mean, this:

1mov al, 00
2out dx, al
3mov al, 00
4out dx, al
5mov al, 00
6out dx, al

could easily be replaced by this:

1mov al, 00
2out dx, al
3out dx, al
4out dx, al

Also, all occurences have the same cli/sti around it, which is really not necessary. Also, this particular game int 10/ah=12,bl=10 check, which is normally used to distinguish between EGA/VGA, but the game doesn't offer EGA... Just weird...

JAL

P.S. Fix included.

JAL,my hero! The game works fine. I have also found more games with such issues. I'll do some debugging and follow your lead....I need to learn hehehe 😁