VOGONS


First post, by cuttock

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I cannot get this game to recognize any controls: mouse, joystick, or keyboard. I do use the setup, which is in French. I comprehend the French used in the menu. Nothing works once I start the game. Only get up to the race car driver guy.

I do notice a new cfg file is written. Any ideas?

Reply 1 of 16, by VirtuaIceMan

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Rather a late reply (heh!) but there are 2 versions of the game around the Abandonware site. One is Vroom! (in French) which I think has some control issues. The other is F1 (Domark published it) which seems to work out better (in English).

Have a look around!

Ice

Reply 2 of 16, by cuttock

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heh..hey buddy, looks like we joined this forum on the same day 😀
Anyway, I'll have a look for F-1 Domark.
Thanks for the advice!
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Reply 3 of 16, by emodel

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It still doens't work in latest dosbox.
I cannot even pass the main menu, user has no control.
It works under vdmsound or even xp...

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Reply 4 of 16, by wd

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Should work in the next version though.

Reply 5 of 16, by catchaserguns

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One can not suggest abandonware sites. This forum does not condone piracy. abandonware games are pirated games.

Reply 6 of 16, by emodel

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Should work in the next version though.

Which version ? You have any info about what the problem is with this game ?
Thanks

(ps I still have the pb with latest Gulikoza build)

Reply 7 of 16, by wd

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Next official version or compile the latest sources yourself.

Reply 8 of 16, by emodel

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could you elaborate a bit please ? What has changed since then, that affects this game ?
thanks

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Reply 9 of 16, by wd

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* src/ints/bios_keyboard.cpp: enable interrupts when leaving
int16/ax=1 as bios uses sti/retf2 (fixes Joust)

Qbix mentioned some racing game that had a similar problem, and as
of my testing it is fixed as well.

Reply 10 of 16, by emodel

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thank you very much
(could i ask which other racing games ?)

Reply 11 of 16, by wd

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Vroom 😀
Well i think he meant it as debugging shows the same game bug as
in Joust (interrupt flag disabled and waiting for ints). The games only
worked on real PCs because some bios ints enable the interrupt flag
by sideeffect (it contradicts the logic of an INT in some way, but well).
HAL provided a nice list of which interrupts have this effect and which don't.

Reply 12 of 16, by emodel

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Ah ok, thanks again 😀
i remember i had the same problem with Heat Wave from Accolade, but for this one, afaict, it behaved the same in windows (stuck at main menu)

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Reply 13 of 16, by emodel

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latest YKHWONG build (from 11/20) indeed fixed this
😀

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Reply 15 of 16, by emodel

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ok so...thanks for the patch, Qbix, you made my day 😀

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