DFB1X issues with Master of Orion [Falcon030] [1oom]

[DharkStar]

Hi,

i bought and installed a DFB1X in my Atari Falcon and it`s running fine. I also got a lot of games to run in Alt-RAM with PRG Flags and i can see an increase in speed, but I'm not able to get Master of Orion [Falcon030] [1oom] to work via DFB1X Alt-RAM.

Game is running in normal 16 MHz mode with 14 MB ST-RAM, but very slow. When i enable "Run in Alt-RAM" in the executable program with PRG Flags and try to run the game, i get two bombs and it`s not working. I tried all variations with PRG FLAGS, but i`m not able to get it to work.

Does anyone have an idea what`s to do to get the game running via DFB1X Alt-RAM, because i want to try the game in accelerated mode?
Has anyone else tried this?

Thanks!

DharkStar

[viking272]

The original discussion was over here:
https://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.p ... on#p404083

Potentially the author of the SDL conversion may see it?

[DharkStar]

Thanks for your answer!

Yes, i know the discussion about this topic in atari-forum, but i thought i post it here related to DFB1X. Maybe someone has already had the same experience. But I think I'll ask this question there too.

[smoore100]

I can try this out tonight over the weekend, where did you get the game from so I'm looking at the same version?

Many thanks,

Simon

[DharkStar]

Thank you, that would be very helpful!

I used the version available at Atarimania. See the following link:
https://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-s ... 36491.html

Please keep in mind, that you need the LBX files from the original game. In this case, please also take a look at the instructions at Atarimania.
Additional info: Game is running in normal mode with 16 MHz and 14 MB ST-Ram, but without sound (that`s another problem, but it`s not so important from my point of view).

I'm very excited about your findings. Thanks!

[smoore100]

Ah, I don’t own the game unfortunately

[viking272]

Ah, I don’t own the game unfortunately

Isn’t the game free and then you find the data files elsewhere? Like doom and it’s WAD files, they’re ‘out there’?

[smoore100]

Yep, I found them.

After a very quick test running under TOS 4.04 it works no matter what is set in PRGFLAGS and can't see any difference in performance.

[DharkStar]

Thank you for your tests!

That`s interesting, because when i enable "Run in TT-RAM" with PRG Flags i get bombs and the program crashes. On my environment it only runs in "normal mode", when i disable all options with PRG Flags or when only "Fastload" is activated, but then as far as i understand it, it runs only in normal 16 MHz Mode and with ST-RAM. With all other settings the program crashes, when using Alt-RAM.

But thanks anyway!

[Badwolf]

If someone can provide me a complete package of the executable game I'll give it a try when the Falcon's next on the bench and see if I can find any problems.

A ZIP/RAR of a working directory is ideal. I'm afraid I don't have the time to go hunting for files I don't understand, apologies.

BW