THIS PACKAGE COMES WITH ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED, STATUTORY OR OTHERWISE. THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO USE, RESULTS AND
PERFORMANCE OF THE PACKAGE IS ASSUMED BY YOU AND IF THE PACKAGE SHOULD PROVE
TO BE DEFECTIVE, YOU ASSUME THE ENTIRE COST OF ALL NECESSARY SERVICING,
REPAIR OR OTHER REMEDIATION.
UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES, CAN THE AUTHOR BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE
CAUSED IN ANY USUAL, SPECIAL, OR ACCIDENTAL WAY, ALSO IF THE OWNER OR A THIRD
PARTY HAS BEEN POINTED AT SUCH POSSIBILITIES OF DAMAGE.
This install applies to "Contagion" © 1995 Appendix.
Requirements:
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This install requires WHDLoad and DIC to be in the path.
These programs can be found in the WHDLoad package.
To install from a different drive than DF0: select installation mode Expert.
The installed demo requires 1.0 MB ChipMem (+1.8 MB for preload).
It can be quit by pressing F10 (key can be changed with Tooltype "QuitKey=").
Features:
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- Full load from HD
- Access fault fixed (read from "FCI Rules!" pointer in replayer)
- Illegal copperlist entries fixed (x2)
- Blitter wait added
- Bplcon0 color bit fixes (x45)
- Copper problems fixed (x2, trashed bitplane pointers in glenz part)
- BLTCON0 settings fixed (x16, line drawing routine)
- BLTCON1 settings fixed (line drawing routine)
- Wrong DIWSTRT settings fixed (x2)
- Interrupts fixed
- Hidden Part can be enabled with CUSTOM1
- Source code included
- NewIcon (created by me)
- Quit option that works on 68000 machines (default key is 'F10')
A patch for this demo was requested back in 2013 already and I started
to work on it in November 2013 but got sidetracked as usual. Yesterday
I remembered the demo and started to work on a the patch from scratch
and fixed most of the parts which took a long time as there are many of
them and they all needed to be tested. Except for the glenz part there
weren't any major problems spotted though. The glenz part wasn't shown at
all and when patching it separately I noticed trashed bitplane pointers
in the copperlist, these were caused by the fade routine which wrote one
entry too much in the copperlist hence trashing the bitplane pointers,
This took me quite a while to figure out, once that problem was solved
I added a delay in the loader which made the part visible in the demo.
Speaking of (in)visible parts, there is a part which is not shown at all
in the demo (an animation of a wireframe object), I'm not sure if this
is intended or a bug.
I guess those are the most interesting things about the demo, it features
good code and some neat effects so it definitely deserved to be patched.
The hidden part is supported, you can enable it with CUSTOM1 but try to
find it yourself, it isn't that hard, a certain key during boot might
help. :)
Enjoy the demo from HD.
Sting, 11-Oct-2019
Greetings to all in Scarab and Scoopex, the WHDLoad team, PMC,
Musashi5150, Skan, Slummy, Loaderror, Frequent, Wayne Kerr, Mr.Spiv,
Alpha One, CFou!, Paradroid, Audiomonster, Vention, Slammer
Axis, Tim, Alta, Britelite, Buzzer and all the other usual suspects. :)
Special greetings to all Golf MK1 fans worldwide and all classic
car owners/drivers. :)
Extra greetings to the usual suspects on #amigascne and #amycoders, see
you all at Revision 2020! :)
History:
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version 1.00 (11.10.2019) done by StingRay:
- initial release
- source code included
Contact:
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If you have problems with this installation please try and get a newer
version of this package from the WHDLoad WWW-Page. If that doesn't help try
some Tooltypes like NOCACHE, NOAUTOVEC, EXPCHIP, NOMMU, PAL or NTSC. If
that also fails, please inform the author via the Bug-Report-Form which
can be accessed on the WHDLoad WWW-Page.
For the full WHDLoad package, other installs and updates refer to:
http://www.whdload.de/
or aminet:dev/misc/whdload#?
and aminet:game/patch/ |
