Re: [hatari-devel] Falcon demos tests : part 1

[Eero Tamminen <oak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

On 11/5/20 2:32 PM, Laurent Sallafranque wrote:
> Finally, I've taken some time now to test with hatari 1.4.
>
> Bound4 : no change between the 2 versions of hatari (but I'm pretty sure 
> I've seen a version of all bounds demos working with a previous version 
> of hatari)

I don't remember such ever happening...

Btw. could you try bisecting commit causing loss
of H2O music?

	- Eero


> Bound 5 under hatari 1.4 : it displays a logo "Bound 5"  and then a 
> picture with an animal appears and the demo start to play a music (but 
> no bounding ball). I didn't have to press any key between the logo 
> screen and the animal + music screen.
>
>
> With current version of hatari : I first thought it was freezed on a 
> white screen with pixels garbage, but after 1 minute or so, the picture 
> with the logo "Bound 5" appeared. It never switched to the animal image 
> and there's no music played (and no bounding ball).
>
> I've tested another time, the logo screen appeared after 3 or 4 minutes 
> (I pressed "Space" and "Enter" at least 2 or 3 minutes before, so I 
> don't know if this is needed to have the logo displayed, I think it's 
> not necessary). It seems to never go to the animal + music screen
>
> It looks like a timing or a trigger behave differently with the 2 
> versions of hatari.
>
>
> Laurent
>
>
>
> Le 05/11/2020 à 13:11, Laurent Sallafranque a écrit :
> > I've tested your version of bound (I didn't have it) and just like 
> > you, it works if I press "Enter" but doesn't if I press "Space".
> >
> > I've tested bound4 and bound5 but "Enter" doesn't work with these 2 
> > demos.
> >
> > I think these 2 demos were working with previous versions of Hatari. 
> > I'll check tonight.
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Laurent
> >
> >
> >
> > Le 04/11/2020 à 23:32, Eero Tamminen a écrit :
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > On 10/31/20 8:22 AM, Laurent Sallafranque wrote:
> > > > For bounce demo :
> > > >
> > > > My PRG is called : BOUND_FA.PRG  (70588 bytes) )
> > > >
> > > > I've done a git pull and make before launching it.
> > >
> > > I'm using the version linked/listed in
> > > pouet.net & demozoo (72044 bytes):
> > > http://falcdemos.atari.org/archive/crac/1993.bound/bound.zip
> > >
> > >
> > > > I've got the bouncing ball with a mapped girl.
> > >
> > > That version has Marvel character in the ball,
> > > although demo screenshot in pouet.net has
> > > something else (probably girl like you said).
> > >
> > >
> > > > Once, I had 2 bombs at the end, when I pressed space. The demo 
> > > > didn't return to the desktop.
> > > >
> > > > But I've retested a few times and couln't reproduce this.
> > > >
> > > > Here is my hatari.cfg file if this can help.
> > >
> > > Thanks!  On first try with your config, the demo
> > > worked, next ones it didn't.
> > >
> > > After trying it many times, my conclusions are:
> > >
> > > * If one presses Space key to proceed from text
> > >   screen to actual demo, very often it freezes
> > >
> > > * But by using Enter key instead it seems to work
> > >   reliably
> > >
> > > I've added note about this to compatibility doc.
> > >
> > >
> > > FYI: I always use Space key, unless otherwise
> > > noted in compatibility list.  What about you?
> > >
> > > Does your Bound version work reliably also with
> > > Space key?
> > >
> > >
> > >     - Eero