Atomic by Fraggle of MOPS on a 6128plus.

[CraigsBar]

Hi all.


Does anyone know if there is a documented or otherwise bug in Atomic by Fraggle.


On my CPC 6128's (Amstrad and Scheider) there is no problem.


On both 6128 plus's there is a problem on the loading screen. After pressing space the message "is Loading" is added to the middle of the screen followed by a Cursor.


At first I thought this was a nasty crash, however I have since discovered that if you type run at this cursor then the game loads and plays normally.


Odd that this behaves differently on the plus and cpc machines. even with a v3 rollback cartridge in the plus the same happens. Does anyone know of a fixed version, or have the skills and inclination to find the bug on a plus and fix it?


It's kinda hard to explain so if you think a video is needed to clarify it then I can capture and add one tonight.


Craig

[Kris]

Maybe it depends on which version you are using; it seems that there is also an "extended"version....I will try on my CPCs to be sure.

[CraigsBar]

That was the extended version. Although I think the only difference is the loading screen logo.

[Nich]

Does anyone know if there is a documented or otherwise bug in Atomic by Fraggle.

On my CPC 6128's (Amstrad and Scheider) there is no problem.

On both 6128 plus's there is a problem on the loading screen. After pressing space the message "is Loading" is added to the middle of the screen followed by a Cursor.

At first I thought this was a nasty crash, however I have since discovered that if you type run at this cursor then the game loads and plays normally.

Odd that this behaves differently on the plus and cpc machines. even with a v3 rollback cartridge in the plus the same happens. Does anyone know of a fixed version, or have the skills and inclination to find the bug on a plus and fix it?

It looks like this is due to a weird bug when files are compressed using Turbo Imploder. I only know about it thanks to Amstrad Action's PD column!

On a Plus machine, if you execute a Turbo Imploder compressed file directly by typing RUN"filename", it will crash, but if you use the LOAD"filename" command, and then type CALL [start address], it works normally!

For Atomic, you can write a small BASIC loader to overcome this bug:

Code Select Expand

10 MEMORY &5A77
20 LOAD"atomic",&5A78
30 CALL &5A78

I'll see if I can upload a fixed version to NVG soon - although I've just noticed on CPC-POWER that there are actually two versions of the game!

[CraigsBar]

It looks like this is due to a weird bug when files are compressed using Turbo Imploder. I only know about it thanks to Amstrad Action's PD column!

On a Plus machine, if you execute a Turbo Imploder compressed file directly by typing RUN"filename", it will crash, but if you use the LOAD"filename" command, and then type CALL [start address], it works normally!

For Atomic, you can write a small BASIC loader to overcome this bug:

Code Select Expand

10 MEMORY &5A77
20 LOAD"atomic",&5A78
30 CALL &5A78

I'll see if I can upload a fixed version to NVG soon - although I've just noticed on CPC-POWER that there are actually two versions of the game!

hmmm, just tried that and it's not working for me.

[Nich]

hmmm, just tried that and it's not working for me.

I've uploaded a new version to NVG which is compatible with Plus machines (on emulators, anyway - I don't have a real Plus machine to test it on). Note that it's now located in the games/misc/ folder.

[CraigsBar]

I've uploaded a new version to NVG which is compatible with Plus machines (on emulators, anyway - I don't have a real Plus machine to test it on). Note that it's now located in the games/misc/ folder.

Hi Nich,


Yep that one is tested on my 6128plus and works perfectly, thanks