FutureOS corner

[Devilmarkus]

Nice pic...
Is the name in the filename your female fan?
*wow* at least one

[TFM]

Well, I don't know her in person, but a fan. Yes, obviously

[Gryzor]

Can you also share a ROM version of the manager for MegaFlash?


Strange thing, I went to take a look with WinApe and this happened:


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[TFM]

The ROManager 1.8 is at the moment only for FutureOS. I await some comments / critics about the hotkeys.


One problem is for example that I can't use the letter "g" or "G" because it is Fire 1 on Joysick 2.


After people comment (or not) I will transfer the updated parts to the ROManager for the native CPC OS and subsequently also make a new ROM. The latter one is a bit time consuming due to the compression I need to do. Therefore I want to eliminate bugs before I do all that.


Will keep you updated. 

[Nilquader]

Space Chicken for FutureOS

http://futureos.cpc-live.com/files/Space_Chicken.zip

The title screen looks great, but when i try to start the game,  i see just garbage on the screen. Did someone already manage to start this game?

[TFM]

Probably you have a bad disc. Use a Maxell or Panasonic 3" disc (and check with BD04 before).


You also can run the game using an emulator.

[Nilquader]

Starting the game on the emulator does the same. Starting "--RUN-ME" has no effect, "-CYBER-" displays the title screen followed by garbage. I've attached a screen shot for you.

[TFM]

Starting the game on the emulator does the same. Starting "--RUN-ME" has no effect, "-CYBER-" displays the title screen followed by garbage. I've attached a screen shot for you.

Of course you have to start "--RUN-ME" and no other file, that's self explaining. I can't reproduce any error. Everything runs fine here. I even downloaded it four times to check.


You know that this game is for FutureOS right?


You need 128 KB of RAM.

[Nilquader]

I've tried the german version of the game on a CPC 6128, HxC Floppy Emulator and F-OS .7. When I start "--RUN-ME" the screen goes black for a fraction of a second, and then I'm back in the menu.

[TFM]

Hmmmm..... maybe your FutureOS is outdated. Please download and install the new system .8 from FutureOS - The revolutionary UltraOS for the CPC6128 and CPCPlus.    Then installer works also with MegaFlash NG. 






And now Horray!!! Just got visitor #40000 on the FutureOS homepage! 

[TFM]

@Nilquader : Did you get it running?

[Nilquader]

Yes - FOS .8 was the one I needed. I haven't tried it before, because it was stated as "Preview". Scored 2670 on my first try - not bad....

[TFM]

Great score!!! Glad to hear that you got it running. 

Well, yes, system .8 is called "preview" because I want to integrate some functionality before I move on to system .9 which I like to consider as final release. But of course this will take some time. Therefore it's called FutureOS 


EDIT: To explain the problem.... system .8 has further expanded memory management features compared to system .7. This could have caused the trouble.

[TFM]

Hi! When using lots of ROMs and you need to squeeze out the last bytes of the system, then you can change the first byte of FutureOS ROMs B, C and D from &01 to &02. This will save you four bytes of RAM per ROM, so 12 bytes all together.


Why do I cry about 12 bytes? Well, in another thread people encountered the phenomenon that a bigger number of expansion ROMs use up too much RAM and therefore make trouble.

[TFM]

Hi!


Thanks to information from SyX I got the automatic Installer for FutureOS working for the great X-MEM. The position of the ROMs can be freely chosen :-)


Here the DSK in German, other languages as soon as done. (Ideas and critiques welcome).

[TFM]

And here the English version... (French is up next)...

[Gryzor]

Oh, nice! Automatic installers are really great

[TFM]

Thanks. I do what I can.    Sorry, for the delay... here is the French version...




(Actually it contains English texts, but the ROMs are French. If one can do a translation of the texts of the installer into French, please do and post/email).


Enjoy!

[TFM]

Please don't use the Autoinstaller for the X-MEM with SST Flash, I will provide an update soon. The Autoinstaller currently works only with the X-MEM which contains the Winbond Flash chip.


EDIT: If you have the X-MEM with SST chip you can use the Autoinstaller for the FlashGordon device :-)

[TFM]

I took a bit a time today and compiled a page for Wallpapers...


Wallpaper - CPCWiki

[TFM]

If you have a nice pic for a wallpaper you can post it here and I make a wallpaper out of it. But be aware that the result will be displayed in Mode 2 and a square format 

[TFM]

Hi guys,


You may have seen Space Chicken (April 2014):
http://futureos.cpc-live.com/files/Space_Chicken.zip


Well, I did all that on an emulator, and on them it works well. Now I saw that if I switch the songs on during the game and return back to the main menu the sound is screwed up.


It this a problem of my 60 Hz USA CTM644 or a problem of the game.


Can you please start the game, then switch the sound on (press 4 for options menu, then 2 for sound adjustment). And finally please tell me if the sound is crazy after you played a game. It's enough to start a game and end it with ESC and then hear what it sounds like.

Please help!



EDIT: Forget it. JavaCPC can simulate the problem. All other Emus do it fine, but reality and JavaCPC are different. So I can trace the bug using JavaCPC.

[TFM]

Any wishes? Let me know right here and now (or very soon). 

[Gryzor]

I took a bit a time today and compiled a page for Wallpapers...


Wallpaper - CPCWiki

NSFW warning


Nice collection, but they're not really wallpapers if they include cursors and icons?

[TFM]

NSFW warning


Nice collection, but they're not really wallpapers if they include cursors and icons?

No, they don't include them, I just made a screen dump after loading them. So one can see how they look like when get used in the Desktop. I still search for a nice combination of colors. But 2 are not that much.