Bug in DOS-Vice 1.3
Peter Opitz
Hello All!
I think I found a bug in Vice 1.3 for MS-DOS, witch is triggered by one
of my favourite games: Rally Speedway. Everytime I start the game, Vice
exits with "Received signal 291" at the point of the game on which the
race actually starts (after the title and options screen).
Here's the complete vice.log:
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*** VICE Version 1.3 ***
Welcome to x64, the free portable Commodore C64 Emulator.
Written by
E. Perazzoli, T. Rantanen, A. Fachat, D. Sladic,
A. Boose, T. Biczo, J. Valta and J. Sonninen.
This is free software with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
See the "About VICE" command for more info.
Initializing TUI.
Initialized TUI.
Video: Allegro initialized.
Loading system file `c:\c64\vice\C64\kernal'.
C64MEM: Kernal rev #3.
Loading system file `c:\c64\vice\C64\basic'.
Loading system file `c:\c64\vice\C64\chargen'.
Loading system file `c:\c64\vice\DRIVES\dos1541'.
Loading system file `c:\c64\vice\DRIVES\d1541II'.
Loading system file `c:\c64\vice\DRIVES\dos1571'.
Loading system file `c:\c64\vice\DRIVES\dos1581'.
Loading system file `c:\c64\vice\DRIVES\dos2031'.
Loading system file `c:\c64\vice\DRIVES\dos2040'.
Loading system file `c:\c64\vice\DRIVES\dos3040'.
Loading system file `c:\c64\vice\DRIVES\dos4040'.
Loading system file `c:\c64\vice\DRIVES\dos1001'.
Drive: Finished loading ROM images.
Loading palette `c:\c64\vice\C64\default.vpl'.
Video: Using mode 320x200x256 (linear).
Attempting to initialize the mouse driver...
Mouse is available.
AUTOSTART: Autodetecting image type of
`c:\c64\disks\blast\blast035.d64'.
Disk Access: D64 disk image recognised: c:\c64\disks\blast\blast035.d64.
Drive: Unit 8: D64 disk image attached: c:\c64\disks\blast\blast035.d64
VDrive: Unit 8: D64 disk image attached:
c:\c64\disks\blast\blast035.d64.
AUTOSTART: Attached file `c:\c64\disks\blast\blast035.d64' as a disk
image to device #8.
AUTOSTART: Resetting the machine...
AUTOSTART: `c:\c64\disks\blast\blast035.d64' recognized as disk image.
Main CPU: starting at ($FFFC).
Main CPU: RESET.
SB: Fixing DMA size; requested 512.
SB: Fixing DMA size; given 512.
SOUND: Opened device `sb' speed 22050Hz fragsize 0.023s bufsize 0.116s
Drive 8: RESET.
Drive 8: RESET.
AUTOSTART: Loading program.
AUTOSTART: Switching true drive emulation off.
AUTOSTART: Turning true drive emulation on.
Drive: Unit 8: D64 disk image attached: c:\c64\disks\blast\blast035.d64
AUTOSTART: Starting program.
Prepared custom CBM character sets.
Video: Using mode 320x200x256 (linear).
Received signal 291.
Exiting...
fdc: Unit 8: D64 disk image attached: c:\c64\disks\blast\blast035.d64
Drive: Unit 8: D64 disk image detached: c:\c64\disks\blast\blast035.d64
VDrive: Unit 8: D64 disk image detached:
c:\c64\disks\blast\blast035.d64.
SOUND: Closing device `sb'
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I tried two different sources for Rally Speedway: One of my old
C64-disks and the Blast collection. I also tried two different PCs.
Needless to say: both without success (I wouldn't post a message here if
I succeeded, wouldn't I?).
WinVice 1.3 or DOS-Vice 1.2 are both running my beloved Rally Speedway
flawlessly.
Any tips? Is this in fact a bug within Vice 1.3 which can/will be fixed
in a future version?
cu
Peter
Andreas Matthies
"Peter Opitz" <Peter...@gmx.net> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:8am93a$lbp$1...@news08.btx.dtag.de...
>
> Hello All!
>
>
> I think I found a bug in Vice 1.3 for MS-DOS, witch is triggered by one
> of my favourite games: Rally Speedway. Everytime I start the game, Vice
> exits with "Received signal 291" at the point of the game on which the
> race actually starts (after the title and options screen).
>
I'm quit sure the problem is due to a bug in the context of
multicolor-sprites (just an unititialized variable) that we found just one
or two days _after_ :-( releasing VICE1.3. It is fixed in the next release.
And you are right. The game is great!!!
Bye, Andreas
Christian Link
On Wed, 15 Mar 2000 08:47:48 +0100, "Andreas Matthies"
<andreas....@landsh.de> wrote:
>I'm quit sure the problem is due to a bug in the context of
>multicolor-sprites (just an unititialized variable) that we found just one
>or two days _after_ :-( releasing VICE1.3. It is fixed in the next release.
I admit, I was too lazy too report it until now, but while you guys
are at it, could you please look at the "freezer button" handling,
too? At least under DOS, this thing seems to be ignored completely
with the Atomic Power Cartridge, and makes the emulator completely
bail out (i.e. back to DOS) with the FC1. Or is it just me?
Greets,
Chris.
Peter Opitz
Hello Andreas!
Wednesday March 15 2000 08:47, Andreas Matthies wrote to All:
> I'm quit sure the problem is due to a bug in the context of
> multicolor-sprites (just an unititialized variable) that we found
> just one or two days _after_ :-( releasing VICE1.3. It is fixed in
> the next release.
Sounds great! Not the fact that there is a bug, but that it has been
located and will probably be fixed in the next release.
> And you are right. The game is great!!!
Never got much publicity, though. Best settings IMHO are: Max speed 200,
icy roads and normal acceleration. Combining that with one of the more
complex track layouts is endless fun. :-)
cu
Peter
Antos Dragon
Now that I'm reading this, I might as well report a bug myself.
320x200 resolution (the default) doesn't work anymore. The screen is
split. Is this a known issue ? (it worked under all other versions
just fine). My card is a Rage Pro chipset.....
On Wed, 15 Mar 2000 08:47:48 +0100, "Andreas Matthies"
<andreas....@landsh.de> enlightened us by scribbling this gem of
wisdom:
>
>"Peter Opitz" <Peter...@gmx.net> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
>news:8am93a$lbp$1...@news08.btx.dtag.de...
>>
>> Hello All!
>>
>>
>> I think I found a bug in Vice 1.3 for MS-DOS, witch is triggered by one
>> of my favourite games: Rally Speedway. Everytime I start the game, Vice
>> exits with "Received signal 291" at the point of the game on which the
>> race actually starts (after the title and options screen).
>>
>
>I'm quit sure the problem is due to a bug in the context of
>multicolor-sprites (just an unititialized variable) that we found just one
>or two days _after_ :-( releasing VICE1.3. It is fixed in the next release.
>
>And you are right. The game is great!!!
>
>Bye, Andreas
>
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