MASK - is it working yet?
Hi everybody,
I've been playing with the MASK tzx trying to get it to load... which it doesn't... and I found an old thread saying there was a new dump of it because the old one doesn't work, basically.
Is this correct? Are we still using the old tzx file on this site? 'cos if so that would explain why it doesn't load in my emulator. :)
I've been playing with the MASK tzx trying to get it to load... which it doesn't... and I found an old thread saying there was a new dump of it because the old one doesn't work, basically.
Is this correct? Are we still using the old tzx file on this site? 'cos if so that would explain why it doesn't load in my emulator. :)
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Which emulator were you using the TZX in ?
I think the MASK TZX was updated with Mikies version at the last Vault Update/WoS Sync.
However, you still need an emulator which has a polarity setting otherwise it fails.
I think the latest Spin has this, Spectaculator also has it. Not sure about other emulators ?
Cheers
Just tried Spin 1.5 (freshly downloaded from WoS) and it still doesn't work. If I invert the polarity then it does load the first part, but when it tries to load the main game it crashes still.
I can't try Spectaculator as my 30 day evaluation period is up.
Can anyone confirm that the mask.tzx on this site works? The modification date is 18/09/98 by the way. I don't want to rip up the tape loading code in my emulator if what I'm trying to load is broken...!
Thanks for the reminder of the old TZX being there. We do have a WIP version supplied by Mikie. E-mail me if you want it.
I sucessfully loaded the existing TZX with polarity in 128k mode on ZX Spin v0.504 and also Spectaculator 6.25 (Registered).
Ah, I had fast loading and Edge loading enabled on Spctaculator, don't know if you had the same (many setting to choose from)
I have to admit that the Gremlin 2 loader in Basil and Mask are really strange.
It might be an idea that we also make a CSW available cos it's a pain to work with the existing TZX if you're not farmiliar with tracks other take for granted.
Cheers
Andy
Indeed the Mask/Basil loader is very strange - that's why I need a good TZX to make sure my emulator is loading tape files correctly... Hence if you could send me a working TZX I'd be grateful!
Have fun.
Andy
problem.
But, only with EmuZWin, work Russian game "Black Raven" in FDI format.
In game demo is really fantastic!
http://zx-pk.ru/
Unfortunatly I don't speek russian but I would like to check this game out.
When I start it under Emuzwin I get a red screen with a short message in russian with something like press Enter at the end, but when I do nothing happens.
Can you tell me under which settings the game is supposed to work ? Scorpion, Pentagon or anythig else ?
I would appreciate your help.
Thanks
Yes, Russian language maybe a problem. First you need to switch Spectrum model to Pentagon (eg. 128K), and start first disk "BR1DISK1" with shortcut Alt+B, and game will started (black raven appears on screen).
Then, you press "1" if you want to see demo (best demo i ever see on Spectrum), "2" for start game and "3" for instructions (Russian only).
After you start the game, short menu appears with four options. Press "1" or "2" for new game, and "1" again for the normal difficulty, then insert second disk (BR1DISK2) and pres "A".
Thats it.
Another important things: In Effects Tab options Giga Screen and Snow Effect must be disabled for correct screen display.
Also you should try select Pentagon in Configuration/Multicolor and maybe check Fast HALT emulation ON in Configuration/Emulation.
Game is Warcraft 1/2 clone with Humans (Russians) and Kungs (wild horde most like Orcs).
Some useful keys are:
Q,A,O,P - move kursor
Caps Shift - select caracter
Space - action (left mouse button alternative)
Z - map on/off
H - game info
1,2,3,4,5 and S - shortcuts for faster command access.
I hope that will help you.
best regards,
Pegaz
http://zx-pk.ru/