#71608 - GPFerror - Mon Feb 13, 2006 7:08 pm
REminiscence is a rewrite of the engine used in the game Flashback from Delphine Software. This program is designed as a cross-platform replacement for the original executable and uses the SDL library. Original version by Gregory Montoir, cyx@users.sourceforge.net - http://membres.lycos.fr/cyxdown/reminiscence/
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Copy the original dos data files into the romdisk/Data directory and run the createromdisk.bat which will create the romdiskfs and append it to the end of the nds and ds.gba binaries.
Still needs support for sound in my SDL library, so no sound in this release.
Has been tested on the superdisk and m3 and should work with any flashcard that supports appended filesystems, its not compatible with the gbamp though, I still need one for testing if anyone has one to send me or wants to buy me one :)
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#71614 - Darkflame - Mon Feb 13, 2006 7:29 pm
Coool :)
GBAMP's are only ?13, btw.
#71616 - Durandle - Mon Feb 13, 2006 7:38 pm
cool - nice use of the SDL libs at last.
Offtopic - but SDL thread/sig any closer to working?
#71621 - GPFerror - Mon Feb 13, 2006 7:47 pm
no, if there is thread support added to libnds, it could be easily added to my SDL port i believe.
Also I have received some updates for 16bit mode but havent had a chance to merge them in yet.
Iv attempted to add sound but no luck yet, its not streaming support, just a call to soundplay whenever SDL wills it :( but its not initializing correctly for some reason.
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#71641 - tepples - Mon Feb 13, 2006 9:07 pm
The sequel (called "Another World", published as "Out Of This World" in some markets due to trademark conflicts) is already ported to GBA, but its official site is down as I write this.
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#71642 - Mithos - Mon Feb 13, 2006 9:23 pm
Does not seem to build anything for me.. hmm
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#71657 - GPFerror - Mon Feb 13, 2006 10:05 pm
| tepples wrote: |
| The sequel (called "Another World", published as "Out Of This World" in some markets due to trademark conflicts) is already ported to GBA, but its official site is down as I write this. |
Yeah I did a quick port of my dreamcast version and its running in ds emulators(runs on hardware but controls are not working yet), but still needs some work for this port. Plus I need to contact Eric Chahi and see if its cool if I release it, if I ever finish porting it :)
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#71660 - GPFerror - Mon Feb 13, 2006 10:29 pm
| Mithos wrote: |
| Does not seem to build anything for me.. hmm |
the source code or the bat file?
#71675 - Mithos - Mon Feb 13, 2006 11:52 pm
| GPFerror wrote: |
| Mithos wrote: | | Does not seem to build anything for me.. hmm |
the source code or the bat file? |
Oh, sorry, the .bat file doesn't seem to build anything..
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#71678 - GPFerror - Tue Feb 14, 2006 12:01 am
is there an error message? or does anything happen when running the .bat file?
run it from a dos command prompt and make sure all the files from the release are in the same directory and you have extracted the dos version of flashback into the romdisk\Data folder
If you are not on windows , you will need to download the sourcecode for genromfs or find a precompiled binary for your os and the bat file will need to be rewritten as a shell script etc. as well as the padbin binary.
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#71680 - Mithos - Tue Feb 14, 2006 12:06 am
Running Windows XP.
The line: genromfs -f romdisk.img -d romdisk -v
Don't do anything...
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#71681 - amiga - Tue Feb 14, 2006 12:09 am
The problem I've got when I try to create the room is that it keeps asking me for a msys-1.0.dll.
#71683 - Mithos - Tue Feb 14, 2006 12:14 am
Msys-1.0.dll
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#71722 - Snowy? - Tue Feb 14, 2006 2:52 am
I needed another file with the ones extracted from the dsREminiscence-0.1.8.rar file...
cygwin1.dll (click it to go to download page) this lets windows run linux commands - as far as I can tell that is... too tired lol
It also said I needed Msys-1.0.dll in the directory too, however I have since downloaded that file (had to install/uninstall another package to get it) and after a direct comparison of 2 made files & can say you don't need Msys-1.0.dll it works without it - even though it complaines.
Works fine on the M3-SD :)
Thanks again for posting it GPFerror!
Edit also seems like it works better using this version of genromfs (extract it to the same directory as the rest and rename it from 'genromfs-cygwin.exe' to 'genromfs.exe'
#71736 - GPFerror - Tue Feb 14, 2006 4:28 am
ok cool, I didnt know that there was a dependancy for that file, thank for straightening that out for everyone.
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#71742 - telephasic - Tue Feb 14, 2006 5:39 am
| tepples wrote: |
| The sequel (called "Another World", published as "Out Of This World" in some markets due to trademark conflicts) is already ported to GBA, but its official site is down as I write this. |
Another World came first. Eric Chahi did not work on Flashback with Delphine, but was consulted about the real sequel to Another World (on Sega CD) Heart of the Alien.
http://www.the-underdogs.org/game.php?id=3180
http://www.idlethumbs.net/display.php?id=44
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#71762 - Snowy? - Tue Feb 14, 2006 9:17 am
| GPFerror wrote: |
ok cool, I didnt know that there was a dependancy for that file, thank for straightening that out for everyone.
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No probs.
I wanted to get it to work so I googled and googled and googled lol
Thanks again all I have to find is the midi files now (the correct ones) there seems to be 2 versions out there... just have to dig out my Amiga originals from the dusty cupboard.
As you mentioned elsewhere the music follows should be put in the data folder and renamed as below
Data\mod.flashback-introb
Data\mod.flashback-fin
Data\mod.flashback-reunion
Data\mod.flashback-ceinturea
Data\mod.flashback-options2
Data\mod.flashback-voyage
Data\mod.flashback-holocube
Data\mod.flashback-logo
Data\mod.flashback-options1
Data\mod.flashback-teleporta
Data\mod.flashback-fin2
Data\mod.flashback-memoire
Data\mod.flashback-taxi
Data\mod.flashback-teleport2
Data\mod.flashback-ascenseur
Data\mod.flashback-desintegr
Data\mod.flashback-donneobjt
Data\mod.flashback-game_over
Data\mod.flashback-jungle
Data\mod.flashback-missionca
Data\mod.flashback-chute
#71765 - GPFerror - Tue Feb 14, 2006 9:39 am
| Snowy? wrote: |
| GPFerror wrote: | ok cool, I didnt know that there was a dependancy for that file, thank for straightening that out for everyone.
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No probs.
I wanted to get it to work so I googled and googled and googled lol
Thanks again all I have to find is the midi files now (the correct ones) there seems to be 2 versions out there... just have to dig out my Amiga originals from the dusty cupboard.
As you mentioned elsewhere the music follows should be put in the data folder and renamed as below
Data\mod.flashback-introb
Data\mod.flashback-fin
Data\mod.flashback-reunion
Data\mod.flashback-ceinturea
Data\mod.flashback-options2
Data\mod.flashback-voyage
Data\mod.flashback-holocube
Data\mod.flashback-logo
Data\mod.flashback-options1
Data\mod.flashback-teleporta
Data\mod.flashback-fin2
Data\mod.flashback-memoire
Data\mod.flashback-taxi
Data\mod.flashback-teleport2
Data\mod.flashback-ascenseur
Data\mod.flashback-desintegr
Data\mod.flashback-donneobjt
Data\mod.flashback-game_over
Data\mod.flashback-jungle
Data\mod.flashback-missionca
Data\mod.flashback-chute |
Unfortunetly my SDL port doesnt have sound working yet, so even with the files there isnt any sound in this port yet.
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#71767 - Durandle - Tue Feb 14, 2006 10:18 am
Was playing it lastnight, works real well. However, does saving work? There are save points but also level codes... I only ever played the Mac version which had normal save files (i think).
Well heres hoping that we get some thread support sometime soon... lots of stuff I've tried porting (including MPEG4 decoders) rely heavily on SDLs sig/thread functions.
Also getting SDL to use the FAT drivers is dead easy, its worth doing if you have the time. Makes all the normal ImageLoad functions work and such. Makes porting that much easier too.
#71780 - Mrshlee - Tue Feb 14, 2006 2:02 pm
| telephasic wrote: |
| tepples wrote: | | The sequel (called "Another World", published as "Out Of This World" in some markets due to trademark conflicts) is already ported to GBA, but its official site is down as I write this. |
Another World came first. Eric Chahi did not work on Flashback with Delphine, but was consulted about the real sequel to Another World (on Sega CD) Heart of the Alien.
http://www.the-underdogs.org/game.php?id=3180
http://www.idlethumbs.net/display.php?id=44
(I love these games) |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flashback:_The_Quest_for_Identity
A sequel, named Fade to Black was produced in 1995. This game has completely different gameplay and generated mixed reviews from critics that felt that it was too different from the original game. Flashback is often mistaken for a sequel to Another World.
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#71831 - GPFerror - Tue Feb 14, 2006 7:21 pm
| Durandle wrote: |
Was playing it lastnight, works real well. However, does saving work? There are save points but also level codes... I only ever played the Mac version which had normal save files (i think).
Well heres hoping that we get some thread support sometime soon... lots of stuff I've tried porting (including MPEG4 decoders) rely heavily on SDLs sig/thread functions.
Also getting SDL to use the FAT drivers is dead easy, its worth doing if you have the time. Makes all the normal ImageLoad functions work and such. Makes porting that much easier too. |
the saveing function isnt hooked up right now. And if you have already implemented FAT drivers in SDL can you send me your code so I can add it to my port?
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#71838 - Dudu.exe - Tue Feb 14, 2006 8:15 pm
Im realy impressed with Gamespeed.. great work!!!
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#71931 - Durandle - Wed Feb 15, 2006 12:27 pm
I'll have to do it again, as I was experimenting all the way - some dodgy bits ended up in it.
However, all it takes is finding and replacing calls to fopen with FAT_fopen - and so on (and of course linking to the headers). There aren't that many. I'll take a look at doing it again sometime when I have a chance, I've been feeling really tired after work recently, not sure why.
I'm hoping for some kind of thread/sig support soon as a lot of cool SDL projects need this. I'm sure it can be coded round but I'm not quite good enough to do that my self.
#71983 - GPFerror - Wed Feb 15, 2006 9:10 pm
| Durandle wrote: |
I'll have to do it again, as I was experimenting all the way - some dodgy bits ended up in it.
However, all it takes is finding and replacing calls to fopen with FAT_fopen - and so on (and of course linking to the headers). There aren't that many. I'll take a look at doing it again sometime when I have a chance, I've been feeling really tired after work recently, not sure why.
I'm hoping for some kind of thread/sig support soon as a lot of cool SDL projects need this. I'm sure it can be coded round but I'm not quite good enough to do that my self. |
Yeah I unfortunetly cant test FAT code-unless someone buys me a gbamp and cf card , Im broke :)
Some kind of thread scheduler could be set up on vblank or something like that, there have been discussions in other posts about it. Just need someway of saving the current thread context to a stack somewhere and then switch to a new thread and visa-versa, too bad I dont know how to code something like that :)
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#71996 - Durandle - Wed Feb 15, 2006 9:51 pm
heh ya know, I'd actually do that for you if I was earning a bit more :) You never know, if I get bit extra ^_^
If you ever need to test code like that for now, just send it to me and I'll do whatever.
#72667 - Chetic - Mon Feb 20, 2006 10:28 pm
Has anybody else made it to the wounded guy?
I can't find a way to talk to him so I'm stuck!
Am I alone on this?
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#72679 - Durandle - Mon Feb 20, 2006 11:10 pm
Yeah... I kinda mashed the buttons and eventually he talked to me. Try facing different directs and stuff...
#72918 - Sektor - Wed Feb 22, 2006 1:35 pm
You just hold B to talk to him and Y to go to the next message.
I added in Chishm's FAT library and got it to read the files from M3CF /flashback/data. It saves to /flashback/. You can also speed the game up slightly by pushing R (shoulder).
Should work on GBAMP/SCCF/MK2/MK3 but untested. Always backup anything important on your CF/SD but it's unlikely to corrupt anything.
Download from >-- here --<.
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#72948 - Durandle - Wed Feb 22, 2006 4:25 pm
The buttons dont always work. Its a bit odd sometimes.
#72951 - socket - Wed Feb 22, 2006 4:35 pm
Hey Sektor, the link isnt working... i noticed you had htt:// instead of http:// but still, nothing.
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#72963 - Sektor - Wed Feb 22, 2006 5:56 pm
Link should work now but it should have worked before with that minor change. I noticed you can't load a level 2 save from level 1, the PC version has the same design problem. I'll work on a fix.
If you try it, let me know what hardware you tested it on and the results.
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#72968 - socket - Wed Feb 22, 2006 6:43 pm
hmm, dns issue or something? i tried a few minutes ago and it was fine. earlier the site would not respond. great work. thanks a lot for this, great additions!
i havnt played flashback in ages!
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#73073 - QazzaQY2K - Thu Feb 23, 2006 5:20 am
wow great game! took ages to find the audio but i finaly found it ;P and then to understand it's not implemented yet ;P BAH!! :D
#73162 - socket - Thu Feb 23, 2006 6:20 pm
FYI, works great on Supercard CF.
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#73164 - Barnard - Thu Feb 23, 2006 6:36 pm
Seeing as Flashback is free can someone whip up a .gba, with the game all ready to go?
#111091 - buothz - Mon Dec 04, 2006 1:36 am
| socket wrote: |
| FYI, works great on Supercard CF. |
I have a supercard miniSD
i have FLASHBACK ORIGINAL (anche I have try also with another version donwloaded in internet)
the problem is:
- I put flashbackDS.sc.nds in miniSD root (x: for example)
- in "x:\data\flashback\data" I put the data directory ..
turn on nds, start flashbackDS.sc.nds and:
fatInit...
No compatible FAT device!
why?
thanks a lot for all people that help me
#111135 - Sektor - Mon Dec 04, 2006 10:14 am
Flashback isn't free but it should be. Delphine software no longer exists. I've thought about including the flashback files on my site but I would prefer to get permission from at least the main coder or artists. I have no idea who actually owns the rights to the game now.
I'm not sure about libfat's compatibility with SC miniSD. I know it works with SC Lite microSD. I can compile with a version of GBA_NDS_FAT. I'll try the one with picodrive since that is reported to work on MMD and many devices.
I will also write some instructions for attaching the files to the .nds file.
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#111159 - buothz - Mon Dec 04, 2006 2:22 pm
| Sektor wrote: |
I'm not sure about libfat's compatiblity with SC miniSD. I know it works with SC Lite microSD. I can compile with a version of GBA_NDS_FAT. I'll try the one with picodrive since that is reported to work on MMD and many devices.
I will also write some instructions for attaching the files to the .nds file. |
thanks a lot!
If u create a miniSD version I thank u for all my life ;)
can u written here when u create miniSD version?
thanks a lot
#111165 - Puyo - Mon Dec 04, 2006 4:43 pm
So now as I understand it should work with sound files. That`s great!
Could you tell me where to get SDL with sound support? Because as stated on GPF`s site ver. 1.2.9 doesn`t have it. So it`s kinda strange.
Thanks.
#111338 - Sektor - Tue Dec 05, 2006 6:53 pm
Sound works. GPF's SDL site had an old version of SDL but it has been updated now.
http://gtamp.com/DS/flashbackds.htm
http://www.dcemu.co.uk/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=45464
2006-12-09 v0.23
- Added a version with GBA_NDS_FAT from picodriveDS 0.1.6. Use this on MMD, EZ4 and SC miniSD. Untested.
- Support for Italian language files
- Updated libcartreset to 0.72 (fixes return to menu on SC Lite). Return to menu only works on libfat version.
- Level select. You can now scroll through level codes on the password screen. Up/down for skill, left/right for level.
As always, backup files before running. It could corrupt your file system.
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#118324 - Echtzeit - Mon Feb 12, 2007 4:15 am
Hi,
I have a question concerning the playback of the original amiga modules.
they do play, but very fast. so when the cutscene is only at the beginning, the module is already done. is that normal?
i know sound isn't working great yet, but i thought it would be just a little bit better. not sure if the problem is on my side?
got the modules from unexotica, so thats not the problem.
any info would be appreciated!
#118346 - Sektor - Mon Feb 12, 2007 12:20 pm
The music plays around normal speed (as long as you aren't in fast mode) but the cut scenes are too slow, so they will go longer than the music. I need to replace the SDL functions for faster speed and better quality audio. xFlasH's version had native video code but he didn't release source and I don't know how to contact him. His version didn't have sound but the cutscenes had almost no glitches and they played much faster.
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#118347 - Echtzeit - Mon Feb 12, 2007 1:15 pm
how can i turn off fast mode? because the mod play way too fast!
#118355 - Sektor - Mon Feb 12, 2007 3:22 pm
Fast mode is off by default (R to toggle it) but you are right, some music is too fast, the quality was so bad and cut scene so slow, that I didn't really notice. It needs a lot of work.
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#118362 - Echtzeit - Mon Feb 12, 2007 7:15 pm
hmm, maybe you should contact the author of NitroTracker. He got xm-modules playing with 16 hardware channels (minus the Cutscenes of course ;). Maybe he can help you make a reasonable player?
http://nitrotracker.tobw.net/index.php?cat_id=6
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