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Lyra 2 : incompatibilities with some WHDLoad games ?
« on: April 11, 2012, 10:22:51 AM »
Hi everyone !

I just figured out a couple of games (including the Obsession Pinball) behaved in a very strange way with the Lyra 2 PS/2 keyboard adapter, while everything else seems to work like a charm. (I use it for an arcade cabinet : pictures incoming :-)

For instance, keys do not react or take a time to react or stick. If I use the Amiga kb, everthing is all right. The fact that I just hit one key from the PS/2 keyboard puts Obession in a strange state where even the Amiga kb stops working properly. Sometimes, it comes back to normal after a few other keypresses but it even crashed once.

What is really strange is that, in most games, everything works as expected : keys do not stick and are super responsive. Fortunately, Slam Tilt and Pinball Dreams/Fantasies/Illusions work perfectly ;-)

--> my question is : is it a known fact that some whdload games do not work with the Lyra 2 (1200) and what may be the reason ?

Cheers & thanks for reading this :)
« Last Edit: April 11, 2012, 11:07:19 AM by mahen »
 

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Re: Lyra 2 : incompatibilities with some WHDLoad games ?
« Reply #1 on: April 11, 2012, 11:34:01 AM »
Could you also test if Arkanoid gives you any problems (starting game/pausing)? I'm having probs with it but it might not be related to Lyra/WHDLoad.
Give a shout if/when you have tested it.Thanks.
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Re: Lyra 2 : incompatibilities with some WHDLoad games ?
« Reply #2 on: April 11, 2012, 01:17:37 PM »
I have trouble with A1200 Lyra 2 also, but I always thought it's because I'm using it on an A500. After reading about your problems I'm not so sure anymore. When I return back to Workbench after playing some WHDLoad game, a single key press then produces multiple characters eg. if I press the c key I get about 4 of them. I need to soft reset the Amiga to get it working again. So maybe there are incompatibilities.
 

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Re: Lyra 2 : incompatibilities with some WHDLoad games ?
« Reply #3 on: April 12, 2012, 07:55:35 AM »
I have also Lyra 2 and sometimes when exiting a WHDLoad game the keyboard does strange things like you had pressed some button down and it repeats that letter until I press any key on kb. Then it stops.

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Had time to test Arkanoid yet?
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Re: Lyra 2 : incompatibilities with some WHDLoad games ?
« Reply #4 on: April 12, 2012, 06:25:37 PM »
Hi ! Well, no problem with Arkanoid nor Revenge of Doh. What shouldn't work ?

Can you try Obsession with your Lyra 2 please ?

I mailed Jens about it. He is not aware of the problem but has an idea what might be wrong. We should try to gather as much data as possible to help him fix it when he's time.

I'll try to find more titles which have issues and check when there are really Lyra 2 specific. (easy as I have both the built in keyboard and the PS/2 connected at the same time)

Meanwhile, can you guys give Obsession a shot ?

Cheers !
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Re: Lyra 2 : incompatibilities with some WHDLoad games ?
« Reply #5 on: April 13, 2012, 10:54:28 AM »
If most games work properly with the Lyra, I figured out 3 pinball games do not

- Obsession
- Pinball Prelude
- Pinball Mania

The following ones are OK :

- Dreams - Fantasies - Illusions and thanks god - Slam Tilt

Can you Lyra 2 users confirm those results ?
 

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Re: Lyra 2 : incompatibilities with some WHDLoad games ?
« Reply #6 on: April 13, 2012, 12:30:14 PM »
Quote from: mahen;688236
Hi ! Well, no problem with Arkanoid nor Revenge of Doh. What shouldn't work ?

Can you try Obsession with your Lyra 2 please ?

I mailed Jens about it. He is not aware of the problem but has an idea what might be wrong. We should try to gather as much data as possible to help him fix it when he's time.

I'll try to find more titles which have issues and check when there are really Lyra 2 specific. (easy as I have both the built in keyboard and the PS/2 connected at the same time)

Meanwhile, can you guys give Obsession a shot ?

Cheers !
Mahen
In Arkanoid when I try to start a game with F1/1 the game just reboots and thus doesn't work. I tested also with a floppy version made from an adf-file. Same thing. Revenge of Doh works flawlessly.

Sure I try Obsession and those other Pinball games and report back.
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Re: Lyra 2 : incompatibilities with some WHDLoad games ?
« Reply #7 on: April 13, 2012, 04:32:26 PM »
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Meanwhile, can you guys give Obsession a shot ?
Yes, and I can confirm everything you said in your first post. I had to press the keys several times even to get a word typed in the copy protection screen. And after selecting table to play, the keyboard usually went totally unresponsive. Only soft reset was possible.

With Amiga keyboard Obsession worked without problems.
« Last Edit: April 13, 2012, 04:37:58 PM by Antti »
 

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Re: Lyra 2 : incompatibilities with some WHDLoad games ?
« Reply #8 on: April 13, 2012, 04:40:39 PM »
Antti-pantti elefantti, can you try Arkanoid for me please? :)
I wanna know if it resets or goes wankers when you try to play the damn game...
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Re: Lyra 2 : incompatibilities with some WHDLoad games ?
« Reply #9 on: April 13, 2012, 06:20:11 PM »
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I wanna know if it resets or goes wankers when you try to play the damn game...
Played a few rounds of Arkanoid with no problems. Also Arkanoid: Revenge of Doh works ok.
 

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Re: Lyra 2 : incompatibilities with some WHDLoad games ?
« Reply #10 on: April 13, 2012, 09:50:29 PM »
@Bamiga : Yep, no problem either with Arkanoid. (oops, I mentioned it earlier but after re-reading myself it wasn't clear).

@ Antti : thanks a lot for this test ! If other Lyra others could check too, to see if it happens in 100% of cases.

When you have time, can you give Pinball Prelude a try as well ? :-)


Well, I hope a solution can be found in the future, it's strange nobody reported those issues before.
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Re: Lyra 2 : incompatibilities with some WHDLoad games ?
« Reply #11 on: April 13, 2012, 10:11:58 PM »
Quote from: mahen;688369

Well, I hope a solution can be found in the future, it's strange nobody reported those issues before.


I just got the Lyra 2 and for an external option on a desktop A1200. I have not played that many whdload games yet...

Anyway, i guess it depends on if the Lyra 2 is software flashable which i don't know.
 

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Re: Lyra 2 : incompatibilities with some WHDLoad games ?
« Reply #12 on: April 13, 2012, 11:26:13 PM »
I tried Pinball Mania and it didnt work.
 

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Re: Lyra 2 : incompatibilities with some WHDLoad games ?
« Reply #13 on: April 14, 2012, 04:11:20 PM »
Quote from: mahen;688317
If most games work properly with the Lyra, I figured out 3 pinball games do not

- Obsession
- Pinball Prelude
- Pinball Mania

The following ones are OK :

- Dreams - Fantasies - Illusions and thanks god - Slam Tilt

Can you Lyra 2 users confirm those results ?
I can confirm that 2 of those games are NOT working with Lyra/Lyra2.
Obsession: no response at all
Pinball Mania: VERY slow response or none at all
Pinball Prelude:
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Re: Lyra 2 : incompatibilities with some WHDLoad games ?
« Reply #14 on: April 14, 2012, 05:53:36 PM »
I have the old Lyra (1 ?) and recognized some days a little delay pressing the keys when I played Slamtilt. Thought it could be the problem playing it on an DLP projector but having a Cinemateq scaler between the A1200 and the projector.

I think I have to try it once without the scaler and once also on the old Philips CM 8833 to be sure Lyra is the reason for this problem.