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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Software Issues and Discussion => Topic started by: Legerdemain on June 26, 2006, 11:07:45 PM

Title: Need help locating to files to fix Mediator/P96/Voodoo3 issues!
Post by: Legerdemain on June 26, 2006, 11:07:45 PM: I've had quite some problems using applications with P96 Voodoo3 where the applications themselves tries to pick suitable screenmodes (ShowAmiga96, Earth 2140 intro animation, and so on).

However, I recently stumbled upon the Amiga-Mediator homepage where I found the solution to the problem:

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6/ The introduction videos for Earth2140 are not playing on my system. Why not?

When the game starts it issues a command to the Voodoo drivers to find out the 'BestModeID' to use for the introduction animations in the game. It appears that the version of picasso96 that most of us are using does not have this feature available. There is a solution to this problem though and that is to download the Picasso96 archive off the Matay homepage (creators of the Prometheus PCI expansion). In that archive you will need to find two files (as follows).

(I extracted the archive to RAM

Ram Diskicasso96install/libs/picasso96/emulation.library
Ram Diskicasso96install/libs/Picasso96API.library

Copy those files to the appropriate Libs: directorys on your system and then after a reboot you should have the 'BestModeID' function available for applications that require this.

However, the files are no longer to be found on the site that Amiga-Mediator points to. This I have to ask: can someone help me out locating any of the following four files?

* Picasso96_Prometheus.lha
* V3_Aug17.lha
* P96API_fix.lha
* EMU_fix.lha

The two first files both include both of the two patched libraries. The last two files each holds one of the patched libraries. Thus Picasso96_Promoetheus.lha or V3_Aug17.lha would be prefered.

Any help on this would be greatly appreciated!
Title: Re: Need help locating to files to fix Mediator/P96/Voodoo3 issues!
Post by: salteadorn on June 26, 2006, 11:31:57 PM: I have the version 2.1b of the Picaso96 (the version of the prometheus). Give me your mail address and I send you the file. I don't have the other files lha that you request.

A greeting.
Title: Re: Need help locating to files to fix Mediator/P96/Voodoo3 issues!
Post by: Legerdemain on June 27, 2006, 12:34:26 AM: Hm, yes, I think Picasso96 v2.1b was released a couple of months after those patched libraries were released, so I guess they are included in the v2.1b archive.
Title: Re: Need help locating to files to fix Mediator/P96/Voodoo3 issues!
Post by: keropi on June 27, 2006, 07:01:14 AM: need this patched files too, perhaps u can forward them to: keropi_666(AT)yahoo.com ??? getting a medZIV soon....
Title: Re: Need help locating to files to fix Mediator/P96/Voodoo3 issues!
Post by: Brunty on June 27, 2006, 09:57:43 AM: I could also do with these. Could they be hosted somewhere?

I could put them on my home server if that would help anybody else?

Brunty
Title: Re: Need help locating to files to fix Mediator/P96/Voodoo3 issues!
Post by: Boot_WB on June 27, 2006, 10:00:37 AM: Keropi, would you mind uploading these to the zone (EAB) once you get them?
I'd like to try these too.

Thanks

Rich
Title: Re: Need help locating to files to fix Mediator/P96/Voodoo3 issues!
Post by: keropi on June 27, 2006, 10:06:36 AM: yeah, when I get it, sure! I'll zone it...
Title: Re: Need help locating to files to fix Mediator/P96/Voodoo3 issues!
Post by: Brunty on June 27, 2006, 10:12:23 AM: What's the zone?

Brunty
Title: Re: Need help locating to files to fix Mediator/P96/Voodoo3 issues!
Post by: salteadorn on June 27, 2006, 10:30:58 AM: keripy, I send you the files.
Title: Re: Need help locating to files to fix Mediator/P96/Voodoo3 issues!
Post by: keropi on June 27, 2006, 10:53:39 AM: oh, thanx :-D
Title: Re: Need help locating to files to fix Mediator/P96/Voodoo3 issues!
Post by: Legerdemain on June 27, 2006, 11:03:50 AM: Uhm, oh, well, er...

WHAT ABOUT ME?

:lol:

No, seriously... when they get hosted, can you post a link (I haven't got them mailed to me yet).
Title: Re: Need help locating to files to fix Mediator/P96/Voodoo3 issues!
Post by: salteadorn on June 27, 2006, 11:10:13 AM: I need a e-mail adress ;-)
Title: Re: Need help locating to files to fix Mediator/P96/Voodoo3 issues!
Post by: AmiBoy on June 27, 2006, 11:55:58 AM: Would someone be kind enough to email me all these files too?

Please PM me for my email addy!

Thanks,
AmiBoy
Title: Re: Need help locating to files to fix Mediator/P96/Voodoo3 issues!
Post by: keropi on June 27, 2006, 11:58:20 AM: here it is for anyone to get:

Your Download-Link: http://rapidshare.de/files/24257926/Picasso96_2_1b.lha.html

also mirrorred on EAB's Zone... :-D
Title: Re: Need help locating to files to fix Mediator/P96/Voodoo3 issues!
Post by: Boot_WB on June 27, 2006, 06:02:38 PM: Thanks mate :-) !
Title: Re: Need help locating to files to fix Mediator/P96/Voodoo3 issues!
Post by: Legerdemain on June 28, 2006, 12:40:22 AM: Yes, I second that! Thank you!

:-)
Title: Re: Need help locating to files to fix Mediator/P96/Voodoo3 issues!
Post by: Legerdemain on June 28, 2006, 01:44:21 AM: Just wanted to add that every application that wants to find by itself suitable sreenmodes (like Earth 2140 intro, ShowAmiga96 and so on) now works PERFECTLY!

It is a shame that these two updated libraries, emulation.library and Picasso96API.library, can't be downloaded from ANYWHERE, hosted permanently somewhere, as of today (especially since they were freely downloadable on the Prometheus support page before). They did indeed solve many problems I've had with apps in the past!

Once again, thanks for the help!
Title: Re: Need help locating to files to fix Mediator/P96/Voodoo3 issues!
Post by: salteadorn on June 28, 2006, 09:37:04 PM: Legerdemain, since you have obtained that Earth 2140 shows the colors well? Mine looks like the rainbow... The screen opens in 16 bits colors, not in 16 bits pc in the one mediator voodoo3.

A greeting.
Title: Re: Need help locating to files to fix Mediator/P96/Voodoo3 issues!
Post by: Dandy on June 29, 2006, 07:40:11 AM: Quote

keropi wrote:
here it is for anyone to get:

Your Download-Link: http://rapidshare.de/files/24257926/Picasso96_2_1b.lha.html

also mirrorred on EAB's Zone... :-D

Hmmmmmm - could you please explain how I can download the files?

I followed the link to rapidshare, selected the download type "Free" and then was told that I reached the limit for free downloads - without actually having downloaded anything!
:-o
Well - there still is the option to become a premium member for at least about 10 Euros per month to be able to download the files - but if I pay money for downloading, I would want the authors of the downloaded files to get the money and not some weired hosting company!
:evil:

B.T.W.:
Can you please provide a link to "EAB's Zone"?
Title: Re: Need help locating to files to fix Mediator/P96/Voodoo3 issues!
Post by: keropi on June 29, 2006, 10:27:41 AM: give rapidshare another go...
_or_ join the EAB forum at http://eab.abime.net/index.php and u can access the zone...
Title: Re: Need help locating to files to fix Mediator/P96/Voodoo3 issues!
Post by: doctorq on June 29, 2006, 10:40:26 AM: @Dandy

Just get it from here (http://amiga.serveftp.net/downloads.html) instead. It has been there for a long time now IIRC.
Title: Re: Need help locating to files to fix Mediator/P96/Voodoo3 issues!
Post by: Dandy on June 29, 2006, 11:07:52 AM: Quote

keropi wrote:
give rapidshare another go...
_or_ join the EAB forum at http://eab.abime.net/index.php and u can access the zone...

Hum - interesting - now it worked!