Dragons Lair WHDLoad won't run.

[matt3k]

Recently bought Dragons Lair and installed via WHDLoad.  It installs without any issues, but when it runs  WHDLoad goes through the splash screens and reboots as normal.  Then it goes to a grey screen and doesn't continue.  Sometimes a green screen appears first and then proceeds to the grey.

I have played with nocache, ntsc, and other settings in WHDLoad, with no success.

My system is a A3000, 3.1, 68040, Cybergrapx 4.

Any ideas?

[lost_loven]

i bet its the 040 giving you the problem..

lost

[matt3k]

i bet its the 040 giving you the problem..

lost

Thanks for the idea, but I tried on a stock 030 a3000 just to be sure.

Same identical issue on a stock 3k with 3.1(3.9) and 16mb ram.

[CritAnime]

wait isn't a green screen something to do with the chip ram?

[matt3k]

wait isn't a green screen something to do with the chip ram?

Not sure that is the case here.  Tried 2 different 3000d's and both work fine with other WHDLoad games.  

The Green screen comes up prior if I play with the WHDLoad settings.  If I don't touch any of the settings it goes right to the grey screen.

[CritAnime]

Fair enough. I was spitballing with it and my thoughts were that some of the settings where causing something in the chip ram to spaz out. It might have been completely nuts but I figured it was worth a shot lol. :-)

[matt3k]

Fair enough. I was spitballing with it and my thoughts were that some of the settings where causing something in the chip ram to spaz out. It might have been completely nuts but I figured it was worth a shot lol. :-)

Thanks for the idea Crit, truly appreciated.

Have a feeling the WHDLoad file install is bad.  I found reference to this not working in my searches.  Will have to contact the author and see if there is hope.

Again thanks for the help!

[alexh]

Where did you get your Dragons Lair WHDload images from?

Try a re-install using the original disks and latest slave?

Check all the WHDload options set in the ICON. Possibly take one or two out or add one or two in according to the WHDload manual (PRELOAD, NoMMU, NoCache etc.)

[matt3k]

Where did you get your Dragons Lair WHDload images from?

Try a re-install using the original disks and latest slave?

Check all the WHDload options set in the ICON. Possibly take one or two out or add one or two in according to the WHDload manual (PRELOAD, NoMMU, NoCache etc.)

Hi Alex,

I bought the original boxed game from an old Amiga user and I used the dragons lair for the WHDLoad.de website: http://www.whdload.de/games/DragonsLair.html by CFOU!.

I tried playing with the the settings, I will try again with some more to see if it works...

[Lizard]

Since the dragon's lair install is quite old, you could check if it works with an older version from http://www.whdload.de/whdload/old-whdload/

[paul1981]

Since the dragon's lair install is quite old, you could check if it works with an older version from http://www.whdload.de/whdload/old-whdload/

I agree. WHDLoad 17.0 and 17.1 has broken compatibilty with a number of games unfortunately.

[matt3k]

I agree. WHDLoad 17.0 and 17.1 has broken compatibilty with a number of games unfortunately.

Thanks Lizard and Paul.

I tried 16.8 by copying over files over 17.1.  It doesn't give errors it just start to load and goes back to workbench (after the splash screen and a black screen, like a normal load).

Tried all the switched, novbrmove gave a green screen all other ones went back to workbench.

Should I try a older whdload?

[lost_loven]

k decided to try out today and it works on my a3000D. I loaded with WHDLOAD Game launcher by Zetro, Using Whdload 17.0 that is installed. Have classic WB advanced installed. Buster 11, Zorro 128meg ram, indivision ecs. hmmm chaned scsi chip to amd. 36 gig hd. External cd rom attached and on.  On board 2 meg chip and 4 meg fast. Other than that all i can think of.. Help any?

lost

[ChaosLord]

My system is a A3000, 3.1, 68040, Cybergrapx 4.

Generally speaking, whenever I have a compatibility problem it is usually my gfx card.  Have u tried disabling yours?

I have no gfx card in my A3000.   I have only tried a few WHDload games years ago on my A3000.  Not a single one worked.  They all crashed fairly soon, like <6 mins of gameplay.

Its just a plain old A3000.  One of the original ones with the ROMtower.

Regular games usually work.  Its a great games machine.  Its just WHDload games that never seem to work.  Oh well.

[paul1981]

Recently bought Dragons Lair and installed via WHDLoad.  It installs without any issues, but when it runs  WHDLoad goes through the splash screens and reboots as normal.  Then it goes to a grey screen and doesn't continue.  Sometimes a green screen appears first and then proceeds to the grey.

I have played with nocache, ntsc, and other settings in WHDLoad, with no success.

My system is a A3000, 3.1, 68040, Cybergrapx 4.

Any ideas?

I've just tried running this WHDLoad game on my A600 and I just get the green screen and nothing else.
My A600 spec is KS2/WB2/68000/2MB CHIP/2MB PCMCIA FAST.
There have been no updates to this slave either since 2005. There's definitely a problem with it, but then again my copy is from the KG package, so I haven't actually tried installing from the original disks.