Author Topic: How do I get Nightlong to start? (Read 4867 times)

jonssonj · « **on:** May 12, 2004, 11:00:10 AM »

Hello!

Now when I have everything working, I want to play nightlong. I have the 68k version of Nightlong, but it refuses to start.

There is three icons to choose from. There is version 1.2 and 1.1 and there is one version that can be run without a FPU.

If I start the one without FPU, my system crashes immediatly.

If I doubleclick the nightlong 1.1, Nothing happens.

If I doubleclick the nightlong 1.2, Nothing happens.

Is there someone else out there that have played nightlong with a voodoo and mediator? or does the game require cybergraphx and is unplayable on a mediator/voodoo setup?

/Jorgen

Bifford · « **Reply #1 on:** May 12, 2004, 11:23:08 AM »

Hi

I have had Nightlong working on my old A4k and Mediator (no long use that, it works on my peg/mos too ;-)

There are certain files and libraries that you need to have installed for NL to work.

First a suggestion - Copy the entire cd to HD if you have enough room, and then in shell "Assign Q: Games:Nightlong/CD1" (with Games:Nightlong/cd1 wherever you put cd1). This will speed operations up no end.

Once you have finished CD one, erase that, then copy CD2 to the HD. DO NOT assign Q before loading NL when your on CD2 or 3!!!! You will need CD1 in the cd drive when you initially start NL now but after you have loaded NL, then make the Q assign, then load the saved game, and then the cd can be taken out again. Did that make sense?

As to the files needed its been a while since I had that problem. use snoopdos to pin it down. IIRC its the rtg.library and maybe one or two other rtg required files. If you have Clickbooms NAPALM then the necessary files are on that CD. (no idea why they arnt ont he NL cd).

Basically install rtg and it should work.

Hope that solves the problem.

Bifford

jonssonj · « **Reply #2 on:** May 12, 2004, 03:11:20 PM »

Thanks alot. I will try it out.

/Jörgen

Thomas · « **Reply #3 on:** May 12, 2004, 03:27:42 PM »

Nightlong needs rtgmaster although it is not mentioned anywhere nor are the files on the CD.

Get rtgmaster from here: http://www.aminet.net/aminet.cgi?string=rtgmaster+user

NL works fine on Mediator + Voodoo.

If you list the contents of all CDs, there are three directories contained on all CDs. Copy these directories into an empty place of your HDD (duplicate files can safely be overwritten). Then assign Q: to it. Of course you need about 1.5GB free space.

Bye,
Thomas

jonssonj · « **Reply #4 on:** May 12, 2004, 03:33:37 PM »

Which version of the "rtg master package" is the latest?

/Jörgen

- EDIT -

You beat me... :-)

Thanks again Thomas...

Bifford · « **Reply #5 on:** May 12, 2004, 11:29:58 PM »

So does it work now?

BTW - do you have the oh so lovely dots around Joshua? I just ask cause I always did with the 4k and meditator but on my Pegasos I dont - Joshua appears beutifully non-dotty!

Biff

Amiga1200PPC · « **Reply #6 on:** May 12, 2004, 11:53:44 PM »

Cool, I played NL on the A1200PPC, but I'm not completely through.
Must install it on Pegasos now.

Thomas · « **Reply #7 on:** May 13, 2004, 09:24:06 AM »

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do you have the oh so lovely dots around Joshua?

Yes. This seems to be a P96 issue because it happens on both WinUAE and the Mediator, but not on the CVPPC with CGX. Probably the anti-aliasing is calculated incorrectly for little endian screen modes (16bit PC).

Bye,
Thomas

lempkee · « **Reply #8 on:** May 13, 2004, 11:15:50 AM »

completed the ppc version on mediator with voodoo3 iirc it was 1.3 and the game roxx , sadly the last puzzle was abit overkill... but i managed to get past it without cheating..after MANY months..

Bifford · « **Reply #9 on:** May 13, 2004, 01:52:19 PM »

I *did* have the ppc executable here somewhere but I'll be blowed if I can find it now - and clickboom have done somewhat with the portal - its just a page with "an exciting announcement is comeing soon" picture on it.

Would someone be able to throw the ppc exe back my way (clickboom recently made all updates freely available, but that page has now disappeared.

Indeed, clickboom have once again revamped their site - and miraculously it seems to have even less content than before! heheh.

Currently I am onto the third CD. (at least i am if the saved game ive just copied over is the same as the last one i played...and Im stuck inside the building (having got past the swamp) and am attemting to work out which is the corect cable to cut to turn power to the electric fence off. cant seem to work that one out yet tho....hmmm. no no! do NOT tell me! it might take me another year, but i'll work it out! ;-)

TTFN!
Bifford

jonssonj · « **Reply #10 on:** May 13, 2004, 03:04:27 PM »

Ok, so now I have installed the rtg library package V42. When I run Nightlong now I get this message:

No appopriate screen modes available! Have you installed the RTG libraries in LIBS:rtg?

What is missing now? anybody knows?

/Jorgen

Bifford · « **Reply #11 on:** May 13, 2004, 03:42:47 PM »

Nightlong is a quirky SOB. It only runs on 15bit screenmodes (and possibly 16bit)

If you create some new 16bit ones it should automatically produce the 15bit screens NL needs. I cant however remember what size those screens need to be.

The sizes in my NL requestor show as the following:

16bit 640x512
16bit 640x480
15bit 640x512
15bit 640x480

It has the same set twice - once for picasso96 and once for cybergraphics. Naturally on the peg i choose a cgfx mode.
16bit works fine on my Radeon. Not sure if the Voodoo would need a 15bit mode.

We WILL get you up and running I swear it! :-)

And then the fun starts with many hours of puzzle working outs

Bifford

Amiga1200PPC · « **Reply #12 on:** May 13, 2004, 05:19:07 PM »

I fear there are no 15Bit modes in CGX anymore, only 16Bit.
What now ?

Bifford · « **Reply #13 on:** May 13, 2004, 06:55:06 PM »

Well in my MOS cgfx prefs the 15bit modes are combined with the 16bit ones, shown as 15/16bit blahxblah

jonssonj · « **Reply #14 on:** May 14, 2004, 07:34:45 AM »

Ok.

Right now I have the following screenmodes:

320x240 8 bit
320x240 16 bit
320x240 24 bit
320x240 32 bit

640x480 8 bit
640x480 16 bit
640x480 24 bit
640x480 32 bit

800x600 8 bit
800x600 16 bit
800x600 24 bit
800x600 32 bit

1024x768 8 bit
1024x768 16 bit
1024x768 24 bit
1024x768 32 bit

I have created these screenmodes once and then these screenmodes have been stored on my emergency floppy and now when I reinstalled everything I never had to reinstall picasso96.

So you say I have to install picasso96 and recreate the screenmodes and the 15 bit variations will be created?

/Jörgen