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Arcziii3 years ago

Looks like Covert Ops expansion works too :)

Just need to update menu screen and convert videos.

Download the Covert Operations disc image.
Extract sc-000.mix, sc-001.mix, and scores.mix (yes, overwrite) into the vanilla-conquer/ folder.
Extract general.mix into covertops folder.

"I've made a page for this game on the Lemon Database, which will go live in maybe a few days. :) :) "

Thanks, nice, still not online though?

lifeschool @ lemonamiga3 years ago (1 edit)

Hi, sorry for the late reply, I only just noticed your message about the expansion.
Gave it a go today. I could get into the game but not select any difficulty. Maybe there is no difficulty for the expansions?
As you say, the FMVs come up with an error, but the missions seems to load fine.
For some reason today, I noticed my PPC setup is running twice as fast as it did before. I havent changed WinUAE or the setup in any way, so I dont know how this happened. Apart from the title menus, everything else seems ok.

lifeschool @ lemonamiga3 years ago (1 edit)

Hi. I completed my tests and found it is the (V1.0) EXE from 15th May which makes the game run too quickly. I thought it was the conquer.ini, as game speed was set to 1 in the new ini, but zero in the old one, but it made no difference. So I went back to the V0.99. So will have a play with it this afternoon using 0.99. :)

The database entry on Lemon will go online soon, we are just waiting for a few more games to add them, and then we can release a batch of 20 games together. Will be a few more weeks probably, but will let you know. ;)

lifeschool @ lemonamiga3 years ago

Ok, last message for today.

V1.0 works perfectly as long as I remember to switch on the frame limiter with F4. Perhaps it is better to have this open switched on as standard, and simply press F4 to unlock the frame limiter? Sorry for all the confusion.

lifeschool @ lemonamiga3 years ago

Maybe this link works? This page is not public as yet.

https://www.lemonamiga.com/games/details.php?id=4702

Arcziii3 years ago (1 edit)

Here's CovertOps pack with updated exe with fixed menu and movies https://mega.nz/file/IpETEKyI#EKeTN9VKqDWpWJrSo7eaUaCvbrqhPHNyrfHRuGRv-PI

Choose difficulty has black border enabled back because it was invisible in expansion.

If you press F4, Framelimit in conquer.ini will switch between 30 and 0. It is probably saved. I only use 30 on WinUAE because it's too fast.

Arcziii3 years ago

Yeah it works, thanks. One thing, there is no PPC version, yet.

lifeschool @ lemonamiga3 years ago

Thats ok, the PPC tag is just for these types of games which need a fast CPU. I cant change that, its not something I can toggle, and comes with these types of games. If there is never a PPC version, dont worry.

The new version works great. Almost finished the GDI missions.
Would it be possible to get the keys short-cuts working? I can confirm X, H, G, and S work.

Not working keys:
CTRL+(1-9) Save group
1-9 - Select Group
ALT + (1-9) - Select Group and Centre on map
CTRL + left click - force attack on target
ALT + left click - force move
CTRL + F7-F9 - Save area
F7-F9 - go to saved area

Arcziii3 years ago

"Thats ok, the PPC tag is just for these types of games which need a fast CPU"

But users may think game NEEDS PPC and tell that to others...

boswell54691 year ago

Are the Hotkeys going to be fixed? We really need Grouping of Units in the SDL version of both Tiberium Dawn and Red Alert!

Not working keys:

CTRL+(1-9) Save group

1-9 - Select Group

ALT + (1-9) - Select Group and Centre on map

CTRL + left click - force attack on target

ALT + left click - force move

CTRL + F7-F9 - Save area
F7-F9 - go to saved area

lifeschool @ lemonamiga3 years ago (1 edit)

Im on the final GDI mission now on the Expansion, and found a bug. The harvester still gets stuck in the refinery if you load up a save game during play (not from the menu), and randomly stops harvesting. But also the air strike button is also broken if you save the game with a 'ready' air strike. Here are my saves. The air strike is supposed to be working on both of these. If I load up the game from before I got the air strike, it works as normal, until the next time I save and then reload later. Lastly, not sure of stealth tanks are actually invisible, as I went into a base and got blown up while invisible?

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jKy8WGTLU6OX9kUwdDfa_9wfe_leg7v3/view?usp=shari...

Arcziii3 years ago

I've moved a stealth tank next to enemy tanks and it wasn't being shoot unlike normal light tank. Maybe it's not invisible on close range.

lifeschool @ lemonamiga3 years ago

Just to say the game has now gone live on the Lemon Database. So it is now viewable by the public. I'm now on the final NOD mission of the expansion, so almost done with it now.

Arcziii3 years ago

Cool.

lifeschool @ lemonamiga3 years ago (2 edits)

Before I forget. When I load up the Covert Ops game (which is separate from the normal game install), my screen goes to black after the intro animation. The menu appears and then goes blank. I can still play the game by pressing Enter a few times, and this means the first level loads and I can then return to the menu. Its a strange bug.

Second, just wondering how I can activate 'funpark' mode. This is built in to the expansion game, and just needs to be activated.

Not sure if the final NOD expansion mission is possible without being able to force them to fire on target, with a key press, instead of moving closer to fire.

Arcziii3 years ago

You want to load just Covert Ops without main game? You may be missing menu background images. Look into SnoopDos.

Second, just wondering how I can activate 'funpark' mode. This is built in to the expansion game, and just needs to be activated.

Not sure if the final NOD expansion mission is possible without being able to force them to fire on target, with a key press, instead of moving closer to fire.

Never tried that, might need to investigate.

lifeschool @ lemonamiga3 years ago

Yes I tried Snoopdos on the game but couldn't seem to find an issue. It was working when I first installed it. The background menu image is loaded., and appears for just a traction of a second, and then the screen goes blank. Removing my saves didn't seem to make a difference. It works fine with the EXE for the normal game, but as you say, with that version of the EXE, the menu items are in the wrong place.

Yeah, discovered the Fun Park mode by accident last week when looking at some Wiki's for the game. Apparently these Jurassic Park levels are included in the normal game, but only the expansion version enabled players to access them.

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