README
THIS PACKAGE COMES WITH ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED, STATUTORY OR OTHERWISE. THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO USE, RESULTS AND
PERFORMANCE OF THE PACKAGE IS ASSUMED BY YOU AND IF THE PACKAGE SHOULD PROVE
TO BE DEFECTIVE, YOU ASSUME THE ENTIRE COST OF ALL NECESSARY SERVICING,
REPAIR OR OTHER REMEDIATION.
UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES, CAN THE AUTHOR BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE
CAUSED IN ANY USUAL, SPECIAL, OR ACCIDENTAL WAY, ALSO IF THE OWNER OR A THIRD
PARTY HAS BEEN POINTED AT SUCH POSSIBILITIES OF DAMAGE.
This install applies to "Blastar" © 1993 Core Design
This install requires WHDLoad and DIC to be in the path. Both can be found in
the WHDLoad package.
To install from a different drive than DF0: select installation mode Expert.
The installed program requires 0.5 MB ChipMem and 0.6 MB OtherMem.
It can be quit by pressing F9 (key can be changed with Tooltype "QuitKey=").
If you have problems with this installation please try and get a newer
version of this package from the WHDLoad WWW-Page. If that doesn't help try
some Tooltypes like NOCACHE, NOAUTOVEC, NOVBRMOVE, NOMMU, PAL or NTSC. If
that also fails, please inform the author via the Bug-Report-Form which
can be accessed on the WHDLoad WWW-Page.
For the full WHDLoad package, other installs and updates refer to:
http://www.whdload.de/
or aminet:dev/misc/whdload#?
and aminet:game/patch/
Some notes about this new 3.0 version of the Blastar patch:
It has been completely rewritten and fixes several problems. On fast machines,
the scrolling in the game wasn't smooth, this has been fixed now. The
fix is only required for fast machines, if you play on a slow 68000 machine,
use the option to disable the graphics fix as otherwise the game will
slow down.
There also were a few access faults, in 2 levels the ProPack decruncher
accessed memory outside the 512k boundary, I have adapted the code to
avoid this. In the weapon selection menu (shop) there was another access
fault when selecting available weapons with joytick up/down, this was
caused by a wrong branch instruction after checking if end of the menu
was reached and has been fixed too.
To be able to read the text in the mission obective screen, a delay has
been added. Originally these screens are shown while the game loads and
decrunches data which means these were only visible for a short time
when loading from HD on a fast machine. You can exit the mission objective
screens by pressing fire, this will only work after decrunching has
been finished. If you don't press fire, the screen will be shown for
5 seconds.
The option handling has been improved as well, originally the settings
for the joystick type/mode and difficulty were reset to defaults when
returning to the main menu after playing a game. In this patch, the settings
for the joystick type/mode and difficulty are properly restored when
returning to the main menu.
A lot of trainer options have been added as well, to see the available
in-game keys press "Help" during game.
Creating this update was quite a bit of work, I do hope the game works
properly now.
StingRay in May 2021.
versiom 3.0 (01.05.21) done by StingRay:
- patch completely rewritten
- access faults fixed (decrunching certain levels, weapon selection etc.)
- graphics problems on fast machines fixed (issue #3779)
- delay for "Mission Objective" screens added
- option handling improved (joystick type/mode and difficulty are not reset
once game returns to the main menu, issue #4903)
- decrunchers relocated to fast memory
- new install script
- lots of trainer options added
version 2.1 (10.12.17) done by StingRay:
- writes to FMODE disabled
- keyboard interrupt fixed
- lots of Bplcon0 color bit fixes
- blitter waits added
- problem with in-game keys feature fixed (issue #886, issue #2112)
- WHDLoad v17+ features used (config)
version 2.0 (03.12.04) done by JOTD
- fully rewrite of slave, readme & install in WHDLoad standards
- keyboard fully fixed (not a piece of cake!)
- fastmem enabled
- access fault fixed in introduction
- CUSTOM1=1 skips introduction (loads fast!!)
- CUSTOM2=1 enables in-game cheat keys (otherwise disabled)
- source code included
version 1.2 (2002) done by JOTD:
- initial WHDLoad release
- Original in-game keys activated (levelskip, weapons)
- Keyboard fixed
- WHDLoad: quitkey quits the game (only during game)
- Removes copy-protection check
- Nice icons, by Frank, and exoticons
version 1.x (1997) done by JOTD:
- initial JST release (removes copylock and that's all)
