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| 0002821 | Elf_Ocean | [All Projects] General | public | 2013-08-28 22:48 | 2013-12-19 00:13 | ||||||||
| Reporter | MethodGit | ||||||||||||
| Assigned To | Psygore | Project Info | Elf (Ocean) http://www.whdload.de/games/Elf_Ocean.html | ||||||||||
| Priority | normal | Severity | minor | Reproducibility | always | ||||||||
| Status | closed | Resolution | fixed | ||||||||||
| Summary | 0002821: Two major things about this one. :) 1) The slave does not crack the game 100%. | ||||||||||||
| Description | GameVersion: English/Europe, PAL, 2 disks. USA, NTSC(?), 2 disks. SlaveVersion: 1.0 from 06.04.2003 Two major things about this one. :) 1) The slave does not crack the game 100%. Only the first copylock during bootup has been altered to pass automatically. But during gameplay there are two specific events where a copylock will suddenly activate, namely: a) when you give the idol to the indian chief at the end of Level 4. b) when you use the stick on the power cyclist during Level 7. In both instances, the game will continue if the copylock fails, but the intended result of achieving the above two things will not be fulfilled (L4: boss door at the other end of the same screen not unlocking / L7: force field surrounding the exit switch elsewhere not being disabled.) Not that WHDLoad even allows that of course due to its severe allergy to illegal opcodes. ;D Physically, there are a total of six copylocks on Disk 2 alone, though only two of them are accessed during a game session, and which two they are depends solely on which language you selected at startup. Each copylock is positioned pretty close to a bunch of game text on the disk so it's not too difficult to determine which language they apply to. ;) If you want to get to these levels - and playtest through them - much quicker, I can provide an extensive list of ADF offsets to hack that should allow things like choosing your starting level, enable flying on every level etc. Just let me know how best to send such a list if you're interested. 2) I obtained the extraordinarily rare USA version of the game sometime last year. The only difference I can see with this one to date is that all the fancy copylock trickery has been replaced with a much simpler manual/document protection at startup that involves consulting that table of shop ingredients which was originally bundled in the box. It's also the only form of protection in this version, period - the abovementioned two events literally pass by without any incident to speak of. Anyhow, I can happily provide images of this version to you for potential support, plus, again, I can provide a list of ADF offsets for this version also (the offsets naturally differ to the EU version) if there's interest. Oh yeah, and... 3) That walkthrough included in the install skips Level 6. :P There should be a more up-to-date version available on GameFAQs. Glad to help! | ||||||||||||
| Tags | No tags attached. | ||||||||||||
| Machine | UAE | ||||||||||||
| CPU | 68000 | ||||||||||||
| CPUSpeed | 7 | ||||||||||||
| ChipSet | OCS | ||||||||||||
| GFXCard | None | ||||||||||||
| ChipMem | 1 MB | ||||||||||||
| FastMem | 0 MB | ||||||||||||
| Workbench | OS 3.1 | ||||||||||||
| KickROM | 40 - Kick 3.1 | ||||||||||||
| KickSoft | None | ||||||||||||
| WHDLoad | 17.1 | ||||||||||||
| imported | yes | ||||||||||||
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Psygore (developer) 2013-08-30 20:36 |
Thanks for your report. 1) yep, I've adapted the slave from The Company crack and forgot to patch the copylock on disk 2. Thanks for the info, I'll fix them. The slave has already a trainer and starting level option, I'll add some CD32 buttons for interactive panel, flying on/off,... 2) pls send me the disks, I'll try to support them. 3) player guide is updated now :) |
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MethodGit (reporter) 2013-08-30 22:42 |
How would you like me to send you the images? By email? By file-sharing site? Or something else? :) |
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Psygore (developer) 2013-08-31 10:10 |
You can send them by email. Thx. |
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MethodGit (reporter) 2013-09-02 01:06 |
Hopefully you got the goods alright. Sent them to the address specified in the install's readme. |
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Psygore (developer) 2013-09-14 18:24 |
Install updated. |
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MethodGit (reporter) 2013-09-15 02:09 |
Thanks for the new install, amigo! Just two things (all tested under WinUAE): 1) It seems there is no actual way to use the "enable/disable flying" cheat unless I resort to the CD³² controls. While these controls are awesome and controller-friendly, there may be some (real-Amiga-owning) people with no controllers and only keyboards to rely on ;). Unless you did apply the cheat to a key and it's just undocumented? 2) While playtesting Level 4 (on my way to confirm that the new copylock-defeating cracks work), I noticed an odd bug of sorts. For the sake of speeding up progress I enabled both flying and permanent shield (with the controller buttons), and at one point collected a freeze potion by accident. After the countdown finished and I could move again, I noticed that Cornelius was appearing to be hurt by the enemies once again, even though my shield was up (had the trainer enabled though so I can't confirm energy loss as well, but I reckon that would apply also). Switched the shield off and Cornelius acted invincible again. Shield on, and he can be hurt. So it seems a freeze potion can screw the shield up a bit and reverse its effects. Will have to do a quick disk crack/hack myself and see if it's indeed an issue with the game and not just how you implemented the shield switch in the slave. |
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Psygore (developer) 2013-09-15 15:13 |
Thanks for testing :) 1)yep I forgot to assign a key. Press Y to switch the flying machine. 2)it's fixed. Pls try the attached slave 1.2. If you take a freeze potion, you can move now, but the countdown is still displayed. |
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| Date Modified | Username | Field | Change |
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| 2013-08-29 22:21 | administrator | New Issue | |
| 2013-08-29 22:21 | administrator | Status | new => assigned |
| 2013-08-29 22:21 | administrator | Assigned To | => Psygore |
| 2013-08-30 20:36 | Psygore | Note Added: 0003429 | |
| 2013-08-30 22:42 | MethodGit | Note Added: 0003430 | |
| 2013-08-31 10:10 | Psygore | Note Added: 0003431 | |
| 2013-09-02 01:06 | MethodGit | Note Added: 0003432 | |
| 2013-09-14 18:24 | Psygore | Note Added: 0003451 | |
| 2013-09-14 18:24 | Psygore | Status | assigned => resolved |
| 2013-09-14 18:24 | Psygore | Resolution | open => fixed |
| 2013-09-15 02:09 | MethodGit | Note Added: 0003453 | |
| 2013-09-15 15:05 | Psygore | File Added: Elf12.lha | |
| 2013-09-15 15:13 | Psygore | Note Added: 0003454 | |
| 2013-12-19 00:13 | Psygore | Status | resolved => closed |
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