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0003081Gauntlet3[WHDLoad Installs Games] slavepublic2018-10-12 12:47
ReporterDenis 
Assigned ToStingRayProject InfoGauntlet 3 (Tengen/U.S.Gold)
http://www.whdload.de/games/Gauntlet3.html
 
PrioritynormalSeverityblockReproducibilityalways
StatusclosedResolutionfixed 
Summary0003081: Gauntlet III
DescriptionThe slave is really too old, and it doesn't work anymore on whdload 18.X

Steps To ReproduceJust launch the game, and the error message 'resload_Abort' called with unacceptable arguments will appear.
TagsNo tags attached.
MachineA1200
CPU68030
CPUSpeed50
ChipSetAGA
GFXCardNone
ChipMem2 MB
FastMem0 MB
WorkbenchOS 3.5
KickROM39 - Kick 3.0
KickSoft40 - Kick 3.1
WHDLoad18.0beta
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note ~0004147

JOTD (developer)

Last edited: 2014-12-27 16:10

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Actually, there's a check in the slave: if number of files of "dat" directory is not exactly "260" then slave aborts.

I have updated the slave and removed that check (attached here)

note ~0004148

Denis (reporter)

thanks, i'll test it :)

note ~0004153

JOTD (developer)

problem is: if number of files does not match, there could be buffer overflow problem & crash. I'll reinstate the check with a tolerance in case a file is createdby mistake in the dir.

note ~0004158

Denis (reporter)

This game has exactly 248 files in the DAT directory. My version was installed from my original disks.

Where are you able to find 260 ?? LOL

note ~0004175

JOTD (developer)

There are 260 files in the directory (comes from WHDLoad CD) and Harry checked against 260 files.
Can you post the list of your files?

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Denis (reporter)

Hi there :)

Ok, i'll try to do that ;)

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Denis (reporter)

Ok, after checking, it appears that once the files in double are passed, and excluded an info file of the US GOLD screen, there must be exactly 261 files inside the DAT folder.

This means that the installer is faulty from the beginning. My original disks images have exactly the same amount of files as the IPF version number 1550.

Can you fully redo the installing script ?

Thanks :)

note ~0005137

StingRay (developer)

Please refrain from posting incorrect info! 260 files is correct as one file won't be copied!

Latest version of the patch will display a proper error message in case any files are missing, this also fixes the "resload_Abort called with unacceptable arguments" problem.

note ~0005165

Denis (reporter)

indeed, so those beggars at US GOLD have sent to mastering an original with missing files ?

Ah! how clever :/
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-Issue History
Date Modified Username Field Change
2014-10-12 17:34 Denis New Issue
2014-12-27 15:55 JOTD Note Added: 0004147
2014-12-27 16:09 JOTD File Added: gauntlet3.slave
2014-12-27 16:10 JOTD Note Edited: 0004147 View Revisions
2014-12-27 16:11 Denis Note Added: 0004148
2014-12-27 20:48 JOTD Note Added: 0004153
2014-12-27 23:29 JOTD Assigned To => JOTD
2014-12-27 23:29 JOTD Status new => assigned
2014-12-31 16:06 Denis Note Added: 0004158
2015-01-02 17:18 Wepl Project Odyssey => Gauntlet3
2015-01-03 22:18 JOTD Note Added: 0004175
2015-01-03 23:32 Denis Note Added: 0004178
2015-01-04 10:55 Denis Note Added: 0004179
2016-07-31 18:28 StingRay Note Added: 0005137
2016-07-31 18:28 StingRay Status assigned => resolved
2016-07-31 18:28 StingRay Resolution open => fixed
2016-07-31 18:28 StingRay Assigned To JOTD => StingRay
2016-08-06 20:02 Denis Note Added: 0005165
2018-10-12 12:47 StingRay Status resolved => closed
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