The Maxx Posted January 14, 2017 Share Posted January 14, 2017 Is there someone I can contact to get my cartridge repaired? ;o; Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andromeda Stardust Posted January 14, 2017 Share Posted January 14, 2017 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keatah Posted January 14, 2017 Share Posted January 14, 2017 What happened? Pics? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Maxx Posted January 14, 2017 Author Share Posted January 14, 2017 I think a power surge fried the cart. I didn't take this pic (I'm too lazy), but you'll get the idea: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex_79 Posted January 14, 2017 Share Posted January 14, 2017 Is the cart detected by the Harmony Cart Software?http://atariage.com/forums/topic/156500-latest-harmony-cart-software/page-6?do=findComment&comment=3663844If so, try reflashing the bios. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Maxx Posted January 14, 2017 Author Share Posted January 14, 2017 Thanks. I couldn't find a cable to try that last night, but I discovered one today (attached to an old wireless receiver) and re-flashing it did the trick. Now if I could only figure out why my games crash on the Harmony Cartridge, but not in Stella. :/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted January 14, 2017 Share Posted January 14, 2017 Which games do you mean? Can you post a ROM? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Maxx Posted January 15, 2017 Author Share Posted January 15, 2017 (edited) They are games I am working on. I can't figure out what I am doing wrong. I will post three ROMs here. Each are VERY early in development, but I can't see the point in continuing development if they are unplayable on real hardware. :/ I haven't stripped the skating game back to see if I can isolate the bug, but the other two are pretty bare and I still haven't a clue. skate d.bin pseudopods d.bin TEST3.bin They all work well enough in Stella. On my Harmony, the skate game crashes after a second or two. Pseudopods, i believe, crashes while you are rotating your ship. TEST3 crashes when scrolling to the next screen on your left. I don't know if it is crappy code and maybe Stella is very forgiving...? Maybe my Harmony is not completely compatible. It is an earlier model, I believe. I got it back before I dropped out of the scene for awhile. Has something changed with the newer Harmony cartridges? Edited January 15, 2017 by The Maxx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mountain King Posted January 15, 2017 Share Posted January 15, 2017 They all work well enough in Stella. On my Harmony, the skate game crashes after a second or two. I had a similar problem with Gizzle Wap and Great Blizzard. It is also DPC+ kernal. My game would crash while the Gizzle wap was searching for food. I spent the last couple of days taking the code apart and found that the game has issues with the 5th bank. I was able to fix the code by jamming everything into the 3rd bank and being more careful where and how the code jumped around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Maxx Posted January 15, 2017 Author Share Posted January 15, 2017 (edited) Interesting... I switch banks with the platformer, but not with the other two. It makes me think I should set up my Atari next to my PC and test each build on real hardware as I go. Even more strange is that I didn't have this issue at all with my first two games... it's like I get worse as I go... haha! Thanks for the feedback. I will keep playing. Edited January 15, 2017 by The Maxx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Maxx Posted January 16, 2017 Author Share Posted January 16, 2017 (edited) I got my platformer engine working on real hardware today. As it turns out, I needed to set more limits on when different events in the code were triggered. I must have tried 50 some odd things first... I'll work on the skate game next. I am pretty sure it is a similar problem. Edited January 16, 2017 by The Maxx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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