Hi there,

I tried my copies of #177 and #209. Oops 

Immediately I suspected the packer. So I used New Depack and unpacked all the files on that disk on my steem partition. Then I ran phantasie and everything was ok

I only tried it for #209, but it should work for #177 too. I unpacked all the files because I couldn't easily decide what files phantasie uses (remember there are other games on both disks).

So I have to ask you a couple of questions now:

a) Can you depack the files yourself or do you want assistance? (hint, new depack is your friend )
b) Do you use a real ST to play the game or steem? This is crucial, because then we have to find what files phantasie uses as I doubt that when depacked the files will fit in 1 disk. Of course if you're using a real ST and hard drive then you might just get away with copying all the files to a folder and unpacking them there

I await for your answer...

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Ok, since you will use steem you can do the following (example given for phantasie 1):

a) Create a partition in steem
b) Make a directory on that named 'phant1' for example
c) Boot in GEM, mount the .st image in drive a, then copy all of the disk contents (not the .st file) to the directory 'phant1'
d) Load new depack, press 'load', then go inside directory 'phant1', and click ok. Don't select any files! Then the file selector will appear again, so go ocnce more into 'phant1' and click ok. Again, don't select any files.  New depack will start loading and unpacking automagically all files recursively.
e) If you do this correctly then you can switch to low resolution, go to 'phant1' and double click on the executable. The game will load (note that there shouldn't be any background flashes now ) and function as it should.

If you're still baffled, just tell me and I'll prepare a couple of zips for you!

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That's good to hear . TBH it would be easy for me to make 2 zip files with the games unpacked, but:

a) I was WAY too bored at the time
b) I want to help you guys advance to 'advanced hacker and packer' status (which is the highest status on this forum!)
c) If you realise how to do stuff like that, maybe for the next game that will be problematic (I hope not ) you'll at least try some stuff out before saying "it doesn't work, fix it for me". I personally want people visiting this forum to advance their computer skills. Who knows, maybe some of you will start helping us out more actively! For that reason I'll be definitely writing some tutorials on the whole patching/fixing business.

Again, glad to hear you sorted it out

This Topic was moved here from Bug Reports [move by] CJ.

seraphin138 wrote on 07.06.09 at 23:13:23:


Well, phantasie II is already fixed and available for downloading here:

http://www.dbug-automation.co.uk/falcon/may07/phant2.zip

Now then, I don't want to write a steem tutorial here, so you'll either have to ask (or search for one), or take your time and familiarise yourself with the machine & emulator. Some quick tips: a) GEM = the st graphic user interface, b) Steem partition = press the disk button on steem and click hard drives. Use your imagination

(what I'm actually saying here is: there is no such thing as free lunch. It ain't that complicated though!)

alas! i've found a "NEW_DPAK.PRG" which i tried to launch but the following error appears:

you must run new depack in an 80 column mode

yet another mystery...

any ideas?

of course you could get rid of me and send the zipped files you mentioned earlier for the other guy
i'd really appreciate it

holy sh...! eeeeeehaaaaaaaaa!!!!

worked!!! finally i can play this long lost game again!
and finish it for the first time cuz i only got to phantasie 2!!!

many thx!

i sincerely hope other games are not that complicated to get working

cheers!

difficult difficult... that's a matter of point of view...

Ah well this n00b is a slow learner and a neophyte programmer ;

thx again for helping me out specially with the (to me) very specific terms like gem and 80 column mode...

however... I managed to find an original phantasie I and Phantasie II disk from a friend
but when i try to transfer my characters from I to II they have lvl 0 and 0/0 hit points...

i tried the solution presented somewhere else on this boards
but it doesn't work either
i tried with the phantasie II disk available through the link on said thread to no avail...

ahem... any ideas? 

well, here you have the .st file i use to play phantasie I

I transfered my whole bunch of characters but with the same results...
i did the following:

-opened the utility
-clicked on transfer from I to II
-put my disk phant1copy.st into drive a
-click ok (this is the part that i find to happen so fast)
-put your disk phant2 in drive a
-click ok (this takes a bit more time)

then i restart by double-clicking on your disk phant 2 because when i use the utility to go to the game it asks for a game disk and yours is not accepted this way

so a start a game by double-clicking on _phanrun.prg and i select continue saved game and all characters are there but with lvl 0 and 0/0 hp

question: are they supposed to revert to lvl 1 or keep their current lvl?

if they are supposed to revert, well, i can 'train' them from lvl zero to lvl 1 at no cost

other question: they seem to start with 1024 xp. Is it the way it is supposed to be?

thx

lol!

ok thx!

i think i simply will raise their lvls again from zero to ... whatever lvl they can have with 1024 xp and then work my way back through the other lvl

thx again and cu!