really ?
does the included fix still work ?

I'm not sure what you mean? 😮

biomenace download from 3d realms comes with a fix.

Qbix wrote:

biomenace download from 3d realms comes with a fix.

Oh, sorry I didn't notice. I never had to use it before. I just tried it and no, it didn't help. 😢 Stilll crashes on level 1.

hmm weird. We didn't change that much to that part of the code recently.
Oh well 🙁.

Fix one thing, break another I guess.....🙁

Hi guys,

The bug was introduced in this change (you couldn't have said it better, avatar_58 😉):

12006-03-07 22:08  c2woody
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3	* src/dos/dos_memory.cpp: move int3 default handler a bit (work
4	around bug in Alien Incident)

You may want to use YKHWong's latest build which is from a date before the change. Unfortunately, his build seems to have a problem elsewhere; when climbing up on the first ladder, the lower part of the screen flashes like mad, a problem which the 'plain 2006-03-06 CVS' does not have.

Regards,
Ronald

rcblanke wrote:

You may want to use YKHWong's latest build which is from a date before the change. Unfortunately, his build seems to have a problem elsewhere; when climbing up on the first ladder, the lower part of the screen flashes like mad, a problem which the 'plain 2006-03-06 CVS' does not have.

Regards,
Ronald

Tried toggling the "SVGA Compatibility Fix" in the game's options? That used to fix any jerking back in dos days.

Didn't think about that, you're right: that game setting seems to fix the flickering!

Well as a precaution I keep many versions of dosbox, so I still have the version it works with. If D-fend gets updated, having a setting to choose a version of dosbox by directory would really be nice.

Is the "fix" you are using prior to playing Bio Menace the "biopatch"? You need to open the biopatch prior to playing Bio Menace, otherwise it will not work.

Once you have the Bio Menace folder mounted, you open "biopatch" after which it will say "Dosbox Bio Menace 1-2-3 patch active". Then you can play any of the episodes without any problems.

If you are doing that then someone else might know what's wrong.

the bug is triggered by something else then that is fixed by the biopatch.
I created an updated biopatch which works with both 0.63 and 0.65

Qbix wrote:

the bug is triggered by something else then that is fixed by the biopatch.
I created an updated biopatch which works with both 0.63 and 0.65

Any plans on recreating the release, or will this be something I'll have to get in a CVS build?

well the new biopatch itself (just like the one in the biomenace archive) can be downloaded if I attach it to the forum. I could send it to you to test it out if you want.

The release will not be recreated for that matter.(considering the game self is bugged. (the good old stacks=9,256 hides the bug. Perharps I'll post some more about one day)).

Qbix wrote:

The release will not be recreated for that matter.(considering the game self is bugged. (the good old stacks=9,256 hides the bug. Perharps I'll post some more about one day)).

Good point. How do you go about using the 'stacks' fix anyway? Without a config.sys I assumed it wasn't possible.

When setting stacks to something different than 0,0, dos provides
stack space for some interrupts, thus redirects those (like int1,int2)
to low dos memory locations, previously they pointed into the rom.
That broken list implementation of BioMenace does some checks
against those interrupt vectors (which they think is their last element
in some list...).

Qbix: Please? Pretty please? Please pretty please with sugar on top? 😁

Here you go.

Qbix wrote:

Here you go.

Excellent work my friend

/wayne