HOWTO: Pro Pinball: Timeshock! in Dosbox on Rpi3
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@DRB can you post the contents of the game.cfg?
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I hope this is what you are asking for.
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@DRB i downloaded this from another source and the music, the audio and the sounds work. (I dont have gog) I had to open up the .cue file and rename it from caps to caps and lowercase to match the .bin file name. Inside the game did you turn up all the sounds and audio volumes to 10?
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Yes, I adjusted and tweaked all the sounds and settings to no avail. I'll try to find another source for download. Where did you find yours?
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@DRB i cant discuss where i found it. You will just have to look around.
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@DRB also the one i go was just bin and cue files. You have to open the cue file and correct the name to match the bin file. You have to run the installation off of the disk. When you run install you need to make it install to the pptime directory. In the sh i changed the .sh to point to Timeshock!.exe. If you name the cue, the bin and the inside of the cue file to pptime, you wont have to edit your .sh file
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Hi DRB, just wanted to let you know I never got the mechanical sounds to work. I guess the GOG version is not the right one for Retropie. Also it stutters a little bit, even on my pc. So I dropped the project altogether.
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@BobHarris the ripped original version of timeshock! works great for me. The web however requires an actual cd. You cant use a virtual disc.
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@edmaul69 I can't find the version you are using. But I did find a physical copy on ebay, which should include the dos version so I bought that one (it was only 10 euros and included some booklets about the table). I hope I will get that one working. :-)
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@BobHarris man i hate shareware. It has made buying dos games a big pain for me. Do you know how i can tell the difference on this game, including on the cd?
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@edmaul69
I just try to look for an original boxed copy. I bought the game similar to this one : http://www.ebay.nl/itm/VTG-game-Pro-Pinball-Timeshock-Empire-interactive-1997-PC-CD-ROM-original-Box-/152476023038?hash=item23804778fe:g:OYsAAOSwxKtYBTJNOn the back of the box I read it includes both the Windows and the Dos version.
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So I received Timeshock in the mail today. Edmaul69 is right: This version does work.
I used D-Fend reloaded to install the game first on my pc. (The only setting I had to change was the sound card: sound blaster pro.) Then I copied the installed contents to the empty folder pptime on my Retropie card. And I used Imgburn to create a bin and cue file from the game disc and added those two files to the folder. The last file I needed was the sh file.
Music works and sound effects work. But the jerky ball movement stays. I read the jerkyness is inherent to the DOS version, so I guess there is nothing to be done about that. (Changing the ingame graphics settings did not do anything.)
Update1: I also patched the game to version 1.07, which did iron out a few quirks..but the ball movement is still choppy.
Update2: I also tried many different configurations in the Dosbox conf file, but got no improvements. -
Hello,
I bought the GOG version and I'm very frustrated because only music is working... No FX...I tried another version found on the web but same problem..
Can you give me an indication to find a good version ?
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@djeremaille I looked online, but couldn't find it. So I resorted to ebay.
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@bobharris
It's ok I found it !
cue + bin. Installed it on my laptop, copied the files to the pi. Modified names of cue and bin to pptime. Edited script and cue file.
It's working good except when I use my gamepad, the game become unplayable after a minute. I mapped the joypad with ctrl+f1... With the keyboard, it's ok ! -
@djeremaille Good to hear! No Pi should be without the best pinball game ever. :-)
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@djeremaille just an fyi they do not have to be named pptime. You can name them whatever you want.
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@edmaul69
Yes, I know that. Thank you ! -
If anyone is experiencing the issue where music works but they don't get sound here's the fix. Check your ~/.dosbox/dosbox-SVN.conf file and make sure your soundcard IRQ reads irq=5. If it's set to irq=7 you won't get sound other than music.
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the web is working too! if somebody know how to big race usa or fantastic journey, i'm interested.
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