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[oldman]

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https://cloud.mail.ru/public/385b1f12956f/WaveBall-CD.iso

Link above is 40mb approx. waveball pc game iso
Game by Megaware/ALAWAR ?

The game installs ok on winxp ,it seems to start ok ,but after a min or so when it says it's loading resources, it flashes up a small error box saying:
'illegal memory address'
I tried win95 compat. mode and same error.
A guy on nsane foruns posted the game link and i said i'd ask over here and maybe someone might understand what the problem might be.

He also posted a link for another game called 'real ball' ,which he found a fix for.
I've asked him to reup the real ball game as link is dead.
edit update:
Fixed: Real Ball - Full Version (fix by Reflexive)8.7Мб

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https://cloud.mail.ru/public/ce575b9e0d8a/RealBall.exe

source:

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http://www.nsaneforums.com/topic/238893-request-save-2-dying-cult-games/

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EDIT UPDATE:
I sent a few e-mails back and forth to Alawar games ,they sent me a diagnostic tool and i sent them the report for waveball.
They replied saying it's too old to fix and gave some links for similar free games.

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http://www.atarata.com/en/game/mega-world-smash/#
http://www.atarata.com/en/search/search/?q=smash+frenzy

Not what i was hoping for ,but at least they tried.

[basetta]

aclair says game is running "too fast" - one parallel thread decodes data while other thread processes it (too quickly! = incomplete data = crash). You need to somehow slow down the pc.


Crash is something like:
mov [eax], ecx (eax = 0)

[basetta]

@aclair update
call wbf.exe+2E6DF ==> CreateSurface. Game fails to create mipmap texture of 100x100 (TMPSPR008.PNG, TMPSPR005.PNG) (dx reported error = invalid params) which causes game to crash. That's the area devs should fix.


edit
game fix by aclair:
http://www.2shared.com/file/BQtPOODj/wbf.html

Remove mipmap texture generating (modern video cards). Now works okay.

[undef]

Hello @basetta and Thank You for the help.
I just noticed there is a little one another problem, which I think can be fixed easy. I haven't idea how, we can use many replacing methods, but the only good method is to keep app as original for it's purposes.
Here is what I get:
Under Windows 8 I think there wasn't problem with full screen mode. Under Windows 8.1 if I try run in full screen mode, error is appear: "unable to set graphic mode". In windowed mode there is no problem in both systems. Any way, it is good to keep configuration file and have ability to change settings at any time. The problem is that configuration program "wb.exe" can be run only once, no more. I know that it's work is only to change "params.ini" and we can make changes manually, but I need to do this from the app as it should be. To run "wb.exe" once again, we have to delete the following entry into registry:

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[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\No Way Games\Wave Ball]
"First"=dword:00000000

After that "wb.exe" is able to run again! Which is very strange why they do that by this way. So, is there a way to fix "wb.exe" to prevent it for writing into registry? User have to get ability for configuring at any time.

By the way, can you remove sounds running when THE BALL beat powerpoints? Because there is know issue from the beginning where the ball beating many powerpoints at once which mix sounds at once with absolutely very high amplitude and in result API stop responding THE MUSIC sound, music is stopped until you restart the game. So, these sounds from powerpoints are unnecessary. Can you? I will pay you $30 for help.

[basetta]

I'd have to ask aclair who is the hacker techie - wb.exe probably could be fixed. Power points idk - maybe they could have a max limit or something. Have to ask her - always busy doing stuff for people.

8.1 wouldn't be fixable yet. Not until aclair upgrades that far.

[undef]

Where is this @aclair? Tell her that I will pay her for all that she do.
Because it is important for me.
The only think now is waiting. I will check here on every two days during two months for help.

[basetta]

@aclair: Wave Ball - fixed config program
http://www.2shared.com/file/nBeX8xF-/wb_online.html


aclair works for free. normally at cs.rin.ru forum.

Sound problem not so sure yet. Has to find the right wav file first. And find the right exe code point - that's not easy normally. She's good but has limits.

You could also ask at Cheat Engine forums - sometimes they help. Sometimes not.

[basetta]

aclair has discovered the location that unpacks sounds.dat. TMPSS1.WAV is the sound that plays everytime ball hits an "arkanoid brick". That can get pretty loud but no fatal audio problems experienced.

Game seems to use 1 DSound buffer - sounds are mixed into that 1 stream via custom mmx software. Some source code notes suggest fmod possibly.

Not sure what can be done yet.
1) Use custom replacement sound file
2) Invent some type of hackfix

But aclair will keep thinking and fiddling around. May take awhile though.

[basetta]

Progress: sound files now load directly from external source. Easy plug-and-play replacement. Looking into "too many sounds, out of space" bug.

[undef]

Amazing! In the end I have to award your friend.

[basetta]

http://www.2shared.com/file/RXKhF-eN/wb__fix.html
legends_wave_+


Contains:
1. wb config fix
2. wbf music fix
3. wbf mipmap fix (if needed)
4. wbf sound file loading


aclair says sharing realball + waveball with everyone is enough compensation already.

Have fun!

[oldman]

Blooming hell !
I forgot about this waveball problem.
I reckon the guy i was originally asking about this for will happy some sensible people have been looking into it.
Amazing job ,well done !
Thanks aclair and basetta

I think i have every game tool/tweaker that aclair has released.
I was recently playing La.noire with one of aclair's trainer/unlocker thingys ,she obviously has other talents too.
'She' is correct isn't it? I didn't know 'He' was actually a She


P.S ..
Should i send an email to Alawar games with the proper solution
Someone's fixed what they couldn't or maybe their "specialists" are just not very good.


Basetta ,any chance you could upload to a different host as those three 2shared links won't work on my 3g.

[basetta]

For me, 2shared is """convenient""". As I have crush slow upload speeds (and a nosy network admin. who likes to randomly cut my internet. on purpose probably). More important to me, that place keeps some really old stuff for 3-5+ years now without problem.


If all else fails, I could try putting up alternates at tinyupload, sendspace or something (30 days warning). You tried JDownloader or hidemyass web proxy? You need pictures on to see the big fat download button.

[undef]

Ahhhh, I LOVE YOU ALL, people. Especially my BEST love feelings to @aclair! I am already in love in her!
Look, oldman, there is no sense to return answer to Alawar. They are not developers, they only can ask from developers. And they haven't contact and contract. We already asked from developer with direct valid email long time ago, but he didn't return any answer. I even have his facebook. He is Russian man too. He keep his game in full abandon mode, which I can't understand why is that.
About 2shared, you have to allow pop-up or be sure that your adblock plugin is disabled.
@basetta, many thanks to you man. You gave me everything what I want as I wish to be.
The only things now:
- Can I include notе for fix according to aclair? For example "Fix by aclair"?
- Will there be further work for full screen solution play? Or I have to find mipmap enabling tool in ATI video card.

[basetta]

- Can I include notе for fix according to aclair? For example "Fix by aclair"?
- Will there be further work for full screen solution play? Or I have to find mipmap enabling tool in ATI video card.

#1 = sure
#2 = no fixes for win 8.1 fullscreen - it's really not clear what the problem could be from searching the net. you could try WindowedBorderlessGaming app which may be workaround.