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Title: Unable to enter the Test mode in Teknoparrot (diff versions and games)
Post by: mickael28 on October 10, 2017, 07:09:15 pm

I've got an Intel HD 530 card and I'm unable to use Test mode in the Teknoparrot software. I've tried different Teknoparrot versions, with different games, and I get different behaviours, eg:

* Tried with version 0.8, 1.0, 1.1, 1.3
* Default test key doesn't work when starting any game
* New mapped test key doesn't work when starting any game
* Ticking the Test menu, different behaviour depending on the game:
   - doesn't do anything for some games (eg, Sega Rally 3), the game just starts as normal
   - hangs some other games whilst starting up, eg, Sega Golden Gun (it just stays in the command prompt DOS window with TeknoParrot loader... )
   - enters the Test menu in some games (eg, operation ghost in 1.3) but then I can use the service key to browse, but the Test key doesn't work to select anything.

Any idea why I am getting all these problems and can someone think of anything to sort it out/workaround them?

Thanks!

Title: Re: Unable to enter the Test mode in Teknoparrot (diff versions and games)
Post by: mickael28 on October 11, 2017, 05:09:10 pm

I checked another game today and a different behaviour as well:
 - Sega Dream Rider, both buttons work (8,9 for test and service keys) but when I click on Exit through the Test button, it just exits the game rather than carrying on with the start up.

I saw quite a lot of notes in Teknoparrot itself saying that Test menus were working for all games, so not sure what's happening as it is not working with any for me

Title: Re: Unable to enter the Test mode in Teknoparrot (diff versions and games)
Post by: nugarp on October 12, 2017, 06:37:02 pm

You're able to get games to launch with Intel onboard graphics...?


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Title: Re: Unable to enter the Test mode in Teknoparrot (diff versions and games)
Post by: mickael28 on October 12, 2017, 07:59:51 pm

Some of them, yes. Others seem to crash the game with a windows error, or display a green/black screen...

I've seen working:
 * Operation Ghost
 * Sega Rally 3
 * Sega Dream Raiders
 * Let's Go Island

Not working for me:
 * Initial D6
 * Sega Golden Gun
 * Sega Sonic Racing

I've not tried the rest properly yet...

Title: Re: Unable to enter the Test mode in Teknoparrot (diff versions and games)
Post by: nugarp on October 12, 2017, 11:17:41 pm

Interesting. I hadn't been able to get any to work on my i5-4570r box. Thanks for sharing. The games, even without TP, would crash upon launch.


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