Stuck on menu in Jahangir Khans Squash

[Idge]

I have the Krisalis Champions version of Jahangir Squash and am hitting a problem trying to do anything on the menu screen if I use Boot Floppy. The mouse is flickering but you cannot move it and the keyboard or joystick does nothing on the menu screen.
I am using a physical A3010 and I do have a joystick plugged in port 1.

I see there is a fix to RMKill USBJoystick to resolve this in ADFFS, but being this is on a physical machine, this module does not exist.

If I run the game from its icon the joystick works and I can move around the screen, this only happens when using Boot Floppy

Any ideas?

Thanks

[JonAbbott]

That's odd as I recently modified the game's boot script to correct it's Joystick detection. Are you using ADFFS 2.85?

Off the top of my head, I think it replaces Joystick with a bugged version of JoyMod when you run it directly. Where ADFFS uses a newer version of JoyMod for wider Joystick support, ADFFS has to patch the game to match the bugfix in the updated JoyMod Module.

Try updating obey.zip

[Idge]

Yeah I am using ADFFS 2.85 with the latest obey.zip from 20th Jan.
I just tried copying over the obey.zip again and was the same issue. You can press return to skip to the menu, and then nothing works including the joystick, whereas if I run Squash from the imaged disk without boot floppy the joystick works fine and I can play the game.

[JonAbbott]

I'll test locally and check I've not introduced a new issue

[JonAbbott]

I corrected the Intro Joystick detection, but forgot to correct the main game. Please try today's obey.zip

[Idge]

Unfortunately the same thing Jon - the joystick just does not work at all when using boot floppy

[JonAbbott]

Does the keyboard work?

And can you skip the Intro with the Joystick?

[Idge]

The first screen comes up with the Krisalis software presents etc. I can then press enter here, but cant use joystick to skip.
On the second page where you select the language or game type, the keyboard works (once I figured out it is tab for fire), just the joystick doesn't work.

Cheers

[JonAbbott]

The first screen comes up with the Krisalis software presents etc. I can then press enter here, but cant use joystick to skip.
On the second page where you select the language or game type, the keyboard works (once I figured out it is tab for fire), just the joystick doesn't work.

In that case, I suspect there's an issue with JoyMod when used on an A3010. I'll take a look at the source and try to figure out where it's failing.

EDIT: Having now compared the Champions version of JKS with the original release, I've realised it has a different Joystick Module specifically modified for the A3010.

[Idge]

Thank you!