Candy Château fix release

Here's another fairly hefty release, with quite a few new features, and a slight overhaul to the interface! Arguably could be named v4.0 instead, but I really want to be able to say "I run TPLS 3.1 on Windows 3.1"! 😉

New features:

• Finally fix the "Continue" music on the game-over screen
• Make the "Yeah!" fanfare play correctly in Candy Château, just like in other worlds
• Fix visual bugs in Candy Château which make the PC version unnecessarily inferior to the PS1/Saturn versions
  • Bad Rayman's fist (which can optionally be made to kill Rayman instead of passing through him)
  • The Curse Stars when the controls are reversed
• Add command-line switches to toggle the various features

The rayman-tpls-tsr.zip file contains the full CD image, whereas the tplstsr4.exe.zip file just contains the new EXE, which can be used with the same AMBIENTS.DAT and CD image as v3.0.x.

I have also included AMBIENTS.DAT as a separate file, so you can download it and the EXE and use them with the CD image from v2.3 (but not earlier versions as the track numbering for the intro/outtro videos is different!).

Double "yeah!" fix (again)

Same notes apply as to previous release, except this one addresses #4 :)

Unlike the now-deleted v3.0.1 release, this hopefully won't crash randomly…

Ambient "MIDI" track support release

This release adds the long-awaited support for the ambient tracks from the PS1 version of Rayman, which were included in the TPLS Dosbox patch, but not in the TSR. Given the addition of this significant new feature, I have decided to bump the major version number from 2 to 3. I am also officially deprecating the old Dosbox patch, since the TSR now supports all of its features, and more!

This release also finally adds support for the exit sign fanfare CD track, which was the subject of some inquiries. Unfortunately, it still doesn't play in Candy Château, because of differences in how the game itself handles exit signs in that world. Still, this means it will play in most of the levels in the game, which is a significant improvement from before!

As usual, the ZIP file contains a BIN/CUE pair which you can imgmount in Dosbox, or burn to a CD. The TSR can run directly from the CD/image, and it will read all the ambient tracks into memory when the game starts up. This may result in a significant delay when using an actual CD, so it might be a good idea to copy TPLSTSR4.EXE and AMBIENTS.DAT to the hard drive and run from there instead…

Enjoy!

Fixed CD image + US Intro support (thanks RibShark!)

Republishing RibShark's release here after accepting pull request.

This release adds support for the US intro when playing US versions of the game, and fixes errors with the CD image such as loudness inequality and data errors.

Version support expansion release

This release adds support for every version of Rayman that I'm currently aware of, including the Japanese and Chinese versions, and the ahem, tricky v1.00 and v1.10.

Once again, tplstsr4.zip includes the BIN/TOC/CUE images needed to burn your own CD or mount in Dosbox, and tplstsrd.zip just includes the source and executable files. Note that you'll probably want the new image though, since additional tracks have been added to support the Chinese and Japanese releases, and the English/French/German outtro tracks have been renumbered as a result.

This release adds the FIXWLDS.EXE tool, which you can run from the PCMAP folder of Rayman v1.00 or v1.10 to correct the BIOS and Video BIOS checksums in the WLD files.

Win9x support fix release

This release includes some enhancements to general robustness, and fixes two inaccuracies in the README:

• Windows 9x was not actually supported by v2.0, but v2.1 overhauls the code to fix this.
• Rayman v1.12EU was not actually supported by v2.0, but v2.1 fixes the one-line omission which caused this.

Note that this release must be assembled using JWasm 2.14 or later (whereas v2.0 could use any MASM-compatible).

You can download tplstsr4.zip to get everything you need to burn a new CD. Alternatively, if you have already burned a TPLS CD with a previous version, you can download the data-only release, tplstsrd.zip, to just get an updated EXE (and source code).

Another point about running on Win9x, you might want to add this line to the end of your C:\CONFIG.SYS if it isn't in there already:

DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\ANSI.SYS

This enables the coloured text occasionally printed by the TSR to be properly legible.

Enjoy! :)

Real-Mode Rewrite

The TSR has been rewritten as a more usual Real-Mode program, so you no longer need to use a DPMI host, or hide VCPI from Rayman. It should be much simpler and more robust this way.

Non-lossy-audio release

Second release, with the following new features:

• CD image recreated, using WAVs ripped directly from the originals, so the audio "shouldn't" be lossy anymore…
• Added support for Rayman v1.20 IT-SP-DU (thanks DavidSosa!)

Initial release

First full release, supporting Rayman versions v1.12 (US and EU), v1.20 (German) and v1.21 (US), the latter of which is included in the GOG release of Rayman Forever.
Zip file includes a BIN/CUE pair which can be used with Dosbox, or to burn a CD for use on an old PC running DOS or Windows 3.x / 9x.
Tested with Dosbox, using both "pure" DOS and a Windows 3.11 VDM. Also tested on real hardware and QEMU, with DOS 6.22 running EMM386. Based on my experience, I believe it is stable and production-ready.