Ok so I’m hoping there’s a very clever person out there that can really help me get this solved as it’s totally outside my wheel house. I’ve got a sit down blazing angels which was all working fine. Than one day it suddenly died on me and had a windows error. Possibly hard drive failed?! So I took the pC tower out and gave it to a pc person friend who didn’t realise it was running 110v so than blew it up. So we loaded the original disc and dongle thingy mebob onto a different PC, and it all booted up and calibrated the flight stick etc but when trying to start a game it does nothing as the fire button isn’t than recognised but in test and calibration the fire button works. So I’ve set it to money and free play neither made a difference. Any suggestions as I’m currently at no idea stage. Any suggestions. Advice. Anything to help make it play again lol. It all appears to work as it loads etc but simply will not start a game. So annoying.
Problem Blazing Angels Sit Down HELP PLEASE
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Hi. Thank you @Bods for the advice.
Pretending I’ve no idea what your saying (it’s not hard to pretend this) are you suggesting I install teknoparrot on pc tower and that will make it work?
(Reading up it sounds like I download this onto window based PC which will over ride the issue?) would it automatically do it or do I need to select file and set it up? Sorry for possibly very basic questions, whenever it becomes PC based I really struggle lol
Or I could be really misunderstanding it.
Pretending I’ve no idea what your saying (it’s not hard to pretend this) are you suggesting I install teknoparrot on pc tower and that will make it work?
(Reading up it sounds like I download this onto window based PC which will over ride the issue?) would it automatically do it or do I need to select file and set it up? Sorry for possibly very basic questions, whenever it becomes PC based I really struggle lol
Or I could be really misunderstanding it.
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Yeah just download it off the website and install, Blazing Angels Here you have original anyway so no issue
Add the game to list, point it to the EXE file in settings and configure controls, fairly easy to do as I worked it out lol
Did it not just blow the PSU on the original PC?
Add the game to list, point it to the EXE file in settings and configure controls, fairly easy to do as I worked it out lol
Did it not just blow the PSU on the original PC?
Bobs is correct , I have not used Teknoparrot but only ever heard good things about it. There are lots of guides on youtube.
Also normally if you thow 240 into a 110 PSU it just blows the PSU and not the PCB (Normally anyway !). The outputs for the PCB would be the same no matter what voltage you throw in it as far as I know.
Dave.
Also normally if you thow 240 into a 110 PSU it just blows the PSU and not the PCB (Normally anyway !). The outputs for the PCB would be the same no matter what voltage you throw in it as far as I know.
Dave.
Yes it did blow the PSU but it appears to be a very unusual PSU which I couldn’t find so i used a different PC tower that I had available. As the hard drive on the original could also be the issue, the psu only was blown after the problem. A PSU replacement isn’t going to sort out my original issue.
Put some pics of the PSU up, probably a solution to replace it, ah yes you had windows error first so as said probably hdd or memory issues, could still be sorted
But Teknoparrot will get you running now plus you can play other games like After Burner Climax though I hadn't got that one working yet, depending on PC specs Star Wars Battlepod, maybe others also
But Teknoparrot will get you running now plus you can play other games like After Burner Climax though I hadn't got that one working yet, depending on PC specs Star Wars Battlepod, maybe others also
Unfortunately I think it’s quite an old PC, I’m not even sure it’s got a WiFi card in it and I’m predominantly a Mac household so getting teknoparrot on it first is my first hurdle haha.
I can play Star Wars battlepod and climax on my blazing angels using teknoparrot?? Holy moly that sounds highly interesting, so how would you select the different games to play? These run with same control set ups?
I can play Star Wars battlepod and climax on my blazing angels using teknoparrot?? Holy moly that sounds highly interesting, so how would you select the different games to play? These run with same control set ups?
Pics of original PC and PSU, attached @Mc-Q @Bods @TheDaddy
if I can download teknoparrot which will not only fix my current set up but give me opportunity to play games I love like battlepod and climax that’s definitely the way to go haha. I didn’t even know it was a possible option.
The PC I’ve replaced it with is newer than the original PC so I might have necessary specs to run battlepod. (Very exciting, I was going to buy full size one but it was too just too tall and I’ve never found a smaller sit down at the right time) no frickin idea at mo how I’ll do it but if it’s possible I’m game. Lol
I love this forum, so helpful and knowledgable. 👍🏻
if I can download teknoparrot which will not only fix my current set up but give me opportunity to play games I love like battlepod and climax that’s definitely the way to go haha. I didn’t even know it was a possible option.
The PC I’ve replaced it with is newer than the original PC so I might have necessary specs to run battlepod. (Very exciting, I was going to buy full size one but it was too just too tall and I’ve never found a smaller sit down at the right time) no frickin idea at mo how I’ll do it but if it’s possible I’m game. Lol
I love this forum, so helpful and knowledgable. 👍🏻
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That should be easy enough PC Powersupply to replace, they often have little red switch on to set input volts 120-240v but bit late for that.
Oh and don't forget https://github.com/wipeout-phantom-edition/wipeout-phantom-edition/releases/tag/v1.1.125
could put that on also
I've got the Joystick and Throttle from Blazing Angels that I can swap over in Star wars cab, Need to upgrade that PC now to play these later games, I did one for my Nephew, old HP Intel I5 3gig something 8gb ram and with a better gfx card it was running Battlepod, not sure if there is Twin Version as this was Deluxe so screen is curved, the later mario kart was running nice too
Battlepod PC Specs
So anything that good will run it and most others on Teknoparrot which was pretty much Spec of the old HP and Gfx card I fitted was GeForce GT 1030 2gb GDDR5
NO XP Drivers, Window 7 and above drivers only for that though
Oh and don't forget https://github.com/wipeout-phantom-edition/wipeout-phantom-edition/releases/tag/v1.1.125
could put that on also
I've got the Joystick and Throttle from Blazing Angels that I can swap over in Star wars cab, Need to upgrade that PC now to play these later games, I did one for my Nephew, old HP Intel I5 3gig something 8gb ram and with a better gfx card it was running Battlepod, not sure if there is Twin Version as this was Deluxe so screen is curved, the later mario kart was running nice too
Battlepod PC Specs
- CPU: Intel Core i5 -3550S (3.00 GHz)
- RAM: 8 GB DDR3 2400 MHz (Revision B) / 16 GB DDR3 2400 MHz (Revision X)
- GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 Ti (Revision B) / GTX 680 (Revision X) PCIe 3.0 x16
- Output: 1 DVI-I port, 1 DVI-D port, 1 HDMI port
- Storage: HGST 250 GB 5400 RPM (HTS545025A7E680) SATA III HDD
- Operating system: Windows Embedded Standard 7
- Sound: Integrated HD Audio
So anything that good will run it and most others on Teknoparrot which was pretty much Spec of the old HP and Gfx card I fitted was GeForce GT 1030 2gb GDDR5
NO XP Drivers, Window 7 and above drivers only for that though
if you wanted to get the original pc running you would need a full range atx power supply, they are readily available from companies like ccl
what specs are your new pc and what power ac input range does it have
the global vr cabs are import and therefore were fitted with stepdown transformers so all internal hardware is set to run on 115vac
some pc's with a 230vac supply will boot with 115vac but behave in odd ways
what specs are your new pc and what power ac input range does it have
the global vr cabs are import and therefore were fitted with stepdown transformers so all internal hardware is set to run on 115vac
some pc's with a 230vac supply will boot with 115vac but behave in odd ways
Hi
Thanks for input. That sounds quite familiar, replacement seems to work except starting a game so certainly odd behaviour as you mentioned.
Regarding repairing original PC I think I will due to than having original fixed but my new focus on getting it running is really this idea of acquiring a PC tower that’s capable enough to run teknoparrot so I can play SW POD and Climax on it with Blazing Angels. I just need to get a PC that’s powerful enough and some windows help installing before puttin back in the machine.
It doesn’t help that I’m poor at moment and best local I’ve found so far will cost me £150 I have to find first haha
