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There are a few sequences that demand the player to react fast in order to avoid environmental hazards (poor Bulb Boy died a lot on some of those), but the game is very generous when it comes to checkpoints and is constantly saving your progress. Generally speaking, Bulb Boy is an easy game – and most puzzles consist of simply finding and using items to overcome your enemies. I would say that the game could also benefit with the use of the touchscreen feature, which makes even more sense if you consider it was released on mobile devices too. I must note that there is some unresponsiveness here and there due to the game prioritizing animations over your actions, and as such you may find yourself having to watch little animations repeatedly before being able to do exactly what you want. Similar to other point-and-click adventures, there’s also an inventory at your disposal – accessible with the R and L shoulder buttons. To make it more clear what you can and can’t interact with, a small arrow appears when you’re near something you can use. With the left analogue stick you control Bulb Boy’s movement, and with the A button you can interact with specific objects on the scenario. ![]() Your adventure through this neon world takes place in a very standard point-and-click style. The game’s illumination also has an important role, as Bulb Boy’s house has all the sort of shadowy places as you walk near them, things are lit by the boy’s luminous head. The color palette helps a lot in that regard, because most of the time the world is entirely green – as if illuminated by one of those old neon lamps. Still, there is an uneasy feeling that is perpetuated through the entire game. Those strange little details adds up when creating a compelling horror atmosphere – though you aren’t likely to be actually scared, nor you will you feel surprised by jump scare style moments. ![]() From time to time you get to play through memories from Bulb Boy’s past, and you see curious stuff like giant frogs, instant-growing plants, or mothdog – whose ears are actually little insect wings. Not only are there a good number of different creatures (each with unique and creative visuals), but even the more banal aspects of the game’s universe seems to follow a strange and bizarre inner logic. The art style is a perfect match to the craziness of Bulb Boy’s world. The most obvious comparison would be with something from Tim Burton, as the characters are both creepy and cute at the same time. To add to this charming design choice, everything – from the characters to the world you walk through – is drawn in a stylish 2D art style. You hear the gibberish from the characters, but only get a hint of what they mean with small illustrations shown in speech bubbles. The game’s narrative (including the dialogue) is told entirely without the use of words. Undoubtedly, Bulb Boy’s presentation is its superior aspect by a mile. Alone and scared, Bulb Boy has to do what he must in order to find and rescue his beloved family. ![]() The boy, his grandpa, and his adorable mothdog are having a good time together – but then sleep time comes, and with it invades a myriad of nightmarish creatures. The surrealist adventure of Bulb Boy starts after a short sequence in which you meet the members of the titular hero’s family. ![]() Although not perfect, Bulb Boy features all of those characteristics, and performs in an overall outstanding way. Many adventure games are also well known for their charming art-style and charismatic characters – such as Day of the Tentacle or Broken Age. Lone Survivor, Home, and Cat Lady are just a few examples of how exploration and puzzle solving can blend well with a scary setting. Historically, we have seen some adventure games flirting with the survival horror genre. ![]() There you would see some areas that may catch your eye. What would be more helpful for you to compare is stock downloaded BIOS, after extract from capsule, compared to your programmer dump. And yes, often with some boards, ME is not part of the BIOS and Asus is known for that on certain models. No, it's not difficult, but you have to be familiar with editing BIOS, hex editing, know where to look, what to look for etc.Ĭap is just 2KB at beginning of file, nothing else, for security purposes. The content of dump and CAP (asus website) extracted is very similar, but as you says, some blocs is missing into the Asus BIOSĪnd more than only UUID, Serial, Region code and Mac Adress IMO. What kind of software tool do you use ? Do you have any link for tutorials maybe ?įor the CAP yes, i have extracted the BIN Before With UEFI Tool, and compare the hex code with WinMerge. Upload in progress, you will recieve the link by MP.Įxtract data of original bios and reinject it in the new one is very difficult ?īecause I want also be capable to do it by myself, in cas of Sounds like your Intel ME is messed up, were you updating ME when this happened? If no, what caused the initial failure? Yes, FD44 doesn't work with all BIOS, this is common issue. That's why I want your initial backup dump, I will transfer board details manually. (09-10-2018, 09:42 PM)Lost_N_BIOS Wrote: Please upload your BIOS dump, I will fix into new BIOS for you to use with programmer.Cap file is not used with programmer, you must extract the body (Bin/rom) as you mentioned, but possibly download BIOS is only partial BIOS. Thanks and please, excuse my poor english D So if FD44Editor don't open my dump, how to read and get the UUID, Mac adress and serial of that PC ? Problem (i think) : I have to merge the original BIOS and the new one of ASUS to preserve UUID, serial, Region and mac Adress. but shutdown after 15 s, same at the beginning Reflash with the initial dump (old BIOS) -> Boot. ![]() Trying to extract this CAP as BIN with UEFItools and flash - PC Wont boot Trying to flash a CAP file of asus website without this precious informations - PC Wont boot And AIO is equiped with a motherboard similard as a laptop. Reading my UUID, Mac and serial with FD44Editor - NO -> error message of FD44Editor : error parsing bios data motherboard S/N required but not found -> According some forum post, FD44 doesn't work with laptop's motherboard. I want to update the bios to the last relase with my SPI programmer (TL866 II plus). My Asus AIO ET2220I don't boot propely (he shutdown afeter 15 seconds) Medion Akoya E1318T BIOS Unloc.īIOS Mod for Sony VGC RA940G (ASUS P5LP. Old Phoenix 4.05 - Need guidance on modd. ![]() IS THIS WORTH THE TROUBLE? Sony VGN-SZ18. CPU does start to get warm over time which is normal hence the fan spinning afterwards.HP Pavilion zv6000/Compaq Pres. Under thermal camera all look good nothing out of ordinary. From watching the fan very closely I can sort of see a loop where it ever so slightly slows down and goes faster again, but faintly, unless I'm imagining.Īll voltages are there except Coil Marked on the attached board image which Resistance to ground reading is just above 3 Ohms which I suspect is normal. Original fault of the machine for your reference, it turns on and nothing else. I also make YouTube videos and your help will help me produce the content so others can benefit. My request is how can I in the future integrate the BIOS from file ASUS website and into my Dump or generate a BIOS file from ASUS's website.įor this purpose I've attached my trimmed down version of the BIOS file which is File 3, but it's too long. I use Raspberry Pie to the programmings using flashrom utility. So I've used a Hex Editor to trim down to match both header start and ending to the cleaned and the dump version but I wasn't able to trim it further and wouldn't fit in the BIOS as it was refused by the programmer. Request is I've tried to open the File 4 from above in UEFI Tool and attempted to hopefuly export the BIOS region however I can only see "UEFI Image" instead of "Intel Image" as you would with cleaned ME region BIOS or from a Dump. Request for BIOS for ASUS TP412UA Motherboard.įile 2 is I've cleaned the Intel ME region from my Dump.įile 4 is Downloaded BIOS from ASUS website to make it easy for you.Ģ. 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