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    [Amiga] Amiberry + WHDLoad = Holy Grail - Amiberry's official thread

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      dudleydes @DarishZone
      last edited by dudleydes

      @darishzone It may be worth checking which kickstart roms you have on your system and making sure that symlinks are being created accordingly.

      Could you run the following commands?

      Contents in BIOS Folder

      cd RetroPie/BIOS
      ls | grep -i kick
      

      This is my output:

      pi@retropie:~/RetroPie/BIOS $ ls | grep -i kick
      Kickstart v1.3 rev 34.5 (1987)(Commodore)(A500-A1000-A2000-CDTV).rom
      Kickstart v3.1 rev 40.68 (1993)(Commodore)(A1200).rom
      

      Symlinks in Amiberry WHDBoot configs

      cd /opt/retropie/configs/amiga/amiberry/whdboot/save-data/Kickstarts
      ls -lah
      

      This is my output:

      pi@retropie:/opt/retropie/configs/amiga/amiberry/whdboot/save-data/Kickstarts $ ls -lah
      total 24K
      drwxr-xr-x 2 pi pi 4.0K Jun  1 07:34 .
      drwxr-xr-x 6 pi pi 4.0K Apr 19 15:07 ..
      -rw-r--r-- 1 pi pi    1 Apr 19 15:07 foo.txt
      lrwxrwxrwx 1 pi pi  112 Jun  1 07:34 kick34005.A500 -> /opt/retropie/emulators/amiberry/kickstarts/Kickstart v1.3 rev 34.5 (1987)(Commodore)(A500-A1000-A2000-CDTV).rom
      lrwxrwxrwx 1 pi pi   97 Apr 19 15:08 kick40068.A1200 -> /opt/retropie/emulators/amiberry/kickstarts/Kickstart v3.1 rev 40.68 (1993)(Commodore)(A1200).rom
      
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        DarishZone Banned
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        I'm confused now, however i got this
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          dudleydes @DarishZone
          last edited by

          @darishzone In the Kickstarts folder, is the entry for kick34005.A500 in red? If so, this means that the symlink is broken.

          I can't see all of the kickstart roms in the BIOS folder. You only need the two kickstart roms in my previous post so could you remove all kickstarts from the BIOS folder except these two and confirm that there are present by running the ls | grep -i kick command in the BIOS folder?

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            DarishZone Banned
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              dudleydes @DarishZone
              last edited by

              @darishzone I renamed my 1.3 Kickstart rom to Kickstart 1.3.rom to match yours and it broke the symlink.

              We may be able to fix this by renaming the kickstarts but before we do, we should check that they are valid. Drag your kickstart file into an online CRC32 checker such as this one and check that the values given match those given on this page.

              If they do, then try changing the file names as given on the Amiberry Wiki page linked above.

              If they don't, then you will need to find valid 1.3 and 3.1 kickstart roms, appropriately named.

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                DarishZone Banned
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                Ok, i've done it, it reports following codes

                Kickstart 1.3: f6290043
                Kickstart 3.1: fc24ae0d

                I don't know what i'm doing, lol, but i suspect those files are corrupted?

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                  dudleydes @DarishZone
                  last edited by

                  @darishzone OK, your kickstart roms are not valid and will not work with Amiberry.

                  Your 3.1 kickstart rom may be fine as the symlink is there and you say some games work. Does Cannon Fodder work?

                  You will need to find 1.3 kickstart rom. Look for the TOSEC archive.

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                    DarishZone Banned
                    last edited by DarishZone

                    It seems every game that dsnt use kickstart 1.3 works, otherwise i get black screen.

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                    • HoraceAndSpiderH
                      HoraceAndSpider
                      last edited by

                      My suggestion:

                      Delete all symlink files
                      Add all kickstarts to bios/ folder
                      Load Amiberry straight to the menu with Amiberry.sh
                      Select the paths panel
                      Reset the kickstarts path to the bios/ folder
                      Press “scan paths”
                      Enter emulation.
                      Go back to the menu
                      Quit Amiberry

                      Relaunch a game with WHDLoad (.lha file)
                      Symlinks should be fixed

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                        DarishZone Banned
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                        Tested Cannon Fodder, it works.

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                        • HoraceAndSpiderH
                          HoraceAndSpider
                          last edited by

                          Symlinking for th WHDLoad booter doesn’t care what file names you have.

                          It hadn’t occurred to me to add a check for “broken” symlinks, but I will look into that

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                            DarishZone Banned
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                            How can i delete symlinks?

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                              DarishZone Banned
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                              What you mean about Bios/folder? I have an Amiga folder on Bios, roms are there, is that right?

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                              • HoraceAndSpiderH
                                HoraceAndSpider @DarishZone
                                last edited by

                                @darishzone

                                Command line

                                cd /opt/retropie/configs/amiga/amiberry/whdboot/save-data/Kickstarts/
                                rm *.rom

                                Should do it tbh.

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                                • HoraceAndSpiderH
                                  HoraceAndSpider
                                  last edited by

                                  You can either put the kickstarts in /home/pi/RetroPie/BIOS

                                  OR

                                  /home/pi/RetroPie/BIOS/Amiga

                                  But whichever you use, you will need to select the same folder in the Amiberry menu (paths panel) and press “scan”

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                                    DarishZone Banned
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                                    ALL WORKING NOW
                                    Thank you so much both of you guys for your help :)

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                                      Marcoqwerty
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                                      Its the right way open for every game the GUI and under INPUT TAB set MOUSE and KEY AS JOY, to map the controls in game?
                                      I cant see any SAVE AS DEFAULT button.

                                      Thank yoy again!

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                                        dudleydes @Marcoqwerty
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                                        @marcoqwerty After setting your controls in the Input tab, if you navigate to the Configurations tab, check that the Name field matches the filename of your game and then click on Save. This will create a .uae config file for your game in the folder /opt/retropie/configs/amiga/amiberry/conf.

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                                          Marcoqwerty @dudleydes
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                                          @dudleydes Yes but for the default configuration? there is a special naming convention of the .uae file?

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                                            Marcoqwerty
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                                            Sorry for the topic...but there is a way to load a DEFAULT configuration (.uae file) after have been crete it in amiberry GUI?

                                            Only to avoid to create tons of .uae files for each games.

                                            I need only the config file pick the controller settings.

                                            I tried to put "default.uae" (in the .lha folder) but didnt works.

                                            My default config file (i trow away all the unneeded lines)

                                            config_description=WHDLoad AutoBoot Configuration
                                            config_hardware=true
                                            config_host=true
                                            config_version=3.6.0
                                            amiberry.rom_path=/opt/retropie/emulators/amiberry/kickstarts/
                                            amiberry.floppy_path=/opt/retropie/emulators/amiberry/disks/
                                            amiberry.hardfile_path=/opt/retropie/emulators/amiberry/
                                            amiberry.cd_path=/opt/retropie/emulators/amiberry/cd32/
                                            ;
                                            ; *** Controller/Input Configuration
                                            ;
                                            joyport0=mouse
                                            joyport0_autofire=none
                                            joyport0_friendlyname=Mouse
                                            joyport0_name=MOUSE0
                                            ;
                                            joyport1=joy0
                                            joyport1_autofire=none
                                            joyport1_friendlyname=RetroArch Keyboard as Joystick [Input #1]
                                            joyport1_name=JOY0
                                            ;
                                            ;
                                            ;
                                            input.joymouse_speed_analog=2
                                            input.joymouse_speed_digital=10
                                            input.joymouse_deadzone=33
                                            input.joystick_deadzone=33
                                            input.analog_joystick_multiplier=15
                                            input.analog_joystick_offset=-1
                                            input.mouse_speed=100
                                            input.autofire_speed=0
                                            kbd_lang=us
                                            ;
                                            ; *** Host-Specific
                                            ;
                                            amiberry.vertical_offset=0
                                            amiberry.hide_idle_led=0
                                            amiberry.gfx_correct_aspect=1
                                            amiberry.kbd_led_num=-1
                                            amiberry.kbd_led_scr=-1
                                            amiberry.scaling_method=-1
                                            amiberry.open_gui=w
                                            amiberry.quit_amiberry=1
                                            amiberry.use_analogue_remap=false
                                            amiberry.use_retroarch_quit=true
                                            amiberry.use_retroarch_menu=true
                                            amiberry.use_retroarch_reset=false

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