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

dudleydes

@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.

DarishZone

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?

dudleydes

@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.

DarishZone

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

HoraceAndSpider

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

DarishZone

Tested Cannon Fodder, it works.

HoraceAndSpider

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

DarishZone

How can i delete symlinks?

DarishZone

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

HoraceAndSpider

@darishzone

Command line

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

Should do it tbh.

HoraceAndSpider

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”

DarishZone

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

Marcoqwerty

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!

dudleydes

@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.

Marcoqwerty

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

Marcoqwerty

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

polpettedorso

Hi,
thanks to the developers of this great emulator!
After re-installing retropie it's all almost perfect and i'm enjoing again the games I used to play when I was an adolescente.

However, some of these games (e.g. Banshee, Hollywood Poker Pro, ...) don't display correctely: please take a look at the attached picture.

I'm almost certain there's a configuration issue somewhere, but even playing around I couldn't find a solution.

Does somebody how to fix it?
Thank you

DarishZone

Wonder why is Amiberry not listed on Retropie github, i mean adf is just like stone age compared to whdload autobooting, and the emulator is also on optional installs. Hope the page will get updated.

Hasslehogg

@HoraceAndSpider I have been using your excellent UAE config maker for months on my pi 3B, with the amiga-data folder and the games extracted into their own folders.

I have now got a 3B+ and have installed Amiberry from scratch using the WHDBooter method, tested a lha file and it worked no problems, my question is, is there anyway to get my old games that are extracted into individual folders to work with the new method or is it a case of having to find and download an lha version please?

thanks for the help and the amazing work