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

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    Stuffu @nemo93
    last edited by 3 May 2020, 11:09

    @nemo93 said in [Amiga] Amiberry + WHDLoad = Holy Grail - Amiberry's official thread:

    hey @Stuffu! sure thing. Here you go => Wasted Dreams uae. Nothing fancy as you'll see.

    to all @midwan kindly updated Amiberry's parameters to make it easier to launch CD32 games. Please check this ticket here. In short there are now -model=CD32 and -cdimage=<something>.cue/iso supported. Way easier than my process above! The below should work:

    $ amiberry -model=CD32 -cdimage=ChaosEngine_CD32.cue -G
    

    Worked fine with the uae, thanks again. Didn’t get the controller to work though, think we have different setup with joystick/mouse. But it’s a start and I just have to hook up a mouse I guess. There are some fine pieces I’m going to try out :)

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      nemo93
      last edited by 3 May 2020, 12:39

      excellent @Stuffu glad it works. I'm sure you'll figure the controller(s) out. It works here (mouse/keyboard/joy) no issue.

      @McCarthy it's not a very good answer to you but any reason(s) you want to stick to ADF instead of WHD packages? I can only recommend packages as it will ease a lot the emulation. If you really needs it you'll have to raise a ticket on Amiberry's Github to seek for a solution (unless someone's else does have the answer!).

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        baldrick
        last edited by 16 May 2020, 11:24

        Hey there all, new member first time poster
        Trying to install Amiberry from Source on Pi4
        Getting the following:
        Error running 'git clone --recursive --depth 1 --branch master https://github/midwan/amiberry
        /home/pi/RetroPie-Setup/tmp/build/amiberry' - returned 128

        Any ideas?!

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          mitu Global Moderator @baldrick
          last edited by 16 May 2020, 11:34

          @baldrick Please open a new topic and add the info requested in https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first.

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            Stuffu @nemo93
            last edited by 13 Jun 2020, 20:46

            @nemo93 said in [Amiga] Amiberry + WHDLoad = Holy Grail - Amiberry's official thread:

            hello @Stuffu! Ah Barbarian... it's a tough one :-) This one gave me a lot of headache. My proposed fix should work indeed yet as always @HoraceAndSpider is right. The simple straightforward fix is as follows:

            1. Use your current whdload_db.xml or an updated version
            2. Launch Barbarian_v1.1_Palace_1784 with Amiberry (I take it's the one you were talking about in which you could chop your opponent's head :)).
            3. At this point it's likely you'll get straight to Amiberry GUI
            4. Go to the ROM section
            5. Set ROM to Kickstart v2.05 r37.350 (1992)(Commodore)(A600HD)[!].rom (3.1 (A500,A600,A2000) rev 40.63 should also work or any similar to Kickstart v3.1 rev 40.63 (1993)(Commodore)(A500-A600-A2000)[!].rom. Check doc for details about this exact KS.)
            6. Hit the Restart button

            An easier fix is just adding the 2.05 kickstart, that works as well. I’m pretty sure it was added quite recently in the wiki, but might be wrong. I didn’t have it before and adding it fixed it, Barbarian (palace) launches as expected with doing anything else.

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              g0nz0uk
              last edited by 24 Jun 2020, 18:23

              Hi,

              Is there a why to add a bezel to fill the blank blank sides in at all like some of the other emulators?

              Cheers

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                g0nz0uk
                last edited by 2 Jul 2020, 07:56

                Hello,

                I've been playing a great football game called Goal in Amiberry and back in the 1990s a friend and I would play this all the time. We use to edit all the teams and players names and save them to separate disk if I remember.

                How can I do this with Amiberry?

                I want to update the teams and then give to my friend who is also playing Amiberry on the Pi.

                Thanks

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                  stevas
                  last edited by 19 Jul 2020, 02:09

                  Should I be able to switch resolutions through runcommand with amiberry?
                  Works fine with other emulators, not sure if I got something screwy going on with a config set somewhere, or if it just plain doesn't work with this one...

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                    nemo93
                    last edited by nemo93 21 Aug 2020, 11:25

                    All,

                    quite a lot of small improvements have been made to Amiberry lately thanks again to @midwan. If you upgrade from the latest source don't forget to update the XML file as usual to ensure everything remains smooth. Also always check if there's a new version for your WHD (lha) packages.

                    The most common issue you're likely to face in case you have an outdated XML along with Amiberry 3.2+ is that screen will be cut in half. If this happens => update XML please.

                    There's a new auto-height feature that has been added. Even if it should work in many games it might not be the case 100% of the time. For now it's being disabled by default as extensive testing has to be conducted. It's only enabled for Agony to show the benefit (no more cut in the lovely intro screens, everything will be full height all the time).

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                      George Spiggott
                      last edited by 21 Aug 2020, 22:58

                      Auto screen height causes the screen to go black with the games I tried it with.

                      Currently running:
                      Retropie 4.8.9 on a Pi Zero 2W (Overclock Settings: CPU 1400Mhz)
                      ES-DE on a GMKtec K6 (Windows 11, 32GB RAM)

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                        nemo93
                        last edited by 22 Aug 2020, 07:57

                        @George-Spiggott can you please share names of some of those games please?

                        Note: with fixed height it usually works better hence why auto-height is currently off by default (or set only when game has no default height). It's just that in some games (like Agony) it prevents some screens to be cut. The corner case is Alien Breed Tower Assault or Blood Money: with auto-height intro screens are not cut off but you got flickering or other weird behaviours.

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                          George Spiggott @nemo93
                          last edited by George Spiggott 22 Aug 2020, 12:40

                          @nemo93 I tried Auto Height with Agony, Speedball and Turrican. All three of them show a black screen. I can turn the settings on and off to get a picture but the black screen returns when the screen changes e.g. when the high score screen comes on for Turrican.

                          Currently running:
                          Retropie 4.8.9 on a Pi Zero 2W (Overclock Settings: CPU 1400Mhz)
                          ES-DE on a GMKtec K6 (Windows 11, 32GB RAM)

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                            nemo93
                            last edited by 24 Aug 2020, 07:42

                            @George-Spiggott Agony is my test game for many different features. Hence I'm confident to claim that Auto Height works great with that game. I even decided to enable it as default in the XML. Do you mind upgrading Amiberry from source please? Once done please update the XML from within Amiberry GUI and check if this time it properly works? FYI the latest package for Agony is Agony_v2.1_0960.

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                              George Spiggott
                              last edited by 24 Aug 2020, 19:43

                              I have just upgraded and updated the XML. I'm running Amiberry v3.2 beta (2020-08-19) and Agony 2.1 0960. Still no joy with Auto height. Line mode double (tested independently) seems to remove the intrrlace flicker nicely though.

                              Currently running:
                              Retropie 4.8.9 on a Pi Zero 2W (Overclock Settings: CPU 1400Mhz)
                              ES-DE on a GMKtec K6 (Windows 11, 32GB RAM)

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                                nemo93
                                last edited by 26 Aug 2020, 07:18

                                @George-Spiggott weird. Do you have any specific setting in your amiberry.conf file? Do you mind sharing its content please? You could try to move away that file to another location (do not delete or do a backup before) and run Agony once again to see how it goes. Also you don't run that game via a .uae correct?

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                                  George Spiggott @nemo93
                                  last edited by George Spiggott 26 Aug 2020, 21:15

                                  @nemo93 Thanks, here's my amiberry.conf https://pastebin.com/q5S0iPWa

                                  As far as I know it is unedited, I had planned to look into modifying Amiberry's default joypad/mouse options but never got round to it.

                                  Renamed it and started Agony. Same result, black screen.

                                  I'm not sure what you mean by running from a .uae but my copy o Agony is a .lha file. I'm running it with no saved config file

                                  Currently running:
                                  Retropie 4.8.9 on a Pi Zero 2W (Overclock Settings: CPU 1400Mhz)
                                  ES-DE on a GMKtec K6 (Windows 11, 32GB RAM)

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                                    nemo93 @George Spiggott
                                    last edited by nemo93 27 Aug 2020, 12:13

                                    @George-Spiggott thanks for sharing. If you don't mind I'd like first to tackle the KS roms part. Can you please ensure you have the 3 exact same KS as described on the wiki please - the ones with the checkmark?

                                    In short, Kickstart v1.2 rev 33.180 (1986)(Commodore)(A500-A1000-A2000).rom as well as Kickstart v2.04 rev 37.175 (1991)(Commodore)(A500+).rom are not required. However you're lacking Kickstart v2.05 r37.350 (1992)(Commodore)(A600HD)[!].rom which is one important KS to ensure proper overall compatibility with most games.
                                    => could you drop that KS into your Retropie BIOS folder and try again (it's safe to remove the other 2 even if backup is always recommended :))?

                                    I'm not sure what you mean by running from a .uae but my copy o Agony is a .lha file. I'm running it with no saved config file.

                                    => if you're having just the lha and no saved config file that's perfect.

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                                      George Spiggott
                                      last edited by 30 Aug 2020, 16:42

                                      I added the 2.05 kickstart. I still get a black screen. I have discovered that if I go to the Amiberry menu screen then come out I get a picture until the resolution changes then I get a black screen again.

                                      Sadly due to redecorating at home my Pi is now disconected from the internet. Thanks for your help, hopefully I can pick things up again in a couple of weeks.

                                      Currently running:
                                      Retropie 4.8.9 on a Pi Zero 2W (Overclock Settings: CPU 1400Mhz)
                                      ES-DE on a GMKtec K6 (Windows 11, 32GB RAM)

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                                        ecto
                                        last edited by ecto 31 Aug 2020, 06:35

                                        @nemo93 Hi,
                                        I just tried Hostages and it didn't work as expected: Right at the beginning whenever I left my hiding spot, I was shot. This should only happen, when standing in a spotlight. According to this thread I found, this is caused by some timing error and can be resolved by enabling a cycle exact emulation.

                                        Is that possible to implement in Amiberry? My Amiberry was built from source 3 days ago and the whdload_db.xml was up to date.

                                        Thanks for this great emulator btw!

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                                          nemo93
                                          last edited by nemo93 31 Aug 2020, 11:49

                                          @George-Spiggott no worries and I wish you luck with you redecoration project! I'm just curious to know about the "picture" you mentioned after leaving the GUI. Is that picture about the game itself or perhaps an Amiberry logo?

                                          @ecto nice catch! With the many improvements done lately (still more to come) by @midwan some games need adjustments. It Came from the Desert was one for sure and Hostages is another.

                                          There's no cycle-exact emulation implemented (yet) but the game is working fine with the proper settings. I've already created a PR and whenever the XML file will be updated (usually within a week timeframe tops) you should be good to go. If you can't wait you could get an updated XML from there.

                                          The settings to currently rely on are as follows (remember to Reset Amiberry once settings are ok):

                                          * (Chipset) Blitter -> Normal
                                          * (CPU) JIT -> True
                                          * (CPU) Disable 24 bit addressing (to allow Z3 memory to be set)
                                          * (RAM) remove any Z2 (FAST) memory => set to 0
                                          * (RAM) add Z3 => set to 16MB to be safe
                                          

                                          All credits to @midwan and to the contributors for bringing us Amiberry which is indeed a great Amiga emulator :-)

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