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Vice C64 Emulator now supports SDL2

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    BuZz administrators
    last edited by 13 Sept 2016, 21:30

    I have some different configure parameters (differs depending on platform), but thanks. I don't disable as much as you, eg I leave ipv6 enabled etc.

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      AmigaGamer
      last edited by 13 Sept 2016, 21:39

      Yep thats why i posted mine when i noticed my testing was on ALSA. I'm recompiling with SDL sound now to make sure it plays nice with SDL2

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        BuZz administrators
        last edited by 13 Sept 2016, 22:17

        Looks like there is a minor issue with aspect ratio - if setting to "fullscreen" the "Fixed Aspect Ratio -> True" doesn't take affect unless its unset / set in the gui - saving doesn't help. Seeing if I can work around it with a default config.

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          AmigaGamer @BuZz
          last edited by AmigaGamer 13 Sept 2016, 22:23

          @BuZz try setting in the home folder hidden config file /home/pi/.vice/sdl-vicerc or wherever yours writes to

          VICIIFullscreen=1
          AspectRatio="1.000000"

          Im trying raspbian build with sdl sound, im currently getting sound buffer overflows :(

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            BuZz administrators
            last edited by BuZz 13 Sept 2016, 22:25

            That doesn't help. It's the SDLGLAspectMode setting which isn't working unless switched from the gui.

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              AmigaGamer
              last edited by 13 Sept 2016, 22:45

              Thats strange.

              Changing the Fixed aspect ratio through the menu is writing the following to the config file for me.

              Off = SDLGLAspectMode=0
              Custom = SDLGLAspectMode=1
              True = Removes the SDLGL entry from the config file (default?)

              Perhaps forcing the aspect mode to
              SDLGLAspectMode=1
              will then take notice of the custom
              AspectRatio="1.000000"

              worth a try.

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                BuZz administrators
                last edited by BuZz 13 Sept 2016, 23:01

                I think it's fine actually (is on a fresh build on another machine). I suspect I had built it before removing an old change that we no longer want. Cheers.

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                  BuZz administrators
                  last edited by 13 Sept 2016, 23:13

                  Correction, it's to do with whether fullscreen is set or not - seems though if the res is set in the config, and set to window mode, you get the correct aspect on both my widescreen and 4:3 monitor, so that should do. Looking at the sdl code, it does some checks against the fullscreen setting in the video init code as to whether to set an aspect. I may try patching the code also.

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                    BuZz administrators
                    last edited by 14 Sept 2016, 01:07

                    vice is now updated.

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                      gizmo98 Global Moderator
                      last edited by 17 Sept 2016, 09:00

                      You could also test our new SDL2 dispmanx upscaling and aspect ratio settings. Dispmanx upscaling should be a little bit faster than gles upscaling.

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                        jimbo27
                        last edited by 4 Oct 2016, 09:32

                        Some days ago I installed the new version of Vice.

                        I now have trouble with my joystick map. The joystick map does not load on startup when launchin Vice. I have to load it manually (through the emulator menu) in order go get back my joystick bindings.
                        I did not changed my config files of Vice.

                        What did i do wrong?

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                          jimbo27
                          last edited by 8 Oct 2016, 13:21

                          More detail about the joystick binding bug:
                          Loading of the joymapfile does work, but it doesn't work fully anymore.

                          This is my sdl-joymap-C64.vjm:

                          # VICE joystick mapping file
                          #
                          # A joystick map is read in as patch to the current map.
                          #
                          # File format:
                          # - comment lines start with '#'
                          # - keyword lines start with '!keyword'
                          # - normal line has 'joynum inputtype inputindex action'
                          #
                          # Keywords and their lines are:
                          # '!CLEAR'    clear all mappings
                          #
                          # inputtype:
                          # 0      axis
                          # 1      button
                          # 2      hat
                          # 3      ball
                          #
                          # Note that each axis has 2 inputindex entries and each hat has 4.
                          #
                          # action [action_parameters]:
                          # 0               none
                          # 1 port pin      joystick (pin: 1/2/4/8/16 = u/d/l/r/fire)
                          # 2 row col       keyboard
                          # 3               map
                          # 4               UI activate
                          # 5 path&to&item  UI function
                          #
                          
                          !CLEAR
                          
                          # Nintendo Wii Remote Pro Controller
                          0 0 0 1 1 8
                          0 0 1 1 1 4
                          0 0 2 1 1 2
                          0 0 3 1 1 1
                          0 0 4 1 0 8
                          0 0 5 1 0 4
                          0 0 6 1 0 2
                          0 0 7 1 0 1
                          
                          0 1 0 1 1 16
                          0 1 1 1 1 16
                          0 1 2 1 1 16
                          0 1 3 1 1 16
                          0 1 4 5 Virtual keyboard
                          0 1 5 5 Statusbar
                          0 1 6 0
                          0 1 7 5 Speed settings&Warp mode
                          0 1 8 4
                          0 1 9 5 Machine settings&Joystick settings&Swap joystick ports
                          0 1 10 5 Quit emulator
                          0 1 11 0
                          0 1 12 0
                          0 1 13 1 0 1
                          0 1 14 1 0 2
                          0 1 15 1 0 4
                          0 1 16 1 0 8
                          

                          Every buttonbinding does work except all those with action_parameter 5 (e.g. 0 1 10 5 Quit emulator).
                          After launching vice all buttons does work except the buttons with action_parameter = 5. If I load the joystickmap manually through the Vice menu the button bindings work again as intended.

                          I made a test. Launching Vice and saving the joystickmap by menu results in this sdl-joymap-C64.vjm:

                          # VICE joystick mapping file
                          #
                          # A joystick map is read in as patch to the current map.
                          #
                          # File format:
                          # - comment lines start with '#'
                          # - keyword lines start with '!keyword'
                          # - normal line has 'joynum inputtype inputindex action'
                          #
                          # Keywords and their lines are:
                          # '!CLEAR'    clear all mappings
                          #
                          # inputtype:
                          # 0      axis
                          # 1      button
                          # 2      hat
                          # 3      ball
                          #
                          # Note that each axis has 2 inputindex entries and each hat has 4.
                          #
                          # action [action_parameters]:
                          # 0               none
                          # 1 port pin      joystick (pin: 1/2/4/8/16 = u/d/l/r/fire)
                          # 2 row col       keyboard
                          # 3               map
                          # 4               UI activate
                          # 5 path&to&item  UI function
                          #
                          
                          !CLEAR
                          
                          # Nintendo Wii Remote Pro Controller
                          0 0 0 1 1 8
                          0 0 1 1 1 4
                          0 0 2 1 1 2
                          0 0 3 1 1 1
                          0 0 4 1 0 8
                          0 0 5 1 0 4
                          0 0 6 1 0 2
                          0 0 7 1 0 1
                          
                          0 1 0 1 1 16
                          0 1 1 1 1 16
                          0 1 2 1 1 16
                          0 1 3 1 1 16
                          0 1 4 5 (null)
                          0 1 5 5 (null)
                          0 1 6 0
                          0 1 7 5 (null)
                          0 1 8 4
                          0 1 9 5 (null)
                          0 1 10 5 (null)
                          0 1 11 0
                          0 1 12 0
                          0 1 13 1 0 1
                          0 1 14 1 0 2
                          0 1 15 1 0 4
                          0 1 16 1 0 8
                          

                          The keybindings which results in an UI function do get lost at the moment.
                          But I think this is not RetroPie related. This seems to be a upstream bug. I will report this to http://vice-emu.sourceforge.net/

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                            jimbo27
                            last edited by 8 Oct 2016, 14:01

                            This seems to be a known bug on upstream side:
                            https://sourceforge.net/p/vice-emu/bugs/651/

                            This bug appears since version 2.4.7.28292 and seems not to be resolved yet.

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                              jimbo27
                              last edited by jimbo27 10 Nov 2016, 08:38 11 Oct 2016, 07:37

                              Upstream bug is now fixed in version r31978. See: https://sourceforge.net/p/vice-emu/bugs/796/

                              Source head tree:
                              https://sourceforge.net/p/vice-emu/code/HEAD/tree/

                              Unfortunately I am not capable of doing a new version for Raspberry.
                              Any volunteers out there? ;)

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                                AmigaGamer
                                last edited by 11 Oct 2016, 18:18

                                Hi Jimbo,

                                sorry for late response, i try to keep an eye on the vice threads since suggesting the updates- had long weekend away due to Play Expo (beer+real c64s!)
                                Looks like this fix came just after the 2.4.31 source release https://sourceforge.net/projects/vice-emu/files/development-releases/vice-2.4.31.tar.gz/download at r31973 unfortunately. (would have made updating/testing the script really simple).
                                Ill build the code from the svn when i get chance and see how it works/ report any new findings here

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                                  jimbo27
                                  last edited by 12 Oct 2016, 07:21

                                  Or we can just wait until 2.4.32 arrives. Perhaps in one month?

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