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

nemo93

Amiberry 5.6.0 is there! Along with the usual bugfixes, this version aimed at improving compatibility with a few games known for not working or having gfx glitches (eg. Zool 2).

Those games will now work fine yet it comes with a slight performance hit especially on low-spec devices (ie. RPi3) and with heavy copperlist games like Jim Power or Risky Woods. I haven't noticed any performance hit on RPi4 though with the many games tested (albeit the CPU load is slightly higher with that release). The main developper has done everything possible to enhance performance but at some point no more tricks or optimizations could be made.

Feedback always welcome.

ecto

@nemo93 I just updated to Amiberry 5.6.1 and WHDload.xml to the lastest (26.6.23) version, and once again I have the old problem with Hostages(see below). Should I report this to the official Github page, or do you have any ideas?

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

@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!

nemo93

@ecto nice catch! Hostages/Rescue Mission/Operation Jupiter is a bit tricky. Not sure why I did remove it from the Cycle Exact list of packages. Anyhow I confirm that game does require cycle exact parameter otherwise you get killed almost instantly.

I'll modify the XML accordingly soon which will be updated by next Monday the latest. You'll then have to download the updated XML (GUI > Paths > Update WHDLoad XML). Meanwhile you can check the Cycle Exact box in the GUI to get things working as expected.

Anything else please let me know. Thanks again for watching.

ecto

@nemo93 Thanks a lot for the fix! Hostages is always the first game I try with a new Amiberry version ;)

ecto

@nemo93 I might have found another problem: I tried the game Uninvited and it crashes as soon as I enter the mansion at the start of the game (open car door; exit car; open mansion door; go inside -> crash).
I don't think I witnessed that "before". I can't say when this was, I haven't played the game in a long time...

nemo93

@ecto I'm afraid I can't reproduce here on my setup (stock RPi4/stock Retropie/Amiberry 5.6.1/Uninvited_v1.1.lha). Game is playing just fine. I've tried several times each try being successful. I've followed exactly your process > open car door; exit car; open mansion door; get inside. Yet no crash on my side. Not sure what's going on. Perhaps a wrong KickStart?

ecto

@nemo93 Huh... strange. Maybe I'll reinstall Amiberry for a start. I think my Kickstarts are in order, but I'll doublecheck that, too.

There is some printout on the CLI screen before Amiberry exits but it closes too fast so I can't read anything. amiberry.log didn't show an error either (as far as I can tell).

I'll keep you posted when I find anything.

reaktor24

@ecto

I downloaded 5.6.1 a few days ago for my Raaspberry Pi 400. I downloaded the manjaro 64bit version for Raspberrry Pi 4. Unfortunately after unpacking the contents it just won't run. Nothing seems to get the executable to launch. Any ideas?

ecto

@reaktor24 I really can't help you there. You only gave very little information on your setup, so any advise would be pure luck ;)

@nemo93 I could not find the issue I'm having. Strange, indeed. I have now reverted back to Uninvited_v1.0.lha and it works. It even has a much faster mouse movement, which is nice.

nemo93

@reaktor24 Definitely more details would be helpful. Yet as you're not on Retropie you may try to raise your issue directly on Amiberry's github.

@ecto I definitely have no issue whatsoever with Uninvited_v1.1.lha. According to WHDLoad there's a fix added in 1.1:

Delay inserted in sound replay routine to avoid a hang during the game on some amiga

Perhaps something odd with your sound configuration in Amiberry? Do you mind sharing your amiberry.conf please? It's also fine to stick to 1.0 if everything works though.

nemo93

@mitu hello! Sorry to ping you like this but just so you know Amiberry 5.6.6 has been released - I've missed the previous one! That new version has important fixes for WHDbooter among other things.

I'd be great if you could add that version to Retropie! Thanks a lot.

mitu

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

I'd be great if you could add that version to Retropie! Thanks a lot.

It's added now, thanks for the heads up.