****** SOLVED: *******
In Vice i used "reset settings to defaults" and now Tape-Images are loading!
But i am afraid to say the "save settings" option is not really reliable/stable (i can "save" changes of my settings - but at the next start the changes are gone... Have to check that now....

@mediamogul sweet, thank you.

@seeker

I'm having exactly the same issues as you were in getting the USB Gamepad to work in the vice C64 emulator. Which port configuration worked for you when using a Gamepad and keyboard?

Thanks

Adam.

@BuZz Yep, now it works.
Thanks you.

@rufus

I take it that you posted a ROM download rather than a patch file. Whenever you get a patch going, I hope you'll repost. I'm a pretty big Giana fan and this hack looks like quite a challenge.

not sure if you ever got an answer but i've been playing with this recently. change the SID emulation to the SID (fast) and then it goes like a rocket. if using a pi 1 or zero I'd also advise turning off the scanlines. I get 50fps on a pi zero with no sound issues. I get about 37fps with the scanlines and as you describe only a few fps with the default SID settings

Thank you for reply.

Got it working! :) Thanks!

@BuZz I think I sussed it out. I have the Refresh Rate set to 1/1, this gives perfect scrolling but on some SID tunes the sound starts to pop and cut out. If I set the Refresh Rate to Auto then the audio is fine but the scrolling jerks. You must be in jerky scrolling mode. A SID tune that can demonstrate this popping is 'Cauldron', not a great tune but a good example.

@Neo-Rio Thats the thing - my joypad works fine in ES, but even after setting them up in Vice itself they still don't work. Guess i could always just 'start again' - any idea what Vice-specific files i need to delete to clear the config?

@douga There's a very famous solution that's been around for a long time called Keyrah, you can check it out here http://www.vesalia.de/e_keyrahv2.htm . I know the C64 runs quite well on VICE but because it's such a famous machine there are better solutions around in FPGA if your life depends on a good modern version of the C64 in your original case. No real need to software emulate this one.

@MadRikXIV Yes, I never really put money in arcade games, that was an expensive pastime - 30 seconds play and then it was, "Right then, that'll be another 50p please". All I had to do was wait 30 years for MAME :D

@emuchicken Please do not post a support request without first reading and following the advice in https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

open a new topic and provide the information requested.

@hardmanm Please do not post a support request without first reading and following the advice in https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

A build log is also required to advise.

@binarybond007

I have the same problem (same ALSA error initializing Vice) with Hifiberry DAC+ Standard, but it seems that I only have one sound module. I was hoping somebody could hint a solution because everything works except Vice (and it is my favourite computer)

If I type

cat /proc/asound/modules

I get

0 snd_soc_hifiberry_dacplus

The rest of my configs:

etc/asound.conf

pcm.!default {
type hw card 0
}
ctl.!default {
type hw card 0
}

pi@retropie:~ $ cat /boot/config.txt

hdmi_group=2
hdmi_mode=9

(comment) Enable audio (loads snd_bcm2835)
(comment) dtparam=audio=on
dtoverlay=hifiberry-dacplus
gpu_mem_256=128
gpu_mem_512=256
gpu_mem_1024=256
overscan_scale=1

aplay -l

**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****

card 0: sndrpihifiberry [snd_rpi_hifiberry_dacplus], device 0: HiFiBerry DAC+ HiFi pcm512x-hifi-0 []
Subdevices: 0/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

Edit: bad formatting

@edmaul69 Thanks mate, I will give it a go 😀👏👍

@messyraverbaby exactly what @buzz said. You have to press fire on joystick. I have both joysticks programmed to the same controller but i did seperate fire buttons (allows you to play two button games properly) but i had to go into machine settings-->joystick settings-->swap joysticks. You can also put the swap joystick to a button but i forgot where i found that setting

Thanks guys, autostart seems to load much faster now.
However, there is still the problem that "warp mode" is still seems to be turned on after the game starts.
I enabled the statusbar and it says that VICE is running at 187%
However, the asterisk in the emulator-menu for warp mode is not showing.

Maybe using a fastload .crt is a solution.
However i still don't get it that the builds for Pi and Win are so different in their behaviour.