[Amiga] Amiberry + WHDLoad = Holy Grail - Amiberry's official thread
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@youxia no i am not. That is the very guide i am using the latest one in your post. Again here is an extract from that very guide:
"Some games also require certain kickstart roms (Kickstart 1.3 and Kickstart 3.1 in particular) to be copied to the DEVS: section of the booting drive"Like i mentioned in my post there is not /devs/ directory created.
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I almost got it working but still cant find .uae files anywhare but in any case can someone please expalin in a bit detail how to map a joypad /arcade button to the exit game short cut please ?
tried to set up the exit game button like its described here but no luck.
I cannot find the .uae files for each game all i find are two .uae files in opt/retropie/configs/amiga/amiberry/conf/
Where are the game .uae files located ? In the 2 .uae files i found like i mentioned I used key_for_quit=0
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@mr-spoc said in [Amiga] Amiberry + WHDLoad = Holy Grail - Amiberry's official thread:
- I cannot find <RETROPIE>/roms/amiga-data/_BootWHD/Devs/Kickstarts
This is a directory from the old setup, which is why I thought you're using the old guide. If you read the new one thoroughly you'll see there's no need to look for it anyway. The next sentence after the one you quoted says "Amiberry will automatically create symlinks for these files from your BIOS folder if available."
Which means, put all your kickstarts (those listed in the guide under common name) into Retropie/BIOS dir and amiberry will link them up.
There is no uae files anymore as well from the start, you need to make them yourself if you want to tweak WHD configs. Read my conversation with @HoraceAndSpider above. And default WHD Load config is now at: /opt/retropie/configs/amiga/amiberry/whdboot/hostprefs.conf
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@horaceandspider Maybe a Wiki page can be created, it would certainly benefit as it would be editable by anyone and would incorporate any progress made.
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@youxia thank you for rhis clarificarion now it all makes sense. That is why the games run.
I see now. Do you know How can i achive joypad game exit via a button please by any chance?
I want to be able to just quit and exit a game via the press on a joypad button or combination of buttons say "select" and "start" just like it workd for my mame arcades in the same retropie build.Once again thank u for this clarification.
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@Mr-Spoc I'm not sure, controller configs on retropie are not my forte shudder. My PS3 pad quits the game using my standard bind (left trig+X).
Check that hostprefs.conf file, there are some settings related to this I think.Or wait for the man himself to explain better :)
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@mitu said in [Amiga] Amiberry + WHDLoad = Holy Grail - Amiberry's official thread:
Maybe a Wiki page can be created, it would certainly benefit as it would be editable by anyone and would incorporate any progress made.
like this one?
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@mr-spoc said in [Amiga] Amiberry + WHDLoad = Holy Grail - Amiberry's official thread:
I want to be able to just quit and exit a game via the press on a joypad button or combination of buttons say "select" and "start" just like it workd for my mame arcades in the same retropie build.
THis is exactly what should happen - look in the 'custom controls' section and if you click the Amiga port your controller is connected to you will either see [R] or [N]
The [R] means [Retroarch] and allows start+select to work as normal.
If you have a retroarch controller set up correctly and it still doesiujnt work, it could be a bug and you will need to provide details of your controller but please check you have followed: https://github.com/midwan/amiberry/wiki/Setting-up-Input-Controllers first?
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@youxia said in [Amiga] Amiberry + WHDLoad = Holy Grail - Amiberry's official thread:
I cannot find <RETROPIE>/roms/amiga-data/_BootWHD/Devs/Kickstarts
This is a directory from the old setup, which is why I thought you're using the old guide.
It is from the old guide, and it's not mentioned in the updated guide either?
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@horaceandspider i have reead the wiki relevant sections.
In the Amiberry menu i see DragonRis USB controler and [N] it is just a generic USB game controller board with a Sanwa Joystick and 8 arcade style buttons. I went to the Amiberry GUI and changed the input to Retroarch controller for one game but on the "customised controls" menu then i get "not a valid input controller joystick" when i do that and [.] is empty and the joystick won't respond at all. When i revert back to the "DragonRis" controller the joystick and fire button work but i have the same issue of not being able to quit the game back to the emulator.
What should i do?My retroarch setup is ok as the hotkey combination works for arcade mame in the same build same pi.
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Btw for some reason even though i did the amiberry build from source yesturday i just realaised i go v2.20 and in the istructions @HoraceAndSpider wiki u posted earlyer it is mentioned that "from v2.5 onwards...." could that be the issue ? How do i update Amiberry ? If i do sudo apt get update and upgrade will that work ?
Also i have not updated my Retropi for cuple of months could that be part of the issue too?
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@mr-spoc said in [Amiga] Amiberry + WHDLoad = Holy Grail - Amiberry's official thread:
In the Amiberry menu i see DragonRis USB controler and [N]
i did the amiberry build from source yesturday i just realaised i go v2.20right, this explains it... the latest fix which helps DragonRise controllers is v2.21 - this is a development version only at the moment, but I will ask Dimitris when this is likely to be rolled out to the release branch.
The 2.5 you mentioned i think is a typo.
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@horaceandspider thank you ! Happy to test a betta version too if possble. Standgin by.
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@horaceandspider in the meanwhile is there a workaround that you can suggest by editing a part for the code perhaps ? Maybe i can create a .uae file and define a button of my existing setup to perform quit ? But would nedd a bit of direction on how to.
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@horaceandspider Is this normal that every time game is launched from the ES, a controller has to be selected fromthe Amiberry GUI?
I have DualShock 4 and little keyboard with touch pad connected to my Pi (3B+ running latest RPie 4.4). Both work in the ES and other Retroarch and stand alone emulators. In Amiberry, each time I start a game (LHA packed games using WHDLoad feature) I have to enter Amiberry's GUI (using F12 on the keyboard) and then manually select controller for port 1. After that controller works in game and key combination can be used to access GUI.
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@adriansos666 I have solved issue by updating Amiberry from the source
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@HoraceAndSpider i have opened an issue on the Amiberry git pls feel free to add your coments, hope we can get this working some how soon.
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@horaceandspider Have you had a chance to look at North and South? I can open an issue at the Github if you prefer.
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@adriansos666 glad you fixed it. I would recmmend you have a look at the Amiberry WIKI for tips on how to use the
hostprefs.confwhich would help you with this, should you want specific tweaks for mouse/pad etc.@Mr-Spoc I havent been able to catch up with Dimitris for a few days. There are instructions on the WIKI for how to install Amiberry Development version however, if you would like to build your own binary.
@ dudleydes what was the N&S problem again?
Apologies for slow replies, i have been taking a break from Amiberry coding to work on an Amiga game i am hoping to develop in the future instead... occassionally we all need to branch out to other projects to keep our brains fresh!!
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@horaceandspider Of the 30 or so games I've tried, North and South is the only one that doesn't load using WHDLoad auto-booting.
Checking the debug script, I get the message
DOS-Error #205 (object not found) on reading "Disk.1".These are the Kickstart roms I have in the BIOS folder.
pi@retropie:~/RetroPie/BIOS $ ls | grep -i kick kick34005.A500.RTB Kickstart v1.2 rev 33.180 (1986)(Commodore)(A500-A1000-A2000).rom Kickstart v1.3 rev 34.5 (1987)(Commodore)(A500-A1000-A2000-CDTV).rom Kickstart v2.04 rev 37.175 (1991)(Commodore)(A500+).rom Kickstart v3.0 rev 39.106 (1992)(Commodore)(A1200)[!].rom Kickstart v3.1 rev 40.63 (1993)(Commodore)(A500-A600-A2000).rom Kickstart v3.1 rev 40.68 (1993)(Commodore)(A1200).rom Kickstart v3.1 rev 40.68 (1993)(Commodore)(A4000).romHere are the files I have tried:
- NorthAndSouth.lha
- NorthAndSouth_v1.7_Files_0194.lha
- NorthAndSouth_v1.7_Files_NTSC_1780.lha
- NorthAndSouth_v1.7_Image_0194.lha
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