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    Atari 5200: New version of Atari800 (Beta): two triggers (Moon Patrol!!!), hat start and exit buttons

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    • future.childF
      future.child @lakindc
      last edited by

      @lakindc I remember having this problem too but am unsure what i did so solve it.
      I currently have 4:3 fullscreen emulator with a black bar left and right to fit my 16:9 screen.

      Could you have a look at "video mode settings" in the menu under "Display settings" inside the emulator ?
      Fullscreen should be set to "No" and i have resolution set to "640x480".

      These are my current settings in the atari800.cfg file :
      DEFAULT_TV_MODE=PAL
      COLOURS_PAL_GAMMA=0.3
      ARTIFACT_NTSC=NONE
      ARTIFACT_PAL=NONE
      ARTIFACT_NTSC_MODE=0
      VIDEO_FILTERING=1
      VIDEO_ZOOM=1.00

      You can also check if the video mode is correct in the launcher (when launching the emulator you should get a message "press a button to configure"), mine is set to 1920x1080 @ 50 Hz 16:9.

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        Veramacor
        last edited by

        Hello all,

        I've downloaded @future-child 's version and It works except for the fact I cannot seem to figure out my button mapping situation. I'm using a Wi u controller that works great with emulationstation.

        I am using the emulator for Atari 800 (not xl/xe) emulation, not for 5200 games as is on this thread. But its the same emulator so I wouldn't see a problem

        Here is my atari800.cfg file pertaining to button mapping:

        SDL_JOY_0_ENABLED=1
        SDL_JOY_0_LEFT=260
        SDL_JOY_0_RIGHT=262
        SDL_JOY_0_UP=264
        SDL_JOY_0_DOWN=261
        SDL_JOY_0_TRIGGER=305
        SDL_JOY_1_ENABLED=0
        SDL_JOY_1_LEFT=97
        SDL_JOY_1_RIGHT=100
        SDL_JOY_1_UP=119
        SDL_JOY_1_DOWN=115
        SDL_JOY_1_TRIGGER=306
        SDL_JOY_0_SELECT=8
        SDL_JOY_0_START=9
        SDL_JOY_0_TRIGGER1=2
        SDL_JOY_0_TRIGGER2=1
        SDL_JOY_0_ASTERISK=3
        SDL_JOY_0_HASH=0
        SDL_JOY_0_SECOND_AXIS=2
        SDL_JOY_0_INDEX=0
        SDL_JOY_1_INDEX=1

        My 'Start' button works like you hit the 'H' button which pauses emulation. very strange . I went thru button configuration twice so I'm prettiy sure I have all the buttons defined within emulation station.

        The new version of atari800 does let me exit out of a game (no more F9!) but, I cannot start a game without 'F4'

        Does anyone have a working atari800.cfg file I can use?

        A side note - I have to use ATARIOSB.ROM as my games will crash (Galahad and the Holy Grail) if I don't use the early Atari800 ROM. XL/XE crashes the game after killing the 3rd knight every time :(

        Thanks for any help you guys can give (newbie)

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          Veramacor @Veramacor
          last edited by

          OK, I copied the file from @future-child github directly and I'm not running with the start!

          1st problem solved.

          Now I am seeing The small screen issue too. if @lakindc , if you can tell me how you fixed that issue think I am in in business!

          All except for 'SELECT' and 'OPTION' buttons

          Thanks for letting me bounce my head around

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            Veramacor
            last edited by

            Ok Optioni/Select buttons were good all the while. I used jstest /dev/input/js0 to discover that

            SDL_JOY_0_OPTION=4 is mapped to the Left Shoulder button

            Last Post from me - I will stop thinking out loud on the forum! Just looking for the small screen size resolution

            and I am golden

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              Veramacor
              last edited by

              I LIED and I'm sorry for that. I figured it out. SO I will post for those who are going to use this wonderful version of atari800:

              VIDEOMODE_WINDOW_WIDTH=336
              VIDEOMODE_WINDOW_HEIGHT=240
              VIDEOMODE_FULLSCREEN_WIDTH=640
              VIDEOMODE_FULLSCREEN_HEIGHT=480
              VIDEOMODE_WINDOWED=0

              The Key setting is the last line is set to:
              VIDEOMODE_WINDOWED=1

              And Indeed It makes sense as :
              VIDEOMODE_WINDOW_WIDTH=336
              VIDEOMODE_WINDOW_HEIGHT=240

              becomes the new screen size.

              Hey guys - thanks for all your help! Special thanks to both @jfroco and @future-child for their efforts!

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              • future.childF
                future.child
                last edited by

                Thanks @Veramacor , This video issue has been in the back of my mind since @lakindc's post but was unsure of it's cause.
                I have updated my sample.cfg to include these videomode settings.

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                • Used2BeRXU
                  Used2BeRX
                  last edited by Used2BeRX

                  If you use a program called Altirra and load your 5200 roms, you can then save them with a header that will designate how the Pi emulator should load the game. Then if you remove the part of the emulators.cfg file that references cart type 4 and load the games normally they will all load without that screen asking you what type of cart the game is. :)

                  I would share mine, but without even reading the rules here I'm sure that's not allowed. It's really easy once you figure it out, and it doesn't take all that long since the 5200 library is so small.

                  I could post instructions on how to do this if anyone is interested.

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                  • Used2BeRXU
                    Used2BeRX
                    last edited by

                    Could somebody explain to me how the Robotron controls are supposed to work? I've got everything else working now, but the Robotron controls do not function for Robotron or Space Dungeon. Thanks!

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                    • future.childF
                      future.child @Used2BeRX
                      last edited by future.child

                      @Used2BeRX Robotron:2084 uses a two-joystick control scheme; player 1 joystick controls the on-screen character's movement, while player 2 controls the direction the character's weapon fires.

                      It would take a fair amount of changes to the emulator to be able to remap the additional controller1 axis (ie thumb-right) to player2 controlls (plus it would be hardly fair in a two player game, as player 1 would be able to interfere with player 2).

                      My advise would be to use either two joysticks, use the keyboard as input, or combine joystick and keyboard.

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                        weirdocollector @Used2BeRX
                        last edited by

                        @Used2BeRX said in Atari 5200: New version of Atari800 (Beta): two triggers (Moon Patrol!!!), hat start and exit buttons:

                        If you use a program called Altirra and load your 5200 roms, you can then save them with a header that will designate how the Pi emulator should load the game. Then if you remove the part of the emulators.cfg file that references cart type 4 and load the games normally they will all load without that screen asking you what type of cart the game is. :)

                        I would share mine, but without even reading the rules here I'm sure that's not allowed. It's really easy once you figure it out, and it doesn't take all that long since the 5200 library is so small.

                        I could post instructions on how to do this if anyone is interested.

                        Yes please!

                        I'm interested :)

                        Thanks in advance.

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                        • Used2BeRXU
                          Used2BeRX @weirdocollector
                          last edited by

                          @weirdocollector No problem man. I went ahead and made a separate thread for it. You can find it here: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/10337/making-headers-on-your-atari-5200-game-images-to-auto-run-in-retropie

                          Let me know if you have any problems with the instructions or if I could clear anything up with it.

                          Cheers

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                          • Used2BeRXU
                            Used2BeRX @future.child
                            last edited by

                            @future.child Hey.... Did nobody ever get it working then? The OP of this thread at one point said that he put in maps that made the 2nd player joystick operate on your right joystick so you would be able to play Robotron 2084 or Space Duel with a single controller. That was something he said that he had updated with this about midway through this discussion. It didn't work for you either, huh?

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                            • future.childF
                              future.child @Used2BeRX
                              last edited by

                              @Used2BeRX I must have missed the 2nd player part .
                              I'll have a look at the code @jfroco made, to see if i get it working for me (and let you know what i did to do so).

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                              • Used2BeRXU
                                Used2BeRX @future.child
                                last edited by

                                @future.child Thanks for looking into that. I'm a code dummy so I never would have figured it out. Not sure if you'd be interested, but I posted that guide to putting headers on your 5200 roms so they load automatically. Worth doing if you play the system more than once or twice.

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                                • future.childF
                                  future.child
                                  last edited by

                                  As far as i can tell something is indeed wrong in joystick handing or enumeration.

                                  When having two controllers connected, the first controller's second axis also controlls player two.
                                  When having only one controller connected the second axis data is discarded.

                                  I'll see if i can fix this (note, I'm no code hero).

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                                  • Used2BeRXU
                                    Used2BeRX
                                    last edited by

                                    Sounds good. Keeping my fingers crossed. Maybe we can figure out why I couldn't get your update running as well. I had to revert to the OP's update. When I tried loading a game with your version it would just kick me back to the romlist. I wasn't going to do Atari 800 on the Pi, but I've spent today making headers for about 150 Atari 800 images so they auto-load like the 5200 carts. Would probably be wise for me to get your upgrade installed too. :)

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                                    • future.childF
                                      future.child
                                      last edited by future.child

                                      @Used2BeRX I have updated my version to prevent discarding of 2nd axis data when not having two joysticks.
                                      As far as i can tell 2nd axis now works as intended.

                                      as for not being able to run my binary, i can't really say what's going on on your system without additional info.
                                      The binaries should be interchangeable between jfroco's and mine (compiled on a raspberry pi 3).

                                      Did you install using the following procedure ?

                                      cd /opt/retropie/emulators/atari800/bin/
sudo cp atari800 atari800.original
sudo wget https://github.com/futurechild/atari800-rpi/blob/master/atari800?raw=true -O atari800
sudo chmod +x atari800

                                      I myself use the following emulators.cfg

                                      atari800

                                      atari800 = "/opt/retropie/emulators/atari800/bin/atari800 %ROM%"
default = "atari800"

                                      atari5200

                                      atari5200="echo %ROM: -\ % > /dev/null;/opt/retropie/emulators/atari800/bin/atari800 -config /opt/retropie/configs/atari5200/atari5200.cfg -cart %ROM%" 
default = "atari5200"
atari800 = "/opt/retropie/emulators/atari800/bin/atari800 %ROM%"

                                      and have the following config files:

                                      atari800.cfg

                                      Atari 800 Emulator, Version 3.1.0
ROM_OS_A_PAL=/home/pi/RetroPie/BIOS/ATARIOSA.ROM
ROM_OS_BB01R2=/home/pi/RetroPie/BIOS/ATARIXL.ROM
ROM_5200=/home/pi/RetroPie/BIOS/5200.ROM
ROM_BASIC_C=/home/pi/RetroPie/BIOS/ATARIBAS.ROM
ROM_400/800_CUSTOM=/home/pi/RetroPie/BIOS/ATARIOSB.ROM
OS_400/800_VERSION=AUTO
OS_XL/XE_VERSION=AUTO
OS_5200_VERSION=AUTO
BASIC_VERSION=AUTO
XEGS_GAME_VERSION=AUTO
ATARI_FILES_DIR=/home/pi/RetroPie/BIOS
HD_READ_ONLY=1
PRINT_COMMAND=lpr %s
SCREEN_REFRESH_RATIO=1
MACHINE_TYPE=Atari XL/XE
RAM_SIZE=64
DEFAULT_TV_MODE=PAL
MOSAIC_RAM_NUM_BANKS=0
AXLON_RAM_NUM_BANKS=0
ENABLE_MAPRAM=1
DISABLE_BASIC=1
ENABLE_SIO_PATCH=1
ENABLE_H_PATCH=1
ENABLE_P_PATCH=1
ENABLE_NEW_POKEY=1
STEREO_POKEY=0
SPEAKER_SOUND=1
BUILTIN_BASIC=1
KEYBOARD_LEDS=0
F_KEYS=0
BUILTIN_GAME=0
KEYBOARD_DETACHED=0
1200XL_JUMPER=0
CFG_SAVE_ON_EXIT=0
CARTRIDGE_TYPE=0
CARTRIDGE_PIGGYBACK_TYPE=0
CARTRIDGE_AUTOREBOOT=1
CASSETTE_LOADED=0
CASSETTE_WRITE_PROTECT=0
RTIME=1
COLOURS_NTSC_SATURATION=0
COLOURS_NTSC_CONTRAST=0
COLOURS_NTSC_BRIGHTNESS=0
COLOURS_NTSC_GAMMA=0.3
COLOURS_NTSC_HUE=0
COLOURS_NTSC_GTIA_DELAY=26.8
COLOURS_NTSC_EXTERNAL_PALETTE_LOADED=0
COLOURS_NTSC_ADJUST_EXTERNAL_PALETTE=0
COLOURS_PAL_SATURATION=0
COLOURS_PAL_CONTRAST=0
COLOURS_PAL_BRIGHTNESS=0
COLOURS_PAL_GAMMA=0.3
COLOURS_PAL_HUE=0
COLOURS_PAL_GTIA_DELAY=23.2
COLOURS_PAL_EXTERNAL_PALETTE=
COLOURS_PAL_EXTERNAL_PALETTE_LOADED=0
COLOURS_PAL_ADJUST_EXTERNAL_PALETTE=0
ARTIFACT_NTSC=NONE
ARTIFACT_PAL=NONE
ARTIFACT_NTSC_MODE=0
SCREEN_SHOW_SPEED=0
SCREEN_SHOW_IO_ACTIVITY=1
SCREEN_SHOW_IO_COUNTER=0
SCREEN_SHOW_1200XL_LEDS=1
SOUND_ENABLED=1
SOUND_RATE=44100
SOUND_BITS=16
SOUND_FRAG_FRAMES=0
SOUND_LATENCY=20
VIDEO_FILTERING=1
VIDEO_ZOOM=1.00
SDL_JOY_0_ENABLED=1
SDL_JOY_0_LEFT=276
SDL_JOY_0_RIGHT=275
SDL_JOY_0_UP=273
SDL_JOY_0_DOWN=274
SDL_JOY_0_TRIGGER=306
SDL_JOY_USE_HAT=1
SDL_JOY_0_SELECT=8
SDL_JOY_0_START=9
SDL_JOY_0_TRIGGER1=1
SDL_JOY_0_TRIGGER2=2
SDL_JOY_0_ASTERISK=0
SDL_JOY_0_HASH=4
SDL_JOY_0_OPTION=5
SDL_JOY_0_SECOND_AXIS=2
SDL_JOY_1_ENABLED=0
SDL_JOY_1_LEFT=97
SDL_JOY_1_RIGHT=100
SDL_JOY_1_UP=119
SDL_JOY_1_DOWN=115
SDL_JOY_1_TRIGGER=306

                                      atari5200.cfg has the following different settings:

                                      MACHINE_TYPE=Atari XL/XE
RAM_SIZE=64
BUILTIN_BASIC=0
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                                      • Used2BeRXU
                                        Used2BeRX
                                        last edited by

                                        Hey bud,

                                        First off, this time I was able to get your version to work. I don't know what I was doing wrong before. AWESOME to see you got the Robotron controls to work for that game and for Space Dungeon. Perfect.

                                        I had a few questions though. I did not use your configuration, so I'm having the screen size issue that you guys figured out. The reason that I'm not using it is because I'm using the python script the OP had created and pointed to instead of the standard configuration file. Here's what my emulators.cfg file looks like:

                                        atari800="/opt/retropie/emulators/atari800/bin/atari5200.py; /opt/retropie/emulators/atari800/bin/atari800 %ROM%"
                                        default="atari800"

                                        I'm not sure what is in that python script that your config doesn't have, but I figured you were using it since you built off of his setup. I'm going to see if I can add the screensize fix and your additional controller button for the Atari800 in the python script.

                                        One thing I noticed is that when playing Ballblazer now, as I expected it would, you control both players now with the 1st player controller.

                                        I was wondering if you could code this so it only steals the 2nd player control when loading Ballblazer or Space Dungeon, and also if you would be able to properly code the 2nd player controller so we have 2 player support. This is almost a perfect setup now.

                                        Thanks so much for going back in there and fixing the Robotron controls. This is awesome. :)

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                                        • Used2BeRXU
                                          Used2BeRX
                                          last edited by Used2BeRX

                                          Here's the text in the python script that I'm referencing (/opt/retropie/emulators/atari800/bin/atari5200.py):

                                          https://pastebin.com/embed_js/hTQiFkxx

                                          I still can't figure out how to post the black boxes, but you can click on the link to see the python script. At least it's not taking up 10 pages on this thread now. :)

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                                          • mediamogulM
                                            mediamogul Global Moderator @Used2BeRX
                                            last edited by mediamogul

                                            @Used2BeRX

                                            I don't know why the code isn't showing up in the black boxes now.

                                            https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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