fs-uae - a new multi-platform amiga emulator for games!

[ant512]

Originally Posted by FrodeSolheim

It will almost certainly require at least Mac OS X 10.6 (because that's what I compiled it on), but hopefully it will work on 10.7 as well.

Works fine for me on 10.7.3 when I run it from the command line and specify a conf file. Is there a particular place I should put the conf file if I want to run fs-uae from the Finder?

Great work, by the way!

Originally Posted by ant512

Is there a particular place I should put the conf file if I want to run fs-uae from the Finder?

I had success placing the fs-uae.conf file in this path:

~/.config/fs-uae/fsuae.conf

Then, when I launched the app from Finder it worked great. If you specify .adf files for each floppy drive it works great:

floppy_drive_0 = ../Resources/workbench.adf

However, it seems as if floppy-swapping doesn't work as expected yet.

-Finrock

[FrodeSolheim]

Originally Posted by finrock

However, it seems as if floppy-swapping doesn't work as expected yet.

You're quite right - It crashes quite hard when swapping disks. This is already fixed, and I'll provide an updated version today.

Thank you for reporting the issue.

[FrodeSolheim]

Originally Posted by finrock

I had success placing the fs-uae.conf file in this path:

~/.config/fs-uae/fsuae.conf

A small typo there; it should be

~/.config/fs-uae/fs-uae.conf

[FrodeSolheim]

Version 0.9.2:

• fixed a crash occuring when swapping floppy disks
• fixed problem with parent dirs not being created, preventing logging
• created and added scripts/makefiles to create binary distributions for Windows and Mac OS X (debian files were already added)
• add example.conf, README, COPYING and licence files to all distributions
• source distribution is now patched for 64-bit support

Windows binary, Mac OS X bundle, Debian package and source code is posted to http://fengestad.no/fs-uae/

[Gaula92]

Is there any hope for a Linux-64 deb release?

I can't compile my own 64bits binaries on Gentoo or Lubuntu 11.10 (64 bits):


/usr/bin/ld: obj/libfsemu.o: relocation R_X86_64_32 against `.rodata.str1.1' can not be used when making a shared object; recompile with -fPIC
obj/libfsemu.o: could not read symbols: Bad value
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make[1]: *** [out/libfsemu.so.1.0] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/manuel/Downloads/fs-uae-0.9.2/libfsemu'
make: *** [libfsemu/out/libfsemu.a] Error 2

[nexusle]

Yeah!! Works graet on Mac OS X 10.7.3 for me. BUT: How to enable my USB joypad?!

If I use the name (joystick_port_1 = USB GAME CONTROLLER) it doen't work
If I use the normal uae option (joystick_port_1 = joy0) it doesn't work

Any ideas?

[FrodeSolheim]

Originally Posted by gaula88@hotmail

Is there any hope for a Linux-64 deb release?

I can't compile my own 64bits binaries on Gentoo or Lubuntu 11.10 (64 bits):

/usr/bin/ld: obj/libfsemu.o: relocation R_X86_64_32 against `.rodata.str1.1' can not be used when making a shared object; recompile with -fPIC
obj/libfsemu.o: could not read symbols: Bad value
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make[1]: *** [out/libfsemu.so.1.0] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/manuel/Downloads/fs-uae-0.9.2/libfsemu'
make: *** [libfsemu/out/libfsemu.a] Error 2

Yes, I plan on installing a virtual machine with Debian stable 64-bit to build a 64-bit deb for distribution. In any case, it would be smart to test compilation on x86-64 myself, it seems

Anyway, the problem stems from the fact I have set up libfsemu to also build an (unused) shared library (and without the proper linker flags for x86-64). I'll fix this for the next source release.

In the meantime, you can open libfsemu/Makefile and change the line 51 from

libfsemu: out/$(library) out/$(shared)

to

libfsemu: out/$(library)

[FrodeSolheim]

Originally Posted by nexusle

Yeah!! Works graet on Mac OS X 10.7.3 for me. BUT: How to enable my USB joypad?!

If I use the name (joystick_port_1 = USB GAME CONTROLLER) it doen't work
If I use the normal uae option (joystick_port_1 = joy0) it doesn't work

Any ideas?

Yes! This controller is not (yet) supported by fs-uae. Instead of just "guessing" the gamepad layout, fs-uae currently requires an explicit config.

You can create a configuration file for the gamepad yourself. I have added a new section "SUPPORTING NEW CONTROLLERS" to the README available at http://fengestad.no/fs-uae/README.html (refresh the page if the section does not show).

In your case, you would need to create the file "something/usb_game_controller.ini". I could create the file, but would need quite detailed information about the controller.

[nexusle]

This is the System Profiler entry of the USB GAME CONTROLLER. More I can't provide.

The Game Controller looks like the PSX Game Controller


Another question:

how do I use the two ROMs for the CD32 Emulation in config file?

[FrodeSolheim]

Originally Posted by nexusle

This is the System Profiler entry of the USB GAME CONTROLLER. More I can't provide.

The Game Controller looks like the PSX Game Controller

Good, that's enough information for me to identify the controller. But I also need to know the button number of each game pad button. Perhaps there is a Mac joystick tester application where you can press buttons and the application tells you what you have pressed? On Windows, you can test joysticks via the control panel, and Linux has a "jstest" program.

If the controller looks like a PSX controller, you could give me a list of descriptive button names and corresponding button numbers. E.g.:
square button is button 1
...
d-pad-left is button 8 (or hat left, or axis 1- or whatever it is).

Based on a complete list, I can create the configuration file.

Originally Posted by nexusle

Another question:

how do I use the two ROMs for the CD32 Emulation in config file?

Use kickstart_file for the primary kickstart rom, and the undocumented "kickstart_ext_file" for the other (or just use [paths]rom_dir and let fs-uae find them automatically).
(BTW: I am currently implementing CD audio support for CD32, but it might not be finished tonight).

[nexusle]

Originally Posted by FrodeSolheim

(or just use [paths]rom_dir and let fs-uae find them automatically)

This wasn't working. It works with A500/Kick 1.3 and A1200/Kick3.1 but not with CD32/Kick3.1

[FrodeSolheim]

Originally Posted by gaula88@hotmail

Is there any hope for a Linux-64 deb release?

I can't compile my own 64bits binaries on Gentoo or Lubuntu 11.10 (64 bits):

I have compiled a version for Debian/AMD64:
http://fengestad.no/fs-uae/files/fs-....3-0_amd64.deb


The source code for 0.9.3 is also published. Changelog:

• configuration option to keep the aspect when scaling the screen (see example.conf)
• README: added information about supporting new controllers
• example.conf: documented the kickstart_ext_file option
• fs-uae compiles on Linux 64-bit now

(I will skip other binary releases for this minor version).

Originally Posted by nexusle

This wasn't working. It works with A500/Kick 1.3 and A1200/Kick3.1 but not with CD32/Kick3.1

OK, the default setting is very picky about which ROMs it accepts, it uses WinUAE's default setting for CD32, so if you haven't got exactly the preferred ROM files the automatic detection will fail. kickstart_ext_file should override this and work for you (I haven't actually tested it myself).

[nexusle]

Originally Posted by FrodeSolheim

kickstart_ext_file should override this and work for you

Yes. I get no crash but the "Amiga" loops in a endless reset...

The same ROMs (Cloanto AF) works great with E-UAE as CD32 emulation

[FrodeSolheim]

Originally Posted by nexusle

Yes. I get no crash but the "Amiga" loops in a endless reset...

The same ROMs (Cloanto AF) works great with E-UAE as CD32 emulation

You are quite correct. I took a "while" to figure this one out
libuae/cfgfile.cpp - quickstart code for CDTV and CD32 was coded a bit differently from the other quickstarts - if ROMs could not be autoconfigured, the chipset settings for CD32 was not set at all.

I dug out my Cloanto Forever 2008 CD and have verified that the fix works. I will create a new release later (I'll see I can get CDDA support in as well).

[nexusle]

Great work!!!

[kire_online]

I will give this a go tonight, good to see active development in this area.

[kire_online]

Great work on this, I can hook into it from Plex and play my Amiga games on the big screen.
Just tried it on my macbook air, scrolling seems OK on Giana Sisters, the sound was fairly crap though.
I loved the floppy disk sounds, sounds like the real thing.
Keep up the great work.

[sebbi]

Hi,

i tried to compile the 0.9.3 source on archlinux x64 and got the following error:

g++ obj/fs-main.o obj/fs-menu.o obj/fs-mouse.o obj/fs-keyboard.o obj/fs-video.o obj/fs-joystick.o obj/libamiga.a -Llibfsemu/out -lfsemu `sdl-config --libs` `pkg-config --libs glib-2.0 gthread-2.0` -lpng -lz -lGL -lGLU -o out/fs-uae
/usr/bin/ld: obj/libamiga.a(libamiga-caps.o): undefined reference to symbol 'dlsym@@GLIBC_2.2.5'
/usr/bin/ld: note: 'dlsym@@GLIBC_2.2.5' is defined in DSO /lib/libdl.so.2 so try adding it to the linker command line
/lib/libdl.so.2: could not read symbols: Invalid operation

Any hints?

[Gaula92]

I got it to compile in 64 bit Linux with the fix suggested, thanks!

Is it possible to boot an HDF file in A1200 mode?
Is it possible to use a custom video mode for PAL 50HZ? Or at least ..is it possible to control internal refresh rate so we can have smooth scroll in NTSC games? (IE to force them into an exact given internal refreh rate, synced with a given monitor refresh rate)

thanks!