Can I make WinUAE faster? (loading time and such)

18 May 2007, 19:23

Is there anyway to get a faster startup and loading time on WinUAE?

If anyone has played like SNES roms youre probably familiar with the turbo button where you can speed up the game youre playing.

I mean, on an emulator, does it really have to take as long time to load up a game as it did on an actual Amiga?

/ EssKung (=AceKing) ;D

Coagulus · 18 May 2007, 19:27

Well, there's the floppy disk speed slider which can help in a lot of games! Doesn't work with all disks though.

Belgarath · 18 May 2007, 19:29

I wouldn't recommend using the floppy speed slider, you're much better off using warp mode (press end+break on the keyboard).

PaulyQ · 18 May 2007, 19:51

The essential difference between SNES and Amiga is the fact that the SNES was cartridge based and obviously the miggy was/is floppy based(with regards to booting up the Amiga had to load the OS from either floppy or hard drive{much like current Windows} and as such it takes longer than the SNES. Belgarth is absolutely correct in using the Warp mode...I've found it more reliable than using the slider.

If you mean by speeding up the Amiga above and over 100% emulation speed, I haven't noticed a switch or button that can do that and would it be required??

Retro-Nerd · 18 May 2007, 20:21

Look for the Warpmode in the input list, you can map it to your joystick/joypad.

PaulyQ · 19 May 2007, 00:10

Sweet.... I'll check that

Coagulus · 21 May 2007, 17:03

Blimey, I never noticed the Warp Mode! Cool!

Marcuz · 21 May 2007, 20:17

i keep forgotting it me too... it's a great feature

Codetapper · 22 May 2007, 00:03

And for practially instant loading times, use WHDLoad versions of the games instead of lousy floppies!

Toni Wilen · 22 May 2007, 00:12

Quote:

Originally Posted by Codetapper

And for practially instant loading times, use WHDLoad versions of the games instead of lousy floppies!

WB takes time to load too

mrbob2 · 22 May 2007, 01:01

On winuae i copied over my workbech and work partitions from my a1200 32mb o60. This took around a minute or 2 to fully load from the HD on my a1200 with my iconx progs and magicwb add ons. On winuae with an 040 8mb chip 63mb fast and cpu set to fastest and 8mb JIT it loads up in literally seconds! around 10 so that is a LOT faster loadin wise. Some games work in TURBO floppy mode, others prefer to be at 100% floppy speed.

fmcpma · 27 May 2007, 01:14

Quote:

Originally Posted by Codetapper

And for practially instant loading times, use WHDLoad versions of the games instead of lousy floppies!

WHDLoad sucks, .ipf's rock.

Perfect images of original games, that's where it's at!

billy · 27 May 2007, 03:41

yes .. yes, some of us do love our registered WHDLoad as well.
NO swapping of the all mighty floppy..

Codetapper · 27 May 2007, 06:19

Quote:

Originally Posted by fmcpma

WHDLoad sucks, .ipf's rock.

Perfect images of original games, that's where it's at!

What do you think WHDLoad images are then? They are perfect rips from the games. And you don't have to worry about protection, and you get extras like trainers and instant loading. IPF's do suffer from the problem that if the original game is faulty, so is the image. (eg. Summer Camp has corrupt music, many games crash due to access faults etc).

You're clearly a buffoon if you think WHDLoad sucks.

killergorilla · 29 May 2007, 11:39

I like WHDLoad

HOL2001 · 29 May 2007, 11:59

Quote:

Originally Posted by killergorilla

I like WHDLoad

Me too !

18 May 2007, 19:23	#1
EssKung Posts: n/a	Can I make WinUAE faster? (loading time and such) Is there anyway to get a faster startup and loading time on WinUAE? If anyone has played like SNES roms youre probably familiar with the turbo button where you can speed up the game youre playing. I mean, on an emulator, does it really have to take as long time to load up a game as it did on an actual Amiga? / EssKung (=AceKing) ;D

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18 May 2007, 19:27	#2
Coagulus Gets there in the end... Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Wales Posts: 862	Well, there's the floppy disk speed slider which can help in a lot of games! Doesn't work with all disks though.

18 May 2007, 19:29	#3
Belgarath HOL Team Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Manchester Posts: 2,513	I wouldn't recommend using the floppy speed slider, you're much better off using warp mode (press end+break on the keyboard).

18 May 2007, 19:51	#4
PaulyQ Registered User Join Date: May 2006 Location: Hartlepool, UK Age: 53 Posts: 237	The essential difference between SNES and Amiga is the fact that the SNES was cartridge based and obviously the miggy was/is floppy based(with regards to booting up the Amiga had to load the OS from either floppy or hard drive{much like current Windows} and as such it takes longer than the SNES. Belgarth is absolutely correct in using the Warp mode...I've found it more reliable than using the slider. If you mean by speeding up the Amiga above and over 100% emulation speed, I haven't noticed a switch or button that can do that and would it be required??

18 May 2007, 20:21	#5
Retro-Nerd Missile Command Champion Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Germany Age: 52 Posts: 12,438	Look for the Warpmode in the input list, you can map it to your joystick/joypad.

19 May 2007, 00:10	#6
PaulyQ Registered User Join Date: May 2006 Location: Hartlepool, UK Age: 53 Posts: 237	Sweet.... I'll check that

21 May 2007, 17:03	#7
Coagulus Gets there in the end... Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Wales Posts: 862	Blimey, I never noticed the Warp Mode! Cool!

21 May 2007, 20:17	#8
Marcuz Registered User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: . Age: 48 Posts: 5,562	i keep forgotting it me too... it's a great feature

22 May 2007, 00:03	#9
Codetapper 2 contact me: email only! Join Date: May 2001 Location: Auckland / New Zealand Posts: 3,182	And for practially instant loading times, use WHDLoad versions of the games instead of lousy floppies!

22 May 2007, 01:01	#11
mrbob2 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: sheffield Posts: 332	On winuae i copied over my workbech and work partitions from my a1200 32mb o60. This took around a minute or 2 to fully load from the HD on my a1200 with my iconx progs and magicwb add ons. On winuae with an 040 8mb chip 63mb fast and cpu set to fastest and 8mb JIT it loads up in literally seconds! around 10 so that is a LOT faster loadin wise. Some games work in TURBO floppy mode, others prefer to be at 100% floppy speed.

27 May 2007, 03:41	#13
billy Registered User Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: US / A Age: 49 Posts: 134	yes .. yes, some of us do love our registered WHDLoad as well. NO swapping of the all mighty floppy..

29 May 2007, 11:39	#15
killergorilla Lesser Talent Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: UK Age: 42 Posts: 7,957	I like WHDLoad

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