The Amiga whdload pack for Retropie

[ransom1122]

Hi.

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This is video by HungryHorace which explains you can launch amiga games from emulation station on raspberry pie's.

The download page below may have issues though. Boxart snaps and logos download link fail? Anyone else experience this?

http://www.ultimateamiga.co.uk/Hoste...downloads.html

[Seiya]

great job

[ransom1122]

Finally got all this working on my Pi3.

Little Niggly things...

- How can I edit the gfx ratio to 4/3 instead of that stretched look as default for all games. I noticed int he game configs this line gfx_correct_aspect=False. Can you change all config to show True?

- Also Frame Skip is turned on as default. Could you please remove it by default? If not How can I do this myself. If i change it in the emulator when I restart a game its back to stretched mode?

- Lastly Turrican 2 & Turrican 2 CDTV BOth crash back to the emulation station menu after 5 seconds of playing? I managed to get a working config for Turrican 2 but when i save the config & reset the game, the old non working config boots and crashes again.


- Also Ultimate Body Blows CD32 Will not load?

Thanks in advance

Its a shame default config has jit on. Frameskip on. Stretched video etcetc

Hi Ransom, i was struggling with frame skip as well , i dont know why is set by default to 1 , it should be 0.
You can easy update it by setting gfx_framerate=0 in the config files.

if you want to update it for all of the games you can edit hostconfig.uaetemp file and run UAEConfigMaker and it will update it in config for all of the games.

[ransom1122]

Originally Posted by petarku

if you want to update it for all of the games you can edit hostconfig.uaetemp file and run UAEConfigMaker and it will update it in config for all of the games.

Thx. Yes it does look like i have to batch text edit all the uae config files to achieve this.

Still not 100% sure how uaeconfigmaker works?

[DamienD]

Originally Posted by ransom1122

Thx. Yes it does look like i have to batch text edit all the uae config files to achieve this.

I've given you tips / detailed instructions on this exact process before my friend

Try using NotePad++

...check your personal e-mails from me or ask if stuck.

[ransom1122]

Yes I know how it's done. Thanks

I have noticed many more options in the emulator that are active which i dont want and and i cant find them in the uae config files. For example. Immediate blitter. Jit and so on.

Is there a complete command listing on config files for amiberry?

[DamienD]

Ok, I'm no expert. You may require Toni's input but from what I've found when playing around with configuration files:


JIT:

Ok, JIT is a bit tricky... If "cpu_type=68020" or above is set then this is the line you need in the configuration file to enable:

cachesize=16384

To disable change this to:

cachesize=0

Immediate Blitter:

To enable this set:

immediate_blits=true

To diable this set:

immediate_blits=false

[ransom1122]

I asumme all of Tonis code is the same for amiberry?

[DamienD]

No idea but I imagine so... most UAE ports have very similar lines in the config files

Try and see; it's the only way to be sure

...or maybe, you should actually look at a WinUAE config vs. an AmiBerry config in any text file viewer

Any other options you need help with?

[ransom1122]

Not at my PC atm but I will compare the two when I get a chance.

[ransom1122]

These are the Config changes I have made on default Configs for all whdload retropie configs made by Horace. As you can see there are 4 different changes which for each game folder.

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Games_WHDLoad (Configs 17-04-2017)

gfx_framerate=1
gfx_framerate=0

gfx_correct_aspect=False
gfx_correct_aspect=True

cachesize=8192
cachesize=0

cpu_cycle_exact=False
cpu_cycle_exact=True
--------------------------------------------------


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Games_WHDLoad_AGA (Configs 17-04-2017)

gfx_framerate=1
gfx_framerate=0

gfx_correct_aspect=False
gfx_correct_aspect=True

cachesize=8192
cachesize=0

cpu_cycle_exact=False
cpu_cycle_exact=True
--------------------------------------------------


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Games_WHDLoad_CD32 (Configs 17-04-2017)

gfx_framerate=1
gfx_framerate=0

gfx_correct_aspect=False
gfx_correct_aspect=True

cachesize=8192
cachesize=0

cpu_cycle_exact=False
cpu_cycle_exact=True
--------------------------------------------------


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Games_WHDLoad_CDTV (Configs 17-04-2017)

gfx_framerate=1
gfx_framerate=0

gfx_correct_aspect=False
gfx_correct_aspect=True

cachesize=8192
cachesize=0

cpu_cycle_exact=False
cpu_cycle_exact=True
--------------------------------------------------


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Games_WHDLoad_DemoVersions (Configs 17-04-2017)

gfx_framerate=1
gfx_framerate=0

gfx_correct_aspect=False
gfx_correct_aspect=True

cachesize=8192
cachesize=0

cpu_cycle_exact=False
cpu_cycle_exact=True
--------------------------------------------------

Here are some screenshots showing RetroPie Amiga on a 65" TV




Turrican II Now works perfect.




Below is the quitbutton key info in all conigs of whdload games for amiberry.. I am still working out how I can map a button on my ps3 controller to quit out of emulation and go back to emulation station? Anyone know?

; host-specific
key_for_menu=293
key_for_quit=0
button_for_menu=-1
button_for_quit=16


So far I am very happy with this setup for Amiga Couch Playing with a PS3 Controller. Every game I have thrown at it work so far, Just need to figure out that Quit back to emulationstation config.

[ransom1122]

Attached are the 1st edited config files from previous post for each game folder. If anyone sees anything in the configs that could make things better let me know

Each game folder's are

WHDLoad ECS
WHDLoad AGA
WHDLoad CD32
WHDLoad CDTV
WHDLoad Demo

[DamienD]

Good stuff, so all working now

[ransom1122]

Originally Posted by DamienD

Good stuff, so all working now

Yehp! Except for that Quit key mapping ability, that is emulator gui related though, I think.

[DamienD]

What happened to "Immediate Blitter", I thought you were going to switch this off also?

...it's vary, vary rarely needed.

[ransom1122]

Originally Posted by DamienD

What happened to "Immediate Blitter", I thought you were going to switch this off also?

...it's vary, vary rarely needed.

One that slipped away. Ill fix that as well

[rsn8887]

What is the meaning of `gfx_framerate=0` setting to 1 already gives full fps?
EDIT: Oh in Amiberry it is different compared to WinUAE. I see.