Wouldn't it be good if...

Djay · 18 October 2002, 20:18

you could drop a *.info file on your PC desktop and then double click it, then it automatically loads WinUAE and runs that file!!!

RetroMan · 18 October 2002, 20:23

Well, it is easier to double-klick an adf file and assign WinUAE as the main app for those files

Anyway, that doesn´t bring you around those config issues

BippyM · 18 October 2002, 20:25

How about double clicking a config file and it auto loads winuae and runs it with the disks set

Amiga1992 · 18 October 2002, 21:02

How about turning on an Amiga and forget about WinUAE?

*bloodwych sez: preach on brotha!*

Fissuras · 18 October 2002, 21:39

I am on this way... My A600 is being shipped right now.

@Akira: Do you think that I better get an A500 too? To play older games? or the A600 is pretty compatible?

Djay · 18 October 2002, 21:54

Quote:

How about turning on an Amiga and forget about WinUAE?

dude, you make me smile, always fighting the good fight... keep it up!!

BippyM · 18 October 2002, 21:54

Get an A500 aswell, the A600 has Kick2.0-Kick2.05 and aMb Chip ram and ECS chipset so some games wont work as the A500 is Kick 1.2-1.3/0.5Mb Chip/0.5Mb Fast, OCS chipset etc.. Best to have both (all 3 with an A1200)

madduck · 18 October 2002, 23:39

@fissuras
If you wanna play old games on your 600 get a kickstart
Cheap and easy way

Chuckles · 19 October 2002, 10:25

Quote:

Originally posted by bippym
How about double clicking a config file and it auto loads winuae and runs it with the disks set

If you've ever run the installer for WinUAE, then it should have already associated the .uae config file type with WinUAE, and you should be able to double click a config file (or even a shortcut to one) to launch WinUAE with that configuration. If you save a configuration that includes all of the disks that you need, and with the "Show GUI at startup" checkbox unchecked, then double clicking on that config is just like booting the program from diskette, though it is still emulation.

Drake1009 · 19 October 2002, 10:28

If you had double clicking on icons then you'd also need the same config all the time unless you'd make a right click menu to chose different standard setups. I don't know if WinUAE supports the command line parameters to just start a game yet. Got it working with fellow but never WinUAE. But then that's some time ago.

And double clicking a config file does launch winUAE doesn't it?

19 October 2002, 11:21

Quote:

Originally posted by Djay
you could drop a *.info file on your PC desktop and then double click it, then it automatically loads WinUAE and runs that file!!!

In the same idea, there is any GUI available to browse ADF file with screenshot of each games (more or less like with MAME but could be better).
A simple click on the screenshot and then play (config file automatically chosen according to sub-section dedicated to A500/A600/A1200/...).
Maybe a web browser should be enough with tunable skin in flash, and some great tunes from miga, ...

Wow, I am just thinking that it could be great to run demo also.

It should be great when I run my WinUAE on the TV (its a little bit hard to read names on real TV).

Amiga1992 · 19 October 2002, 14:28

Fiss: with a copy of Relokick, TUDE or skick, you won't have many problems

.

I recommend you, however, to get a 1MB expansion to whip up the chipmem to two meg. It really is damn worth it!

Chuckles · 19 October 2002, 19:27

Quote:

Originally posted by Drake1009
I don't know if WinUAE supports the command line parameters to just start a game yet. Got it working with fellow but never WinUAE. But then that's some time ago.

And double clicking a config file does launch winUAE doesn't it?

Psssst! ... WinUAE doesn't really need to support much of anything in the way of command line parameters, just so long as it supports being loaded automatically by double clicking on a config, which it does. If you create a separate config file for any specific game that includes all the specific settings that the game needs, and unclick the "Show GUI at startup" checkbox in that config before you save it, then double clicking on that config file afterwards will load WinUAE with that configuration, and go straight into the emulation. I've created hundreds of configurations that work just that way. Of course you still need the GUI for changing adf's, but for games that never require disk swaps, you can play all day and never see the GUI at all.

Amiga1992 · 19 October 2002, 22:35

Quote:

Originally posted by Djay
dude, you make me smile, always fighting the good fight... keep it up!!

I will always be the Defender of the Real Thing©!!

Fred the Fop · 20 October 2002, 08:18

Quote:

Originally posted by Akira
I will always be the Defender of the Real Thing©!!

So I suppose you will be a defender of a real phallus lieu of dildos.

CPC464 · 20 October 2002, 09:59

@ Chuckles that's interesting

i think it would be alot easier if this could be done, although I use multiple versions of winuae so I hope it would load into the right one LOL

Drake1009 · 20 October 2002, 10:19

It's nifty indeed. But somehow making over 1000 configs for an archive just isn't as tempting as you might think it is.

Ian · 20 October 2002, 10:45

For 99.9% of the adf's you would only need 3 configs. Someone could easily code a little program to alter the inserted floppies in the config. You could even use the TOSEC dat for all the names.

Of course all your adf's will have to be renamed with the current dats though.

So, firstly you would need to setup a config for your machine (ie scanlines, sound etc. etc.) and then the frontend (more like text editor

) would insert all the floppies and away you go.

Easy .......... For someone who can code

(ie Not me

)

poppe · 20 October 2002, 14:36

i´ll go with akira (as usual when it comes to emu vs real psysical items) on this one. it´s almost inpearable i think. it´s not the same charm or feeling. maybe it´s just nostaglia, i don´t know. but everytime i try and emulator, even really good ones, i always end up seeing them as a "try before going trough the hassle on getting them onto the real thing".

i say: in front of a tv/video monitor, in bed and armed with a tac2. thats the way it should be.

Djay · 20 October 2002, 14:45

emulators are only good if your original machine is knackered or you don't have it anymore, the bad thing about emulation is that you can get everything every made for the machine, which makes it all become a collect-o-thon

18 October 2002, 20:18	#1
Djay 95th User Join Date: May 2001 Location: Brighton/UK Age: 48 Posts: 3,120	Wouldn't it be good if... you could drop a *.info file on your PC desktop and then double click it, then it automatically loads WinUAE and runs that file!!!

20 October 2002, 10:45	#18
Ian Global Moderator Join Date: May 2001 Location: Derby, UK Age: 46 Posts: 2,287	For 99.9% of the adf's you would only need 3 configs. Someone could easily code a little program to alter the inserted floppies in the config. You could even use the TOSEC dat for all the names. Of course all your adf's will have to be renamed with the current dats though. So, firstly you would need to setup a config for your machine (ie scanlines, sound etc. etc.) and then the frontend (more like text editor) would insert all the floppies and away you go. Easy .......... For someone who can code (ie Not me)

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18 October 2002, 20:23	#2
RetroMan Registered User Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Germany Age: 51 Posts: 3,704	Well, it is easier to double-klick an adf file and assign WinUAE as the main app for those files Anyway, that doesn´t bring you around those config issues

18 October 2002, 20:25	#3
BippyM Global Moderator Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Derby, UK Age: 48 Posts: 9,355	How about double clicking a config file and it auto loads winuae and runs it with the disks set

18 October 2002, 21:02	#4
Amiga1992 Registered User Join Date: May 2001 Location: ? Posts: 19,645	How about turning on an Amiga and forget about WinUAE? bloodwych sez: preach on brotha!

18 October 2002, 21:39	#5
Fissuras Old Luny Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Brazil Age: 53 Posts: 574	I am on this way... My A600 is being shipped right now. @Akira: Do you think that I better get an A500 too? To play older games? or the A600 is pretty compatible?

18 October 2002, 21:54	#7
BippyM Global Moderator Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Derby, UK Age: 48 Posts: 9,355	Get an A500 aswell, the A600 has Kick2.0-Kick2.05 and aMb Chip ram and ECS chipset so some games wont work as the A500 is Kick 1.2-1.3/0.5Mb Chip/0.5Mb Fast, OCS chipset etc.. Best to have both (all 3 with an A1200)

18 October 2002, 23:39	#8
madduck Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Izmir / Turkey Age: 37 Posts: 40	@fissuras If you wanna play old games on your 600 get a kickstart Cheap and easy way

19 October 2002, 10:28	#10
Drake1009 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Denmark Posts: 2,284	If you had double clicking on icons then you'd also need the same config all the time unless you'd make a right click menu to chose different standard setups. I don't know if WinUAE supports the command line parameters to just start a game yet. Got it working with fellow but never WinUAE. But then that's some time ago. And double clicking a config file does launch winUAE doesn't it?

19 October 2002, 14:28	#12
Amiga1992 Registered User Join Date: May 2001 Location: ? Posts: 19,645	Fiss: with a copy of Relokick, TUDE or skick, you won't have many problems . I recommend you, however, to get a 1MB expansion to whip up the chipmem to two meg. It really is damn worth it!

20 October 2002, 09:59	#16
CPC464 Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: York Age: 54 Posts: 393	@ Chuckles that's interesting i think it would be alot easier if this could be done, although I use multiple versions of winuae so I hope it would load into the right one LOL

20 October 2002, 10:19	#17
Drake1009 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Denmark Posts: 2,284	It's nifty indeed. But somehow making over 1000 configs for an archive just isn't as tempting as you might think it is.

20 October 2002, 14:36	#19
poppe Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Umeå Age: 46 Posts: 196	i´ll go with akira (as usual when it comes to emu vs real psysical items) on this one. it´s almost inpearable i think. it´s not the same charm or feeling. maybe it´s just nostaglia, i don´t know. but everytime i try and emulator, even really good ones, i always end up seeing them as a "try before going trough the hassle on getting them onto the real thing". i say: in front of a tv/video monitor, in bed and armed with a tac2. thats the way it should be.

20 October 2002, 14:45	#20
Djay 95th User Join Date: May 2001 Location: Brighton/UK Age: 48 Posts: 3,120	emulators are only good if your original machine is knackered or you don't have it anymore, the bad thing about emulation is that you can get everything every made for the machine, which makes it all become a collect-o-thon

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