Multiple disks in one ZIP

vbs · 30 September 2016, 13:01

I am probably not the first one to ask this but I could not find information about it:
As far as I can see currently it is not supported to have multiple disks in a single ZIP. Wouldn't it be cool if fs-uae would automatically put all disks from a ZIP to "floppy_image_[n]" and the first disk to floppy_drive_0?
So we could store multi-disk gamess just in one ZIP and start fs-uae with it.

I guess there are some problems which are the reason that it is not possible yet but it would be a great feature

Arnie · 30 September 2016, 15:21

If you use the database and start the game from FSUAE Launcher then it does load all disks.
I take it you must be using a game not in the database?
You could just add the disks in the slots and if it's more than four disks, or the game only uses df0:, then leave the other disks in the media swap list, make a config for that game and use the config to launch the game.

vbs · 30 September 2016, 15:35

I am using fs-uae from inside RetroPie. I have a shell script that searches the other corresponding disks when selecting Disk 1 and launches fs-uae with the appropriate command line parameters to hand over the Disk pathes.
And I would like to store the games as zip on my HDD since I think its better to maintain.
So it would be awesome to just select a zip from the list hand it over to fs-uae.

jbl007 · 30 September 2016, 17:19

Loading zipped game files from command line is already implemented in fs-uae-launcher.
Example:

fs-uae-launcher --config:amiga_model=A1200 /path/to/yourzippedgame.zip

Or you could give my launcher a try...
https://github.com/sonnenscheinchen/amiga
Example:

amiga -R yourconfig -z /path/to/yourzippedgame.zip

FrodeSolheim · 30 September 2016, 20:26

Yes, what @jbl007 said. Also, for your specific example:

fs-uae-launcher --config:floppy-drive-count=1 /path/to/yourzippedgame.zip

vbs · 01 October 2016, 21:25

Oh that is pretty nice and works well. My only problem is that it would pull in some dependencies into Retropie (fs-uae-launcher, some python-libs, probably some Qt-libs). Maybe people would not like that just for the ZIP functionality. I will think about it and maybe I will come back to this, thanks!

ztronzo · 18 November 2016, 08:02

hello vbs, sorry for the delay, just saw this thread.
there is also a working feature I use. The example bellow is part of a configuration of how I store multiple gunzipped adf images inside a single zip file.

floppy_drive_0 = Banshee_AGA.zip#/Banshee(Disk 1 of 4).adz
floppy_drive_1 = Banshee_AGA.zip#/Banshee(Disk 2 of 4).adz
floppy_drive_2 = Banshee_AGA.zip#/Banshee(Disk 3 of 4).adz
floppy_drive_3 = Banshee_AGA.zip#/Banshee(Disk 4 of 4).adz

This also corrects an issue of a disk name not being shown correctly in the F12 menu when using http: disk imports with spaces after the floppy disk name "(Disk "
I hope this information helps.

vbs · 27 November 2016, 21:20

Sorry from me too, did not see this earlier

This looks great, thanks for the hint! I just stumbled upon the issue with the whitespaces!

vbs · 27 November 2016, 22:00

Hm, it does not work for me. Am I doing anything wrong?

It says:

Code:

WARNING: Not found: /home/vbs/RetroPie/roms/amiga/Apidya (Kaiko).zip#/Apidya (Kaiko)_Disk1.adf

Full:

Code:

vbs@wz-retro:/opt/retropie/configs/amiga$ ls -la "/home/vbs/RetroPie/roms/amiga/Apidya (Kaiko).zip"
-rw-r--r-- 1 vbs vbs 1593313 Nov 27 20:40 /home/vbs/RetroPie/roms/amiga/Apidya (Kaiko).zip

vbs@wz-retro:/opt/retropie/configs/amiga$ fs-uae --floppy_drive_0="/home/vbs/RetroPie/roms/amiga/Apidya (Kaiko).zip#/Apidya (Kaiko)_Disk1.adf"  --kickstart_file=/home/vbs/RetroPie/BIOS/kick13.rom --floppies_dir=/tmp/retropie-archive --save_states_dir=/home/vbs/RetroPie/roms/amiga
FS-UAE 2.8.1u5 (Built for Linux x86-64)
Copyright 1995-2002 Bernd Schmidt, 1999-2015 Toni Wilen,
2003-2007 Richard Drummond, 2006-2011 Mustafa 'GnoStiC' Tufan,
2011-2015 Frode Solheim, and contributors.

This is free software; see the file COPYING for copying conditions. There
is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE. See the README for more copyright info, and the source code for
a full list of contributors

UAE: Initializing core derived from WinUAE 3220
LOG: /home/vbs/Documents/FS-UAE/Cache/Logs/fs-uae.log.txt
AL lib: (WW) alc_initconfig: Failed to initialize backend "pulse"
WARNING: Not found: /home/vbs/RetroPie/roms/amiga/Apidya (Kaiko).zip#/Apidya (Kaiko)_Disk1.adf
UAE: KS ROM v1.3 (A500,A1000,A2000) rev 34.5 (256k) [315093-02]

The ZIP contains these two files:

Code:

Apidya (Kaiko)_Disk1.adf
Apidya (Kaiko)_Disk2.adf

FrodeSolheim · 27 November 2016, 22:43

@vbs That way of referring to files within zip is understood by fs-uae-launcher, not fs-uae itself.

vbs · 27 November 2016, 23:30

@FrodeSolheim Oh ok, thanks, I thought that syntax was meant for fs-uae itself.

06 June 2017, 14:42

Hi,

can somebody explain step by step how to do it in windows in the launcher?

I have "Monkey Island 2 - LeChuck's Revenge (Germany).zip" with 11 disks
and inside is:
Monkey Island 2 - LeChuck's Revenge (Germany) (DISK 01).ipf
Monkey Island 2 - LeChuck's Revenge (Germany) (DISK 02).ipf
...

I'm totally new to FS-UAE...

ProfDrLuigi · 13 June 2017, 14:32

Should work this way?

floppy_drive_0 = Monkey Island 2 - LeChuck's Revenge (Germany).zip#/Monkey Island 2 - LeChuck's Revenge (Germany) (DISK 01).ipf
floppy_drive_1 = Monkey Island 2 - LeChuck's Revenge (Germany).zip#/Monkey Island 2 - LeChuck's Revenge (Germany) (DISK 02).ipf
:
:

ztronzo · 18 June 2017, 02:48

Whats wrong with the WHDload version?
Even better try this, which I suppose should work and you can easily switch the disk in Df0 with the Ctrl-Function keys

floppy_drive_0 = Monkey Island 2 - LeChuck's Revenge (Germany).zip#/Monkey Island 2 - LeChuck's Revenge (Germany) (DISK 01).ipf
floppy_drive_1 = Monkey Island 2 - LeChuck's Revenge (Germany).zip#/Monkey Island 2 - LeChuck's Revenge (Germany) (DISK 09).ipf
floppy_drive_2 = Monkey Island 2 - LeChuck's Revenge (Germany).zip#/Monkey Island 2 - LeChuck's Revenge (Germany) (DISK 10).ipf
floppy_drive_3 = Monkey Island 2 - LeChuck's Revenge (Germany).zip#/Monkey Island 2 - LeChuck's Revenge (Germany) (DISK 11).ipf

floppy_image_0 = Monkey Island 2 - LeChuck's Revenge (Germany).zip#/Monkey Island 2 - LeChuck's Revenge (Germany) (DISK 01).ipf
floppy_image_1 = Monkey Island 2 - LeChuck's Revenge (Germany).zip#/Monkey Island 2 - LeChuck's Revenge (Germany) (DISK 02).ipf
floppy_image_2 = Monkey Island 2 - LeChuck's Revenge (Germany).zip#/Monkey Island 2 - LeChuck's Revenge (Germany) (DISK 03).ipf
floppy_image_3 = Monkey Island 2 - LeChuck's Revenge (Germany).zip#/Monkey Island 2 - LeChuck's Revenge (Germany) (DISK 04).ipf
floppy_image_4 = Monkey Island 2 - LeChuck's Revenge (Germany).zip#/Monkey Island 2 - LeChuck's Revenge (Germany) (DISK 05).ipf
floppy_image_5 = Monkey Island 2 - LeChuck's Revenge (Germany).zip#/Monkey Island 2 - LeChuck's Revenge (Germany) (DISK 06).ipf
floppy_image_6 = Monkey Island 2 - LeChuck's Revenge (Germany).zip#/Monkey Island 2 - LeChuck's Revenge (Germany) (DISK 07).ipf
floppy_image_7 = Monkey Island 2 - LeChuck's Revenge (Germany).zip#/Monkey Island 2 - LeChuck's Revenge (Germany) (DISK 08).ipf

keyboard_key_ctrl_f1 = action_drive_0_insert_floppy_0
keyboard_key_ctrl_f2 = action_drive_0_insert_floppy_1
keyboard_key_ctrl_f3 = action_drive_0_insert_floppy_2
keyboard_key_ctrl_f4 = action_drive_0_insert_floppy_3
keyboard_key_ctrl_f5 = action_drive_0_insert_floppy_4
keyboard_key_ctrl_f6 = action_drive_0_insert_floppy_5
keyboard_key_ctrl_f7 = action_drive_0_insert_floppy_6
keyboard_key_ctrl_f8 = action_drive_0_insert_floppy_7

FrodeSolheim · 27 June 2017, 11:57

@MrGlassPoole In FS-UAE Launcher, you can use the "Multi-select" button on the first page and choose the zip with floppies, and the launcher will automatically fill the floppy drive list and floppy image list (basically doing that @ztronzo suggests, but automatically).

30 September 2016, 13:01	#1
vbs Registered User Join Date: Sep 2016 Location: Germany Posts: 19	Multiple disks in one ZIP I am probably not the first one to ask this but I could not find information about it: As far as I can see currently it is not supported to have multiple disks in a single ZIP. Wouldn't it be cool if fs-uae would automatically put all disks from a ZIP to "floppy_image_[n]" and the first disk to floppy_drive_0? So we could store multi-disk gamess just in one ZIP and start fs-uae with it. I guess there are some problems which are the reason that it is not possible yet but it would be a great feature

30 September 2016, 17:19	#4
jbl007 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Leipzig/Germany Posts: 466	Loading zipped game files from command line is already implemented in fs-uae-launcher. Example: fs-uae-launcher --config:amiga_model=A1200 /path/to/yourzippedgame.zip Or you could give my launcher a try... https://github.com/sonnenscheinchen/amiga Example: amiga -R yourconfig -z /path/to/yourzippedgame.zip

30 September 2016, 20:26	#5
FrodeSolheim FS-UAE Developer Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Førde, Norway Age: 43 Posts: 4,043	Yes, what @jbl007 said. Also, for your specific example: fs-uae-launcher --config:floppy-drive-count=1 /path/to/yourzippedgame.zip

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30 September 2016, 15:21	#2
Arnie R.I.P Smudge 18-08-16 Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Leicester/UK Age: 66 Posts: 3,968	If you use the database and start the game from FSUAE Launcher then it does load all disks. I take it you must be using a game not in the database? You could just add the disks in the slots and if it's more than four disks, or the game only uses df0:, then leave the other disks in the media swap list, make a config for that game and use the config to launch the game.

30 September 2016, 15:35	#3
vbs Registered User Join Date: Sep 2016 Location: Germany Posts: 19	I am using fs-uae from inside RetroPie. I have a shell script that searches the other corresponding disks when selecting Disk 1 and launches fs-uae with the appropriate command line parameters to hand over the Disk pathes. And I would like to store the games as zip on my HDD since I think its better to maintain. So it would be awesome to just select a zip from the list hand it over to fs-uae.

01 October 2016, 21:25	#6
vbs Registered User Join Date: Sep 2016 Location: Germany Posts: 19	Oh that is pretty nice and works well. My only problem is that it would pull in some dependencies into Retropie (fs-uae-launcher, some python-libs, probably some Qt-libs). Maybe people would not like that just for the ZIP functionality. I will think about it and maybe I will come back to this, thanks!

18 November 2016, 08:02	#7
ztronzo Registered User Join Date: Sep 2015 Location: Montreal Posts: 296	hello vbs, sorry for the delay, just saw this thread. there is also a working feature I use. The example bellow is part of a configuration of how I store multiple gunzipped adf images inside a single zip file. floppy_drive_0 = Banshee_AGA.zip#/Banshee(Disk 1 of 4).adz floppy_drive_1 = Banshee_AGA.zip#/Banshee(Disk 2 of 4).adz floppy_drive_2 = Banshee_AGA.zip#/Banshee(Disk 3 of 4).adz floppy_drive_3 = Banshee_AGA.zip#/Banshee(Disk 4 of 4).adz This also corrects an issue of a disk name not being shown correctly in the F12 menu when using http: disk imports with spaces after the floppy disk name "(Disk " I hope this information helps.

27 November 2016, 21:20	#8
vbs Registered User Join Date: Sep 2016 Location: Germany Posts: 19	Sorry from me too, did not see this earlier This looks great, thanks for the hint! I just stumbled upon the issue with the whitespaces!

27 November 2016, 22:43	#10
FrodeSolheim FS-UAE Developer Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Førde, Norway Age: 43 Posts: 4,043	@vbs That way of referring to files within zip is understood by fs-uae-launcher, not fs-uae itself.

27 November 2016, 23:30	#11
vbs Registered User Join Date: Sep 2016 Location: Germany Posts: 19	@FrodeSolheim Oh ok, thanks, I thought that syntax was meant for fs-uae itself.

06 June 2017, 14:42	#12
MrGlasspoole Posts: n/a	Hi, can somebody explain step by step how to do it in windows in the launcher? I have "Monkey Island 2 - LeChuck's Revenge (Germany).zip" with 11 disks and inside is: Monkey Island 2 - LeChuck's Revenge (Germany) (DISK 01).ipf Monkey Island 2 - LeChuck's Revenge (Germany) (DISK 02).ipf ... I'm totally new to FS-UAE...

13 June 2017, 14:32	#13
ProfDrLuigi Registered User Join Date: May 2012 Location: Germany Posts: 22	Should work this way? floppy_drive_0 = Monkey Island 2 - LeChuck's Revenge (Germany).zip#/Monkey Island 2 - LeChuck's Revenge (Germany) (DISK 01).ipf floppy_drive_1 = Monkey Island 2 - LeChuck's Revenge (Germany).zip#/Monkey Island 2 - LeChuck's Revenge (Germany) (DISK 02).ipf : :

18 June 2017, 02:48	#14
ztronzo Registered User Join Date: Sep 2015 Location: Montreal Posts: 296	Whats wrong with the WHDload version? Even better try this, which I suppose should work and you can easily switch the disk in Df0 with the Ctrl-Function keys floppy_drive_0 = Monkey Island 2 - LeChuck's Revenge (Germany).zip#/Monkey Island 2 - LeChuck's Revenge (Germany) (DISK 01).ipf floppy_drive_1 = Monkey Island 2 - LeChuck's Revenge (Germany).zip#/Monkey Island 2 - LeChuck's Revenge (Germany) (DISK 09).ipf floppy_drive_2 = Monkey Island 2 - LeChuck's Revenge (Germany).zip#/Monkey Island 2 - LeChuck's Revenge (Germany) (DISK 10).ipf floppy_drive_3 = Monkey Island 2 - LeChuck's Revenge (Germany).zip#/Monkey Island 2 - LeChuck's Revenge (Germany) (DISK 11).ipf floppy_image_0 = Monkey Island 2 - LeChuck's Revenge (Germany).zip#/Monkey Island 2 - LeChuck's Revenge (Germany) (DISK 01).ipf floppy_image_1 = Monkey Island 2 - LeChuck's Revenge (Germany).zip#/Monkey Island 2 - LeChuck's Revenge (Germany) (DISK 02).ipf floppy_image_2 = Monkey Island 2 - LeChuck's Revenge (Germany).zip#/Monkey Island 2 - LeChuck's Revenge (Germany) (DISK 03).ipf floppy_image_3 = Monkey Island 2 - LeChuck's Revenge (Germany).zip#/Monkey Island 2 - LeChuck's Revenge (Germany) (DISK 04).ipf floppy_image_4 = Monkey Island 2 - LeChuck's Revenge (Germany).zip#/Monkey Island 2 - LeChuck's Revenge (Germany) (DISK 05).ipf floppy_image_5 = Monkey Island 2 - LeChuck's Revenge (Germany).zip#/Monkey Island 2 - LeChuck's Revenge (Germany) (DISK 06).ipf floppy_image_6 = Monkey Island 2 - LeChuck's Revenge (Germany).zip#/Monkey Island 2 - LeChuck's Revenge (Germany) (DISK 07).ipf floppy_image_7 = Monkey Island 2 - LeChuck's Revenge (Germany).zip#/Monkey Island 2 - LeChuck's Revenge (Germany) (DISK 08).ipf keyboard_key_ctrl_f1 = action_drive_0_insert_floppy_0 keyboard_key_ctrl_f2 = action_drive_0_insert_floppy_1 keyboard_key_ctrl_f3 = action_drive_0_insert_floppy_2 keyboard_key_ctrl_f4 = action_drive_0_insert_floppy_3 keyboard_key_ctrl_f5 = action_drive_0_insert_floppy_4 keyboard_key_ctrl_f6 = action_drive_0_insert_floppy_5 keyboard_key_ctrl_f7 = action_drive_0_insert_floppy_6 keyboard_key_ctrl_f8 = action_drive_0_insert_floppy_7

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27 June 2017, 11:57	#15
FrodeSolheim FS-UAE Developer Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Førde, Norway Age: 43 Posts: 4,043	@MrGlassPoole In FS-UAE Launcher, you can use the "Multi-select" button on the first page and choose the zip with floppies, and the launcher will automatically fill the floppy drive list and floppy image list (basically doing that @ztronzo suggests, but automatically).