New to WinUAE

28 January 2008, 21:49

Hi, i've never used WinUAE until today. Im having some trouble in the settings trying to get my USB joystick working. Windows reports it as working fine and im able to see its responding in the calibration program from within XP, but whenever I load up a game in WinUAE I get no response out of it. I have selected both Port 0 and 1 as "USB Joystick" in "Game and I/O settings".

Also im having a little trouble with getting full screen, i've selected Fullscreen 800x600 but there seems to be a section cut off at the bottom. Any help on these matters will be greatly aprreciated!

PS heres what i mean :

DamienD · 28 January 2008, 22:56

Hello Infinity,

Welcome to EAB

Joystick Issue:
Strange, usually if Windows can see the joystick in Control Panel --> Game Controllers and you can calibrate it then you should be fine in WinUAE.

Port 0: is best to leave as Mouse but set Port 1: to your joystick. You can see it listed in the dropdown menu hey?

Display Issue:
From looking at your screenshot this is normal. The Amiga display is mostly 640x512 so 800x600 will leave black areas.

For most games usually setting 640x480 is fine though. You can also set a custom resolution of 720x576 which is cool for games that use overscan. If you video card doesn't support that resolution then use a utility called PowerStrip

Toni Wilen · 28 January 2008, 23:32

Do not put same device in both ports. (perhaps GUI should refuse to allow it)

DamienD · 28 January 2008, 23:34

Quote:

Originally Posted by Toni Wilen

perhaps GUI should refuse to allow it

That's would be a very good option to implement Toni

29 January 2008, 09:06

Thanks for the replys, I see what your saying with the Display settings DamienD. I'll try setting port 0 as the mouse then for the joystick issue as well

vroom6sri · 29 January 2008, 09:34

I manage to get my WinUAE too fill the whole screen in Full Screen mode by using the filter options and adjusting the sliders. I think the filter options are in the Display menu (one of the menu options near the bottom of the list when you press F12). Once I'd tweaked them to the right level I saved my config and robert-is-your-father's-brother!

I'm sure I had to configure the jostick in WinUAE to get it to work the first time I set up WinUAE.

Hewitson · 30 January 2008, 10:46

Just a correction it is 640x256 not 640x512. 640x512 is interlaced.

NLS · 30 January 2008, 12:09

yes but he is correct in the sense that when using non-interlaced, winuae doubles the pixels (to show correct aspect), so still needs x512

28 January 2008, 21:49	#1
Infinity Posts: n/a	New to WinUAE Hi, i've never used WinUAE until today. Im having some trouble in the settings trying to get my USB joystick working. Windows reports it as working fine and im able to see its responding in the calibration program from within XP, but whenever I load up a game in WinUAE I get no response out of it. I have selected both Port 0 and 1 as "USB Joystick" in "Game and I/O settings". Also im having a little trouble with getting full screen, i've selected Fullscreen 800x600 but there seems to be a section cut off at the bottom. Any help on these matters will be greatly aprreciated! PS heres what i mean : Last edited by Infinity; 28 January 2008 at 21:55.

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28 January 2008, 22:56	#2
DamienD Banned Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: London / Sydney Age: 47 Posts: 20,420	Hello Infinity, Welcome to EAB *Joystick Issue:* Strange, usually if Windows can see the joystick in Control Panel --> Game Controllers and you can calibrate it then you should be fine in WinUAE. Port 0: is best to leave as Mouse but set Port 1: to your joystick. You can see it listed in the dropdown menu hey? *Display Issue:* From looking at your screenshot this is normal. The Amiga display is mostly 640x512 so 800x600 will leave black areas. For most games usually setting 640x480 is fine though. You can also set a custom resolution of 720x576 which is cool for games that use overscan. If you video card doesn't support that resolution then use a utility called PowerStrip

28 January 2008, 23:32	#3
Toni Wilen WinUAE developer Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Hämeenlinna/Finland Age: 49 Posts: 26,502	Do not put same device in both ports. (perhaps GUI should refuse to allow it)

29 January 2008, 09:06	#5
Infinity Posts: n/a	Thanks for the replys, I see what your saying with the Display settings DamienD. I'll try setting port 0 as the mouse then for the joystick issue as well

29 January 2008, 09:34	#6
vroom6sri Registered User Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Peterborough Age: 47 Posts: 841	I manage to get my WinUAE too fill the whole screen in Full Screen mode by using the filter options and adjusting the sliders. I think the filter options are in the Display menu (one of the menu options near the bottom of the list when you press F12). Once I'd tweaked them to the right level I saved my config and robert-is-your-father's-brother! I'm sure I had to configure the jostick in WinUAE to get it to work the first time I set up WinUAE.

30 January 2008, 10:46	#7
Hewitson Registered User Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Melbourne, Australia Age: 41 Posts: 3,771	Just a correction it is 640x256 not 640x512. 640x512 is interlaced.

30 January 2008, 12:09	#8
NLS Ancient User Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: GREECE Age: 50 Posts: 757	yes but he is correct in the sense that when using non-interlaced, winuae doubles the pixels (to show correct aspect), so still needs x512

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