FS-UAE <= 2.9.x development series

[FrodeSolheim]

@MrGimper I need a separate fs-uae.log.txt for both the cases (Blizzard1260 and BlizzardPPC) in order to look into it.

[Mousey]

I've browsed through the last few pages of this thread, but apologies if this has been mentioned already and I've missed it.

Using 2.5.20.dev:

I have a Workbench 3.1 hard drive setup (based on the Amiga Forever installation), and it works fine with "Amiga 1200 (68020)" selected - unless I enable Picasso96 Support together with Zorro III RAM (any amount).

If I enable Zorro III RAM without Picasso96, it boots (but looks a mess), and if I enable Picasso96 without Zorro III RAM it boots (and is fine), but both enabled result in a completely blank grey screen (no mouse or anything). This behaviour has changed somewhere between 2.4.1 (where it boots fine with both enabled) and 2.5.20dev.

This isn't a complaint - I love FS-UAE and am so very grateful for it's existence - but rather an observation that I hope will prove helpful for someone who needs this fixed. For my part, everything I want to do (mainly play WHDLoad games!) works fine without Zorro III RAM so I'm a happy bunny.

@Mousey,

I had a similar problem with winuae, and I believe the reason is because A1200s don't actually have the ability to support zorro III RAM in real life. So the fact that it works at all with ZIII RAM is kind of a bug. Try changing to an a4000 setup and see if that works better for you.

[Mousey]

Originally Posted by esc

I believe the reason is because A1200s don't actually have the ability to support zorro III RAM in real life.

Ahh... you're exposing my lack of hardware knowledge there! It's nice to understand why it doesn't work though, so thanks.

[Toni Wilen]

A1200 + Z3 boards work fine. Yes, it is "impossible" in real world but it does not matter unless you run non-m68k operating systems.

(and logs missing)

[FrodeSolheim]

@Mosey please attach fs-uae.log.txt after having experienced the problem - log file also includes information about config options. (Bonus if you also upload a the log file for 2.4.x when it works).

@FrodeSolheim -

Just wanted to chime in on what an awesome job you've done. It's taken me about a day to get fs-uae 2.5.20.dev to compile properly along with fs-uae-launcher and fs-uae-arcade on my 64 bit linux setup, but I've also got the ppc plugins to compile and currently have a quite amazing 060/PPC emulated CWB 3.9 that I have my laptop set to boot directly into. Thanks! I basically have a 060/PPC Amiga laptop at my disposal now

Once I figure out how to get the arrow keys to work, I'll be in business. Thanks again!

[FrodeSolheim]

@esc thanks, and you're welcome - To get the cursor keys working, simply connect a joystick/gamepad before starting FS-UAE, or specify "No host device" for the joystick port (by default, the cursor keys are used to emulated the primary joystick).

Cool, thanks! Works perfectly. Any way to put that in a system-specific configuration file? Preference is to not use the launcher for this purpose. Thanks again!

Also, one other question - Searching here and some googling has led me to the conclusion that AHI only works with Paula at this time. Is that the case? Or is there a uae sound card emulation built in for the purposes of gaming and such?

Cheers!

[FrodeSolheim]

Originally Posted by esc

Cool, thanks! Works perfectly. Any way to put that in a system-specific configuration file? Preference is to not use the launcher for this purpose. Thanks again!

Create Host.fs-uae in Configurations (this file will be read by FS-UAE when *not* started from FS-UAE Launcher):

[fs-uae]
joystick_port_1 = nothing

Originally Posted by esc

Also, one other question - Searching here and some googling has led me to the conclusion that AHI only works with Paula at this time. Is that the case? Or is there a uae sound card emulation built in for the purposes of gaming and such?

Correct, there's no UAE AHI implementation like in WinUAE (no plans to port it either, at least not now).

[Mousey]

Originally Posted by FrodeSolheim

@Mosey please attach fs-uae.log.txt after having experienced the problem - log file also includes information about config options. (Bonus if you also upload a the log file for 2.4.x when it works).

I have attached the requested log files (renamed for clarity), and can reconfirm grey screen hang in version 2.5.20dev (with 8MB Zorro memory and Picasso support enabled), but works perfectly in 2.4.1.

As I said, it's not a big deal to me, but if it can help someone else then great.

[FrodeSolheim]

A new development version has been released. Changes in FS-UAE 2.5.21dev:

• Added file version information to fs-uae.exe
• Updated Windows build/dist system to work with MSYS2.
• Also check for plugin .dll/.so in executable directory and exedir/../name/name.dll-or-so (useful for development and testing)
• Added microsoft_x_box_one_pad_11_6_1_0_linux.conf.
• Added sony_computer_entertainment_wireless_controller_14_10_1_0_linux.conf.
• Added wireless_controller_14_6_1_0_macosx.conf.
• Updated emulation core from WinUAE 2900b25.

Changes in FS-UAE Launcher 2.5.21dev:

• Allow clearing preferred joystick(s) via settings UI.
• Can start with path to .fs-uae file as final argument (auto-runs configuration via FS-UAE Launcher).
• Can start with game uuid as final argument (auto-runs preferred variant).
• Can start with variant uuid as final argument (autu-runs specified variant).
• Fixed issue caused by QT normalizing (NFC) paths on OS X.

The Windows version is now built using the excellent MSYS2 distribution. This distributions contains updated version of all requirements for FS-UAE and (almost) all requirements for FS-UAE Launcher & Arcade, including a Python version compiled with mingw. The end result is a build environment which is much easier to set up and use. I even made an easy-to-follow step by step tutorial for installing this environment and compiling the git version of FS-UAE on Windows. But, there is always a chance that the changes have introduced bugs in FS-UAE or FS-UAE Launcher, so please let me know if something which worked in 2.5.20dev is broken in 2.5.21dev.

The OS X build environment has also been updated with newer library versions – so same here, please report any new issues in 2.5.21.dev, if any.

[tlosm]

Great !
do you had been updated the git too ? ? ?

edit : yes

edit 2: will the qemu-uae need to be upgraded?

[FrodeSolheim]

Originally Posted by tlosm

edit 2: will the qemu-uae need to be upgraded?

No, qemu-uae is updated to 3.6.0, but there are no relevant changes, and FS-UAE 2.5.21dev will happily use the existing 3.5.0 plugin.

[Retro-Nerd]

Originally Posted by Retro-Nerd

No luck. I tried cpu_idle = 3-6. Sys runs at 50fps, emu at 31fps.

This problem is finally gone with higher CPUs. Runs now in 50fps again.

[Foul]

cannot configure/make latest qemu plugin :

foul@Foulnux:~/Téléchargements/fsuae/qemu-uae$ ./bootstrap 
Bootstrapping qemu-uae...
fatal: Not a git repository (or any parent up to mount point /media/2To)
Stopping at filesystem boundary (GIT_DISCOVERY_ACROSS_FILESYSTEM not set).
foul@Foulnux:~/Téléchargements/fsuae/qemu-uae$

and

foul@Foulnux:~/Téléchargements/fsuae/qemu-uae$ ./configure 

ERROR: pixman >= 0.21.8 not present. Your options:
         (1) Preferred: Install the pixman devel package (any recent
             distro should have packages as Xorg needs pixman too).
         (2) Fetch the pixman submodule, using:
             git submodule update --init pixman

foul@Foulnux:~/Téléchargements/fsuae/qemu-uae$

but libpixman 0.32.4 is installed on my system...

[FrodeSolheim]

Originally Posted by Foul

cannot configure/make latest qemu plugin :

ERROR: pixman >= 0.21.8 not present. Your options:
(1) Preferred: Install the pixman devel package (any recent
distro should have packages as Xorg needs pixman too).
(2) Fetch the pixman submodule, using:
git submodule update --init pixman

but libpixman 0.32.4 is installed on my system...

Maybe missing configure-qemu file ?

I modified qemu-uae to always use bundled pixman library, so you can just do what it says:

git submodule update --init pixman

or run the ./bootstrap script which does this for you (this only works if you have checked out the git repository).

(Or you can run ./configure --with-system-pixman if you want to use the system library instead)

[Foul]

foul@Foulnux:~/Téléchargements/fsuae/qemu-uae$ git submodule update --init pixman
error: pathspec 'pixman' did not match any file(s) known to git.
Did you forget to 'git add'?
foul@Foulnux:~/Téléchargements/fsuae/qemu-uae$

./configure --with-system-pixman working

[FrodeSolheim]

Originally Posted by Foul

foul@Foulnux:~/Téléchargements/fsuae/qemu-uae$ git submodule update --init pixman
error: pathspec 'pixman' did not match any file(s) known to git.
Did you forget to 'git add'?
foul@Foulnux:~/Téléchargements/fsuae/qemu-uae$

You probably downloaded a source tarball from github. This only works if you used

git clone https://github.com/FrodeSolheim/qemu-uae.git

to get the source code. But you can use the --with-system-pixman option if you prefer instead

[Foul]

My method (not the right one apparently..) is to go to : https://github.com/FrodeSolheim/qemu-uae and click on : Download ZIP

thx