I'm a fan of FS-UAE

[TCD]

Okay... it's my birthday and all, but... FS-UAE does offer a lot

You can use it as an alternative for E-UAE on MacOSX and *nix

But I'd like to point out that the online database (once you enabled it via the preferences in FS-Launcher) offers a lot of Amiga gaming (more than 500 games and another >300 CD32 and CDTV titles) via the (double-)click of a button

And there's also netplay to try out

A lot of small improvements that add up to be a worthwhile 'try-out' for every Amiga gamer

Once you realise that FS-UAE uses the same core as WinUAE does, you can focus on the the 'extra' features that FS-UAE has

I'm a fan of FS-UAE for that... how about you?

[bcripon]

I was just thinking about this myself. I remember first running into FS-UAE after I got frustrated with setting up E-UAE on OS X and just gave up. I was using Amiga Forever using Wine. The experience was ok, but there were still some window problems using it with Wine (Windows library translation for *nix systems like OS X and Linux).

When I found the first version of FS-UAE, it finally allowed me to set up an Amiga emulator on OS X that worked well and was easy to set up. It is quite amazing how far Frode has come since I started with 1.3.9 (I think).

With the work that Frode has done, I am not surprised that Amiga Forever's Mac page has said for a long time that work is starting "soon" on a Mac port. Honestly, I can't see where a Mac AF port could keep up with FS-UAE.

Thanks, Frode!


Bob C

[spajdr]

I love myself fs-uae too, thats why i keep bugging Frode with various stuff to add
Is someone interested to have fs-uae badge or sticker?
This guy can do it, when requested
http://www.amibay.com/showthread.php?t=41163

[DaveMB]

Full time Ubuntu user here so I absolutely love FS-UAE and very much appreciate its existence.

[Goingdown]

Linux user here too. I used to use either e-uae or Winuae via Wine, but I have moved to fs-uae. Easy to use, performance is in par with Winuae, so it is perfect.

I used to have a1200 setup with WB 3.1 hard disk, and all of my whdload games in there (btw, I recommend whdload for everyone - it is great... and the registration fee is not to bad). But now I am using FS-UAE Launcher with online game database and launching almost all games directly from there (few are still missing but coming up pretty nicely).

[leathered]

Linux user since my first slackware install 10 years ago, and the main inspiration behind my thinly disguised choice of nickname. I used E-UAE for a long time before moving over to WinUAE for it's better features and compatibilty. Recently I have a new machine build running Mint 14 and plan to start using FS-UAE as I've been reading good things about it. It didn't run on my previous mint cinnamon 13 (it was always a bit broken!)

[TCD]

Maybe I should mention that I'm on Windows... Actually the online database and it's integration convinced to have a closer look at FS-UAE. There are a lot of very clever features that makes it a lot easier for a gamer to just... play games

[Kitty]

Does the windows version support WHDLoad?

[TCD]

http://fengestad.no/fs-uae/whdload-support
You just scan the WHDLoad zips and put your key (if you have) in the FS-UAE folder. You don't even need to install WB

[FrodeSolheim]

Originally Posted by Kitty

Does the windows version support WHDLoad?

Yes, you can either:
* Use a full drive with WHDLoad and games (obviously)
* Load an archive with a WHDLoad game into a drive (and modify the WHDLoad arguments option if necessary)
* Use the online database and just run scan, to get one-click (or two) starting of WHDLoad games. Just PM me if you'd like to use the online database (currently in beta).

Originally Posted by TheCyberDruid

http://fengestad.no/fs-uae/whdload-support
You just scan the WHDLoad zips and put your key (if you have) in the FS-UAE folder. You don't even need to install WB

Yep (if online database is enabled)

[lesta_smsc]

FS-UAE has revolutionised gaming for me! With the old WinUAE-XP Kaillera not working on later Windows, and poor support, it was difficult to enjoy the Amiga experience over the internet particularly with 2 player games. Now that is a problem of the past! Great speed and compatibility - with the latest development series having some amazing features, this is only getting better!

[1time]

Okey. I have tried it.. And i do love it..

Another fan right here =)

[TCD]

Glad you like it mate There will be more games popping up during the next days/weeks, so don't forget to click that refresh button once in a while

[seuden]

Where do you place the zipped WHDLoad games ready for scanning?

[TCD]

C:\Users\seuden\Documents\FS-UAE\Hard Drives I'd say

[FrodeSolheim]

Originally Posted by seuden

Where do you place the zipped WHDLoad games ready for scanning?

Anywhere you like inside one of the scan directories ("Scan Files & Configurations" from the menu) - you can add more directories to the scan list as well.

EDIT: Or what TheCyberDruid said

[Retro-Nerd]

Just scanned the my KillerGorilla/Retroplay folder with WHDLoad games. I already like it, with the nice cover scans and screenshots. FS-UAE runs pretty smooth with the Open GL renderer.

I had some performance troubles with WinUAE+D3D+Low Latency Vsync+Line Mode = Double in the last few month.

Edit: One thing: Is it clever to use an Amiga 600 config for the OCS/ECS WHDLoad games? The quit key doesn't work then for a lot of games. Sure, i can always quit with F12+Q, but is it safe for the archive files?

[FrodeSolheim]

Originally Posted by Retro-Nerd

One thing: Is it clever to use an Amiga 600 config for the OCS/ECS WHDLoad games? The quit key doesn't work then for a lot of games. Sure, i can always quit with F12+Q, but is it safe for the archive files?

This is done for performance reasons - A1200 emulation is much more demanding, so A600 is used unless the slave needs A1200 (Some slaves based on OCS/ECS games does not run well on A600, in this case, A1200 is used of course).

The original archive is never modified! Modified files are stored in the state dir. I suppose there's a small potential risk of a file being partially written if you quit exactly while the slave writes a file.. - or similar, that only x of y files got written if the slave saves to several files).

[Retro-Nerd]

I see, makes sense. So it's pretty safe to quit with F12+Q. Great stuff, Frode. I'm really impressed by your emulator, launcher and the editable database. The latter reminds my of another Emulator frontend called ECC.

[Peter]

Happy belated Birthday TCD - hope you had a good one!