17 July 2009, 20:12 | #1 |
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Gamebase Amiga and Wiki. HELP !
Firstly, a big hello to everybody on the forum.
This is my first post. Nice to see so many Amigans in one place :-) I just downloaded Gamebase Amiga 1.6 with full roms. 1) GameBase Amiga website is no longer around: http://gbamiga.elowar.com/#Download just prints a graphic on the title screen. Has the author of Gamebase closed down his site, or is their an alternative URL? 2) I need to find a wiki to give me a step-by-step set up guide for the Gamebase front end (front end from www.bu22.com). I am a newbie so a step by step guide for a complete idiot would be ideal :-) 3) I need a Gamebase Amiga 1.6 .mbd database file. Where can I find it for download? Thank you for reading my post, and answering my questions :-) |
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I should mention, however, that the original author of the database, Belgarath, is currently not around and it is uncertain when/if he will return. So don't expect any updates soon, even after I've restored the website. Sorry about the inconvenience, I'll see if I can quickly find the relevant files and put them online. |
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17 July 2009, 22:37 | #3 |
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I've put up the GameBase Amiga setup (which will install the .mdb and other files for you; remember to install GameBase itself first) at http://gbamiga.elowar.com/
I've also put up the old illustrated post-setup guide I made a while back. Please note that it's somewhat outdated, but I hope it'll help you. |
17 July 2009, 22:41 | #4 |
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No worries - Thank you for your kind help in helping me! Edit: Just reflushed my browsers cache to get the page. Thanks for your help. I'm just about to have a good read of the setup guide.
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18 July 2009, 04:04 | #6 |
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Hello,
Following an uneventful evening, I began the task of installing GameBase 1.6. 1) Created dir called 'Gamebase Amiga' and copied my game sets in this dir. 2) Installed Gamebase GUI 3) Ran GameBase Amiga 1.6 Setup.exe Then I followed the setup guide you uploaded last night to the GameBase website. My path setup is as follows:- C:\Emulators\Gamebase Amiga ... in this I have dir I have 'Extras', 'Games', 'Kickstarts', 'Music' and 'Screenshot Directories' and 'Gamebase' folder (which contains the Gamebase GUI). In tools > paths, I have set the following paths:- GAMES: C:\Emulators\GameBase Amiga\Games MUSIC ROOT FOLDER: C:\Emulators\GameBase Amiga\Music PICTURES: C:\Emulators\Gamebase Amiga\Screenshots EXTRAS: C:\Emulators\GameBase Amiga\Extras PHOTOS: - LEFT BLANK - Paths are all correct ! I verify my sets my by selecting TOOLS > VERIFY AVAILABLE FILES, and tick the tickboxes to verify 'GAMES', 'MUSIC', 'PICTURES', and 'EXTRAS' Result of verified sets:- Games not found 0/2711 Music: 0/2045 Pictures: 0/3129 Extras: 0/9879 Been looking at previous posts, but many refer to the wiki which no longer exists, so does anybody have any suggestions? I have full Gamebase 1.6 and SPS set. I'm using X-Arcade tankstick with homebuilt arcade machine running WinUAE .... I got sore head! |
19 July 2009, 12:24 | #7 |
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Hi
Have you been though these extra config steps? Installed winuae? Got the kickstart roms and setup winuae to point to these om dirs. (There used to be a dat file for the roms - could look it out if needed). (From winuae - Settngs, path, "rescan roms". You need A500 Boot rom 1.2 A500 Boot rom 1.3 a600 a1200 - maybe where ever you got the install already has these?) It sounds like gamebase is nearly setup - just need some extra config :- Start gamebase and load in gbamga 1.6 - GEMUS menu - click the enry for relavent "x-arcade". On the emulator path\filename -click the browse and select the winuea.exe location (using c:\program files\winuae\winuae.exe) You can also click GEMUS / manage emulator - and move the x-arcade to the top one. (When you left-click "play game" - it will lauch the top listed emulator. Rigt click brings the se;ection) If your got the deli-player - then click tools \ options \ music players \ select dli - click the "sqaue box" and selec the "player path\filename". If your using a new version of winuae - then theres a error in the script which needs modification as listed n the bottom post here :- http://gb64.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4070 Good luck. |
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Yes, clean install of WinUAE 1.6.1. Installed to C:/Emulators/WinUAE
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Kick12.rom Kick13.rom Kick31.rom Kick205.rom In WinUAE's GUI Preferences, went to Paths section, and set path for Kickstarts ROMS to: C:\Gamebase\Kickstarts Quote:
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Load GBAmiga - Click the "GEMUS" menu, then select your config (X-arcade (this is the same as where you set the winuae.exe path))
In the bottom window - there's a load of text. Scroll down to the bottom and you should see Add_CLP(-f "%dbpath%\GameBase Amiga.uae" -0%gamepathfile% -1%gamepathfile(1)% -2%gamepathfile(2)% -3%gamepathfile(3)% -s diskimage0=%gamepathfile% -s diskimage1=%gamepathfile(1)% -s diskimage2=%gamepathfile(2)% -s diskimage3=%gamepathfile(3)% -s diskimage4=%gamepathfile(4)% -s diskimage5=%gamepathfile(5)% -s diskimage6=%gamepathfile(6)% -s diskimage7=%gamepathfile(7)% -s diskimage8=%gamepathfile(8)% -s diskimage9=%gamepathfile(9)% -s diskimage10=%gamepathfile(10)% -s diskimage11=%gamepathfile(11)% -s diskimage12=%gamepathfile(12)% -s diskimage13=%gamepathfile(13)% -s diskimage14=%gamepathfile(14)% -s diskimage15=%gamepathfile(15)% -s diskimage16=%gamepathfile(16)% -s diskimage17=%gamepathfile(17)% -s diskimage18=%gamepathfile(18)% -s diskimage19=%gamepathfile(19)%) The "fix" appears to be putting spaces between the -0,-1,-2,-4. NOTE - you'll need to do this for each config you want to use. (I haven't tried this myself - as i'm still running v1.4.6) Hope this helps |
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21 July 2009, 19:11 | #13 |
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Yes, but I believe the spaces create other issues when you have more than 4 disks and want to use the diskswapper...
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23 July 2009, 05:30 | #15 |
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"Use short (8.3) Filenames" in the Gamebase Emulator settings should fix the problem too.
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23 July 2009, 20:43 | #16 |
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Just to clarify, spaces between -1 -2, etc in GMENU's config (as recommeded above by AAG), *and* 8.3 filenames need to be selected together to fix diskswapper problem?
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23 July 2009, 20:47 | #17 |
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I referred only to the newer WinUAE version+script issue. Noticed sometime last year that Gamebase didn't start any game (don't know exactly which WinUAE version). The 8.3 filename option fixed this issue.
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This might be of help?
If you add this gemus command to the end of the script - just before the Run_Emulator command :- :- Edit_CLP("The cmdline is") Run_Emulator() End If This displays a box showing the command line which is going to be used to launch the emulator. Helpful for debugging in 2 ways (if you like command lines?) :- 1 - A box appears showing you (you can copy'n'paste this into a cmd window to help debug the script). Ie get it woring from a cmd prompt 1st. 2 - You can inspect the contents of the ini file prior to emulator launch. Thought it might be useful?? (Eg you can see the effect of "use 8.3 filenames" has the command line) EDIT Quote:
Maybe "a better fix" would be something like :- -0 "%gamepathfile%" -1 ... s diskimage1="%gamepathfile(1)%" Can't test it at the moment though - but that edit_cpl command will show the results of changing the script Last edited by AAG; 23 July 2009 at 21:50. Reason: new scetion added |
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Hey man, where do you put the SPS stuff in WinUae please? Ive been to the site and theres lots of various downloads, but it doesnt say anywhere.. where or what your meant to do with them? Cheers |
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15 October 2010, 19:55 | #20 |
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ok its actually best not to use SPS at all and just use the normal WHDLOAD version of roms...
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