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The problems with using a hardfile are the initial setup and the additional diskspace needed. If you had only 100 Amiga games then you would have to create 100 hardfiles and a config for each and also modify the startup-sequence for each... That would be a lot of work... Now if you happened to have a complete KGWHDLoad set (roughly 2500 games) you would be spending an eternity setting up. The problem that I have found with using a Workbench drive and a games drive (with many games installed) - opening the games via Workbench... is that you need to enable picasso/rtg & JIT. This DOES affect compatibility. Also if you dont use Picasso then you miss out on decent resolutions or have to use interlaced (eye and brain numbing) screen modes.... If you used a default A1200 setup with no rtg or JIT then you are stuck with a low res display that takes 20 seconds to update a folder list... It works fine but gets tedious and doesn't look as good as a frontend... I think that, for now at least, using Gamebase Amiga as a second frontend is probably the most accessible form of Amiga Emulation (all of the setup has been done already... the startup sequence is created from the Gamebase DB file on the fly... the WHDLoad game is unzipped and re-zipped at the end...) the only problem is that you are going from front end (Gameex) to front end (Gamebase Amiga - which is mouse driven). But to be fair, if your mouse & keyboard are not handy for Amiga emulation then you're not gonna get very far. I also reprogrammed my minipac to match a X-Arcade's mappings - WinUAE has that layout pre-configured...

Here is an example of the data: Data "2|~|0|~|0|~|5|~|0|~|1|~||~|cd=dh1:1943; whdload=1943.slave PRELOAD; CUSTOM1=1; collision_level=playfields cpu_speed=real immediate_blits=false cpu_compatible=false cpu_cycle_exact=false blitter_cycle_exact=false|~|WHD" I'm guessing the first set of commands are used by Gamebase. The Bold text is the text for the user-startup file Then the WinUAE arguments.

Hey guys, I was just looking at WHDRun and the Gamebase Amiga 1.43 mdb file and had an idea. Just wondering if anyone that is good with Access / Scripts could take a look at this... In the Extras table in the database it has the WHDLoad games listed. There is a data field that contains a string of commands, then a couple of lines of text for use in an amiga s\user-startup file, then the Winuae config settings... Would it be possible for someone to extract this data in the following way: 1 - Take the user-startup data and create a new user-startup file (could be stored in the zip file of the whdload game). 2 - Create a batch file that then extracts the user-startup file and copies it to the WHD folder (overwriting the existing file) The batch file then calls whdrun, sets the required arguments <zip file> <temp dir> <winuae.exe> <uae config file> <user-startup>. This way, each whdload game (zip) would include its own user-startup file... It would be copied to the needed place (whd[dh1]:s\user-startup) and from there whdrun would do its thing and call winuae and the correct slave file should start. Is this possible??? I don't know exactly how the <user-startup> argument works for WHDRun. I'm guessing it might try to create a file (in which case it would have to be diverted to a different file - so as not to modify the file we already copied over in the first part of the batch file) I'm probably looking towards Headkaze initially (with his interest in the amiga) but anyone to take a look at this would be appreciated If it is possible then we could use the batch files to call whdload games from Gameex... (Also able to use Gamebase screenshots if the bat files are named after the game.zip)... There would be no diskswapping... No need for Gameex to load Gamebase and use a mouse to select a game (Double frontends)

Heres my Cab that I finished just a couple of weeks ago. I designed and built it as a Game cab with functionality in mind... It's not just for arcade stuff. The control panel has enough room to use a mouse on (Can use mouse & joystick for FPS)... It also has enough space for me to clip my Logitech G25 wheel to for Racers. USB ports allow for additional controllers (two Xbox controllers for those 4 player games). Of course I'll still be launching everything through Gameex I built it in two sections for ease of movement when needed (its still bloody heavy though). All of the electronics are in the top half. Its using a 20"LCD, PC is behind that. Underneath the PC (and behind the keyboard drawer) is the Sub for the speakers. I have heaps of pics from when I was building it... Should probably put it all in a start to finish guide.

I have two of the LCD topguns as well... Using Smog's Guncon driver. I played around with things on a Mame v121 setup for a few days but decided to use AdvanceMame for the Lightgun games in the end... In the newer versions of mame, like you said, both guns control the one cursor. This is different to the earlier versions (such as Advancemame 106) because they control the cursors individually.... Anyway, I stepped through the mame controls and got them set up fine.. They do both control the one cursor but the trick is to disable the cursor so it doesnt confuse you... Mame updates the position of the cursor when the trigger is pulled... Both 1 & 2 player can play but if you have the cursors on then it skips all over. My Girlfriend (as well as some of my friends) do not like to play without the cursor (complain that they dont know where they are shooting!!!) so I installed Advancemame as a second emulator... Picked out the best lightgun games and made batch files for each (basically just copying the command that Gameex uses in launching Advancemame and entering the rom name). All working great so far and keeps the 2 cursors. It also seems to pick up the different buttons on the gun better (Lists as Joystick 1 Button 1 etc.... The new mame121 would give funny combos of mice & buttons). If you are unsure of the bat files then I could post an example.... Sounds like you got AdvMame setup fine already So you dont need to modify that. I actually only finished my cab a few weeks ago... I'll probably get a pic up in the cab section after I finish this post