Gamebase Vic20 / VICE Escape fix

[Macguvyer]

I noticed that by default when I set up Gamebase Vic20, that the VICE emulator default set up means that pressing ESC does not end the program, but rather is mapped to the "Run/stop" key on the Vic20 keyboard. So it was a real pain to get back to the GameEx menu after I had played a Vic game.

It's fairly simple to change the keyboard map on Vice. Attached is a modified Vic20 keyboard layout which allows the ESC key to behave normally. (The Caps lock key also works as the Vic Run/Stop key if you need that functionality in the emulator still)

This file needs to go into VICE install directory, in the VIC20 subdirectory.. You will see other .KVM files which are other Keyboard maps. One you have saved the new keyboard map file here, run xvice.exe and choose the settings menu, then keyboard settings and select the Escape Quit.vkm file I've attached below.

Now you can have normal ESC functionality, and easily leave Vic20 emulation and go back to the GameEx menu. If you want more instructions about editing Keymaps with VICE, the following page is helpful:

http://www.lemon64.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=49551&sid=a1176d014db7049e6c60e432845c9fe9

Edit: I had trouble attaching my file (you aren't permitted to upload that kind of file is the message), so I've pasted the keyboard file text below. Simply copy and paste with a text editor like Notepad a .KVM extension and follow the instructions above.

# VICE keyboard mapping file which allows normal ESC function

#

# A Keyboard map is read in as patch to the current map.

#

# File format:

# - comment lines start with '#'

# - keyword lines start with '!keyword'

# - normal line has 'keysym/scancode row column shiftflag'

#

# Keywords and their lines are:

# '!CLEAR' clear whole table

# '!INCLUDE filename' read file as mapping file

# '!LSHIFT row col' left shift keyboard row/column

# '!RSHIFT row col' right shift keyboard row/column

# '!VSHIFT shiftkey' virtual shift key (RSHIFT or LSHIFT)

# '!UNDEF keysym' remove keysym from table

#

# Shiftflag can have the values:

# 0 key is not shifted for this keysym/scancode

# 1 key is shifted for this keysym/scancode

# 2 left shift

# 4 right shift

# 8 key can be shifted or not with this keysym/scancode

# 16 deshift key for this keysym/scancode

# 32 another definition for this keysym/scancode follows

#

# Negative row values:

# 'keysym -1 n' joystick #1, direction n

# 'keysym -2 n' joystick #2, direction n

# 'keysym -3 0' first RESTORE key

# 'keysym -3 1' second RESTORE key

# 'keysym -4 0' 40/80 column key

# 'keysym -4 1' CAPS (ASCII/DIN) key

#

!CLEAR

!LSHIFT 1 3

!RSHIFT 6 4

!VSHIFT RSHIFT

#0 -1 -1 0 /* (no key) */

1 0 3 8 /* ESC -> Run/Stop */

2 0 0 8 /* 1 -> 1 */

3 0 7 8 /* 2 -> 2 */

4 1 0 8 /* 3 -> 3 */

5 1 7 8 /* 4 -> 4 */

6 2 0 8 /* 5 -> 5 */

7 2 7 8 /* 6 -> 6 */

8 3 0 8 /* 7 -> 7 */

9 3 7 8 /* 8 -> 8 */

10 4 0 8 /* 9 -> 9 */

11 4 7 8 /* 0 -> 0 */

12 5 0 8 /* Minus -> Plus */

13 5 7 8 /* Equal -> Minus */

14 7 0 8 /* Backspace -> Del */

15 0 2 8 /* TAB -> Ctrl */

16 0 6 8 /* Q -> Q */

17 1 1 8 /* W -> W */

18 1 6 8 /* E -> E */

19 2 1 8 /* R -> R */

20 2 6 8 /* T -> T */

21 3 1 8 /* Y -> Y */

22 3 6 8 /* U -> U */

23 4 1 8 /* I -> I */

24 4 6 8 /* O -> O */

25 5 1 8 /* p -> P */

26 5 6 8 /* [ -> @ */

27 6 1 8 /* ] -> * */

28 7 1 8 /* Return -> Return */

29 0 5 8 /* Left Ctrl -> CBM */

30 1 2 8 /* A -> A */

31 1 5 8 /* S -> S */

32 2 2 8 /* D -> D */

33 2 5 8 /* F -> F */

34 3 2 8 /* G -> G */

35 3 5 8 /* H -> H */

36 4 2 8 /* J -> J */

37 4 5 8 /* K -> K */

38 5 2 8 /* L -> L */

39 5 5 8 /* ; -> : */

40 6 2 8 /* ' -> ; */

41 0 1 8 /* ` -> Left Arrow */

42 1 3 2 /* Left Shift -> Left Shift */

43 6 5 8 /* \ -> = */

44 1 4 8 /* Z -> Z */

45 2 3 8 /* X -> X */

46 2 4 8 /* C -> C */

47 3 3 8 /* V -> V */

48 3 4 8 /* B -> B */

49 4 3 8 /* N -> N */

50 4 4 8 /* M -> M */

51 5 3 8 /* , -> , */

52 5 4 8 /* . -> . */

53 6 3 8 /* / -> / */

54 6 4 4 /* Right Shift -> Right Shift */

55 6 1 8 /* Grey * -> * */

#56 -1 -1 0 /* Left Alt -> (no key) */

57 0 4 8 /* Space -> Space */

58 0 3 8 /* Caps Lock -> Run/Stop */

59 7 4 8 /* F1 -> F1 */

60 7 4 1 /* F2 -> F2 */

61 7 5 8 /* F3 -> F3 */

62 7 5 1 /* F4 -> F4 */

63 7 6 8 /* F5 -> F5 */

64 7 6 1 /* F6 -> F6 */

65 7 7 8 /* F7 -> F7 */

66 7 7 1 /* F8 -> F8 */

#67 -1 -1 0 /* F9 -> (no key) */

#68 -1 -1 0 /* F10 -> (no key) */

#69 -1 -1 0 /* Num Lock -> (no key) */

#70 -1 -1 0 /* Scroll Lock -> (no key) */

#71 -1 -1 0 /* Numpad 7 -> (no key) */

#72 -1 -1 0 /* Numpad 8 -> (no key) */

#73 -1 -1 0 /* Numpad 9 -> (no key) */

#74 -1 -1 0 /* Numpad - -> (no key) */

#75 -1 -1 0 /* Numpad 4 -> (no key) */

#76 -1 -1 0 /* Numpad 5 -> (no key) */

#77 -1 -1 0 /* Numpad 6 -> (no key) */

#78 -1 -1 0 /* Numpad + -> (no key) */

#79 -1 -1 0 /* Numpad 1 -> (no key) */

#80 -1 -1 0 /* Numpad 2 -> (no key) */

#81 -1 -1 0 /* Numpad 3 -> (no key) */

#82 -1 -1 0 /* Numpad 0 -> (no key) */

#83 -1 -1 0 /* Numpad . -> (no key) */

#84 -1 -1 0 /* SysReq -> (no key) */

#85 -1 -1 0 /* 85 -> (no key) */

#86 -1 -1 0 /* 86 -> (no key) */

#87 -1 -1 0 /* F11 -> (no key) */

#88 -1 -1 0 /* F12 -> (no key) */

89 6 7 8 /* Home -> CLR/HOME */

90 7 3 1 /* Up -> CRSR UP */

#91 -1 -1 0 /* PgUp -> (no key) */

92 7 2 1 /* Left -> CRSR LEFT */

93 7 2 8 /* Right -> CRSR RIGHT */

#94 -1 -1 0 /* End -> (no key) */

95 7 3 8 /* Down -> CRSR DOWN */

#96 -1 -1 0 /* PgDown -> (no key) */

97 6 0 8 /* Ins -> Pound */

98 6 6 8 /* Del -> Up Arrow */

#99 -1 -1 0 /* Numpad Enter -> (no key) */

#100 -1 -1 0 /* Right Ctrl -> (no key) */

#101 -1 -1 0 /* Pause -> (no key) */

#102 -1 -1 0 /* PrtScr -> (no key) */

#103 -1 -1 0 /* Numpad / -> (no key) */

#104 -1 -1 0 /* Right Alt -> (no key) */

#105 -1 -1 0 /* Break -> (no key) */

#106 -1 -1 0 /* Left Win95 -> (no key) */

#107 -1 -1 0 /* Right Win95 -> (no key) */

#

# Joystick 1

#

#KP_0 -1 0

#KP_1 -1 1

#KP_2 -1 2

#KP_3 -1 3

#KP_4 -1 4

#KP_5 -1 5

#KP_6 -1 6

#KP_7 -1 7

#KP_8 -1 8

#KP_9 -1 9

#

# Joystick 2

#

#w -2 7

#e -2 8

#r -2 9

#s -2 4

#d -2 5

#f -2 6

#x -2 1

#c -2 2

#v -2 3

#space -2 0

# Restore key mappings

91 -3 0 /* PgUp -> RESTORE */

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Thanks for sharing with the community Macguvyer!

[stigzler]

Ahhh VICE - she was an unweildly mare, but once you learned how to tickle her fancy, such a good ride....

errrmmm... sorry.