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[Ringoko]

I'm looking to set up a portable htpc that also emulates the amiga and spectrum.

I'm going to use a Revo 3610 as the PC, probably with XBMC for movies/music and GameEx for emulation.

Unfortunately I can't seem to get the amiga emulation working so far. I've installed winuae + kickstarts, winuae loader and gameex, downloaded the whdload games, put them in the C:\Roms\Commodore Amiga (WHDLoad) folder. I also verified them by testing them in winuae loader itself and they work fine. But when I try to play the game through GameEx, it just goes to a black screen for a couple of seconds then returns to the games list.

Is it something to do with my GameEx being unregistered and WHDLoad games being zip files? I will register, I'd just like to get everything set up first.

[Brian Hoffman]

I'm looking to set up a portable htpc that also emulates the amiga and spectrum.

I'm going to use a Revo 3610 as the PC, probably with XBMC for movies/music and GameEx for emulation.

Unfortunately I can't seem to get the amiga emulation working so far. I've installed winuae + kickstarts, winuae loader and gameex, downloaded the whdload games, put them in the C:\Roms\Commodore Amiga (WHDLoad) folder. I also verified them by testing them in winuae loader itself and they work fine. But when I try to play the game through GameEx, it just goes to a black screen for a couple of seconds then returns to the games list.

Is it something to do with my GameEx being unregistered and WHDLoad games being zip files? I will register, I'd just like to get everything set up first.

Zip is fine for Gameex, as it is the emulator that will need to have Zip support for roms. 7zip is diffrent as Gameex will unzip these for you and then run the emulator upon launch. That is a registered feature.

I am sure your problem is in the command line. Try posting your config (via exporting it) so we can see what is going on.

[Ringoko]

hi, thanks for the reply.

i'm not quite sure what you mean, but i went into gameex configuration, and clicked export emulator to get an .ini file. if thats what you meant, the result is this:

RequiredFiles=

Website=http://www.winuae.net/

Info=For more info visit http://headsoft.com.au/index.php?category=winuaeloader

TitleText=Amiga (WHDLoad)

StartPageName=[PC] Commodore Amiga (WHDLoad)

StartPageLogo=Commodore Amiga

Command=WinUAELoader.exe -mode whdload -rom "[ROMFILE]"

RomFilter=

Database=[PC] Commodore Amiga (WHDLoad)

ConfigFile=

MapFile=C:\Emulators\WinUAELoader\WinUAELoader\Data\GameEx\MAP FILES\[PC] Commodore Amiga (WHDLoad).map

RomsInFolders=False

ROMPath=C:\Roms\Commodore Amiga (WHDLoad)

SnapPath=C:\Assets\Commodore Amiga\Snaps\WHDLoad

TitlePath=C:\Assets\Commodore Amiga\Titles\WHDLoad

BoxPath=C:\Assets\Commodore Amiga\Boxes\WHDLoad

CartPath=C:\Assets\Commodore Amiga\Carts\WHDLoad

WorkingPath=C:\Emulators\WinUAELoader

MapKeys=False

WaitBeforeKeys=

SendKeys=

ReplaceDash=True

ReplaceUnder=True

Capitals=True

RemoveBrackets=True

ShowDesktop=False

Debug=False

AlsoLaunch=

OLDatZip=

LaunchBefore=

LaunchAfter=

ExcludedFiles=

CustomBackground=

PlayMusic=

PCGame=

GamesIn7Zips=False

[headkaze]

Run WinUAELoader.exe and configure it from in there. You should be able to launch games from Tools->Run ROM. If it launches from there you should be good to go.

[Ringoko]

the games seem to run perfectly from inside winuaeloader itself. but in gameex its just a black screen for a couple of seconds then back to the games list

[Ringoko]

still no joy tonight, so I thought I'd uninstall everything and begin from scratch and list every step in case you guys can spot some glaring mistake.

my OS is windows 7 home premium. quad processor, 4gb ram.

1. downloaded and installed winuae 2.0.1

2. got the correct kickstart roms and renamed them to kick40068.A4000 etc

3. downloaded whdload games

4. downloaded GameEx 10.69 - Windows Install - 25MB and installed. Installation selections:

install to C:\GameEx

checked 'download default themes' and 'download emulator databases'

wizard mode - basic

setup emulators? - yes

selected winuaeloader whdload, moved to left panel, downloaded

downloaded emulator database

kept all winuaeloader settings at default, exit setup

5. copied kickstart roms to C:\Emulators\WinUAELoader\WinUAELoader\WHD\Devs\Kickstarts

6. copied '[PC] Commodore Amiga (WHDLoad).mdb' from C:\Emulators\WinUAELoader\WinUAELoader\Data\GameEx\DATA\EMULATORS to C:\GameEx\DATA\EMULATORS

7. copied '[PC] Commodore Amiga (WHDLoad).ini' from C:\Emulators\WinUAELoader\WinUAELoader\Data\GameEx\IMPORT-EXPORT to C:\GameEx\CONFIG\EMULATORS\IMPORT-EXPORT

8. copied games into C:\Roms\Commodore Amiga (WHDLoad)

9. ran winuaeloader.exe from C:\Emulators\WinUAELoader\WinUAELoader

10. in Paths tab set WHDLoad ROM Folder to C:\Roms\Commodore Amiga (WHDLoad)

11. in Settings tab, Screen 640x480, in GameEx Options clicked 'Generate Map Files'

12. in Tools tab, ROM Testing > WHDLoad ROM Type > Run ROM, tested fine

13. ran GameEx, Emulated Games > [PC] Commodore Amiga (WHDLoad) > Sensiblesoccer V1.1 0384 > Play This Game - Screen goes black for 2 seconds, then returns to 'Play This Game' screen. 'Times Played' increases by 1.

[fRequEnCy]

Run in debug mode in GameEx settings:

Emulator Setup >>> Debug Mode >>> Yes

Then the command window will show up and show some useful information to why it's not working correctly.

[Ringoko]

i started the game in debug mode, this is the contents of runitgame.bat in C:\GameEx\DATA

C:

CD "C:\Emulators\WinUAELoader"

@echo.

@echo

@echo.

@echo.

@echo winuaeloader.exe -mode whdload -rom "SensibleSoccer_v1.1_0384.zip"

@echo.

@echo

@echo.

PAUSE

winuaeloader.exe -mode whdload -rom "SensibleSoccer_v1.1_0384.zip"

I dont know if its something to do with winuaeloader.exe isn't in C:\Emulators\WinUAELoader , it's in C:\Emulators\WinUAELoader\WinUAELoader\ . thats the default location the gameex installation set up.

[Tempest]

Change the path in your config, and see if it works.

[Ringoko]

ah, that worked great, thanks everyone who helped.