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I tried importing my Amiga games last night but when I do, Launchbox does not rename them. LB keeps the file name GameABC_v1_1234. I thought this problem had been fixed during one of the live streams a few weeks ago.

Am I doing something wrong? Is there a special setting for importing Amiga games?

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FS-UAE is not the same because after spending a couple of hours trying to configure it, I still don't know how to get a game to work with it. All I get is a purple screen to insert a disk.

Is there a proper tutorial somewhere? 

I'm using the WHDLoad roam set by the way.

 

For the life of me, I can't get this thing working.

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First create folder structure, then run and configure fs-uae, you have to login and update database, and configure whdload rom folder in fs-uae, then import folder structure, and setup launchbox with fs-uae emulator

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Check your settings too: Eirulan escribió:
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I think I found a way...

I tried this out in the cmd and it worked!!

If you start FS-UAE with this: Launcher.exe Configurations\5a431769-af86-557d-956f-247be96be00e.fs-uae 5a431769-af86-557d-956f-247be96be00e (that means passing two parameters: first the config.fs-uae and second the uuid) then the game starts AND uses the config name!!

What it needs is an empty dummy config file in the configurations sub-folder with the uuid-name and the ending *.fs-uae. But those could be generated by my app... Now I don't know if it is possible to configure Launchbox to send a command line like this. Do you know if it is possible to do this in Launchbox?

Interesting. Is the Configurations\5a431769-af86-557d-956f-247be96be00e.fs-uae static? Is the second UUID the only one that changes? If so, I think it could be done. All you should have to do is paste that section into the "default command line parameters" section of the emulator entry.


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Now I'm even more confused. Create a folder structure? Login to where? What database? Dummie configs?

I'm assuming you are very familiar with this but I have no clue what I'm doing.

Would you be able to zip up your emu folder and share your setup?

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Ok. I finally got it working. 

Now I have 2 other problems.

1. Do the roms need to be in the Downloads folder of FS-UAE or can I have them in my normal roms folder? I don't see an option anywhere to change the default folder. I don't like keeping roms inside the emulator folders.

2. My roms are in .lha format. Rocketlauncher complains that it doesn't support .lha. I'm assuming it's a problem with the module because it works fine with WinUAE. How did you manage to get it working with Rocketlauncher?

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Ugh, sorry I really need to do that tutorial video - had a bunch of personal crap going on lately and haven't had a chance to do it yet :(

Full disclosure, it won't include RocketLauncher at all as I don't use it. The current outline for things I want to cover is as follows:

-Changes from default settings in FS-UAE
-Importing Kickstart files
-Connecting to the Open Amiga Games Database
-Importing Games into FS-UAE
-Exporting UUIDs from FS-UAE
-Setting up FS-UAE (normal/non-UUID) and FS-UAE UUID in LB
-Importing UUIDs into LB
-Creating custom configs in FS-UAE
-Importing custom configs into LB
-Using a custom WHDLoad.prefs file to override the QuitKey for all WHDLoad games
-Adding custom controller hotkeys (warp, QuitKey, etc.) in FS-UAE
-Fixing "half color" bug games
-Miscellaneous fixes (Hostages fix; games that use A600)

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Thank you and even though mine is all most fully working i think a video will be great to bring it all together. 

I watched brads videos on systems I had all ready working and by watching them found better ways of doing things.

 

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Thanks everyone for the help. I got it working for the most part.

I do have an issue with some games being too dark. I think I saw a fix somewhere in these forums.

The other issue I have is aspect ratio. If I go with Auto, everything is great but the games are not all the same size. Makes it hard when using a bezel. Some are wider than others and in some the menu screen will be bigger or smaller than the actual game. This makes it hard to use a bezel. If I go with a set size, I get blank spaces, or a frame, or even a game that stretches past the edges of the screen. 

Is there a setting that crops and stretches when needed but maintains a set size?

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5 minutes ago, Styphelus said:

I do have an issue with some games being too dark. I think I saw a fix somewhere in these forums.

Try this:

6 minutes ago, Styphelus said:

The other issue I have is aspect ratio. If I go with Auto, everything is great but the games are not all the same size. Makes it hard when using a bezel. Some are wider than others and in some the menu screen will be bigger or smaller than the actual game. This makes it hard to use a bezel. If I go with a set size, I get blank spaces, or a frame, or even a game that stretches past the edges of the screen. 

Is there a setting that crops and stretches when needed but maintains a set size?

Try messing around with the "Zoom Amiga display (crop)" settings in the video section:

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