Zombeaver Posted December 3, 2023 Author Share Posted December 3, 2023 Whatever is happening is an issue with your system. There's something seriously wrong with your system if 1) it's not restoring the native resolution when exiting and frankly if 2) you need to reduce the resolution to 1920x1080 to begin with. It sounds like your CPU isn't really up to par, as that's what audio problems generally indicate. You could try changing video_threaded to "true" which reduces hardware demands but increases input latency. All the other included settings that are relevant (hard sync, vrr runloop, and frame delay) are defaulted to their least-demanding values unless you've changed them. Beyond that the only thing I could suggest is to try changing the video driver setting to vulkan. If you do that though none of the shaders included in the configurator will work other than the Mega Bezel ones - which you absolutely should not use if you're having performance problems even without them - this means that you wouldn't have access to even the color-corrections shader, so everything would look a bit off, so I wouldn't exactly recommend that. Try video_threaded = "true" and stop messing with the resolution settings. Start there. ...and in the long term get a better CPU. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oniotaku Posted December 13, 2023 Share Posted December 13, 2023 Thank you for your hardwork. I have an issue with none of media or games working. How can I fix this issue? I have attached a picture. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zombeaver Posted December 13, 2023 Author Share Posted December 13, 2023 Based on your screenshot you've imported this into your own separate library. You've done something wrong but I couldn't tell you what as I don't know what you did or didn't do during that process. What I can tell is that if you follow the instructions in this post that it will work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oniotaku Posted December 13, 2023 Share Posted December 13, 2023 I tried thos instructions and it just made my Launchbox crash. I think it is because I would have to pullout all of my previous C64dreams from platform.xml and the other and replace it with what is in that doc folder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zombeaver Posted December 13, 2023 Author Share Posted December 13, 2023 Again, all I can tell you is that something you've done during that process is wrong. I can't tell you what that is because I don't know what you have or haven't done. Many users import the collection into their own libraries without issue using those same instructions. You could always use it in the standalone library as provided. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oniotaku Posted December 13, 2023 Share Posted December 13, 2023 How do I get c64 dream to work without launchbox? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zombeaver Posted December 13, 2023 Author Share Posted December 13, 2023 Launchbox is included in the archive. You just extract the 7z anywhere you want and then start Launchbox.exe in the base folder. C64 Dreams is designed to function as its own standalone collection (with Launchbox included) by default, just like eXoDOS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oniotaku Posted December 14, 2023 Share Posted December 14, 2023 I cannot get it to launch by itself Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zombeaver Posted December 14, 2023 Author Share Posted December 14, 2023 Then there's something even more dramatically wrong with your system or files. I don't know if you've moved something you shouldn't have, didn't extract the entire archive, have a corrupted archive, have antivirus software that's interfering, have some other unknown software that's interfering. You've given me very little information so there isn't much I can tell you. You download the 7z, extract it wherever you want, start Launchbox.exe. That's literally the entire "setup" process. If that doesn't work, there's a problem with the archive that you downloaded, your system, the software that you're running, or some combination thereof. But again, the extent of the instructions to simply use this as intended is 1) download C64 Dreams v0.60.7z 2) extract it wherever you want (except for Program Files) 3) go into the extracted folder and start Launchbox.exe. That's it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oniotaku Posted December 14, 2023 Share Posted December 14, 2023 I think EXodos v6 currpted my launchbox but i have exodos working. C64Dreams has no pictures that show up and nothing seems to work in my current build but works as the stand alone build now. I just do not know how to compined my build with the c64build again without screweing something up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulitix Posted December 16, 2023 Share Posted December 16, 2023 Should we be updating the Launchbox or leaving it at 13.3 b4 ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zombeaver Posted December 16, 2023 Author Share Posted December 16, 2023 9 hours ago, paulitix said: Should we be updating the Launchbox or leaving it at 13.3 b4 ? It should be okay to update. Just make sure that you've also using the hotfix for C64 Dreams from 6/5/23 as it fixes one of the included plugins so that it will work with newer versions of Launchbox. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulitix Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 How do we use Mega Bezel for this, and does it break anything that Zomb has configured? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zombeaver Posted January 2 Author Share Posted January 2 Mega Bezel is already included. I have a couple different options for screens and bezels that can be used in the Configurator (C64 Dreams\C64 Dreams\Configurator.exe). You will need to use one of the listed options as the aspect ratio will be incorrect otherwise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baggio Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 Hi mate, would it be possible for you to upload the template for the controls/shortcuts image you made? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCX918 Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 @Zombeaver First post from me, mainly to appreciate your hard work and devotion. C64 occupies a huge part of my early memories, so this is absolute gold! Are you still accepting requests for the next update? If so, I'd love to see Pieces II (Protovision) and Space Station 23 (Vector 5 Games) added. They've taken up plenty of my free time recently, and would be worthy additions... Thanks again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zombeaver Posted February 16 Author Share Posted February 16 3 hours ago, DCX918 said: @Zombeaver First post from me, mainly to appreciate your hard work and devotion. C64 occupies a huge part of my early memories, so this is absolute gold! Are you still accepting requests for the next update? If so, I'd love to see Pieces II (Protovision) and Space Station 23 (Vector 5 Games) added. They've taken up plenty of my free time recently, and would be worthy additions... Thanks again! Yes, I always accept requests for subsequent releases. Space Station 23 is actually already in the current WIP for the next version. I'll add Pieces II to the list as well. Glad you've enjoyed C64 Dreams! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kentilla Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 I've imported c64 Dreams into my Exodos LB setup. Exodos, Apple II etc are working fine, but somehow I've doubled up the c64 dreams Platform Categories (e.g. Diskmags, Games is in twice). I think this is because I ran it from another folder with C64 Dreams before I copied the files and xml data over. What should I be checking here to amend this. The images also don't load up, they are somehow assigned to the wrong place... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stigzler Posted April 21 Share Posted April 21 (edited) Hi - great work! Just to let you know you might also want to post some advice on where to put the original downloaded folder. I had mine deep in my file system and was getting unzip errors saying it couldn't find certain files. Typically, they were files with long filenames. An example problem file: C:\Users\admin\Projects\C64 Dreams\Original Download\c64-dreams-v0.60\C64 Dreams v0.60.7z\C64 Dreams\C64 Dreams\Demoscene\Christmas Megademo - Atlantis+Bonzai+Genesis Project+Lethargy+Offence It's likely to do with filepath lengths. I moved it to near my C : root and no more problems. Bit of a gotcha! Thanks for what you've done here - it's an amazing piece of work. EDIT: Had this same problem even when moved - think it's hitting the WinApi max file length of 260: C:\temp\project tests\C64DreamsImporter\c64-dreams-v0.60\C64 Dreams v0.60\C64 Dreams\C64 Dreams\Retroarch\shaders\Mega_Bezel_Packs\TheNamec-Commodore\presets\Commodore_Amiga1200Synth\Commodore_C1201-Amber\NMC_SHARP_SMOOTH-SCALEFX\FULLDEVICE_CURVED_NIGHT.slangp Edited April 21 by stigzler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stigzler Posted April 21 Share Posted April 21 (edited) C64 Dreams Importer Loved this so much, thought I'd contribute. I've knocked together a tool to make importing this into existing Launchbox installations easier. You basically just plug in your Launchbox Directory and the parent 'C64 Dreams' folder and hit "Install." It'll move all the files and update Launchbox's xml files for you. It can also import the latest hotfix file and magazine pack. Screenie: It has checks and balances to make sure you don't install the wrong files and also back up the Launchbox xml files. Here's a vid of it in action: I've attached the zip with the app. You can also view the source code, or download and build yourself here: https://github.com/stigzler/C64DreamsImporter Have fun and make sure you keep up with the ommodore. Updates V1.0.1 - Added detailed logging around import process which highlights any errors. C64DreamsImporter.zip Edited Tuesday at 08:45 PM by stigzler Updated to V1.0.1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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