Dhenny42 Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 I am trying to get it to work in Retroarch however, I am having some issues. I do not want to use WinUAE for the emulation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordmonkus Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 Amiga through Retroarch is a major pain to setup. WinUAE is better but still a hassle, I would suggest FS-UAE, it still has some setup but is much more intuitive than WinUAE and pretty close in terms of accuracy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dhenny42 Posted July 20, 2019 Author Share Posted July 20, 2019 Yeah I have the emulator and it looks confusing by Ill try my best. Thanks for the information. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Headrush69 Posted August 25, 2019 Share Posted August 25, 2019 On 7/19/2019 at 1:00 AM, Lordmonkus said: Amiga through Retroarch is a major pain to setup. WinUAE is better but still a hassle, I would suggest FS-UAE, it still has some setup but is much more intuitive than WinUAE and pretty close in terms of accuracy. I currently use FS-UAE as well, but the recent changes to the PUAE Retroarch core might make it much easier. https://www.libretro.com/index.php/core-news-puae-amiga-emulator-and-vice-commodore-64/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordmonkus Posted August 25, 2019 Share Posted August 25, 2019 I gave this a try last night and while it is easier than before it still is isn't as good as it needs to be to replace FS-UAE or even WinUAE. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Headrush69 Posted August 25, 2019 Share Posted August 25, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, Lordmonkus said: I gave this a try last night and while it is easier than before it still is isn't as good as it needs to be to replace FS-UAE or even WinUAE. Would you conclude the same if it's strictly for games? (no OSes, or applications) Edited August 25, 2019 by Headrush69 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordmonkus Posted August 25, 2019 Share Posted August 25, 2019 Yes. The Retroarch version of UAE simply doesn't have the configuration levels required to set up what is necessary. I got it to load a couple of ADF files easily but when it came to the WHDLoad games I constantly got the following error. As far as I could tell (and I looked) there was no setting in the core options for memory. Even the PS Vita Amiga emulator has more options to tweak for games and is far easier to use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Headrush69 Posted August 25, 2019 Share Posted August 25, 2019 I found the WHDLoads I tried had to be built into HDF format and seems to work now. (limited testing) Found a script on Retropie forums that is suppose to automate the process, but haven't got it working on Windows or OSX yet. Just curious, what WHDLoad was that above you were trying? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordmonkus Posted August 25, 2019 Share Posted August 25, 2019 I tried a couple but Agony was one of them. I also tried a couple of HDF files that I do have, Barbarian Plus and Shadow of the Beast and got a different error screen. For me FS-UAE still wins hands down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Headrush69 Posted August 25, 2019 Share Posted August 25, 2019 (edited) On 8/25/2019 at 6:56 PM, Lordmonkus said: For me FS-UAE still wins hands down. No argument there. I just like testing all the alternatives. Edit: Update December 2022 - I have switched to using Retroarch PUAE core for all Amiga gaming. The core has seen some excellent improvements and for my cabinet and game playing it fills the bill nicely. If I want to boot into Workbench I still use FS-UAE. Edited December 16, 2022 by Headrush69 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordmonkus Posted August 25, 2019 Share Posted August 25, 2019 Oh yeah for sure, when I saw that post last night I was eager to test it in hopes that it could replace FS-UAE but it's just not there yet. It was really nice loading up Ziriax and playing it quickly and easily though with RA shaders. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polygonslayer Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 Hi all Just wondering if anyone knows if Amiga has gotten better in RA now? I currently got a set working with WinUAE already set up in LB, but would rather have everything set up within RA if possible (I recently swapped my C64 games over to it and it works like a dream!). Just finding it almost impossible to find any good tutorials or anything about how to do it, which is very odd. Some fiddling around I was able to boot the kickstart, but both HDF and WHD games don't seem to load for me. So yeah, wondering if anyone has it up and working inside RA now? and if they know of a good guide online? Cheers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragon57 Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 27 minutes ago, polygonslayer said: Hi all Just wondering if anyone knows if Amiga has gotten better in RA now? I currently got a set working with WinUAE already set up in LB, but would rather have everything set up within RA if possible (I recently swapped my C64 games over to it and it works like a dream!). Just finding it almost impossible to find any good tutorials or anything about how to do it, which is very odd. Some fiddling around I was able to boot the kickstart, but both HDF and WHD games don't seem to load for me. So yeah, wondering if anyone has it up and working inside RA now? and if they know of a good guide online? Cheers! There have been quite a few improvements in the RA core P-UAE. It seems to load all my WHDLoad files now once you follow the readme on Github. I would say give it a try and see if it is good enough for you. I personally have switched over to RA now for Amiga games. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polygonslayer Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 3 minutes ago, dragon57 said: There have been quite a few improvements in the RA core P-UAE. It seems to load all my WHDLoad files now once you follow the readme on Github. I would say give it a try and see if it is good enough for you. I personally have switched over to RA now for Amiga games. Oh, I did not see the readme on there. I checked the libretro documentation, but couldn't find anything there. Sweet, I will check that out Good to hear it has improved! Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragon57 Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 3 minutes ago, polygonslayer said: Oh, I did not see the readme on there. I checked the libretro documentation, but couldn't find anything there. Sweet, I will check that out Good to hear it has improved! Cheers I should have given the URL: https://github.com/libretro/libretro-uae 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polygonslayer Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 (edited) Hi, so I think I've followed the readme/guide correctly, but to be honest it is quite confusing with sections crossed out and things not being very clear. So currently I can load ADF files no problem, but when I try to load HDF files (from the Internet Archive set) I get the black screen with red flashing "software failure" screen. Any chance you can share the settings you got and how you managed to get it to work? Cheers EDIT: Also tested the WHD set I got working in Win-UAE and same error. btw, tested Amiga CD32 games and they run fine. I got a feeling I must be missing one step somewhere Edited April 15, 2020 by polygonslayer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orac31 Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 23 minutes ago, polygonslayer said: Hi, so I think I've followed the readme/guide correctly, but to be honest it is quite confusing with sections crossed out and things not being very clear. So currently I can load ADF files no problem, but when I try to load HDF files (from the Internet Archive set) I get the black screen with red flashing "software failure" screen. Any chance you can share the settings you got and how you managed to get it to work? Cheers EDIT: Also tested the WHD set I got working in Win-UAE and same error. btw, tested Amiga CD32 games and they run fine. I got a feeling I must be missing one step somewhere HI Do you have the correct bioeses? Do you have a hdf file in your system dir? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polygonslayer Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 Just now, orac31 said: HI Do you have the correct bioeses? Do you have a hdf file in your system dir? Yep, checked the MD5 checksum to match what it states and tried both with the HDF file in the system and without. The guide/readme seems to now state you don't need to have it anymore and that it creates it automatically into your saves folder, which it seems to have done for me. Got both WHDLoad.hdf and WHDSaves.hdf in the Saves directory now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orac31 Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 mine is woking fine with hdf and whds i have a think and try and work out where your going wrong 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polygonslayer Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 Ok, I think I got it working. I tried to delete everything WHDload in the Saves directory, including some folders RA must have made when I was messing about and after that it now works! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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