Advanced use

 

This part aims to give you advice. They are optional, however I highly advise you the application of these optimizations for a more comfortable emulation.

 

 

WinUAE optimizing

 

+ [ Paths & Folders ]

 

When you install Amigame, you point the WinUAE previously installed on your computer. it is possible to have several versions of WinUAE operating on the hard drive, in particular after the installation of several packs of emulations “ready to use” (such as AmiphoneX 1.x).

AmiGame and all the AmiphoneX pack series won't be affected, but others third packs can not function correctly because part of their configurations will be crushed. It will then be necessary for you to show the way to the kickstarts before the re-use of these packs.

 

This part also include settings of the button “Path”. Strangely, these adjustments are common to all the versions installed on your computer. The only parade consists in not taking anymore the root directory as reference, but the repertory relating to the project.

 

Naturally, it will be necessary for you to create the non-existent files and to reorganize the file “project” of the third pack before modifying the parameters. Here a concrete example: :

 

 

+ [ Configurations ]

 

Here some easy ways for configuring WinUAE::

 

1/ - Fast start - ALWAYS untick this mode

 

2/ - CPU - To avoid bad sound, select the “Amiga A500 speed”.

 

3/ - Floppies drive - Prefer the turbo mode instead of increasing the power and memory.

 

4/ - Display - In full screen mode, prefer the 640x480 resolution (or 800x600 for certain games) to improve the speed of the emulator.

 

5/ - Display - If you have a flat screen, preserve the adjustment of the frequencies on “Default”. For the others, be cautious with the type of screen you have before modifying the frequency.

 

6/ - Port Games & i/o - Be careful, if you emulate a workbench, the keyboard parameters A, B or C make impossible the normal use of these keys.

 

7/ - Various - Do not forget to tick the “uaescsi.device” if you emulate CD/DVD drives of your PC.

 

8/ - Various - The version translated by Benjamin Sisko of Tradu-France enables you to select the French language for WinUAE.

 

 

+ [ Personalized management of the peripherals ]

 

If the options presented in section Port Games & i/o are not suitable for you, you can modify them in the section " (Input). You can therefore manually configure all your peripherals of controls in order to stick to your personnal taste.

 

Here is an example with an USB pad detected by default under Windows™ :

 

 

- The top line enables you to use a peripheral of your choice, and reach a personalized configuration. You can create up to four per peripheral.

 

- To modify a parameter, select an element of destination (Target), then replace by the element of your choice using the menu in bottom of the main framework.

 

- Player 1 uses the Joy2 parameters and the Player2 the Joy1 parameters. on Amiga most of the games use the port joystick (port 2) for the first player and the port mouse (port 1) for the 2nd player.

 

- On the additional buttons of your pad, you can parameterize special options, like the screenshots, or the management of the saves states. It is very useful also for the games which include one or two keyboard keys in addition to the joystick.

 

- To activate Autofire, you need to to click once on "No" it is transformed then into “yes”.

 

- Lastly you can adjust the sensitivity of your peripherals, use the option “mouse Speed” or/and autofire speed.