Winvice and PSX

[sham69]

Hi,
I have a couple of small questions, hope its ok to put them in 1 post.

1.Whats the best emulator/solution for a commodore 64 emu for maximus arcade?
I am using winvice and its good but is there a way to use my mame/winipac controls with it?
I assume there is nothing you can do with games that require s to start etc.
How do people deal with this, I can play some games that use up,down,left,right etc but its limited.

2. I am using psx for my ps1 emu, its running great but again the controls are a problem, I only have a 3 button setup (at the moment, am waiting for a mate with a drill to change it to 6) so can't cover all the buttons.
What do most people use for this?

Thanks
Sham.

[zorrobandito]

Q1.

Commodore 64 – WinVICE 2.0

Commodore 64 game dumps are plagued with 'cracktros'. Popular in the 90s, pirates would stamp their warez with tiny pieces of code, often spliced onto the boot-block of the game. Many of these pirate groups would later evolve into demo groups, very popular in Europe, but they left a mark on Commodore 64. Add a limited set of controls though, and the mark is more of a blemish. Requiring the use of arcane keys (F1-F9, Y/N, etc). The simplest way to solve this problem is by using snapshots. Most console emulators support them but on the C64 with its big loads and cracktros, they become essential.

I used WinVICE 1.19 which worked well for the majority of games but updated to WinVICE2.1, unfortunately I was unable to get rid of the emulator menu, even when running in full-screen. I dropped back to WinVICE 2.0 and everything works well.

Controls had to be set on target machine but graphics were able to be configured remotely. Joysticks work as they should. Joystick port 1 is P1 controls and port 2 is P2. Turn off Save settings on exit and use Closemul (1+5 / 5+1) to close emulator but leave Esc mapped to C64's Run Start/Stop.


### 04commodore64.ini (mamewah v1.62) ###

emulator_title   Commodore 64

### List Generation Settings ###
rom_path   [emurootpath]\[emuname]\games
rom_extension   vsf
dat_file                                 
nms_file                                 
catver_ini_file                           
list_generation_method   rom_folder

### Execution Settings ###
pre_emulator_app_commandlines             
emulator_commandline   [emurootpath]\[emuname]\WinVICE-2.0\closemul.exe 49 53 x64.exe -fullscreen "[rompath]\[name].[romext]"{nodosbox}{safelaunch}
post_emulator_app_commandlines           
general_app_commandlines                 

Q2.
Sony Playstation – ePSXe 1.7.0

Here’s my directory structure:
f:\mamewah162b13\emu\28PSX\epsxe\
f:\mamewah162b13\emu\28PSX\roms\

### 28PSX.ini (mamewah v1.62) ###

emulator_title                            Playstation

### List Generation Settings ###
rom_path                                  [emurootpath]\[emuname]\roms
rom_extension                             img
dat_file                                 
nms_file                                  [emurootpath]\[emuname]
catver_ini_file                           
list_generation_method                    rom_folder

### Execution Settings ###
pre_emulator_app_commandlines             
emulator_commandline                      [emurootpath]\[emuname]\epsxe\epsxe.exe -nogui -f -loadbin "[rompath]\[name].[romext]"{dosbox}{safelaunch}
post_emulator_app_commandlines           
general_app_commandlines                 

It works perfectly!

Be aware you will probably have to download a few libs:
WNASPI32.DLL
zlib123-dll (zip contains directories and files)

Copy both files to the emulator’s root dir and expand zlib123-dll to its own directory.

Note: I want to get this emulator running with the mouse as a lightgun (for my desktop PC w/ mouse but the undocumented command line switch “-gun” doesn’t seem to do anything except allow the G-Con to be selected.

[sham69]

thanks for the reply.
That sounds like exactly what I need.
I will try it over the weekend.
I remember the cracktros well, a few of my mates were invlolved with it.
I can currently get past most of the cracktros as spcebar seems to work (one of my fire buttons)
epsxe sounds good can't wait to try it, I have all the games running its just the controls that are a problem.
Thanks again for taking the time to reply.

[zorrobandito]

I was thinking more about ePSXe with three buttons and, if I were you, I'd set it up with Start, X, Square, Triangle for now. But results may vary. I guess it all depends on the games you're trying to play. I wouldn't bother with an RPG but for a straight shooter or auto racing game it might be enough.

Let it be the driver for six buttons. My first cab was three buttons and the lack of fighting games was a constant niggle. Six buttons rock!

[sham69]

Thanks for the advice.
My problem is my cab is an old electrocoin xenon so the control panel is metal.
I am waiting for my mate to bore new holes for me for the past 6 months.
If I knew the name of the bit I would do it myself.
Thanks again.

ps The psx games I will be playing are fighting, tomb raider, metal gear solid, res evil etc.

[sham69]

did loads on this over the weekend.
Got Zinc working properly and some games play great on it.
Tekken 3 doesnt, the 3d is broken up all over the place etc.
Battle Arena Toshinden plays fine but some of the other fighting games play slow.
I reckon its the spec of my pc.
I also think my graphics card is dodgy as I can't change the res at all even though I uninstalled it etc.
Mame works perfectly, winvice works perfectly, visual pinball is now showing error loading file (even though it was working a couple of weeks ago), My spectrum emu is working fine (minus controls) and my PSX emulator is back working but I can't get the screen to display properly?
Its like its not opening at the front, I can see the screen but its kind of in the background.
I will post a pic to see if anyone can help me out.
I am getting there slowly, I seem to get one emulator working and then another one gets messed up..
When I get them all working I am going to set a restore point...
Don't fancy having to go through all this again.
Thanks all for the replies.

[nickynooch]

Winvice works great in Maximus Arcade.  I just set up all my games for "quickstart", using the method here...
http://forums.maximusarcade.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=1950

That way you can start straight into the game if you want without hitting "s" or whatever.  Pretty sweet.  If you need more help, let me know.  It can be a little confusing, but pretty easy once you figure it out.

EPSXE is what I use for PSX emulation in Maximus Arcade.  Works like a champ.

[sham69]

Thanks for the reply nickynooch.
I have winvice sorted for most of the games I wanted to play (minus the last ninja ones which are my faves), I will try the method you suggest,, thanks.

Again I had psx1.1.3 working perfectly minus a few buttons (as I only have 3 buttons at the moment), I think a didgy graphics card is the culprit, it starts up, I can hear the music but the screen is have minimized and no to the front.
I tried epsx but didnt have much luck with it.
I will try it again though.
Thanks again for the reply.
Its all a learning curve I suppose.

[sham69]

hi nickynooch,
Could you tell me what extra commandlines you add to maximus arcade for epsxe please?
I can't get psx 1.13 working so am going to jump to epsxe as suggested by you.
Cheers.

[nickynooch]

I believe what I have under launch is...

-nogui -loadbin %file


Hope this helps.  I think it is what Maximus Arcade puts in for its default PSX.

[sham69]

Thanks Nickynooch,
Have it working perfectly, just need the extra buttons...
Cheers for all your help.

[nickynooch]

Thanks Nickynooch,
Have it working perfectly, just need the extra buttons...
Cheers for all your help.

Anytime!  The amount of help people have gave me on this board I feel happy I can help another out in return.