Hi all,

here are some news & questions for the GameBase EP - Script :

1. We decided to use two ways for autostarting the EP-Games in the GB :
    a) GEMUS-Script wich contains the "Set_CFG_Item() - Feature"   (written by .mad. from the GB-Forum)
    b) GEMUS-Script wich use my written "special-cfg's" (stored in the folder : GameBase\Enterprise\Emulator\ep128emu2\config\gamebase_ep

to a) mad's script is really BIG and works almost perfect. But we found an "error" in the emulator ep128emu :
        This GEMUS-Commandline :  Set_CFG_Item(1||floppy.a.imageFile||%tab%||"%gamepathfile%")
        adds the Line : floppy.a.imageFile "c:\gbgame\0\games_01.img" to the gb.cfg  ( = Backslash)

        But we need  : floppy.a.imageFile "c:/gbgame/0/games_01.img" ( = Slash)
        otherwise the ep128emu don't add the image to the Disk-configuration in Disk-Drive A 

        Can you fix this IstvanV ?  (or is this an error by GEMUS ? )

 
to b) my cfg's needs to be added to the ep128emu-installer.exe 

       I will first test them again, and then you add them. O.K. ?

      more soon

Thanks IstvanV.

So we will use :

Set_CFG_Item(1||fileio.workingDirectory||%tab%||"C:/gbgame/0")
Set_CFG_Item(1||floppy.a.imageFile||%tab%||"C:/GBGame/0/GAMES_01.IMG")

or this :

Add_CLP(-cfg gb.cfg -fileio.workingDirectory="C:/GBGame/0" -floppy.a.imageFile="C:/GBGame/0/GAMES_01.IMG")

btw.
I have still some trouble to run basic-games wich use the EPDOS HFONT.
Some games works (Amöba, Kigyo, line, etc..)
other don't work (10 Hajó Elsüllyesztése, Tank Wars, etc...)
 Error : Ismeretten parancs.
          120 EXT "hfont":EXT "clkoff"  [10 Hajó]

   or  : Ismeretten parancs.           
          350 EXT "clkoff"                    [Tank Wars]

What's wrong with this cfg :

floppy.a.imageFile   ""
memory.configFile   ""
memory.ram.size   128
memory.rom.00.file   "E:\\GameBase\\Enterprise\\Emulator\\ep128emu2\\roms\\exos21.rom"
memory.rom.00.offset   0
memory.rom.01.file   "E:\\GameBase\\Enterprise\\Emulator\\ep128emu2\\roms\\exos21.rom"
memory.rom.01.offset   16384
memory.rom.02.file   ""
memory.rom.02.offset   0
memory.rom.03.file   ""
memory.rom.03.offset   0
memory.rom.04.file   "E:\\GameBase\\Enterprise\\Emulator\\ep128emu2\\roms\\asmon15.rom"
memory.rom.04.offset   0
memory.rom.05.file   "E:\\GameBase\\Enterprise\\Emulator\\ep128emu2\\roms\\asmon15.rom"
memory.rom.05.offset   16384
memory.rom.06.file   "E:\\GameBase\\Enterprise\\Emulator\\ep128emu2\\roms\\basic21.rom"
memory.rom.06.offset   0
memory.rom.07.file   "E:\\GameBase\\Enterprise\\Emulator\\ep128emu2\\roms\\hun.rom"
memory.rom.07.offset   0
memory.rom.10.file   "E:\\GameBase\\Enterprise\\Emulator\\ep128emu2\\roms\\epfileio.rom"
memory.rom.10.offset   0
memory.rom.11.file   ""
memory.rom.11.offset   0
memory.rom.12.file   ""
memory.rom.12.offset   0
memory.rom.13.file   ""
memory.rom.13.offset   0
memory.rom.20.file   "E:\\GameBase\\Enterprise\\Emulator\\ep128emu2\\roms\\epdos_z.rom"
memory.rom.20.offset   0
memory.rom.21.file   "E:\\GameBase\\Enterprise\\Emulator\\ep128emu2\\roms\\epdos_z.rom"
memory.rom.21.offset   16384
memory.rom.22.file   ""
memory.rom.22.offset   0
memory.rom.23.file   ""
memory.rom.23.offset   0
memory.rom.30.file   ""
memory.rom.30.offset   0
memory.rom.31.file   ""
memory.rom.31.offset   0
memory.rom.32.file   ""
memory.rom.32.offset   0
memory.rom.33.file   ""
memory.rom.33.offset   0
memory.rom.40.file   ""
memory.rom.40.offset   0
memory.rom.41.file   ""
memory.rom.41.offset   0
memory.rom.42.file   ""
memory.rom.42.offset   0
memory.rom.43.file   ""
memory.rom.43.offset   0
vm.cpuClockFrequency   4000000
vm.enableFileIO   Yes
vm.enableMemoryTimingEmulation   Yes
vm.soundClockFrequency   500000
vm.videoClockFrequency   889846

The problem here is the CLKOFF command, which was present only in some old versions of EPDOS. To fix the error, you need to either use a version of EPDOS that still has it (e.g. 1.6), or remove the EXT "clkoff" from the BASIC programs. It may be a good idea to have the "fixed" BASIC programs on ep128.hu, since probably not many people are using the EPDOS versions where CLKOFF is needed or useful.

Really funny.....it works, when i also add the zrom to segment 07 

floppy.a.imageFile   ""
memory.configFile   ""
memory.ram.size   128
memory.rom.00.file   "E:\\GameBase\\Enterprise\\Emulator\\ep128emu2\\roms\\exos21.rom"
memory.rom.00.offset   0
memory.rom.01.file   "E:\\GameBase\\Enterprise\\Emulator\\ep128emu2\\roms\\exos21.rom"
memory.rom.01.offset   16384
memory.rom.02.file   ""
memory.rom.02.offset   0
memory.rom.03.file   ""
memory.rom.03.offset   0
memory.rom.04.file   "E:\\GameBase\\Enterprise\\Emulator\\ep128emu2\\roms\\asmon15.rom"
memory.rom.04.offset   0
memory.rom.05.file   "E:\\GameBase\\Enterprise\\Emulator\\ep128emu2\\roms\\asmon15.rom"
memory.rom.05.offset   16384
memory.rom.06.file   "E:\\GameBase\\Enterprise\\Emulator\\ep128emu2\\roms\\basic21.rom"
memory.rom.06.offset   0
memory.rom.07.file   "E:\\GameBase\\Enterprise\\Emulator\\ep128emu2\\roms\\epdos_z.rom"
memory.rom.07.offset   0
memory.rom.10.file   "E:\\GameBase\\Enterprise\\Emulator\\ep128emu2\\roms\\epfileio.rom"
memory.rom.10.offset   0
memory.rom.11.file   ""
memory.rom.11.offset   0
memory.rom.12.file   ""
memory.rom.12.offset   0
memory.rom.13.file   ""
memory.rom.13.offset   0
memory.rom.20.file   "E:\\GameBase\\Enterprise\\Emulator\\ep128emu2\\roms\\epdos_z.rom"
memory.rom.20.offset   0
memory.rom.21.file   "E:\\GameBase\\Enterprise\\Emulator\\ep128emu2\\roms\\epdos_z.rom"
memory.rom.21.offset   16384
memory.rom.22.file   ""
memory.rom.22.offset   0
memory.rom.23.file   ""
memory.rom.23.offset   0
memory.rom.30.file   ""
memory.rom.30.offset   0
memory.rom.31.file   ""
memory.rom.31.offset   0
memory.rom.32.file   ""
memory.rom.32.offset   0
memory.rom.33.file   ""
memory.rom.33.offset   0
memory.rom.40.file   ""
memory.rom.40.offset   0
memory.rom.41.file   ""
memory.rom.41.offset   0
memory.rom.42.file   ""
memory.rom.42.offset   0
memory.rom.43.file   ""
memory.rom.43.offset   0
vm.cpuClockFrequency   4000000
vm.enableFileIO   Yes
vm.enableMemoryTimingEmulation   Yes
vm.soundClockFrequency   500000
vm.videoClockFrequency   889846

I still nedd some testing, and then my cfg's are ready for your installer.exe 

here's a small updated Enterprise.mdb - file
Now you can see , wich game use wich config.cfg  (GB-GUI : View/Extra Columns/Use config.cfg)

Well, so far I have found these of my conversions to be old or missing in Gamebase:
  - Castle Master (CPC)
  - Castle Master II (CPC)
  - Dark Side (CPC)
  - Driller (CPC)
  - Total Eclipse (CPC)
  - Total Eclipse II (CPC) (so, basically all the Freescape games )
  - Impossible Mission (Spectrum; my version, there is also one by Geco, and an old BAM (?) conversion as well)
  - Pinball Power
  - The Birds and the Bees (Spectrum, my version)

Thanks i'll check this

 

- a new Boulder Dash version has also just been released here

Also thank you ! Just add them to GB EP !

I have also noticed that some of the MP3 files are not of very good quality - were they made with EP32 ?

Don't know....i've downloaded them from ep128.hu. 

Is there (or going to be) also a script for the CPC and Spectrum emulator mode of ep128emu ?

Well, not yet. Because this is a GameBase Enterprise and i don't need the other features for this......
But there is allready a GameBase for Amstrad & Spectrum. So, when i have the time, i'll add/test  the ep128emu on this Projects. Promissed 

btw.
i think we don't need a special installer.exe for my "own" cfg's.
We (.mad. and a little me) have written a nice GEMUS-Script, that works perfect with your emulator !