MiSTer FPGA Forum

limi wrote: ↑Fri Mar 04, 2022 8:40 am Yes, I should have mentioned it in the original announcement, will rectify that by editing the post. It was late when I wrote it, so I simply forgot

@Limi: Is there a way to add a list of your own favorites?

Not at the moment! But yes, one of the 4 buttons could certainly be used for this, with keyboard shortcuts as fallback. Probably a bit of work to implement, and since the launcher is written in Amiga E, we’ll have to enlist the help of people that know that language.

LamerDeluxe wrote: ↑Fri Mar 04, 2022 9:33 am Amiga E, ouch, not common. I developed Amiga software in C and assembly, that was a long time ago, never had a look at E though. Would be great to have that functionality.

limi wrote: ↑Fri Mar 04, 2022 10:05 am

LamerDeluxe wrote: ↑Fri Mar 04, 2022 9:33 am Amiga E, ouch, not common. I developed Amiga software in C and assembly, that was a long time ago, never had a look at E though. Would be great to have that functionality.

It’s actually a very nice, readable, efficient and fast language, but it’s been too many years since I wrote anything in it, so I’m not particularly useful when it comes to it these days.

Solskogen wrote: ↑Fri Mar 04, 2022 8:40 am

limi wrote: ↑Thu Mar 03, 2022 9:50 pm

Solskogen wrote: ↑Thu Mar 03, 2022 9:41 am Don't now if you take bugreports in this thread but I've noticed that if you let Lotus 2 run for a while (20min-ish) during the title screen it will crash:

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Function 'resload_DiskLoad' called with unacceptable arguments

This is probably a WHDLoad bug, can you reproduce on a real Amiga?

Don't have one, sorry. But I can try to emulate it on my Pi to see if it happens there as well.

LamerDeluxe wrote: ↑Fri Mar 04, 2022 10:24 am Haha, I can imagine that, I often got rusty at things way faster than I expected. I've heard people rave about Amiga E before, sad that it didn't really seem to catch on.

cd Dev:E/Src/Gfx
ec IfsFern.e
ifsfern

ed IfsFern.e

Optiroc wrote: ↑Fri Mar 04, 2022 5:03 pm

LamerDeluxe wrote: ↑Fri Mar 04, 2022 10:24 am Haha, I can imagine that, I often got rusty at things way faster than I expected. I've heard people rave about Amiga E before, sad that it didn't really seem to catch on.

It seemed to have a rather active userbase, but for a rather Amiga specific programming language to break out of its niche in the mid-90s would be a big ask.

Anyway, if anyone wants to feel it out the toolchain is installed on MegaAGS. To compile and run a simple example, open a CLI and run:

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cd Dev:E/Src/Gfx
ec IfsFern.e
ifsfern

And to edit the source:

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ed IfsFern.e

barfood wrote: ↑Sat Mar 05, 2022 1:58 am I wish my favorite demo (Way Too Rude, 2020, https://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=85248) had been included, but other than that, this is spectacular curation work. Thanks for all the efforts, it will help me wrap my head around all the Amiga has to offer!

gooface wrote: ↑Fri Mar 04, 2022 11:15 pm Looks like you guys are releasing a MegaAGS-20220303 soon? You guys are amazing.

limi wrote: ↑Sat Mar 05, 2022 2:30 am

gooface wrote: ↑Fri Mar 04, 2022 11:15 pm Looks like you guys are releasing a MegaAGS-20220303 soon? You guys are amazing.

It’s the circle of life — release a massive update, and there’s 4 things you missed, so version 2.01 needs to happen.

clarkkent wrote: ↑Sat Mar 05, 2022 8:14 am Check the Aladin WHDLoad folder first for games to add…

Chris23235 wrote: ↑Sun Mar 06, 2022 9:36 am @limi

Probably something that can't work, but I tried loading the MegaAGS on the MiST FPGA and only got a black screen. If I recall correct a earlier version worked on the MiST. Any idea what can be the cause of it not working. I know it is intended for MiSTer zu if it won't work that's fine. I was just wondering.

Insert Disk Two wrote: ↑Sun Mar 06, 2022 9:01 am Is there a way to make AGS remember settings? I would prefer Force 50hz to be default rather than Force 60hz.

Thanks and well done for the awesome job!!!

Higgy wrote: ↑Sun Mar 06, 2022 12:55 pm

Chris23235 wrote: ↑Sun Mar 06, 2022 9:36 am @limi

Probably something that can't work, but I tried loading the MegaAGS on the MiST FPGA and only got a black screen. If I recall correct a earlier version worked on the MiST. Any idea what can be the cause of it not working. I know it is intended for MiSTer zu if it won't work that's fine. I was just wondering.

I thought someone got this working on their CD32 so if it works on real hardware it should be fine on MiST. I've not yet updated my CF cards for real Amigas or tried on my MiST yet.

Chris23235 wrote: ↑Sun Mar 06, 2022 9:18 pm I got it working. Someone over at the MiST section of the Atari-Forum helped me. You had to disable the mounting of the shared folder by editing the startup-sequence.

limi wrote: ↑Sun Mar 06, 2022 11:45 pm

Chris23235 wrote: ↑Sun Mar 06, 2022 9:18 pm I got it working. Someone over at the MiST section of the Atari-Forum helped me. You had to disable the mounting of the shared folder by editing the startup-sequence.

Yeah, I filed a ticket to see if we can make these things conditional/fail-safe for CD32/Amiga/MiST users.

Chris23235 wrote: ↑Mon Mar 07, 2022 9:32 am Many thanks!

That would great, I don't know if it is possible but when the Startup-Sequence could react when no MiSTer Share is available it could work seamless on other FPGA systems (or even the A500 Mini? Don't know if it supports HDF files).

bfbiii wrote: ↑Fri Mar 04, 2022 4:28 pm

Solskogen wrote: ↑Fri Mar 04, 2022 8:40 am

limi wrote: ↑Thu Mar 03, 2022 9:50 pm

This is probably a WHDLoad bug, can you reproduce on a real Amiga?

Don't have one, sorry. But I can try to emulate it on my Pi to see if it happens there as well.

I can confirm a crash after about 30 minutes on my MiSTer and no crash after an hour+ on my CD32 (before I decided over an hour of that 2 minute song was enough--even for me )

I also suspect WHDLoad +hardware nuances.

Chris23235 wrote: ↑Wed Mar 02, 2022 6:31 am I noticed that Uridium 2 is still PAL 60. The game was intended for 50Hz and runs to fast with 60Hz.

gooface wrote: ↑Wed Mar 02, 2022 9:20 pm Is SimAnt (non low res version) known to not work? (or am I doing something wrong?) it just returns to the AGS menu after launching.

gooface wrote: ↑Wed Mar 02, 2022 11:52 pm Again, not sure if I am doing anything wrong but I noticed that on "All New World of Lemmings" The bottom of the screen seems to be cut off when playing a level. (seems like the screen is shifted down since there is black space on the top of the screen) It doesnt seem to do this in the main menu of the game only after you start a level.

clarkkent wrote: ↑Thu Mar 03, 2022 6:03 pm I‘m really excited about the new update! But the game „Final Odyssey“ is still missing.

bfbiii wrote: ↑Fri Mar 04, 2022 4:28 pm I can confirm a crash after about 30 minutes on my MiSTer and no crash after an hour+ on my CD32 (before I decided over an hour of that 2 minute song was enough--even for me )

I also suspect WHDLoad +hardware nuances.

limi wrote: ↑Thu Mar 10, 2022 7:47 am

Chris23235 wrote: ↑Wed Mar 02, 2022 6:31 am I noticed that Uridium 2 is still PAL 60. The game was intended for 50Hz and runs to fast with 60Hz.

This was fixed in the quick 2022.03.03 update that Optiroc issued soon after, for the record.