MiSTer FPGA Forum

antibolo wrote: ↑Mon Jan 08, 2024 9:48 pm

So outside of SNAC, it sounds like the best possible controller for MiSTer is Nintendo's own NSO N64 controller for Switch, right?

If you're looking for the OG look and feel of the controller, yes.

pbsk8 wrote: ↑Sun Jan 07, 2024 9:19 pm

do you have example of games with scratchy sounds? I would like to test with my v2.5 ram

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@parawizard Sadly, I've yet to see a single rebuild kit that even approaches the quality of the shitty Nintendo plastic...I got very tired of annual rebuilds and just wanted something reliable and trouble-free. That joystick definitely hit the sweet spot.

Why USB, though? SNAC is fantastic.

Obviously I'm referring to the former, because quite literally nobody cares about the latter. If you read the thread on the software vs. hardware emulation topic, parallelism is the first (and basically only) advantage I give to FPGA.

samspot wrote: ↑Sat Dec 30, 2023 1:48 am

Edit: I figured out that I have to manually set system->rom to megaags-kickstart and reset.

If you unpacked the archive to /media/fat, you shouldn't have to do that - the proper configuration will be automatically written.

@Andy2No Thus far, sorgelig has seen MiSTer as a retrogaming more than a retrocomputing platform and doesn't consider saving compute content to be a priority.

I'm slowly attempting to change that. =) The Commodore PET has exactly the same challenge.

By default, I don't think there is one. Copy MiSTer_example.ini to MiSTer.ini and customize to taste.

Right. That'll need to get "inserted" info volumes that MiSTer can see as hardfiles.

You can give it a go yourself or I'll take a swing at it next week, but it should be possible to replicate effectively 1:1.

I wonder if the 'installation' of Workbench is using the filesystem versus a HDF...as far as I know, MiSTer will only support the latter.

If you look under All Users/Documents in Windows, is there anything in there that looks like files from Workbench 3.x?

I know about the 'odd' naming, it's because it's an amalgam of several different pieces all calling themselves 3.something.

Alright - my first suspicion was that the encrypted Kickstart wasn't loading, but clearly that's not it.

What is the exact behavior you get when you try?

Eisengrim wrote: ↑Mon Dec 25, 2023 12:59 am

Has anyone succeeded getting Amiga Forever's Workbench 3.x working on MiSTer? I bought the Plus package and have it running in Windows, and I was able to find a 6 MB Workbench 3.1 disk I got running on the MiSTer, but what I'd really like to do is bring over the complete 3.x setup.

Which Kickstart are you trying to use?

Lightwave wrote: ↑Wed Dec 20, 2023 1:25 pm

If you are mapping manually, the first paddle button should be mapped to Fire 1, and the second to Thumb (NOT Fire 2).

Do that again?

I'm using the files from here, and everything works GREAT except the second paddle button...and nothing I've tried will make it work.

What, exactly, is 'Thumb' and where is it found?

mercuryshadow09 wrote: ↑Tue Dec 19, 2023 11:40 pm

True, it doesn't support lightguns. But the HDMI controller adapters are cheaper in the long run.

...which is exactly what Reflex is as well, except it's supported out of the box.

@DiacloneFX Good sleuthing - glad you solved it!

Make sure the "USB 3.0" port contacts are good by doing a continuity test of each port pin to the corresponding GPIO connection pin (found on the schematic). The jumper should definitely be in the IO position. I strongly suspect there's a cold solder joint on the board itself.

Armakuni wrote: ↑Thu Dec 14, 2023 1:34 pm

Joystick auto fire works fine for me using a USB DB9 Daemonbite adaptor and MiSTer also has a built in autofire system

That's interesting - most autofire joysticks require +5V on pin 7, which I didn't know Daemonbite provides.

Would you mind indicating exactly which adapter you bought and from where (by URL if possible)?

You aren't going to get a paddle from SNAC anyway, as the analog portion was long abandoned due to significant issues. Ironically, the only hope of true paddle support is adapting the USB version from the Atari 7800 core.

First hit on Google...

https://wiki.neogeodev.org/index.php?ti ... protection

@pac the obvious CP that prevents boot entirely, agreed - UniBIOS doesn't do anything for the ones with in-game protection.

I've seen some 'bad' CHDs, but it wasn't related to compression rate as far as I can tell. I use them religiously on MiSTer and Retroarch without issue at all.

Red light - completely normal.

Blank screen - likely a refresh rate issue conflict between your arcade display and the CRT. Make sure you've removed or commented out any arcade-monitor-specific modelines and the like from MiSTer.ini.

Make sure you remove the copy protection from affected games...