craiganderson Posted January 19, 2015 Author Share Posted January 19, 2015 You don't, I found out the name of the database and that should be it.You just need all the Hyperlaunch bits, like process close, bezel and all that. MEmu = Steem MEmuV = v3.4.1 MURL = http://sourceforge.net/projects/steemsse/ MAuthor = ghutch92 MVersion = 2.0 MCRC = 4DB34981 iCRC = 1E716C97 MID = 635038268925531896 MSystem = "Atari ST" ;---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ; Notes: ; You must manually set a TOS using the emulator first. The UK version is preferred. ; If a game does not work properly check to see if there is a patch available. ; Be sure to read the controller options very carefully since sometimes your controls ; might only work if Scroll Lock is on or Num Lock is off. This needs to be set from ; within the emulator. ;---------------------------------------------------------------------------- StartModule() FadeInStart() settingsFile := modulePath . "\" . moduleName . ".ini" Fullscreen := IniReadCheck(settingsFile, "Settings", "Fullscreen","true",,1) 7z(romPath, romName, romExtension, 7zExtractPath) params := "db=""GBST v3.1d""" Run(executable . " " . params . " fn=""" . romName . """", emuPath) WinWait("ahk_class Steem Window") WinWaitActive("ahk_class Steem Window") [color="#FF0000"]executable:="Steem SSE 3.4.1.exe"[/color] FadeInExit() Process("WaitClose", executable) 7zCleanUp() FadeOutExit() ExitModule() RestoreEmu: Send, {Pause} Return The HLHQ emu executable has to point to "GBLauncher.exe" i had to add the red line you see above otherwise hlhq just blows through the module because executable is originally gamebaselauncher.. does that seem right it is working now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craiganderson Posted January 19, 2015 Author Share Posted January 19, 2015 hit another snag there are about 70 games that launch with the help of a HD file of the same name as rom i assume this file was created by the gamebaseST team when launching these games via the command line above...they do not load i will keep working on it the other games load great@! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SIMPLYAUSTIN Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 I had ST working wthout any issues on RA. The main problem I had was the file format. Seems it only likes a certain file format which mine was not. It was a shame as the names was right for my DB, but all the correct format games I could find was incorrect. I did a FATMATCH and sorted some of the games out. Emu currently disabled due to lack of wheel art... I hate no wheel art Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craiganderson Posted January 19, 2015 Author Share Posted January 19, 2015 I had ST working wthout any issues on RA. The main problem I had was the file format. Seems it only likes a certain file format which mine was not. It was a shame as the names was right for my DB, but all the correct format games I could find was incorrect. I did a FATMATCH and sorted some of the games out. Emu currently disabled due to lack of wheel art... I hate no wheel art Cool. ALL of the games were auto-loading (i.e. no clicking of disks inside emulator etc)?? Using Steem? Because unfortunately STEEM does not autoload all of them..... thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zerojay Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 I had ST working wthout any issues on RA. The main problem I had was the file format. Seems it only likes a certain file format which mine was not. It was a shame as the names was right for my DB, but all the correct format games I could find was incorrect. I did a FATMATCH and sorted some of the games out. Emu currently disabled due to lack of wheel art... I hate no wheel art I think it only supports the Hatari core, so that might be a good place to start. I think it supports .ipf ROMs but I'm not sure. This is one of those consoles I never got around to setting up properly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craiganderson Posted January 19, 2015 Author Share Posted January 19, 2015 im almost done with my little setup i think it is gonna work real well and i think ALL games will autoload Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsnyd22 Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 i started this years ago and deleted everything. maybe i will try it again if you get it working decent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craiganderson Posted January 20, 2015 Author Share Posted January 20, 2015 edit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nathan1974au Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 wow now you have my attention! Atari st nice work craig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craiganderson Posted January 20, 2015 Author Share Posted January 20, 2015 thanks (thanks to horseyhorsey) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silverback Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 I was thinking a while back about setting up the ST. This is a great help. Thanks craiganderson! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craiganderson Posted January 20, 2015 Author Share Posted January 20, 2015 Should be able to share pretty soon. Here is what I am going to use for now. Better than nothing and "complete" enough for me to keep on the wheel..... This will all be explained in more detail but just a heads up: I will update when upload to share etc.....might not be today .. and I have all of the stuff renamed etc so dont download from gamebaseST... Details: 0) Thank you to horseyhorsey for pointing me to the gamebaseST site and the help with the command line for the new module. 1) Uses GamebaseST Frontend as the "emulator" because some games ONLY load via GamebaseST. Take ALien Syndrome as an example. If somebody gets it to load via Steem directly please let me know. I could not. Tried multiple different roms. And the GamebaseST loads all of the disks for you as far as i can tell.... 2) Uses the Roms from the Gamebase site as I think the modified them to autoload/multiple disk etc... 3) Kinda quirky to set up. For example GameBaseST needs the roms to be in the folders as they come in the download. (Each rom type in own folder etc). Youll see. And then you will also need the Roms in another folder for HLHQ to "see" but should be able to use fake "game.txt" roms for that in order to save space....(i have this to share) 4) I removed the (Pasti Original) wheels from the Wheel folder (but they are dupes) and dont auto load so no biggie i think... I also removed the wheels that are associated with games that load via HD/boot files because they do not load via command line (total about 60 games). I tried to get the module to load them via ControlSend commands etc (and thus load the HD/boot file games)..but GamebaseST is very picky and I could not get it to work consistently. I will ask at the atariST forum for help with this and update if I figure out the HD games etc. 5) Missing about 150 snaps still but added something to the theme for those as well.... 6) Not great but it is what it is....I am happy with it for now. 7) So all in all....there are >2500 games and most should auto load. UbAGXKamrMk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wahoobrian Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 It's possible to get ST games to autoload by naming a folder on the disk "Auto" and putting the prg file you want to run in there. I've done that with several games while working on the database as part of the HS Project. In case you still have some that aren't auto-loading.... Nice work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craiganderson Posted January 20, 2015 Author Share Posted January 20, 2015 I don't know how to get the prg file out of the ROM.... If that is what u are saying? If not my bad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craiganderson Posted January 20, 2015 Author Share Posted January 20, 2015 The only ones that I don't have autoloading are the one associated with their own separate zip file that contains a .boot file and a hardisk (HD) zip in there as well....about only 62 games total NOT auto loading... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wahoobrian Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 Most of the disk images contain a prg file that runs the game. You would only see it on the games that don't auto boot... When you navigate through the windows... (Like in old Win 3.1). Double-click on the prg file, and the game will start up. Do you have a list of the ones that don't autoboot? Those can be ones I pay attention to, and try to get to work as I'm going through the roms. I'm also sourcing most of the games from GameBase (if available), since as you can tell, most are already set to autoboot. There are a lot of variables though, TOS versions, ST vs STE, CPU clock speed, memory... That all need the right settings in order to play correctly. Good times! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craiganderson Posted January 20, 2015 Author Share Posted January 20, 2015 These are the games that gamebaseST has associated with a separate HD disk. I cant get them to auto boot outside of gamebaseST. I have not tested every one but every HD-type game that I have tested does not auto-boot...or boot at all... This is just the list. In real life there are two disks... like Alien Blast.zip Alien Blast (HD).zip List Alien Blast (HD).zip 2,668,850 12/22/2005 Ancient Art of War in the Skies, The (HD).zip 1,690,552 7/9/2005 Asteroidia (HD).zip 390,699 8/10/2005 Beast Busters (HD).zip 1,022,146 2/13/2005 Champion of the Raj (HD).zip 900,638 4/30/2006 Civilization (HD).zip 1,056,465 2/25/2005 Code Name Iceman (HD).zip 2,189,366 7/13/2004 Colonel's Bequest, The (HD).zip 2,582,407 7/10/2004 Conquests of Camelot (HD).zip 2,765,167 7/1/2004 Croisiere Pour Un Cadavre (HD).zip 2,909,055 12/26/2005 Cruise For A Corpse (HD).zip 2,473,956 7/1/2004 D Day (Fr)(HD).zip 1,355,947 2/5/2005 Dalek Attack (HD).zip 1,026,425 3/21/2005 Elvira - Mistress of the Dark (HD).zip 2,346,308 7/25/2004 Elvira II - The Jaws of Cerberus (HD).zip 3,523,632 7/25/2004 Fiendish Freddy's Big Top O' Fun (HD).zip 1,063,750 8/11/2005 Frantick (v1.1)(HD).zip 977,142 9/11/2004 Future Wars - Time Travellers (HD).zip 826,271 7/16/2004 Gobliiins II - The Prince Buffoon (1992)(Coktel Vision)[1 HD].zip 1,776,958 8/18/2004 Gold Rush! (HD).zip 1,176,734 7/10/2004 Hero's Quest (HD).zip 2,485,245 7/1/2004 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (HD).zip 1,132,339 7/1/2004 Ishar - Legend Of The Fortress (HD).zip 1,070,491 8/18/2004 Ishar II - Messengers of Doom (HD).zip 1,771,455 8/17/2004 Ishar III - The Seven Gates of Infinity (HD).zip 3,268,237 8/17/2004 Kingmaker (HD).zip 875,915 2/14/2005 King's Quest IV - The Perils of Rosella (HD).zip 2,264,264 7/1/2004 Leisure Suit Larry 3 - Passionate Patti in Pursuit of the Pulsating Pectorals .. 2,070,117 7/1/2004 Loom (HD).zip 1,144,397 7/1/2004 Magnetic Scrolls Collection, The (HD).zip 1,876,075 7/13/2004 Manhunter - New York (v1.03)(HD).zip 985,445 7/10/2004 Manhunter 2 - San Francisco (v1.0)(HD).zip 1,159,347 7/10/2004 Millennium 2.2 (HD).zip 239,886 7/17/2004 Mummies Playtime (v1.03)(HD).zip 2,026,946 1/1/2006 Operation Stealth (HD).zip 1,304,881 7/16/2004 Outrider (HD).zip 500,766 12/23/2005 Paragliding (HD).zip 471,662 2/5/2005 Patrician, The (HD).zip 923,933 8/10/2005 Patrizier, Der (De)(HD).zip 919,168 8/10/2005 Prince of Persia (1990)(Broderbund)[1 HD][cr JPM].zip 693,720 7/19/2004 Rings of Medusa II - The Return of Medusa (De)(HD).zip 764,147 7/19/2005 Secret of Monkey Island, The (HD).zip 1,700,584 7/1/2004 Sheer Agony (HD).zip 558,229 9/18/2004 Silent Service II (HD).zip 517,264 7/21/2004 Space Quest III - The Pirates of Pestulon (v1.0q)(HD).zip 1,959,974 7/1/2004 Spirit Of Excalibur (HD).zip 1,004,033 7/11/2005 Square Off (HD).zip 771,373 9/11/2004 STOS - The Game Creator (v2.8)(HD).zip 1,191,064 8/14/2005 Street Fighter II (HD).zip 2,113,960 8/28/2004 SubStation - Extra Level Daziel (HD).zip 2,136,325 8/20/2005 SubStation - Extra Level Itosho (HD).zip 2,138,310 8/20/2005 SubStation - Extra Level PacStation (HD).zip 2,132,548 8/20/2005 SubStation (HD).zip 2,134,969 7/1/2004 Super Space Invaders (HD).zip 1,168,713 2/24/2005 Time (HD).zip 650,197 7/10/2005 Ultima VI - The False Prophet (HD).zip 1,443,728 7/24/2004 Ultimate Arena, The (HD).zip 1,844,900 7/10/2005 Vengeance Of Excalibur (HD).zip 1,117,324 7/11/2005 Wolfenstein 3D (v0.8a)(HD).zip 1,201,963 8/21/2005 Wonderland (HD).zip 2,192,557 7/1/2004 Zero 5 (HD).zip 1,210,990 7/1/2004 61 file(s) found Total file size 91,859,909 bytes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wahoobrian Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 Ok, I just messed with the first one, Alien Blast (HD). I got it to run from a virtual hard disk in both Steem and Hatari. Needed to organize a folder using the files from the Alien Blast (HD).zip file into this format: Alien Blast (HD) {Folder name} --Contents of Harddisk.zip --Auto {Folder} --Boot.st In Steem, open the disk manager and make sure there are no floppy disks in Drive A or B. Set the hard disk to drive C:, and point drive C to the parent folder - Alien Blast (HD). Then set the dialog to boot from Drive C when Drive A is empty. After you reboot Steem, it will run the contents of the Alien Blast (HD) folder as if it were a hard drive attached to the ST, and you can play the game. I'll be working on enhancing the Hatari and Steem modules for all the parameters required to get ALL games to run (floppy or hard disk), but I don't have an ETA on when I'll get all this wrapped up. Will take awhile.... Anyways, I hope this helps in the meantime. Let me know if you have any problems getting this to work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougan78 Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 Ok, I just messed with the first one, Alien Blast (HD). I got it to run from a virtual hard disk in both Steem and Hatari.Needed to organize a folder using the files from the Alien Blast (HD).zip file into this format: Alien Blast (HD) {Folder name} --Contents of Harddisk.zip --Auto {Folder} --Boot.st In Steem, open the disk manager and make sure there are no floppy disks in Drive A or B. Set the hard disk to drive C:, and point drive C to the parent folder - Alien Blast (HD). Then set the dialog to boot from Drive C when Drive A is empty. After you reboot Steem, it will run the contents of the Alien Blast (HD) folder as if it were a hard drive attached to the ST, and you can play the game. I'll be working on enhancing the Hatari and Steem modules for all the parameters required to get ALL games to run (floppy or hard disk), but I don't have an ETA on when I'll get all this wrapped up. Will take awhile.... Anyways, I hope this helps in the meantime. Let me know if you have any problems getting this to work. That is awesome! Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spotUP Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 Following this thread with great interest! =) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spotUP Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 Any progress Craig? =) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craiganderson Posted January 26, 2015 Author Share Posted January 26, 2015 i am pretty much done with what i can do. So for those 61 games, for me, they do not load. But it is a very small percentage of the overall games. So I am ok with that. Perhaps someone else can "fix" those games when they get a chance. If anybody wants a copy of of what i have in my hyperspin setup... let me know... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dime333 Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 i am pretty much done with what i can do. So for those 61 games, for me, the do not load. But it is a very small percentage of the overall games. So I am ok with that. Perhaps someone else can "fix" those games when they get a chance. If anybody wants a copy of of what i have in my hyperspin setup... let me know... Please share, I'd love to try it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craiganderson Posted January 26, 2015 Author Share Posted January 26, 2015 Ill upload later when at computer. and then post on here.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spotUP Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 yes please! put me on that list! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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