Problems to start/use Atom GameBase

[.mad.]

you can change the keyboard map through the Autoexec.bat.
like i mentioned before.
But everyone will get a default mapped keyboard,
for whichever country you choose.

this isn't a problem for me as it's only going to get mapped in while running this emulator in GameBase.

it will need changes the Atom script to get it working.

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in the DOS-GB.INI also written by K.C.
it remaps keyboard if i edit these lines.

[dos]
keyboardlayout=auto

[autoexec]
KEYB GR 850
: this swaps my keyboard to German
: "Y" and "Z" keys on my keyboard are remapped

keyb US 437
: normal setup for me

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this prog could also be helpful.
Keytweakv2.20 and v2.3.0 (Win7)
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=QFN29XMF

http://vlaurie.com/computers2/Articles/ ... yboard.htm

[Vicman]

Thanks again .mad. ,
i will also take a look to keytweak.

[KC]

Hi guys,

I am new to this forum but I am a proud owner of an Acorn Atom. I noticed the Acorn Atom database for Gamebase while surfing on the internet and it looks very interesting so I downloaded Gamebase v1.2 and the Atom database v1.01.
First I changed the paths to the right directories. Then when I started Gamebase, I got a message 'Run-time error 381: Invalid property array index' and the program stops.
After deleting the GFX directory, Gamebase will start but I get another message 'You need to download a newer version of Gamebase to run this database.'I tested it with Gamebase v1.0, v1.1 and v1.2 all with the same error message.
I saw that in the CONFIG table of the Acorn Atom database, the version was 2.8 and in other databases 2.5? I tried to convert the Atom table fields to similar ones in the C64 database but this did not work.

Can you help me to get the Acorn Atom Gamease running?

[Vicman]

Hi KC,

please try latest beta of the "Main-GameBase" V1.3,
which can be downloaded here (full version) or here (update from older Gamebase version).

I am new to this forum but I am a proud owner of an Acorn Atom.

Lucky You
Do you also have cover/box-scans from any Games ?
So we can add them to this GameBase

[KC]

Hi Vicman

this one works fine!! Great job!

I will check my archive on useful stuff for gamebase.

There are also some Dutch sites with a lot of Acorn Atom info, but your forum blocks the addresses.
Let me know how I can inform you.

Greetings
KC

[Vicman]

Let me know how I can inform you.

Maybe per PM

links should work there...don't know, why not on this topic...

btw.
fine, it works now !
maybe you can also tell me , if the "gamespeed" on the Videoclips is nearly o.k. ?
Or is it very different on your real Atom ?

[K.C.]

Greetings
KC

Hello twin brother!

[Vicman]

Greetings
KC

Hello twin brother!

I had the same thoughts

[KC]

Well, well .... a twin brother. It's a small world after al!!

K.C. are you a Atom user/owner? I live in Holland and I am a member of the Dutch Atom Usergroup and still active at the Atom front.

My Atom doesn't look like an Atom any more due to all expansions. It has a mouse interface with hardware pointer, I2C interface, ISA bus for 8-bits PC-cards like a modem or an ethernet card, sideways RAM and ROM, turbomode at 1,79 MHz, 40/80 column text card and a SD-card interface.

At the moment I am working at an Atom DOS ROM to read/write on a SD-card in cooperation with Charlie Robson. Charlie has developed the SD-card interface, nice piece of work!!

Greetings
KC

[srnickolas]

Hello i just downloaded this gamebase.I copied the files, set the paths for the files,but when i try to set the path for the emulator(dosbox) and press ok to confirm, i get this message :
unknown function or statement!
Line 85.
I downloaded the 1.01 version at underground gamer...Any thoughts?
I use the latest edition of gamebase and the torrent i downloaded is:
http://www.underground-gamer.com/details.php?id=47410

[Vicman]

Hi srnickolas,

line 85 in the script is only needed, when using xpadder also for other gamebases...

So, you can delete this, or set a ; first.

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;Kill_Process(xpadder.exe)

but i think the error is, because you don't use the latest Main-GameBase (Beta-update)

please look on the GB-GUI under Help/About....
should be :

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v1.3 (db v2,8) - 30 June 2010

download :
here (full version) or here (update from older Gamebase version).

[srnickolas]

Thank you...turns out my gamebase was old(april release).All is cool now.