looks like we have gone full-circle (see first post.)
It just looks like the disk drive is switched off.
maybe TrueDriveEmulation is also off?
or some other disk drive setting is wrong.
add this to the script in the disk/floppy file section
If GameType CONTAINS(d64||g64||g41)
Set_INI_Value(1||vic20||VirtualDevices||1)
Set_INI_Value(1||VIC20||DriveTrueEmulation||1)
Set_INI_Value(1||VIC20||AutostartHandleTrueDriveEmulation||1)
at the ERROR?
press f12 for menu and try to turn on TDE manually in the DRIVE settings.
RESET machine and type load"loader",8,1
i don't have vic20 SDL setup at the moment so can not test it for you.
are you editing the "sdl-vice.ini" from the "emulators.ini"??
[SDLVICE-2.4.21.30005-win32]
UseShortFilenames=1
SupportedTypes=D64;D71;D80;D81;D82;G64;G41;X64;T64;P00;TAP;PRG;CRT
EmulatorPathFile=C:\GameBase\vic20\Emulators\SDLVICE-2.4.21.30005-win32\xvic.exe
ScriptFile=SDLVICE.txt
1=C:\GameBase\vic20\Emulators\SDLVICE-2.4.21.30005-win32\
sdl-vice.ini
UseDefaultTypes=0
WaitFinish=1