Gamebase20 version 2!

rhurst · Post by **rhurst** » Sat Dec 26, 2009 7:19 am

Assuming you installed GameBase and unzipped the GameBase20 archive:

Unzip the Vic20_v02.zip to reveal two folders, "Program Files" and "Vic20_v02". Ignore the "Program Files" folder -- it is just a directory hierarchy which is already duplicated in Vic20_v02.

Unzip Vic20_v02 into the directory where GameBase was installed, i.e., on my Vista64 system that is "C:\Program Files (x86)\GameBase", so the end result is that there should be a folder named "C:\Program Files (x86)\GameBase\Vic20_v02". This is all the necessary front-end catalog data to run xvic.

Unzip the VIC20 content (extras, games, and screenshots) anywhere that is convenient for you. I have an extra disk drive for this kind of stuff, so I unzipped then in T:\Commodore\VIC20\GB20

Run GameBase. I forget what's next, I believe the GB program will prompt for the Script to use, emulator to use, and file paths to the content. I'll try to get a screenshot of what's next posted here.

Also, I have found that if you want to use the latest VICE 2.2 with this, the Scripts\WinVICE.txt file requires modification. All of the entries that have Add_CLP( -joydev2 ... must be commented out by inserting a semicolon (;) before it.

Post by **Jeff-20** » Sat Dec 26, 2009 9:31 am

See, I didn't even know about the main GameBase program. I feel stupid. Do all the game files need to be unzipped too?

Vicman *1970 · Post by **Vicman *1970** » Sat Dec 26, 2009 11:29 am

no, no need to unzip them
GB will do this for you, when starting a game
(also re-zipping, when done)

Vic20-Ian · Post by **Vic20-Ian** » Sat Dec 26, 2009 12:15 pm

Jeff these are the steps I took if it helps

Install Gamebase (I had it previously installed)

Download the Vic20 Gamebase v2

Unzip the package to gamebase folder on desktop or another folder

Unzip extras to folder extras in the gamebase folder
Unzip games to folder games in the gamebase folder
Unzip screenshots to folder screenshots in the gamebase folder
Unzip winvice-2.1 to folder winvice-2.1 in the gamebase folder

Unzip Vic20_v2 to folder in the gamebase folder - you should get 2 folders
1. program files - seems to be redundant
2. Vic20_v02

Copy the whole Vic20_v02 folder to c:\program files\gamebase

Start Gamebase - you should see a Vic20_V02 label under a Commodore logo - double click this

Go to tools menu and set paths to the directories for Games, Extras, screenshots

Go to the Gemus menu and select Emulator set up wizard
Start
Select Vic 20
Navigate to the folder with winvice in my case c:\users\ian\desktop\gamebase\winvice-2.1

This should pick up winvice 2.1 and then confirm.

After this all should be working.

Just used it to play ten ten for the first time - excellent puzzler, really nice.

Hope you had a great Christmas and Best Wishes for a healthy and prosperous 2010.

Mayhem · Post by **Mayhem** » Sat Dec 26, 2009 4:09 pm

The odd thing is, I can't see this un-needed Program Files directory in the zip file... it only appears when you extract it. Very peculiar...

orion70 · Post by **orion70** » Sun Dec 27, 2009 5:29 am

Thanks to everyone who gave explanations - now I can fully enjoy the GB20, and thanks again Mayhem!!!

Post by **Jeff-20** » Mon Dec 28, 2009 12:15 am

Ok, I finally got it to work. But I still have two problems. The screenshots seem to be far too small in the program. The look good as saved to folder, but the program crunches them so much that I cannot make out the image.

The big problem is that I can't play any of the games in VICE because memory setting are always wrong. It crashed every one I tried.

folkoh · Post by **folkoh** » Mon Dec 28, 2009 4:05 am

Jeff-20 wrote:Ok, I finally got it to work. But I still have two problems. The screenshots seem to be far too small in the program. The look good as saved to folder, but the program crunches them so much that I cannot make out the image.

The big problem is that I can't play any of the games in VICE because memory setting are always wrong. It crashed every one I tried.

Pictures: right-click on the picture to open the context menu for the zoom function. Unfortunatly there seems to be no way to display the pictures larger as a pre-set.

The Gamebase program should take care of the memory settings automatically. I've installed the program on two computers now without any problem. Did you use the Emulator Wizard to set up the program? If I were you I would try to make a fresh clean install of WinVice 2.1 somewhere and connect it to the Gamebase via the Wizard. Worked for me without any problem.

Greetings, Folko

Mikam73 · Post by **Mikam73** » Mon Dec 28, 2009 6:32 am

Thank you. But what if you dont have orginal Gamebase program? Where you can download it..

fgasking · Post by **fgasking** » Mon Dec 28, 2009 6:56 am

I've been really enjoying GB20 over the last few days. One great ability is to do cross searches with developers to see what other games they developed. Interesting to find the alternate version to Myriad that was done on Cartridge.

Mayhem · Post by **Mayhem** » Mon Dec 28, 2009 7:27 am

If you look into the View tab, you can choose None, Small or Full pictures, but I'll admit, even the full is a little cramped for the Vic's resolution width.

The setup DOES NOT officially support Vice 2.2 yet either, only up to 2.1.

Mikam73 wrote:Thank you. But what if you dont have orginal Gamebase program? Where you can download it..

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Mikam73 · Post by **Mikam73** » Mon Dec 28, 2009 9:18 am

Thanks. It seems to work. I have question about setting paths to cover/tap directorys (extras). Do I have to set path to every subdirectory under those two?
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Ok. Extras button seems to work too. But I was first thinking that it would show cover at Gamebase program like screenshot does.

I wish screenshot was bigger when you have program at full screen. But I noticed that you can click it bigger. Anyway there would be lot freespace show pic bigger at first place. Or show covers.

Mayhem · Post by **Mayhem** » Mon Dec 28, 2009 12:20 pm

The paths search everything in the trees beneath them, so you only have to set them to the actual EXTRAS directories.

StarshipUK · Post by **StarshipUK** » Mon Dec 28, 2009 6:47 pm

Thanks for doing this. It is very good.

rhurst · Post by **rhurst** » Tue Dec 29, 2009 5:59 pm

As of this post, 337 healthy downloads.