winuae woes....

[haywirepc]

I installed my old aforever 2009 on an xp machine that I'm sure is sp2...
 
I get an error message saying I must upgrade the os. aforever player dosn't run. When I tried to just download the latest winuae I get this error message :
 
The procedure entry point decodepointer could not be located in the dynamic link library kernel32.dll.
 
I'd rather not reinstall a newer xp just to run this. Has anyone else encountered these problems and is there a fix that does not involved a reinstall of the entire host os?
 
Steven

[haywirepc]

This system is out in my garage. No internet...

I managed to get it fixed using an older copy of winuae. Apparently somewhere along the upgrade path they require sp3 or newer direct x than that machine had...

I hate windows.... :rant:

[haywirepc]

I got it working fine using an older version of winuae. But I agree I can't stand aforever player and the encrypted roms. Hopefully, with aros 68k and the kickstart replacement, we won't need afroever anymore.

I don't like using the player, I just want games/demos loaded by the os.

I don't see much of use in throwing a 2.0ghz windows xp computer with 4 gigs away and buying a win7 computer. for most day to day tasks, xp is fine and win7 offers no major advantages, just bloat and bogging down your system.

If I'm just using it for winuae, its fine. This pc was free. I'm broke so I just have to use what I have around.

Steven

[haywirepc]

Quite possibly the most asinine statement ever uttered by man...
So Amig Forever sucks because you can't get it to work on your PC, running outdated versions of XP, with no way to update it and obtain proper drivers or patching ...


You sir.. Are an idiot... And I know all about idiots as I am a PC tech and have to work with people just as ridiculous as you on a daily basis...

GOOD FRIGGIN GOD

The aforever I purchased (I think it was 2009 edition) worked perfectly fine on xp sp2 from a fresh install which is what the machine was running. (XPsp2)

After install when its working...
AFOREVER attempts to force you to upgrade to the lastest aforever, which includes their retroplatform garbage and other bloat, I didn't want... Once upgraded... The upgrade makes it no longer run on your machine. Thats bad programming period. Hey this works... Lets make the user upgrade so it dosn't work on this computers os anymore! :rolleyes:

[haywirepc]

I should have mentioned also... I just realized someone from aforever pmed me here, gave me a free aforever 2012upgrade and asked me if I could install it on an xp3 machine and give feedback... So I retract my statement that it sucks. At least they stand by their software, which is more than I can say for most amiga people.

They explained why I needed to install xp3 and dx upgrades first. Fair enough.

I am right now installing it on a properly os updated vista machine right now.

[haywirepc]

Yes just gave it a test drive and i like it....

Walker prototype? Awesome. Adding AROS was nice too...

Steven

[haywirepc]

New woes...

How do i rename the kickstart roms or whatever so whdload works? I am either missing some, or as I recall, some of them need to be renamed or copied.

Also, I left for 7 hours and left the os3.x screen up. There's no screen saver built in. Blanker as I recall just blanks. whats a good screen saver I can use instead?

Steven

[haywirepc]

Don't these have to be copied into the os3.x install somewhere?

Iggy, Yes I'm in Philadelphia, right near center city...

Steven

[haywirepc]

Oh I'm using the older version I think amiga forever 2009. I loaded a big whdload games collection. It keeps asking for different roms on some attempts to load games...

Maybe I can copy the folder from the 2012 install to my older xp install?

Steven

[haywirepc]

Also are there some usb joysticks that work well with aforever out of the box besides the competition pro usb?

I have an retroinc nes controller and I'm having a hard time getting the second button to work for some reason.

I used to have a competition pro usb (it broke and I tossed it), that worked with aforever right out of the box with both buttons. I suppose I should order another one?

Having a good time anyway with my new emulation station... But I'd have more fun if all the games loaded and the joystick worked for 2 button games.

Steven