Posted: 7/11/2019 11:52 PM
Post subject: Commodore 64: Press Play On Tape?
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YushiroGowa
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First of all, sorry about my last post that got gruefooded. I would like to apologize for asking about legal stuff. I knew what I did. I'm sorry for that. Second, I'm trying to TAS Ultima 1 on C64, but I want to play normally to see how it runs first. I got everything working finally, but when I loaded the game, I got this: https://i.imgur.com/Ccj9zfI.png [MOD EDIT: Please do not embed huge images. -Masterjun] The guide here on TASvideos says press <shift> but I do not have the first clue what key that would be on the keyboard. I would greatly appreciate any help I'd get. Thank you, and again, I'm sorry for breaking the rules. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - A wise man once said, if at first you don't succeed, look in the memory where the item can be stacked to overflow, then duplicate that item until the game loses its fucking mind.
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Posted: 7/12/2019 12:03 AM
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Looks like you're trying to use TAPE syntax for a game image that isn't tape format. Read this to help you get started. http://tasvideos.org/Bizhawk/C64.html Also you can pull up the virtual pad under Tools>Virtual Pad to have a C64 keyboard layout available on your desktop.
Posted: 7/12/2019 12:10 AM
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YushiroGowa
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Okay, so how do I switch from TAPE to DISK or however it's done? I didn't grow up with this computer so I don't know how it works...
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Posted: 7/12/2019 6:55 PM
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The game image file determines which media format your game image is. If your loading syntax doesn't match your media format, the game won't load properly. Based on the picture you shared above, I'd guess you've got a disk format image. Loading syntax for that would be LOAD"*",8 This is all explained in the guide I linked.
Posted: 7/12/2019 7:25 PM
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YushiroGowa
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Okay, I am able to type "LOAD" but when I try to type quotation marks and the asterisk I get different symbols, like square brackets and lines. What do I do? Do I hold down another key? The guide you provided doesn't tell me how to get around it.
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Posted: 7/12/2019 7:34 PM
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The C64 keyboard layout doesn't match a modern keyboard. You'll have to check your bizhawk controller/input settings to see what's mapped to what. As far as C64 layout is concerned, quotation marks are (shift+2) and the asterisk is it's own key. If you open the virtual pad, the entire C64 keyboard is there. You can press what you need there instead of trying to use your keyboard. Beware though, If I remember correctly, Ultima requires keyboard inputs to play, so you'll need to figure out your mapping to effectively play casually. For TASing all keys are available in TAStudio.
Posted: 7/12/2019 8:16 PM
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YushiroGowa
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Okay now I'm getting a FILE NOT FOUND ERROR. This is getting really tedious. I have the disk image. What gives?
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