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Gamebase Frontend doesnt find games

Sat Feb 12, 2005 8:16 pm

Ok, i got the database for c64 games v02. Ich downloaded a gamebase cd image from emule. it has several folders like 0, a1, a2 etc. I put thes folders in a folder called games and set the correct paths in the frontend. but...no games are found (and they are there) neither can they be verified. what am i doing wrong? is there a step by step instruction somewhere? couldnt find one?
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Wed Feb 16, 2005 9:04 pm

There are sort-of a step-by-step instructions on the CD in a text file. It sounds like you have to set the paths in GB (Tools->Paths...), then verify files.
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Wed Feb 16, 2005 9:48 pm

hmm got to look up the cd then. but i set the right folders and did the verify thing.

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Thu Feb 17, 2005 12:31 am

Did you leave the games Zipped? GB expects them to be in Zip format.
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Thu Feb 17, 2005 5:51 pm

games are zipped *sigh*
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Thu Feb 17, 2005 5:57 pm

ok to get this right.
if the actual game folders (0,a,a1,b.....) reside in a directory called games and this directory would be in the root directory of GB64, my path would be as follows C:\Gamebase\Games. I will not have to make a path for every game directory like
C:\Gamebase\Games\0
C:\Gamebase\Games\a
C:\Gamebase\Games\b
right?

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Thu Feb 17, 2005 10:25 pm

Correct here. If that's where they are path wise specified and they are not being picked up... not sure what's going wrong.
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Gamebase Frontend doesnt find games

Thu Feb 17, 2005 10:42 pm

Little Plugger had a similar sounding problem which developed out of a Run-time error 91. There was quite a bit of discussion on it, why not check the thread and see if it helps?
See here:- http://www.gb64.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=967

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Fri Feb 18, 2005 2:32 am

Try to add a new game (shift+ins) and see iff you can see anything in the path that it defaults to. The path list dropdown will onyl show the paths you have set up in GB.
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solved, new problem :-)

Fri Feb 18, 2005 11:27 am

ok, got it up an running now.
thx for all the replies.

i had the games folder in a subfolder like :
c:\gamebase\subfoldername\games

gb didn't seem to like that.

i put it in the root directory and it works like a charm.

only one thing left.

i have 3 different emus on the disk. ccs64 v2; ccs64 v3 and winvice.
when i try to have gb autodetect these it only finds ccs64 v2.

any suggestions.

i have the most recent database btw.

grüße
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solved, new problem :-)

Fri Feb 18, 2005 11:28 am

ok, got it up an running now.
thx for all the replies.

i had the games folder in a subfolder like :
c:\gamebase\subfoldername\games

gb didn't seem to like that.

i put it in the root directory and it works like a charm.

only one thing left.

i have 3 different emus on the disk. ccs64 v2; ccs64 v3 and winvice.
when i try to have gb autodetect these it only finds ccs64 v2.

any suggestions.

i have the most recent database btw.

grüße
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Fri Feb 18, 2005 1:42 pm

Emulator recognition is solely based on the CRC32 values used in the setup. If the versions of either emulator not found are more recent than when GB64 came out, they won't be picked up. You can update yourself by finding the CRC32 value for them and altering a couple of the setup INI files (can't remember which ones offhand).
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Sat Feb 19, 2005 2:13 am

There is no reason you can't use a subdirectory for game files. That is the way it is supposed to work.

To update the Wizard, edit the gemus.dat file in the "GB v02" folder (or whatever it is called) under GameBase using notepad.

Add the lines:
¬WinVICE v1.16¬http://www.viceteam.org/¬¬x64.exe¬10F9C ... ¬vice.ini¬
¬CCS64 v3.0b DirectX¬http://www.ccs64.com/¬Beta 1.5¬CCS.EXE¬582EEEDD¬D64;T64;PRG;P00;P01;G64;G41;CRT;TAP¬Y¬CCS64_v30b_DirectX.txt¬C64.CFG¬

and it will then autodetect those 2 emus.
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Sat Feb 19, 2005 11:21 am

J2003C wrote:There is no reason you can't use a subdirectory for game files. That is the way it is supposed to work.
yet it didn't work :?:

gotta try this gemus stuff u wrote about.

btw. zak mc kraken wont run on any of the emus i named :-(

or..im just plain stupid (something one should never rule out to early :D )

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You got True Drive Emulation on for Zak?
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