Re: [fuse-emulator-devel] game : Three Weeks in Paradise

[Alberto G. <be...@ig...>]

Snapshots don't store information about those options.

You could store them permanently using Options -> Save from the menu,
but if you do that you should also disable joystick emulation in
Options -> Josticks -> Keyboard when you are not playing a game.

About the extensions, use .szx.

Berto

On Tue, Oct 26, 2021 at 08:28:46PM +0200, Adam Sulmicki wrote:
> Hello Alberto.
> 
> Thank  you very much for your help.
> 
> I followed your directions and it did help me.
> 
> However it seems that the command line options are not preserved when
> saving and then restoring snapshot. After the restore the keys does
> not work anymore.
> 
> PS: What extension should have the snapshot files ?
> 
> Sincerely,
> Adam Sulmicki
> 
> On 10/26/21, Alberto Garcia <be...@ig...> wrote:
> > On Tue, Oct 26, 2021 at 05:50:21AM +0200, Adam Sulmicki wrote:
> >> I am trying to play : Three Weeks in Paradise
> >>
> >> https://www.worldofspectrum.org//pub/sinclair/games/t/ThreeWeeksInParadise128(different).tzx.zip
> >>
> >> I can't seem to get arrow keys working in the game. Any help?
> >
> > Hi!
> >
> > This list is for discussions about the development of the emulator,
> > not about general usage. You can use the Help forums for that:
> > https://sourceforge.net/p/fuse-emulator/discussion/
> >
> > But I think we actually have a bug, so I'll take the opportunity to
> > share the details :-)
> >
> > First, the answer for your question:
> >
> > Three Weeks in Paradise does not support the cursor keys or cursor
> > joystick, but you can emulate a joystick using your computer's arrow
> > keys:
> >
> > $ fuse --kempston --joystick-keyboard-output 2 --joystick-keyboard-up 256
> > --joystick-keyboard-down 257 --joystick-keyboard-left 258
> > --joystick-keyboard-right 259 --joystick-keyboard-fire 32 -m 128
> > ThreeWeeksInParadise.tzx
> >
> > Once the game is loaded, select "2. KEMPSTON" from the game menu. The
> > controls are the arrow keys and space to jump.
> >
> > Now, for the rest of the team:
> >
> > The "Configure joystick" dialog allows mapping Spectrum keys (enum
> > keyboard_key_name) to the joystick controls but then the native keys
> > (enum input_key) are the ones actually used.
> >
> > Two ways to see that:
> >
> > 1) Emulate a cursor joystick and use code 274 (INPUT_KEY_F8) for the
> >    fire button:
> >
> >    $ fuse --joystick-keyboard-output 1 --joystick-keyboard-fire 274
> >
> >    Press F8 and you'll see joystick fire ("0") on the screen, although
> >    F8 is not a Spectrum key.
> >
> > 2) Open Options -> Joysticks -> Keyboard, select "Cursor" type and
> >    Button for FIRE -> Enter.
> >
> >    Now if you press ENTER you should see joystick fire ("0"). Instead
> >    you'll only see that if you press Arrow Up.
> >
> >    And this is because INPUT_KEY_Up == KEYBOARD_Enter == 0x100
> >
> > Ideally for joystick emulation it would be more natural for the user
> > to choose native keys but that's not what the dialog shows.
> >
> > Berto