# GameBase Amiga v2.0 Release Notes

· Setting up GameBase Amiga

o Setup your options (Tools > Options)

o Tell GameBase which files you have (Tools > Verify Available Files)

o WHDLoad Support

· Useful keys to remember

· Last words

· Credits

· License

## Setting up GameBase Amiga

Make sure WinUAE is setup (if you didn't already do it as GameBase loaded), if you for some reason cancelled the wizard or something went wrong, simply go to the menu and choose GEMUS > Emulator Setup Wizard

### Setup your options (Tools > Options)

Setup your paths (Tools > Paths). Games you will have to find yourself, although it's highly likely someone (not the GB Amiga team) will end up putting the Games on eMule or some other p2p network.

Other files like the Screenshots, music and extras can be found at http://gbamiga.elowar.com It's recommended you keep these files outside of the GameBase or GameBase Amiga directory, but you can put the directory for them anywhere you like, but each type of file should go in it's own subfolder eg.

· C:\GBAmiga Files\Games

· C:\GBAmiga Files\Screenshots

· C:\GBAmiga Files\Music

· C:\GBAmiga Files\Extras

### Tell GameBase which files you have (Tools > Verify Available Files)

Games will be played using the first emulator listed in the menu > GEMUS, so if it says WinUAE Joystick then WinUAE will expect you to be using a real joystick, if it says Keyboard B it will expect keyboard layout B etc. If you go to the menu > GEMUS and click manage emulators you can delete unwanted choices or rearrange the order. GameBase will always use the first listed emulator option as the default. However if you generally use a joystick but prefer keyboard layout b for a particular game then instead of clicking on play game you can right click on play game and choose which emulator option to use to load the game.

Pictures and text files are loaded with whatever your associated windows program for these extensions are. So it's recommended you have pictures associated with a lightweight program such as ACDSee or Irfanview and not a heavyweight program like PSP or Photoshop and .txt should be associated with a program like notepad rather than Word.

For Music support you need to install DeliPlayer which can be downloaded from http://www.deliplayer.com/ It's recommended you download v2.50 public beta 1

CMP and RC Dats for the games and the kickstarts can be found at http://gbamiga.elowar.com and instructions on how to use them will be found in their archives.

### WHDLoad Support

With this new release (v2.0) there is now support for over 2200 WHDLoad games. WHDLoad in case you didn't know is an amiga program that allows games to be installed to Harddisk even if they were never designed to be instaled in the first place. It also enables these games to work on a variety of different amigas and is an amazing program that deserves your support. You can find out more about WHDLoad at it's official page http://www.whdload.de/

What this means for GameBase Amiga/emulator users is a load more playable games, that are generally more reliable than using adf's and are also quicker to load and don't require any disk swapping!

To make sure WHDLoad support works you need to download the readymade installs by KillerGorilla, you can download these from http://guildserver.co.uk/kgwhd/

The packs should be unzipped, but each individual game should be left zipped, they also need to be in your Extras\WHDLoad directory, but it's entirely up to you where you want your Extras directory located.

A directory that is used by WinUAE as a HD has been provided for use with WHDLoad games, this contains the bare essentials that are needed to get it to work, you will also need kickstart images on the HD for some games, but these you must obtain yourself, a good guide about WHDLoad can be found at http://wiki.abime.net/amiga:whdload_faq_by_codyjarrett

Some games also require you to register WHDLoad, which I really recommend you to do as it is an excellent program and deservers your support! http://www.whdload.de/reg.html

To run the WHDLoad games, simply choose a game from the Playble WHDLoad list, and click the WHDLoad button under extras for that game. GameBase will then load a special program called WHDRun which will unzip the game into it's own directory, and WinUAE will mount the game directory as a second drive WinUAE will boot up and automatically load the chosen game.

The WHDRun program is very clever and watches the game directory, if files are changed or added (i.e. savegames or highscores) it will zip these new/changed files into a seperate zip.

So the next time you play the game, it will unzip both zips making sure you're savegames are kept intact but without modifying the original game zip.

Please note that for saves to remain working properly you should quit whdload, rather than quit winuae, to do this press the * key on your numberpad, and thanks to a special program, quitting whdload will also quit winuae.

## Useful keys to remember

WinUAE Emulator

· Joystick/Keyboard Layout A = Numeric keypad, 0 and 5 = fire

· Joystick/Keyboard Layout B = Cursor keys, right CTRL and ALT = fire

· Joystick/Keyboard Layout C = T=up B=down F=left H=right Left ALT = fire

F12 | Brings up WinUAE's GUI
End+Break | Fast Forward Emulation (aka Warp mode)
End+F1, F2, F3 or F4 | Allows you to change disks in one of the four Amiga disk drives
Shift+End+F1...F4 | Ejects the disk in one of the four Amiga disk drives
Shift+End+numpad 0 | Quick savestate to slot 0 (replace 0 with 1 for slot 1 etc)
End+numpad 0 | Quick loadstate from slot 0 (replace 0 with 1 for slot 1 etc)
Ctrl+F12 | Toggle Fullscreen/Windowed mode
End+Print Screen | Save Screenshot into Screenshots folder

For the full list please consult the WinUAE documentation

## Last words

That's it! If you have problems, you can either ask at the EAB forums located at http://eab.abime.net

Have fun!

Belgarath

## Credits

GameBase Amiga Project
(c) 2005-2015 Belgarath

Created by: Belgarath

The following people/places have also helped:
§ eLowar § Rob § CodyJarrett § Galahad § Jason § Sittingduck § KillerGorilla § ILM § StingRay § dlfrsilver § Retrobrad § THB § Freakyweakywoo § Antiriad § Toni Wilen § Codetapper § Woody57 § Zeg § cATFLAP § DamienD § Retroplay § Master484 § Jimbo for creating GameBase in the first place! § And all the wonderful members of the English Amiga Board | · www.winuae.net · www.bu22.com · hol.abime.net · www.tosec.info · www.exotica.org.uk · http://wt.exotica.org.uk/ · www.whdload.de · www.flashtro.com · guildserver.co.uk/kgwhd/ · http://m484games.ucoz.com/

## License

    1. Definitions

    1.1 The "GB Amiga Collection" and the "database" both refer to the GameBase Amiga Database

        of Commodore Amiga game and music information (in whole or in part),

        either supplied with this installation, or made available through the GB Amiga website at http://gbamiga.elowar.com

    1.2 The "offline database" refers to the version of the "GB Amiga Collection" that is supplied with this installation,

        in its Microsoft Access (.mdb) format.

    1.3 The "GB Amiga Team" refers to the compilers, authors and copyright holders of the "GB Amiga Collection",

         namely Belgarath and eLowar.

    1.4 The "Gamebase Frontend" refers to the Gamebase Emulator Frontend and Database Utility

        (c)1998-2007 James Burrows, obtainable from http://www.bu22.com

    1.5 The "GB Amiga Website" refers to the GameBase Amiga Website at http://www.gbamiga.elowar.com

    2. Licence

    2.1 The GB Amiga Collection is owned and copyrighted (c)2005-2008 by the GB Amiga Team.

        The GB Amiga Team grants the right for you to use the GB Amiga Collection exclusively for your own

        personal non-commercial purposes provided that the database is only viewed,

        accessed or amended via the Gamebase Frontend (or Microsoft Access [any compatible version]).

        You are entitled to make backups and copies of the offline database,

        and in doing so you acknowledge that each copy or backup you produce follows the same licence laid out in this document.

    2.2 You acknowledge that the GB Amiga Collection is for your own personal use only.

        You are NOT allowed to reproduce all or any part of the GB Amiga Collection and make it publicly available,

        unless you have the express written permission from the GB Amiga Team.

    2.3 You are free to distribute ONLY the offline database, providing that you adhere to the following rules: -

     i) The offline database is NEVER allowed to be distributed with any Amiga (or other) game or rom files.

     ii) The offline database is distributed in its unmodified form and it must include this licence document

        fully intact and unchanged.

     iii) You may not charge, sell, auction, lend, lease or trade the offline database neither privately

          nor publicly and neither as a standalone database nor as part of a larger compilation of data or software,

          unless you have the express written permission from the GB Amiga Team.

     iv) You cannot include the offline database in any commercial CD/DVD-Rom compilation

         or any other commercial Media compilation unless you have the express written permission from the GB Amiga Team.

     v) In any such copying/distributing, all copyright messages and notices pertaining to the GB Amiga Team

        must be kept intact and the URL pointing to the GB Amiga Website must be included with the distribution.

    2.4 You may not incorporate, or make available, the GB Amiga Collection (in whole or in part)

        into programs or computer software systems or websites developed by or used by you,

        without the express written permission from the GB Amiga Team.

    2.5 If you wish to add the GB Amiga Collection (and the associated information including ANY unique image file checksums)

        to a renaming tool and distribute or publicly release it, you must agree with and abide by the following conditions:-

     i) You must have an option to rebuild the GB Amiga Collection with the original image filenames

        linked to the GB Amiga Collection database. This option doesn't have to be the default

        but the option must be available and documented.

        Having a zip file (or similar archive) with two seperate databases - one to rebuild with full names

        and one to rebuild with the GB Amiga filename is NOT acceptable.

     ii) The database used must ONLY rename the images contained in the official GB Amiga releases.

         ie. You must not sully the GB Amiga Collection with unchecked images!

    3. Disclaimer

    3.1 The GB Amiga Team are in no way responsible for any damage,

        loss or costs that the installation or use of the GB Amiga Collection (or attempted installation or use)

        may cause you or your computer equipment.

        Installation and use of the database is entirely at your own risk.

        The database comes with no guarantees and is provided on an 'as is' basis.

        The GB Amiga Team makes no guarantees on its soundness, accuracy, reliability or suitability for any given purpose.