Commodore Free Magazine Issue #61 (PDF)

and swap floppy disks. On Mac OS X, you can use ALT + F12
instead (Possibly even FN + ALT + F12).
With gamepads, you enter the menu either by using the
dedicated "menu" button, if the gamepad has one, or you
press and hold "start" and "selected" at the same time (or
equivalent buttons).
You use the same key/button to dismiss the menu.
In the menu, you use the following keys for navigation:
Cursor keys
Enter (choose item, enter sub-menu)
Back-space (leave sub-menu)
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LOG FILE AND REPORTING PROBLEMS
A log file is stored as (My) Documents/FS-UAE/Logs/FS-UAE.log
When reporting a problem, you should include this log file with
you error report.
FLOPPY DISKS
New data is always saved to overlay ADF files (.sdf). As an
example, if you have floppy.adf insert into df0 and the Amiga
writes to df0, the data is written to floppy.sdf instead of
modifying floppy.adf itself. You need both floppy.adf and
floppy.sdf to represent the entire modified disk. The save files
are created on demand (when data is written to a drive).
On the game pad, you can use either the hat or the primary
analogue stick for navigation. You choose items and enter submenus
with the "primary" button on the game pad. This is
generally the "south" button on the right side of the controller.
The back button is the "east" button (Just like you would
navigate on the Xbox).
SCREENSHOTS
Press the "Print Scrn" key on the keyboard to save a
screenshot of the running game to the desktop.
KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS
F12 - Toggle menu (On Mac: ALT + F12 or FN + ALT + F12)
F11 - Ungrab/grab mouse pointer (On Mac: ALT + F11 or FN +
ALT + F11)
CTRL + F10 - Toggle audio/video performance overlay
CTRL + F11 - Toggle debug crop rectangle for auto scale
algorithm
PROGRAM ARGUMENTS
Use a custom configuration file
--video-sync=auto Automatically enable appropriate sync
mode
--video-sync=off Do not enable vsync
--video-sync=vblank Will sync rendering to vblank interval
(avoid tearing)
--video-sync=full Sync emulation to vblank interval
--fullscreen=1 Start in fullscreen mode instead of windowed
mode
--stdout=1 Also log to stdout (not on Windows)
With recent version of FS-UAE, you can override any
configuration option with --key=value (e.g. --floppy-drive-
0=/path/to/adf)
The floppy file overlays are by default save in the directory
(My) Documents/FS-UAE/Floppy Overlays
The GUI does not allow you to browse for files on the file
system. Disks can be inserted at startup time (specified in the
configuration file), and FS-UAE maintains a list of available
floppy images to insert (also specified in the configuration file).
See example.conf for more information.
SUPPORTED AMIGA MODELS
The following Amiga models are supported:
- Amiga 500
- Amiga 500+
- Amiga 600
- Amiga 1200
- Amiga 1200/020
- Amiga CD32
- Commodore CDTV
The default configurations corresponds to the quickstarts in
WinUAE for these systems, on the most compatible setting
(cycle-exact mode).
DISPLAY REFRESH RATE AND RESOLUTION
For really smooth scrolling in games, your display MUST run at
the same refresh rate as the Amiga: 50Hz (PAL). Many
monitors and TVs with 1920x1080 resolution supports this
refresh rate. If FS-UAE detects that you display is running at
50Hz, vsync will automatically be enabled for perfect scrolling.
FS-UAE will (not yet) on its own change your refresh rate to
50Hz –you must do this yourself before starting FS-UAE.
If you run your display with another refresh rate, the emulator
will still work just fine, but scrolling will be somewhat jerky -it
varies with games whether this is very noticeable or not.
Note: On Mac OS X, FS-UAE does not currently detect the
refresh rate, which means that full vsync will not be enabled. If
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