New GameBase install = totally borked
Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2014 4:21 am
I decided to take the release of GB11 as an opportunity to install it from scratch in a virtual machine (Win8.1 running inside Parallels).
The install went OK. Had to do an excessive amount of fiddling to get files in the right places, and I really don't understand the purpose of having to run the GameBase Toolbox just to create a "new GameBase" (why doesn't the installer do this?!), but eventually I was able to get GameBase.exe to run...
...and then I ran into two problems that have me totally stumped.
First: I moved everything in the Games folder into C:\C64\Games. That folder now contains "0", "a1", etc., and the subfolders are loaded with a complete set of zipped games. Same thing with C:\C64\Music, C:\C64\Photos, C:\C64\Pictures, C:\C64\Extras, and C:\C64\SCreenshots. I also set those paths to those folders in "Set 'C64 Paths'". However, GameBase doesn't see anything. My entire GameBase interface is completely
Second: GEMUS / Emulator Setup Wizard produces the message:
"The Wizard could not find GEMUS.DAT in your GameBase folder!"
Sure enough, it's not there. GEMUS.DLL is there, but no GEMUS.DAT. I reinstalled GameBase from scratch - still not there. Can't find it anywhere on the GameBase site.
I Googled GEMUS.DAT, and found some references to bu22.com. I went to that site and see a *description* of gemus.dat, but no actual file.
Eventually, I found a GEMUS.DAT file in the Source distribution of GameBase64. However, putting that in place doesn't help: GEMUS can't find any of my installed emulators - not even if I ask it to scan the exact folder where the emulator is installed. Some poking around inside GEMUS.DAT revealed the likely problem: I installed the latest version of CCS64 (v3.9.1), but the GEMUS.DAT file references CCS64 v3.3! Even if I wanted to use an older version of CCS64, I can't: v3.3 isn't available anywhere.
This is just crazy, and I don't understand it at all. I don't remember GameBase64 requiring this extraordinary amount of futzing just to get it to run an emulator. There isn't even a README.TXT to help with these issues.
Anyone have any hints? Thanks...
The install went OK. Had to do an excessive amount of fiddling to get files in the right places, and I really don't understand the purpose of having to run the GameBase Toolbox just to create a "new GameBase" (why doesn't the installer do this?!), but eventually I was able to get GameBase.exe to run...
...and then I ran into two problems that have me totally stumped.
First: I moved everything in the Games folder into C:\C64\Games. That folder now contains "0", "a1", etc., and the subfolders are loaded with a complete set of zipped games. Same thing with C:\C64\Music, C:\C64\Photos, C:\C64\Pictures, C:\C64\Extras, and C:\C64\SCreenshots. I also set those paths to those folders in "Set 'C64 Paths'". However, GameBase doesn't see anything. My entire GameBase interface is completely
Second: GEMUS / Emulator Setup Wizard produces the message:
"The Wizard could not find GEMUS.DAT in your GameBase folder!"
Sure enough, it's not there. GEMUS.DLL is there, but no GEMUS.DAT. I reinstalled GameBase from scratch - still not there. Can't find it anywhere on the GameBase site.
I Googled GEMUS.DAT, and found some references to bu22.com. I went to that site and see a *description* of gemus.dat, but no actual file.
Eventually, I found a GEMUS.DAT file in the Source distribution of GameBase64. However, putting that in place doesn't help: GEMUS can't find any of my installed emulators - not even if I ask it to scan the exact folder where the emulator is installed. Some poking around inside GEMUS.DAT revealed the likely problem: I installed the latest version of CCS64 (v3.9.1), but the GEMUS.DAT file references CCS64 v3.3! Even if I wanted to use an older version of CCS64, I can't: v3.3 isn't available anywhere.
This is just crazy, and I don't understand it at all. I don't remember GameBase64 requiring this extraordinary amount of futzing just to get it to run an emulator. There isn't even a README.TXT to help with these issues.
Anyone have any hints? Thanks...