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GNUBOY FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
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Q: How do I configure gnuboy?
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A: You can specify various options to gnuboy by means of "rcvars",
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either on the command line or in your gnuboy.rc file. To set rcvars
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from the command line, just use --varname=value, or --no-varname to
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turn off yes/no options. If you wish to use a gnuboy.rc file, create
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it with any text editor and save it in ~/.gnuboy (for *nix systems) or
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the same directory as gnuboy.exe (for DOS/Windows systems). In this
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file you can set rcvars with lines of the form "set varname value".
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See the sample.rc file included for examples.
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Q: Are you planning to add serial cable (gamelink) emulation?
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A: Yes, read the wishlist in the README. At this time we don't have
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all the technical information to emulate it 100% correctly, so if you
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think you can help us find the info, get in touch.
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Q: gnuboy is too slow. How can I make it run faster?
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A: You can try turning the sampling rate for sound down (for example,
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--samplerate=22050) or disabling sound entirely (--no-sound). Also,
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running at 8bpp with --rgb565 enabled will result in the highest video
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performance at the expense of some color quality. Of course, gnuboy is
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very fast, and shouldn't need any performance tweaks as long as your
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system is at least as fast as a Pentium/120.
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Q: Why did the keybindings change in 1.0?
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A: Even though lots of emulators do it, we figured it wasn't a very
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good idea to use modifier keys for the controls, since some systems
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may be configured to trap these for other uses. This especially became
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a problem after adding support for Alt+Enter to toggle fullscreen. If
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you want to go back to the old bindings and don't want to configure
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them yourself, you can find all the old settings (including the old
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default palette) in classic.rc. Just copy and paste to your gnuboy.rc.
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Q: Will gnuboy ever support recording and playback?
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A: We get this question fairly often, and I'm never sure how to answer
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it. We are planning to support recording audio output before too
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terribly long, but whether full demo recording and playback will ever
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be supported is uncertain. We'll keep it in mind for the future,
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though.
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Q: Why doesn't gnuboy do anything when I run it?
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A: You need to specify the name of the ROM to load on the command
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line. One way to do this on Windows is to drag the ROM file onto
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gnuboy.exe (or a shortcut to it). Associating *.gb and *.gbc with
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gnuboy also works. Of course, you can also just use the run command on
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the start menu, or open a dos prompt. Unix users of course are
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expected to know how to run programs.
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Q: gnuboy doesn't run on WinNT/2k!!
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A: Set the following environment variables before running:
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SDL_VIDEODRIVER=windib
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SDL_AUDIODRIVER=waveout
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Doing so should fix problems with other SDL programs too. If it still
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doesn't work, let us know. Your milage may vary; some people have
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reported that this doesn't help.
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Q: Why is sound pitch off by about 1% in gnuboy?
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A: You have a very good ear. It's a rounding issue that won't be
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outright fixed for a while. If you want a workaround, set the sample
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rate to a power of two (for example 32768 works well) on the command
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line or in your gnuboy.rc.
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Q: Why does sound have ugly static noise on Windows?
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A: This is a bug in SDL's DirectSound support. Try setting the
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environment variable:
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SDL_AUDIODRIVER=waveout
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before running gnuboy. Hopefully this won't cause any problems.
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