Basic file loads

Uberlinc · Post by **Uberlinc** » Sun Oct 04, 2020 2:55 am

Hi,

This might seem like a silly question, and I've searched many websites (including YouTube etc) to find the answer but I've found no clear, simple answer.

Apologies if this has been asked before.

I have the X16 emulator installed.

I downloaded the "Invaderz" program.

So, according to standard Commodore commands, you type: LOAD"PROGRAMNAME.PRG"

However, it can't seem to find it.

I have my emulator sitting under C:\Program Files.

Where is the best place to place it?

Where is the best place to keep your stash of programs relative to the emulator?

When you type "LOAD", how do you specify relative location of the program file?

I even tried placing a copy of "INVADERZ.PRG" into the emulator directory itself.

Is there a Dummies' Guide explaining this?

Can anyone point me to this?

Thanks.

SlithyMatt · Post by **SlithyMatt** » Sun Oct 04, 2020 4:03 am

You need to add the emulator executable directory to your path, then you can call it anywhere. Go into your Settings and search for "Environment Variables". In there is the PATH variable, and you can just add that directory to the list that comes up.

Uberlinc · Post by **Uberlinc** » Sun Oct 04, 2020 4:47 am

Thank you.

This worked.

William · Post by **William** » Mon Feb 08, 2021 9:19 am

I am using Windows 10 Pro, I have the x16 Emulator in a folder at C:\x16, and I have game files in a folder at C:\x16\games. I have don't have any past experience with a C64 or with the x16 Emulator. I have gotten some games to load into x16, such as Crazy Snakes, but I have not been able to get Chase Vault to load. Could I get a newbie walkthrough on how to get Chase Vault to load in the x16 Emulator? Thanks

SlithyMatt · Post by **SlithyMatt** » Mon Feb 08, 2021 6:10 pm

8 hours ago, William said:

I am using Windows 10 Pro, I have the x16 Emulator in a folder at C:\x16, and I have game files in a folder at C:\x16\games. I have don't have any past experience with a C64 or with the x16 Emulator. I have gotten some games to load into x16, such as Crazy Snakes, but I have not been able to get Chase Vault to load. Could I get a newbie walkthrough on how to get Chase Vault to load in the x16 Emulator? Thanks

If you download the ZIP file from here, or get the release build from GitHub, just make sure that CHASVALT.PRG and all the .BIN files are in the same directory, then launch the emulator from that very directory. To make it run immediately, you can just do that from the command line:

x16emu -prg CHASVALT.PRG -run

But you could just run the emulator without argument, and just load and run it from inside the emulator:

LOAD"CHASVALT.PRG"

RUN

All of this guidance is also available, including a list of all the .BIN files in the repo's README: https://github.com/SlithyMatt/x16-chasevault

Shadowmane · Post by **Shadowmane** » Tue Aug 23, 2022 3:34 pm

On 10/4/2020 at 12:03 AM, SlithyMatt said:

You need to add the emulator executable directory to your path, then you can call it anywhere. Go into your Settings and search for "Environment Variables". In there is the PATH variable, and you can just add that directory to the list that comes up.

How do I get to the settings in the emulator? It's not set up like VICE, so no GUI settings.

I have X16 in a file on my c drive called "x16", and I have "Take To The Skies" in a folder by that name in that directory. I can't seem to get the emulator to find the folder. I've been trying to figure out the terminal commands, but they are pure Greek to me at this point. This is my second day in with this emulator and it's beginning to discourage me.

TomXP411 · Post by **TomXP411** » Tue Aug 23, 2022 4:31 pm

On 8/23/2022 at 8:34 AM, Shadowmane said:

How do I get to the settings in the emulator? It's not set up like VICE, so no GUI settings.

I have X16 in a file on my c drive called "x16", and I have "Take To The Skies" in a folder by that name in that directory. I can't seem to get the emulator to find the folder. I've been trying to figure out the terminal commands, but they are pure Greek to me at this point. This is my second day in with this emulator and it's beginning to discourage me.

There is no configuration GUI for the emulator, that is correct. And there are really only a couple of command line options.

The one you need, in this instance, is the -sdcard option. You need to load your files into a disk image and use the -sdcard option to specify the image you're loading, like this:

x16emu.exe -scale 2 -echo -sdcard image_file_path

The file types you can use are IMG or VHD. If your files are not in an image file, you can create one using the instructions here:

Shadowmane · Post by **Shadowmane** » Tue Aug 23, 2022 5:58 pm

So it's saying it can't open x16.img. Do I have to give a very specific path?

Shadowmane · Post by **Shadowmane** » Tue Aug 23, 2022 6:08 pm

I was trying to use .img when it was .vhd.