Thomas Jentzsch Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 The high values required sound like your paddles need some good cleaning. Or do they work better at a real console? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wfletcher3 Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 So where would I find the 6.1.1 image for R77. Would I have to re-image the disk or just copy the uImage over. Lots of paddle games and so far no paddles working. Trying to get into Emul/Events to set defaults. But nothing playing nice. Thnx! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex_79 Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 In the same github repository where the latest version is. Just click on "Releases" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 33 minutes ago, wfletcher3 said: So where would I find the 6.1.1 image for R77. Would I have to re-image the disk or just copy the uImage over. Lots of paddle games and so far no paddles working. Trying to get into Emul/Events to set defaults. But nothing playing nice. Thnx! The problem is not 6.1.1+ related. Did you try to delete the sqlite files? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+stephena Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 While you can go to github directly, it's probably better to go through the Stella website instead: https://stella-emu.github.io/downloads.html In the end, it goes to the same place, but the website has everything integrated in one place, along with documentation, details on donations, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nyhack56 Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 8 hours ago, Thomas Jentzsch said: The high values required sound like your paddles need some good cleaning. Or do they work better at a real console? I wish i had one to test them on. I did buy them on Ebay from someone that said they were cleaned and refurbished, but you never know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atarifan88 Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 (edited) 11 hours ago, Thomas Jentzsch said: The high values required sound like your paddles need some good cleaning. Or do they work better at a real console? The AtGames paddles are like new and they work like new on an actual Atari. No jitter or cleaning necessary. Edited July 21, 2020 by atarifan88 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted July 22, 2020 Share Posted July 22, 2020 6 hours ago, atarifan88 said: The AtGames paddles are like new and they work like new on an actual Atari. No jitter or cleaning necessary. Not sure what you are referring to. nyhack56 didn't mention AtGames paddles, did he? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atarifan88 Posted July 22, 2020 Share Posted July 22, 2020 2 hours ago, Thomas Jentzsch said: Not sure what you are referring to. nyhack56 didn't mention AtGames paddles, did he? I wasnt sure if you meant we both had high settings so I chimed in with what I was using and confirmed that I've used it on an actual Atari. I thought that was the information you were looking for. I didn't realize you were asking nyhack56 as you didn't quote him directly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted July 22, 2020 Share Posted July 22, 2020 53 minutes ago, atarifan88 said: I wasnt sure if you meant we both had high settings so I chimed in with what I was using and confirmed that I've used it on an actual Atari. I thought that was the information you were looking for. I didn't realize you were asking nyhack56 as you didn't quote him directly. Sorry, I missed that you had posted similar settings too. Then my answer was addressed to both of you. If the settings are too high, the paddle response feels a bit synthetic, IMO. I wonder why you need such high settings, the default (2/6) works well on my R77 (that's why we defaulted these values). Maybe it varies how badly the R77 can handle paddles... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atarifan88 Posted July 22, 2020 Share Posted July 22, 2020 2 hours ago, Thomas Jentzsch said: Sorry, I missed that you had posted similar settings too. Then my answer was addressed to both of you. If the settings are too high, the paddle response feels a bit synthetic, IMO. I wonder why you need such high settings, the default (2/6) works well on my R77 (that's why we defaulted these values). Maybe it varies how badly the R77 can handle paddles... No problem. I will say changing the dejitter settings helped stabilize my paddles and it hasn't negatively affected them during gameplay. It's a win for me because this is the first time I have been able to get paddles to work for emulation. Thanks for all the work you and the rest of the crew put in to get Stella working on the R77! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wfletcher3 Posted July 22, 2020 Share Posted July 22, 2020 On 7/21/2020 at 11:10 AM, alex_79 said: In the same github repository where the latest version is. Just click on "Releases" Thank you. New to all of this. Fell in love with Atari when it first came out. Wife and I stayed up till 3 in the morning playing pong when we first got it; on a work night. Some people are saying that 6.1.1 is supporting paddles. In 6.2.1 I have to use Rangers in stick mode (6.2.1) all the way into the game. Then change it to paddles. Atari paddles fail except for fire button. But then to, Atari paddles are failing with original version N77 comes with, but does work with the rangers. Thank you again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted July 22, 2020 Share Posted July 22, 2020 I described how to fix your problems some posts above. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redjac Posted July 25, 2020 Share Posted July 25, 2020 On 7/19/2020 at 4:08 PM, Thomas Jentzsch said: Glad to hear that this fixed your problem. Now I hope it works for everyone else too. Please let me know. I am using both the Ranger and a new set of Best Electronics paddles. After doing the advanced-options-input-emul-default option the Ranger paddle works perfectly, I'm not sure if I can tell a difference between the Retron's input and using the the 2600-dapter. Very smooth. On the other hand, real paddles are very jittery. Adjusting the jitter settings helped a lot, but it's still nowhere as good as the buttery smooth response the same paddles get with the 2600-dapter. Thanks for the fix! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted July 26, 2020 Share Posted July 26, 2020 Good news. Yes, the hardware of the R77 used for paddles is quite bad. It creates a lot of extra jitter and one paddle even influences the other one (we tried to compensate that as good as possible). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wfletcher3 Posted July 28, 2020 Share Posted July 28, 2020 On 7/22/2020 at 12:17 PM, Thomas Jentzsch said: I described how to fix your problems some posts above. Hi Thomas, So I went back and found where you said to either go into Advanced/Options/Input/Emul and set Events to default. You also said to delete the sqlite files. So I started all over from the beginning. I went to http://www.best-electronics-ca.com/ordering.htm#Order and ordered 2 new POTs and replaced them today. I bought the Retron77 splitter so I could run 2 paddles. I went to http://www.2600-daptor.com/ and bought the DB9 to USB connector. Deleted old partition on SD drive, created new partition on drive, formatted Ran Win32DiskImager with the 6.2.1 sdcard.img. Even though I didn't have to I also copied the uImage over on the microSD Put the disk in the retron77 and did your "go into Advanced/Options/Input/Emul and set Events to default". The original Atari paddles work in the ROM menus from the front of the retron77 box. They do not work in the splitter nor in the dapter USB port. The ranger paddles work from the front of the retron77 box, but not thru the splitter on the USB port. When using the ranger paddles, I have to use stick mode in the ROM menus all the way into game. Once there I change to paddle mode to play game. I just deleted 3 sqlite files in the stella directory: settings.sqlite3, settings.sqlite3-shm and settings.sqlite3-wal. I have done no testing yet after deleting these files. Thanks for taking the time to look at this. If you need any other info let me know. w- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted July 28, 2020 Share Posted July 28, 2020 Thanks for testing. I wonder why the Atari paddles do not work via 2600-daptor. IIRC this has been reported to work. Can you try to use them from your computer using Stella? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wfletcher3 Posted July 28, 2020 Share Posted July 28, 2020 1 hour ago, Thomas Jentzsch said: Thanks for testing. I wonder why the Atari paddles do not work via 2600-daptor. IIRC this has been reported to work. Can you try to use them from your computer using Stella? Thanks for the reply. I could test the Atari paddles on the computer if someone could direct me to where I could find how to set up stella on a windows 10 machine. And also; Before moving or changing the DB9 cable, I shut down the retron77 machine, then moved/changed the cable and then turned machine back on (in testing above). FYI ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted July 28, 2020 Share Posted July 28, 2020 7 minutes ago, wfletcher3 said: ...if someone could direct me to where I could find how to set up stella on a windows 10 machine. That's dead easy. Just follow this link and chose the first option. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wfletcher3 Posted July 28, 2020 Share Posted July 28, 2020 1 hour ago, Thomas Jentzsch said: Thanks for testing. I wonder why the Atari paddles do not work via 2600-daptor. IIRC this has been reported to work. Can you try to use them from your computer using Stella? Figured out how to get stella running on a win 10 machine. Please give me a few to go and get paddles to test. Mouse works fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wfletcher3 Posted July 28, 2020 Share Posted July 28, 2020 34 minutes ago, Thomas Jentzsch said: That's dead easy. Just follow this link and chose the first option. Hi Thomas, So I have it up and running, but it does not recognize neither ranger nor atari paddles running the binary. But the mouse works great. Testing was with just dapter and with hyperkin splitter on dapter. Is there a driver I have to install for the paddles? w- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Karl G Posted July 28, 2020 Share Posted July 28, 2020 I think you also need to set the right COM port in Stella under Windows? I'm not remembering how to determine which COM port, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wfletcher3 Posted July 28, 2020 Share Posted July 28, 2020 1 hour ago, Karl G said: I think you also need to set the right COM port in Stella under Windows? I'm not remembering how to determine which COM port, though. Went into advanced setting. In the help section, it said Ctrl+ O would change it from the mouse. When I did that it was like the fire button was held down and selection was jumping throughout the menu choices. But no mouse movement; for both ranger and atari paddles. Going into ports in advanced and changing it from autodetect to Atari Paddles did nothing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wfletcher3 Posted July 28, 2020 Share Posted July 28, 2020 2 hours ago, wfletcher3 said: Went into advanced setting. In the help section, it said Ctrl+ O would change it from the mouse. When I did that it was like the fire button was held down and selection was jumping throughout the menu choices. But no mouse movement; for both ranger and atari paddles. Going into ports in advanced and changing it from autodetect to Atari Paddles did nothing. So I did some research and someone is going to have to do some real work to get this straightened out. According to the wiring schematics I found for ranger and atari paddles... They're not close. <<<Atari to the left ---- Ranger to the right>>> If someone out there could tell me where to find a DB9 cable and what wires to solder where on the original Atari paddles. I'd love to try. Thnx, w- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted July 28, 2020 Share Posted July 28, 2020 (edited) The 2600-daptor definitely works on a computer. I have one and it does. Are you sure you got the switches on the daptor right? Which game did you use for testing? Edited July 28, 2020 by Thomas Jentzsch 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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