Harry Potter Posted April 16 Share Posted April 16 Hi! I have some Atari ST games in .STX format that I want to run. A later version of Steem doesn't work. Two earlier versions worked but didn't register the files. Hatari doesn't offer an option to switch drives, and the images are on a different drive than the emulator. How do I get the files to work? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TGB1718 Posted April 16 Share Posted April 16 What version of Steem are you running ? I'm using Steem SSE v4.1.1 R9 and it loads .STX fine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzip Posted April 16 Share Posted April 16 1 hour ago, Harry Potter said: Hi! I have some Atari ST games in .STX format that I want to run. A later version of Steem doesn't work. Two earlier versions worked but didn't register the files. Hatari doesn't offer an option to switch drives, and the images are on a different drive than the emulator. How do I get the files to work? What do you mean by "Hatari doesn't offer an option to switch drives"? If you press F12 you can access the disk menu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bfollowell Posted April 16 Share Posted April 16 Isn't there a dll that needs to be dropped into the installation directory to be able to access stx files? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Potter Posted April 16 Author Share Posted April 16 I'm using an earlier version, as two later versions didn't work properly on that computer--I forgot why. I figured out how to get the disk menu in Hatari but could not find the button to switch to a different drive on Windows: it was set to work on Drive C:, but the game images were on a floppy compressed using WinMount which registered the drive as Z:. I have to check the actual versions tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ijor Posted April 17 Share Posted April 17 All the things you mention changed in later versions. Older Steem versions require Pasti.DLL for STX support. This works only with 32-bit versions, not with 64-bit versions. Newer Steem versions have internal STX support. Earlier Hatari versions had a limited file selector. You couldn't change the host drive. This was implemented in newer versions (not sure exactly when). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Potter Posted April 17 Author Share Posted April 17 Thank you. As I mentioned, the n ewer versions didn't work on the computer at my day program. I'll try again today and plan to look for later versions of Hatari soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzip Posted April 17 Share Posted April 17 16 hours ago, Harry Potter said: I'm using an earlier version, as two later versions didn't work properly on that computer--I forgot why. I figured out how to get the disk menu in Hatari but could not find the button to switch to a different drive on Windows: it was set to work on Drive C:, but the game images were on a floppy compressed using WinMount which registered the drive as Z:. I have to check the actual versions tomorrow. If you compress the images into a ZIP file instead, hatari can read the zip and allow you to change disks within the zip file. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ijor Posted April 17 Share Posted April 17 1 hour ago, Harry Potter said: Thank you. As I mentioned, the n ewer versions didn't work on the computer at my day program. I'll try again today and plan to look for later versions of Hatari soon. And as I mentioned, older Steem versions require Pastil.DLL. Did you install the DLL on the same directory as Steem? And, again, you must use a 32-bit Steem version for interfacing with Pasti.DLL 45 minutes ago, zzip said: If you compress the images into a ZIP file instead, hatari can read the zip and allow you to change disks within the zip file. I think he is talking about the host drive, not the emulated disk. Older Hatari versions have a limited file selector. You couldn't change the Windows (host) drive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Potter Posted April 18 Author Share Posted April 18 Thank you. I will Google pasti.dll now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Potter Posted April 18 Author Share Posted April 18 I downloaded it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Potter Posted April 19 Author Share Posted April 19 I'm mainly using Steem 3.2, and, after installing pasti.dll, while starting up Steem, it registers that the file was installed, but the files don't appear. I admit that I was wrong about two versions of Steem not working: one actually does work: 3.9.3 Beta 64-bit works, but a later version gives me an exception immediately. I copied the .dll files to the 3.9.3 version, but I saw no difference there. Maybe I'm missing some files in the second install, as I copied what I thought were the relevant files from the first install rather than unpacking them from the .zip file. I'd better try that again on Sunday, when I'm at program next. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ijor Posted April 20 Share Posted April 20 17 hours ago, Harry Potter said: 3.9.3 Beta 64-bit works, but a later version gives me an exception immediately. I copied the .dll files to the 3.9.3 version, but I saw no difference there. Once again, pasti.dll works only with the 32-bit Steem version, not with the 64-bit one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Potter Posted April 20 Author Share Posted April 20 Oh. Thank you. I'd better Google a later 32-bit version of Steem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TGB1718 Posted April 20 Share Posted April 20 Seems the latest SteemSSE Beta has exactly what you want. Extract from the Readme:- Standalone beta features: ST Ports can connect to TCP/IP (Windows) Native support for Pasti disk images (Windows + Linux) STXtoSTW converter MIDI: support for DirectMusic (Windows) ST Control Panel: funny imitation of the GEM accessory (Windows) Parameters: can control some emulation parameters in settings (Windows) Emulation of high resolution bottom border removal (Windows + Linux) STF can run TOS 2.06 (Windows + Linux) AdSpeed emulation for Mega ST (Windows + Linux) Turbo button works for Mega ST too (Windows + Linux) Mouse auto-release (Windows) DM option Protect image files (Windows + Linux) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Potter Posted April 20 Author Share Posted April 20 TGB1718: I thank you for the info, but a very recent build doesn't work properly on the laptop. I think it's because the laptop might not have 3D support. I downloaded v. 3.9.4. Does that version have Pasti support? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TGB1718 Posted April 20 Share Posted April 20 I have no idea, I'm running 4.1.1 and that works Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Potter Posted April 22 Author Share Posted April 22 I tried it today, and now .stx files work. Now, I have another problem: how do I emulate a joystick? I don't have a real joystick--okay, I have some at my mother's house bjut never use them--so I need to use the keyboard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TGB1718 Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 Try clicking on the little Joystick icon on the top right screen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Potter Posted April 23 Author Share Posted April 23 I did and fiddled with the settings, and a game I tried didn't register the key asssignments. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TGB1718 Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 (edited) 2 hours ago, Harry Potter said: I did and fiddled with the settings, and a game I tried didn't register the key asssignments. You did Port 1 ?, if you did port 0, that's the mouse, I just set arrow keys to be joy 1 and StarRaiders works fine Edited April 23 by TGB1718 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Potter Posted April 23 Author Share Posted April 23 I tried both ports. Maybe I don't have the joy keys set. I'd better try that today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TGB1718 Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 This is my setup for using cursor keys and space bar for fire Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Potter Posted April 23 Author Share Posted April 23 Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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