Space taxi
Moderator: Håkan Sundell
Space taxi
I am using the latest version of the emulator but I have had trouble playing the game "space taxi". I find it difficult to get out of the intitial menu (although it instructs me to press CR, whatever that is). Also, the buttons i set as the "fire" buttons do not seem to work w/out a considerable amt. of tapping. Is there any way around these problems?
Well, I haven't tried that particular game yet, but I've been programming for long enough to know that "CR" is usually short for "Carriage Return", which, in this case, probably refers to the "Enter" key. (But it seems like calling it CR in this case is kind-of a dumb thing to do, doesn't it? Unless later the game asks you to hit the LF key... which isn't very likely!)
As for the fire button, it's possible that the game will only let you fire at a certain rate. I've seen lots of games that only let you have one bullet on the screen at once. The game might also be scanning input at certain intervals, therefore you may have to hold down a key, joystick direction or fire button for a certain duration for it to be detected. (Even at the regular C64 "READY." prompt, if you hit a key for less than 1/50 of a second then it might not be detected.)
Also, if you have one of the Alt keys set up as the fire button, there's a possibility that the CCS64 menu bar (whether it's visible or not!) may be trying to activate when you hit Alt (standard Windows behavior) and is interfering with the emulation. This probably isn't the problem. If you are using Alt, switch to Ctrl (use the right one because the left one emulates the C= key) and see if that changes anything.
As for the fire button, it's possible that the game will only let you fire at a certain rate. I've seen lots of games that only let you have one bullet on the screen at once. The game might also be scanning input at certain intervals, therefore you may have to hold down a key, joystick direction or fire button for a certain duration for it to be detected. (Even at the regular C64 "READY." prompt, if you hit a key for less than 1/50 of a second then it might not be detected.)
Also, if you have one of the Alt keys set up as the fire button, there's a possibility that the CCS64 menu bar (whether it's visible or not!) may be trying to activate when you hit Alt (standard Windows behavior) and is interfering with the emulation. This probably isn't the problem. If you are using Alt, switch to Ctrl (use the right one because the left one emulates the C= key) and see if that changes anything.