dgenrc.5

.Dd July 26, 2014
.Dt DGENRC 5
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm dgenrc
.Nd file containing settings for
.Xr dgen 1
.Sh SYNOPSIS
$HOME/.dgen/dgenrc
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The file
.Pa $HOME/.dgen/dgenrc
is parsed by
.Xr dgen 1
when the emuator is started. It is used to set controller keys, as well as other
characteristics of the emulation. The contents of this file may be overriden
with the contents of another similarly-formatted file, via the
.Fl r
commandline switch.
.Sh FILE FORMAT
Each rc file consists of an unlimited number of lines, which each have the
format 'fieldname = value'. A line may also be a comment, if it begins with the
hash mark (#) character.
.Pp
Each
.Ar fieldname
is prepended by a name, which identifies the type of this field:
.Bl -tag -width bool_*
.It Ar key_*
A key value. May be set to a key identifier listed in the
.Sx KEY IDENTIFIERS
section below.
.It Ar joy_*
A joystick/joypad value. May be set to a joystick identifier listed in the
.Sx JOYSTICK IDENTIFIERS
section below.
.It Ar mou_*
A mouse action. May be set to a mouse identifier listed in the
.Sx MOUSE IDENTIFIERS
section below.
.It Ar bool_*
A boolean value. "false", "no", and "0" values are taken as false, while
"true", "yes", and any number except 0 are taken as true.
.It Ar int_*
An integer value, greater than or equal to 0.
.It Ar str_*
A string value, can be empty.
.El
.Pp
Some fields take special value sets, which are addressed in their respective
sections. None of the field names or values are case-sensitive.
.Pp
The fields fall under a few basic groups. They are listed below, with their
default values in brackets ([]):
.Pp
All of them can be modified interactively from the prompt, as described in
.Xr dgen 1 .
.Sh CONTROLLERS
.Bl -tag -width xxxx
.It key_pad1_up [up]
.It key_pad1_down [down]
.It key_pad1_left [left]
.It key_pad1_right [right]
.It key_pad1_a [a]
.It key_pad1_b [s]
.It key_pad1_c [d]
.It key_pad1_x [q]
.It key_pad1_y [w]
.It key_pad1_z [e]
.It key_pad1_mode [backspace]
.It key_pad1_start [return]
Map keys to the first Genesis controller. Each of these fields has a
corresponding "key_pad2" field, to map to the second controller.
.It joy_pad1_up [joystick0-axis1-min]
.It joy_pad1_down [joystick0-axis1-max]
.It joy_pad1_left [joystick0-axis0-min]
.It joy_pad1_right [joystick0-axis0-max]
.It joy_pad1_a [joystick0-button0]
.It joy_pad1_b [joystick0-button3]
.It joy_pad1_c [joystick0-button1]
.It joy_pad1_x [joystick0-button6]
.It joy_pad1_y [joystick0-button4]
.It joy_pad1_z [joystick0-button5]
.It joy_pad1_mode [joystick0-button9]
.It joy_pad1_start [joystick0-button8]
Map joystick/joypad buttons to the first Genesis controller. Each of these
fields has a corresponding "joy_pad2" field, to map to the second controller.
.It bool_joystick [true]
Use joysticks to emulate the controllers. Note that the keyboard keys will
still work if this value is set. This field is only available if you have
joystick support enabled.
.It int_mouse_delay [50]
Number of milliseconds to wait after the last mouse motion event to release
buttons bound to such events.
.El
.Sh USER-DEFINED BINDINGS
.Bl -tag -width xxxx
.It bind_{keysym} Ar action
.It bind_{joypad} Ar action
.It bind_{mouse} Ar action
Defines a new keyboard, joystick/joypad or mouse binding to an arbitrary
action. These variables use the
.Ar keysym
format as defined in
.Sx KEY IDENTIFIERS ,
the
.Ar joypad
format as defined in
.Sx JOYSTICK IDENTIFIERS ,
or the
.Ar mouse
format as defined in
.Sx MOUSE IDENTIFIERS .
When
.Ar action
is prefixed with "key_", "joy_" or "mou_", it becomes an alias to the
corresponding variable in
.Sx CONTROLLERS .
Otherwise, it is interpreted as if entered at the prompt, and can be used to
modify variables or execute commands (see
.Xr dgenrc 5
for more information).
No bindings are defined by default.
.It bind_"{keysym|joypad|mouse} [{keysym|joypad|mouse} [...]]" Ar action
Alternate syntax that supports combining several identifiers to perform
.Ar action .
Controller types can be mixed. Identifiers are separated by spaces. To avoid
syntax errors, spaces must be properly escaped or quoted.
.El
.Sh AUDIO
.Bl -tag -width xxxx
.It bool_sound [true]
Enable the sound subsystem.
.It int_soundrate [44100]
Sound frequency to play at, in hertz (Hz).
.It int_soundsegs [8]
Number of sound segments to use for sound buffering. Lower values guarantee
low latency. Increment this only if the sound becomes choppy.
.It int_soundsamples [0]
Size of the system sound buffer, in samples (samples are the sound unit, sound
rate is how many of them are played every second). Specifying 0 automatically
choses the safest value. If you experience sound issues int_soundsegs is
unable to solve, try to change this. Increasing it will cause noticeable audio
lag (it is unfortunately often required on slower machines).
.It int_volume [100]
Volume level, in percent. Values above 100 cause distorsion.
.It key_volume_inc [=]
.It key_volume_dec [-]
.It joy_volume_inc []
.It joy_volume_dec []
.It mou_volume_inc []
.It mou_volume_dec []
Bindings for volume control.
.It bool_mjazz [false]
MJazz option - puts 2 more FM chips in the Megadrive for a sort of 22 channel
sound boost. Can sound good. Slows things down a lot.
.El
.Sh VIDEO
.Bl -tag -width xxxx
.It int_depth [0]
Color depth (bits per pixel). Allowed values are 0 (automatic), 8, 15, 16, 24
and 32. Ignored in OpenGL mode.
.It int_width [-1]
.It int_height [-1]
Desired window width and height.
.It bool_opengl [true]
Use the OpenGL renderer, if it is available.
.It bool_opengl_stretch [true]
Let OpenGL stretch the screen.
.It bool_opengl_linear [true]
Use GL_LINEAR for textures filtering instead of GL_NEAREST.
.It bool_opengl_32bit [true]
Use 32 bit textures. They require more memory but are usually faster than 16
bit textures.
.It bool_opengl_square [false]
Use square textures. Wastes a lot of memory but may solve OpenGL
initialization failures.
.It bool_fullscreen [false]
Try to run fullscreen, if possible.
.It int_scale [-1]
.It int_scale_x [-1]
.It int_scale_y [-1]
Amount by which to scale the rendered screen from the default resolution. See
scaling filters.
.It bool_aspect [true]
Retain original aspect ratio when resizing window.
.It key_fullscreen_toggle [alt-enter]
.It joy_fullscreen_toggle []
.It mou_fullscreen_toggle []
Button to toggle fullscreen mode (this may do nothing if SDL doesn't support
fullscreen toggling on your platform.)
.It int_info_height [-1]
Height of the text area at the bottom of the screen, in pixels. This also
affects the font size. Values smaller than the minimum font size make DGen
redirect text to stdout instead. The default value of -1 makes DGen choose the
proper height.
.It bool_fps [false]
Display the current number of frames per second.
.It bool_buttons [false]
Display pressed buttons. Can be used to help configuring them.
.It bool_swab [false]
Swap bytes in the video output. Sometimes useful when video output is located
on a different system. This is implemented as a CTV filter which must be
compiled-in to work.
.It bool_doublebuffer [true]
Toggle double buffering. Enabling this should prevent screen tearing from
happening. Disabling this may improve the number of displayed frames per
second on some systems.
.It bool_screen_thread [false]
When enabled, a separate thread is created to offload the displaying of
frames. This is only useful on slower machines where flipping video buffers
takes time, especially when V-sync is enabled and doing so blocks until the
next frame without consuming CPU time (sometimes the case when
bool_doublebuffer is enabled). This currently has no effect when OpenGL is
enabled and only works if multi-threading support is compiled-in.
.El
.Sh SAVE STATES
.Bl -tag -width xxxx
.It key_slot_X [X]
.It joy_slot_X []
.It mou_slot_X []
Sets the current save-state slot to number X.
.It key_slot_next [f8]
.It joy_slot_next []
.It mou_slot_next []
Switch to the next save-slot.
.It key_slot_prev [f7]
.It joy_slot_prev []
.It mou_slot_prev []
Switch to the previous save-slot.
.It key_save [f2]
.It joy_save []
.It mou_save []
Saves state to the current slot.
.It key_load [f3]
.It joy_load []
.It mou_load []
Loads state from the current slot.
.El
.Sh MISCELLANEOUS KEYS
.Bl -tag -width xxxx
.It key_fix_checksum [f1]
.It joy_fix_checksum []
.It mou_fix_checksum []
Fixes the checksum value. Some older games will freeze with a red screen if
the ROM has been hacked or modified with Game Genie codes. If it does, pressing
this, and resetting should fix the problem.
.It key_quit [escape]
.It joy_quit []
.It mou_quit []
Exit DGen or switch to the next ROM on the command-line.
.It key_craptv_toggle [f5]
.It joy_craptv_toggle []
.It mou_craptv_toggle []
Toggles Crap-TV image filters. These filters aren't available in 8 bpp mode.
.It key_scaling_toggle [f6]
.It joy_scaling_toggle []
.It mou_scaling_toggle []
Toggles scaling algorithms. See scaling_startup below.
.It key_reset [tab]
.It joy_reset []
.It mou_reset []
Restart the Genesis emulation.
.It key_cpu_toggle [f11]
.It joy_cpu_toggle []
.It mou_cpu_toggle []
Switch CPU emulators. The x86 assembly CPU emulator StarScream is fast, but
has glitches which affect a few games. Switching to the slower Musashi core
will fix these problems, at a speed penalty.
.It key_z80_toggle [f10]
.It joy_z80_toggle []
.It mou_z80_toggle []
Switch Z80 emulators. MZ80 is a bit faster than CZ80, particularly in its
assembly version (only available for x86), but CZ80 works with more
games. This key can also disable Z80 emulation.
.It key_stop [z]
.It joy_stop []
.It mou_stop []
Pause emulation, so you can concentrate on real life for a few seconds. :)
.It key_game_genie [f9]
.It joy_game_genie []
.It mou_game_genie []
Enter a Game Genie or Hex code. This key also works in stopped mode.
.It key_screenshot [f12]
.It joy_screenshot []
.It mou_screenshot []
Take a screenshot. Not available in 8 bpp mode.
.It key_prompt [:]
.It joy_prompt []
.It mou_prompt []
Pause emulation and display interactive prompt. Also works in stopped mode.
.It key_debug_enter [`]
.It joy_debug_enter []
.It mou_debug_enter []
Break into the debugger. Only meaningful if debugger support is compiled-in.
.El
.Sh PREFERENCES
.Bl -tag -width xxxx
.It int_hz [60]
Video refresh rate. The default is 60 as in NTSC consoles.
.It bool_pal [false]
When true, a PAL console is emulated. This should be used in combination with
int_hz above for 50Hz emulation.
.It region [' ']
U for America (NTSC), E for Europe (PAL), J for Japan (NTSC), X for Japan
(PAL), or empty space for autodetection (the default).
Overrides bool_pal and int_hz.
.It str_region_order [JUEX]
Regions DGen is allowed to emulate when autodetection is enabled, ordered by
preference.
.It emu_m68k_startup [musa]
Useful when both Musashi and StarScream are compiled-in. This option selects
the default emulator to use ("musa" for Musashi, "star" for StarScream, "none"
for neither). See key_cpu_toggle.
.It emu_z80_startup [cz80]
Useful when both CZ80 and MZ80 are compiled-in. This option selects the
default emulator to use ("cz80", "mz80" or "none", if you want to disable it
altogether). See key_z80_toggle.
.It bool_autoload [false]
Automatically load the saved state from slot 0 when DGen starts.
.It bool_autosave [false]
Automatically save the saved state to slot 0 upon exit. Setting both of these
fields true, you can exit DGen, and automatically start a game where you left
off when you start it again.
.It bool_autoconf [true]
Automatically dump the current configuration to dgenrc.auto before
exiting. This file is always loaded before dgenrc at startup.
.It bool_frameskip [true]
Automatically skip frames, when it is necessary to maintain proper emulation
speed. You may want to disable sound or set int_nice to a nonzero
value when setting this to false.
.It int_nice [0]
If set to a non-zero value, DGen will call
.Xr usleep 3
with the specified parameter
after rendering each frame. This will slow the program down (if it is running
too fast on your computer), and allow the operating system to reclaim some
CPU time.
.It ctv_craptv_startup [off]
CTV filter to use by default. Available filters are "blur", "scanline",
"interlace" and "swab".
.It scaling_startup [stretch]
Scaler to use when display resolution is larger than original screen.
Available filters are "stretch", "scale", "hqx", "hqx stretch", "scale2x",
"scale2x stretch" and "none".
.It bool_show_carthead [false]
Show cartridge header info at startup.
.It bool_raw_screenshots [false]
Generate unfiltered screenshots.
.It str_rom_path ["roms"]
Directory where DGen should look for ROMs by default. It's relative to DGen's
home directory, unless an absolute path is provided.
.El
.Sh DEBUGGING
.Bl -tag -width xxxx
.It bool_vdp_hide_plane_a [false]
.It bool_vdp_hide_plane_b [false]
.It bool_vdp_hide_plane_w [false]
.It bool_vdp_hide_sprites [false]
Hide various planes during frame rendering. Require VDP debugging to be
compiled-in.
.It bool_vdp_sprites_boxing [false]
.It int_vdp_sprites_boxing_fg [0xffff00] (yellow)
.It int_vdp_sprites_boxing_bg [0x00ff00] (green)
Toggle sprites boxing and configure its colors. Require VDP debugging to be
compiled-in. "fg" is for sprites with the high priority bit set, "bg" is for
the others. Color format is 0xRRGGBB.
.El
.Sh EXAMPLES
See the file "sample.dgenrc" in the DGen/SDL distribution.
.Sh KEY IDENTIFIERS
A key identifier can have the prefixes "shift-", "ctrl-", "alt-" and "meta-",
or any combination thereof, to require that the specified modifier be pressed
in combination with the key. For example, the identifier "alt-enter" would
correspond to holding down the Alt key while pressing Enter.
.Pp
The "shift-" modifier only works with keys that don't generate symbols (such
as arrow keys). Otherwise their UTF-8 representation must be used directly.
.Pp
The numbers "0" through "9" ("kp_0" through "kp_9" for the numeric keypad),
letters "A" through "Z", and function keys "F1" through "F12" map to their key
equivalents.
In addition, the following identifiers map to their similarly-labeled key
counterparts. Identifiers on the same line map to the same key:
.Bd -literal -offset indent
escape
backspace
tab
capslock	caps_lock
lshift		shift_l
rshift		shift_r
lctrl		ctrl_l
lmeta		meta_l
lalt		alt_l
ralt		alt_r
rmeta		meta_r
rctrl		ctrl_r
return		enter
space

scrollock	scroll_lock
numlock		num_lock

insert
home
page_up		pageup
delete
end
page_down	pagedown
left
right
up
down

kp_home
kp_up
kp_pageup	kp_page_up
kp_left
kp_right
kp_end
kp_down
kp_pagedown	kp_page_down
kp_insert
kp_delete	kp_period

kp_enter
kp_divide
kp_minus
kp_multiply
kp_plus
.Ed
.Sh JOYSTICK IDENTIFIERS
Like key identifiers, joystick (or joypad) identifiers describe a joystick
event. Each detected joystick is numbered starting from 0. Three different
event types are supported.
.Bl -tag -width xxxx
.It Buttons: joystickX-buttonY
For joystick/joypad number X, button number Y. "button" can be abbreviated
as "b".
.It Axes: joystickX-axisY-min, joystickX-axisY-max
For joystick/joypad number X, axis number Y, and its position, which is either
"min" (also "n", "negative") or "max" (also "p", "positive"). "axis" can be
abbreviated as "a".
.It Hats: joystickX-hatY-{direction}
For joystick/joypad number X, hat number Y and direction. "hat" can be
abbreviated as "h". Possible directions are "up", "right", "down", "left".
.El
.Sh MOUSE IDENTIFIERS
These identifiers describe a mouse event. Each detected mouse is numbered
starting from 0. Two different event types are supported.
.Bl -tag -width xxxx
.It Buttons: mouseX-buttonY
For mouse number X, button number Y. "button" can be abbreviated as "b".
.It Motions: mouseX-{direction}
For mouse number X and direction. Possible directions are "up", "right",
"down", "left".
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr dgen 1
.Sh AUTHORS
This manual page was written by
.An Joe Groff Aq joe@pknet.com .
.An Updated by zamaz Aq zamaz@users.sourceforge.net .