RETROBJECTS
(C) 2008-2009 Gabriel Honoré

FAQ

How do I use this application?

You can access the documentation from within the application, in the Documentation menu, and through the help icons in the user interfaces of the different devices.

It crashes very often, what's happening?

In the first version of Retrobjects, there was a bug that caused regular crashes when used with some video cards. It was entirely fixed, but maybe there is another one that causes similar effects. Please try running Retrobjects in safe mode. You can do it in two ways:

• Click on Retrobjects (safe mode) in the Start Menu, or
• Run retrobjects.exe -doit "UserInterface.APIs.SDL.Systems.Video.Strategies.OpenGL neverUsePBOs"

It's running very slow, Is there anything I can do to speed things up?

Here are some tips to speed up the emulation:

• The C64 system uses by default a native sound chip implementation. If you use it, you have the advantage of being able to inspect the sound chip through the inspectors, but it has the disadvantage of being VERY slow.
  
  So, if you just want to run software that generates sound, and you don't care about inspecting the sound chip, you can switch to a faster implementation. You can do it by double-clicking the C64 in the environment navigator and selecting reSID as the sound chip implementation.
  
  To get the best performance, just disable the sound chip.
  
  
• Use the normal video filter. Maybe it doesn't look like the other options, but it's the fastest one.
  
  
• If you have a video card that doesn't support Pixel Buffer Objects through OpenGL (saldy, old ones and most on-board ones don't), you'll notice a significant performance boost by using a video card that supports this feature.

If you have further questions, please contact me.