Chapter 12. Plugins
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ZXBox menu
Vkeyboard.
This is a virtual keyboard representing the Spectrum keyboard. Controls
are the same as in standard Rockbox, but you just press one key instead of entering
a phrase.
Play/Pause Tape.
Toggles playing of the tape (if it is loaded).
Save Quick Snapshot.
Saves snapshot into
/.rockbox/zxboxq.z80
.
Load Quick Snapshot.
Loads snapshot from
/.rockbox/zxboxq.z80
.
Save Snapshot.
Saves a snapshot of the current state. You would enter the full path and
desired name - for example
/games/zx/snapshots/chuckie.sna
. The snapshot
format will be chosen after the extension you specified, per default
.z80
will be
taken in case you leave it open.
Toggle Fast Mode.
Toggles fastest possible emulation speed (no sound, maximum frameskip
etc.). This is Useful when loading tapes with some specific loaders.
Options. Map Keys To Kempston.
Controls whether the player’s buttons should sim-
ulate a “Kempston” joystick or some assigned keys of the Spectrum keyboard.
Display Speed.
Toggle displaying the emulation speed (in percent).
Invert Colours.
Inverts the Spectrum colour palette, sometimes helps visibility.
Frameskip
Sets the number of frames to skip before displaying one. With zero
frameskip ZXBox tries to display 50 frames per second.
Sound.
Turns sound on or off.
Volume.
Controls volume of sound output.
Predefined Keymap
Select one of the predefined keymaps. For example
2w90z
means: map ZXBox’s
Up
to
2
,
Down
to
w
,
Left
to
9
,
Right
to
0
and
Jump/Fire
to
z
. This example keymap is used in the “Chuckie Egg” game.
Custom Keymap
This menu allows you to map one of the Spectrum keys acces-
sible through the plugin’s virtual keyboard to each one of the buttons.
Quit.
Quits the emulator..
Hacking graphics
Due to ZXBox’s simple (but fast) scaling to the screen by dropping lines and columns
some games can become unplayable. It is possible to hack graphics to make them better
visible with the help of an utility such as the “Spectrum Graphics Editor”. Useful tools
can be found at the “World of Spectrum” site (
http://www.worldofspectrum.org/utilities.
The Rockbox manual
(version 3.14)
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