gjc082071, on Thu Jun 16, 2011 11:27 PM, said:
You mean "incorrectly", don't you? In any event, now I am having the same problem! (default.bas.bin). When i initially tried, I was in a hurry. Everything was in a folder on my desktop. I made a dedicated folder & set everything up again. I started from scratch. I used the configuration wizard & all the paths seem to be set right. You said it's the 1st thing you replace. Do you have a bare default.bas.bin you could send me please, & if so, would it even help/work? Also, where would I put it? A Project folder?
Thank you.
PS: This is so frustrating
It sounds like you might be confused.
Step #1: Download and unzip
bBWin7_64bit.zip and put the folder where you want it.
Step #2: Download the latest version of
VbB and the sound library and put the VbB folder where you want it. I have the bB folder and the VbB folder in a folder called
Atari2600 (the actual location on my computer is
C:\Atari2600). And since some people have received errors by having spaces in file names, I either use no spaces or I use underscores when I want separation between words in all of the bB and VbB-related files and folders that I create.
Step #3: Open VbB and run the
Configuration Wizard.
Step #4: When you are done with the Configuration Wizard, close and restart VbB.
Note: If this isn't the first time you've tried to 'install' VbB, and folder locations have changed, be sure to click on the
Settings tab and make sure the various paths are pointing to the correct locations. Then close and restart VbB.
Step #5: Left click on
File and select
New Project. That will allow you to create a new project folder and default files.
Note: Every game you want to work on should be in its
own folder. That way all of the files for that game will be in one place and separate from other game files. You can put your game folders wherever you want. I keep all of my game folders in a folder called
My_Projects. (As you might expect, I keep
My_Projects in the
Atari2600 folder along with the bB folder and the VbB folder.)
Step #6: Once you've created a new project folder with default files, you should see the default files in the
Project Explorer. Double click on a file to open it in the appropriate editor. For example, double clicking on a .bas file will open it in the
Code Editor.
Step #7: When working on a new game, be sure to use
Save As and name your .bas file something other than 'default' in case you need to
post it in the future. Even if you don't know the name of the game yet, you can always use your username mixed with the type of project. For example, if your username is Mr. Giggle Snort and you're working on an unnamed maze game, you could call it "giggle_snort_maze_game_2011y_06m_17d_0342t.bas". See
Easy Software Versioning for more information.
Edited by Random Terrain, Sun Jun 19, 2011 8:09 AM.
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Kudos to you for doing this.
