vecxi

vecxi emulation window

Emulation wise this is the heart of VIDE. In the above example you can see Cleansweep running in the emulator.

In short:

•   load
  a new vectrex file (doesn't start the emulation)

•   start
  running (if in debug mode, do a single step) (if SHIFT is held, it resets the current loaded rom)

•   pause
  

•   stop
  (unloads the current rom)

• load
  well - load a state (only one savestate possible as of now)

• save
  save a state

Emulation and debugging wise, vecxi is the center of VIDE. Once you load a rom and start emulation, a "dissi" window will pop up (if not already open - or might "pop" into an iconified state).

From dissi you can access all other debugging utilities VIDE has to offer. . .

There are following "hot keys" available for vecxi:

• "P" - toggle pause

• "O" - toggle overlay

• "B" - toggle ringbuffer

• "1" - quicksave

• "2" - quickload

• if running with OpenGL than additionally:

  • SHIFT P: full pannel

  • SHIFT F: full screen

Ports
These are the Joy(stick) ports of the vectrex. Usually in port 0 the joystick is plugged in. Some cartridges need/want an additional device (mostly in port 1). These can be selected in the combo boxes. Default joystick configuration is mapped to keyboard 0 (ASDF and cursor).
In configuration→Input you can define different keyboard layouts and/or different input devices. The devices you configured there will appear in these comboboxes and will be selectable

Some features:

• If in debug mode, vecxi will display the "current" drawn vector in yellow, rather than white.

• If in debug mode, vecxi will display the drawn vectors in the "current" refresh cycle in BRIGHTER white than "older" vectors.

• vecxi can be told (mainly usable in debug mode, otherwise there is just a "blur") to draw a small circle at the current "integrator position", so you can follow the virtual beam

• vecxi can be told to draw "arrows" rather than vectors, so you can see the direction of all vectors

• and much more...