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FS-UAE Amiga Emulator
Portable version
FS-UAE includes a portable mode where it can be completely self-contained within a single directory structure.
Upgrading the portable version
You can generally upgrade to a new version by simple extracting the new version on top of the old one.
FIXME: Write about old files being left around, how to clean up, and/or how to upgrade "cleanly".
Mixed host OS support
You can combine the portable versions for all supported operating systems and CPU architectures. Just extract every portable version (the ones you want) on top of each other.
It is important that when you upgrade to a new version, that you upgrade every portable version you are using at the same time, since some files are shared.
Temporary files
The portable version will still store temporary files in the system-provided temp directory. This is the only exception where FS-UAE (Launcher) writes files outside the portable directory (except also if you specifically use floppy / HD media from outside the portable directory of course).
Hi. I’ve never worked out how to setup FS-UAE in portable mode. I’ve not found a guide or settings to explain where it is or how to set it up. Could you give me a couple of pointers? I’m running this on a Mac.
Thank you 🙂
Hi, you only need to ensure that you have a directory with Portable.ini (at can be an empty file) and then put FS-UAE Launcher.app somewhere in or below this directory. For example:
/.../SomeDirectory/Portable.ini/.../SomeDirectory/FS-UAE Launcher.app
(Note: The portable version may have problems starting on macOS Sierra due to new Gatekeeper protection features)
Awesome. That was wonderfully simple and once I’d updated the file database on the second machine (I’m guessing because it wasn’t portable on the second machine at first) is working great on both Catalina (Intel MBP) and Big Sur (M1).
Thank you for your continued work on FS-UAE.