Exiting rocknesx back ito MALA and stuff

[diverdown]

I have rocknesx installed in my cab for the kids.

I can access it via "other emus" in MALA

Q1...Is there a way to edit the rocknesx.bat file mala uses or a way to edit rocknesbat itself to automatically play a game on startup.


Q2.... Is there a way I can exit rocknesx and end up back in MALA?  (when i exit the game in rocknesx it kicks me to the rocknesx game list. I would like to be kicked back to MALA

[unclet]

I do not have this emulator installed, but I downloaded it to read the "readme" text from http://rocknes.kinox.org/

It states to exit the emulator you need to press the "Q" key and this will take you back to the OS ..... (ie: MALA), although after trying that out, it does not seem to work .... oh well.

Not sure why you are using BAT files .... does RockNES require individual BAT files to execute games?   I am confused.

Also, at the site mentioned above, there is a "forum" link (which is down since Oct 27 for cleanup), but perhaps it will come back soon .... maybe.

(EDIT)
I just found the http://www.vtemulation.net/ site which has a "VirutalNES and RockNESX" forum topics link on the right hand side of the screen.  Perhaps you can get specific information in there as well.  Not sure though.

[diverdown]

It states to exit the emulator you need to press the "Q" key and this will take you back to the OS ..... (ie: MALA), although after trying that out, it does not seem to work .... oh well.

me too  but im still trying

Not sure why you are using BAT files .... does RockNES require individual BAT files to execute games? 

I was using bat files to launch the emu (rocknesx) from  MALA FE.  Same as I do to launch Wincab

 I am confused.

me too but im still trying

Also, at the site mentioned above, there is a "forum" link (which is down since Oct 27 for cleanup), but perhaps it will come back soon .... maybe.

(EDIT)
I just found the http://www.vtemulation.net/ site which has a "VirutalNES and RockNESX" forum topics link on the right hand side of the screen.  Perhaps you can get specific information in there as well.  Not sure though.

Thanks I will keep looking around.......

[loadman]

Quote from: unclet on 02-11-2006, 07:15:10
Not sure why you are using BAT files .... does RockNES require individual BAT files to execute games? 

I was using bat files to launch the emu (rocknesx) from  MALA FE.  Same as I do to launch Wincab

yeah well.  I don't use this EMU either. 
But if you find out from your seaching what 'command line' it needs to launch a game directly from a FE (bypassing the 'rocknesmenu') let us know and we can help you with the MaLa part

[unclet]

I agree with Loadman .... if you find out how to start individual games from the command prompt window rather than using the RockNES GUI menu interface for selection, then we can help you out.  I was not sure you were trying to bring up the GUI interface only in RockNES.    I figured the whole point of a FE was to start individual games instead of starting a GUI menu front end application only for a particular emulator.

(EDIT)
I just downloaded RockNESx again and tried playing around with it.   It does not seem to be this emulator is a "command line friendly" emulator.   In the help page regarding the emulator it states that the command line is supported however I can not find an evidence to support this statement.   Once the game starts then you can press "Q" to have the emulator application quit ... which is nice, however, starting an individual game from the command line is not nice.

In order to start a game from the command line you must first start the game from the command line (ex: rocknes galaga.zip) but you must then confirm you actually want to start the game by clicking "OK" in the confirmation window which appears (or from the keyboard simply press ENTER key).

Now if you started a game previously using the format "rocknes galaga.zip" then next time you want to start a game in the emulator by using the same format then the emulator tries to be smart and remembers what the last game you played.   This results in the emulator trying to execute the "rocknes galagazip.galaga.zip"  file, which does not exist.   Basically, it appends "galaga.zip" to the entered command line game file name.

Anyway, I stopped looking at it after all these weird things occur.   

What you need to try and figure out is whether the command line parameters exist for the emulator which allows a game to be started without having the emulator prompt you for confirmation and without the emulator trying to be smart enough to append the last played game to your command line request.

I know this does not help you much, but at least I tried ....


PS:  Why do you want to try to use RockNES anyway .... I found the "FceUltra" emulator to work very well with Nintendo NES games from the command line.  I am using "FCEU-0.98.13-pre.zip" version.

Good luck