The NEW Build Your Own Arcade Controls
Main => Software Forum => Topic started by: Avenger on February 07, 2020, 08:52:52 pm
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Hello,
Does anyone know of either a shortcut argument or batch file line command to auto load a ROM with the Model 2 emulator?
I'm trying to create a shortcut where the game automatically runs rather then having to first open the emulator, click "emulator" > "Load ROM..." and then select it from the list.
Thank in advance.
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I found the following thread but the suggestion doesn't seem to work. The emulator only loads by itself and you still have to select the ROM...
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=149717.0
Anyone have any ideas?
Cheers.
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No one? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
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Did you try a simple .cmd file with the full path of your emulator exe, the exe name and the rom name, in sequence?
It's simple as that.
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Did you try a simple .cmd file with the full path of your emulator exe, the exe name and the rom name, in sequence?
It's simple as that.
Thanks for the reply.
I've tried several different combinations, no dice.
Emulator location:
C:\Users\XXX\Games\The House Of The Dead (1996)\Model 2 Emulator.exe
Emulator ROM:
C:\Users\XXX\Games\The House Of The Dead (1996)\ROMS\HOTD.zip
How do I format the .cmd file from the following example of the above locations?
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First thing first: remove spaces in your folder names. Second: maybe it's a little old school, but keep folder names within the 8 characters lenght. The same for the exe: no spaces, 8 char.
Why you have model2 under "the house of the dead" folder? Call it "model2" instead... I can see a long way for you :D
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First thing first: remove spaces in your folder names. Second: maybe it's a little old school, but keep folder names within the 8 characters lenght. The same for the exe: no spaces, 8 char.
Why you have model2 under "the house of the dead" folder? Call it "model2" instead... I can see a long way for you :D
I didn't ask for critique on my folder structures. By the way, they work fine even with DOSBox which is far more "old school", so that's irrelevant...
I asked you to provide me with the format using the provided locations.
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Well he's 100% correct in his attempts to narrow down the problem, so maybe don't get so snippy with him. Folder structure matters, as does the name of the exe for many emulator applications, including model 2. As a matter of fact, it's so picky that the best/easiest way to get things to behave is to rename the exe back to it's original name (emulator.exe or emulator_multicpu.exe) and put the game roms in zip format in the roms folder included with the emulator... not in a separate directory somewhere else. You then launch the games with the rom name, no extension and no path, just like you do with mame.
So it'll be something like:
emulator.exe Daytona
And that's it.
You can add paths via uncommenting "Dir1" in the emulator.ini, but it seems to have issues with long paths with a lot of sub directories, spaces and the like... or at least I sometimes run into problems I can't track down related to a particular path name. It's best just to do it as described above.
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Well he's 100% correct in his attempts to narrow down the problem, so maybe don't get so snippy with him. Folder structure matters, as does the name of the exe for many emulator applications, including model 2. As a matter of fact, it's so picky that the best/easiest way to get things to behave is to rename the exe back to it's original name (emulator.exe or emulator_multicpu.exe) and put the game roms in zip format in the roms folder included with the emulator... not in a separate directory somewhere else. You then launch the games with the rom name, no extension and no path, just like you do with mame.
So it'll be something like:
emulator.exe Daytona
And that's it.
You can add paths via uncommenting "Dir1" in the emulator.ini, but it seems to have issues with long paths with a lot of sub directories, spaces and the like... or at least I sometimes run into problems I can't track down related to a particular path name. It's best just to do it as described above.
Thank for the reply.
Don't worry about it.
I got the original game executable working WITH music which as much of a pain in the ass as it was, didn't require me to completely change the organization of my folders just to run an emulator.
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Thank you for sharing your solution then...