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Title: LED Blinky w/ MESSUI emulator
Post by: markronz on June 20, 2009, 06:05:02 pm

Does LED Blinky work with MESS?   I mean, I can define controls to use with MESS, but what if I use MESS for multiple emulators.   Is there any way for me to diferentiate controls for Nintendo, SNES, etc, if all are emulated through MESS?

Thanks

Title: Re: LED Blinky w/ MESSUI emulator
Post by: arzoo on June 20, 2009, 08:35:19 pm

If you launch MESS from an FE and you want to LEDBlinky to use a different control set for each MESS emulated system, then you'll need to create separate batch files for each MESS/emulator.

Title: Re: LED Blinky w/ MESSUI emulator
Post by: markronz on June 21, 2009, 03:02:05 am

Sorry, do you know what I could search for to find directions on how to create a batch file like that?

Title: Re: LED Blinky w/ MESSUI emulator
Post by: arzoo on June 21, 2009, 08:40:51 am

Quote from: markronz on June 21, 2009, 03:02:05 am

Sorry, do you know what I could search for to find directions on how to create a batch file like that?

The mess documentation lists all the command line stuff. For example, Atari 2600 is something like this:
mess.exe a2600 <other parameters>

So you could create a batch file called a2600.bat with that single command. Then have your FE launch the batch file. In the LEDBlinky controls editor, you'll create a control set for a2600.bat.

Title: Re: LED Blinky w/ MESSUI emulator
Post by: markronz on June 21, 2009, 11:23:41 pm

I'll give that a shot and see if I can get it work.  Thanks for clearing that up!