ErikRuud - GameLauncher PC Game Help Request

[hsr]

Hello,

Did a search and find this topic touched on, but using the information in the previous posts, still can't solve my issues.

I set up GL for Vantage on my machine.

[ErikRuud]

Your glaunch.cfg file looks OK

Your .map .rom and .bat files are to be ok.  You could remove the batch1 and batch2 entries though.

Your generic.cfg file has errors.

directory = c:.generic

Probably should be: directory = c:\generic

screen_shot_directory = c:.\generic\snap

Should be: screen_shot_directory = c:\generic\snap

executable = call robo.bat  Have also tried robotron.exe here

The executable line should be: executable = call

the executable line you are using will cause GL to issue the following command: call robo.bat robo

What you really want to issue is: call c:\generic\robo

use_extension =

Should be: use_extension = no

use_rom_directory =

Probably should be: use_rom_directory = yes



Now for the other questions.

1.  Now that I have multiple menus - Vantage and Generic, everytime I launch GL, it puts me at the Generic menu.  I can toggle to the Vantage menu and run a game, but when I return to GL, I'm back at the Generic menu.

Why would GL not put me back to where I was?

2.  Everytime I toggle to Vantage, the menu lands on superg, regardless of what game was last run.

Is this normal?  I guess I just expected to be at the start of the list "A" games or at least whatever game was last run.

3.  FPS is now in the 40's for Vantage with throttle on when running under GL.  Throttle off only raises to upper 40's.

Is this much slow down normal?  I was running 60+, throttle on and several hunderd (depending on game) throttle off when running Vantage from command line.

I no longer use GL because it did not run well onder Win2K Pro on my newer PC, so I am going from memory here.

1 & 2.  GL should rememer what the last game run for each list, as long as it exit normaly.  When it crashes, you usually end up with the last game run from the last time it exitted normally.

3.  FPS should not be affected by any frontend software!  Most (If not all FE's) terminate themselves when they launch a game. I know that GL does this, so it should not be affecting your FPS.

[hsr]

Erik,

Thanks for responding.

[ErikRuud]

Use this: executable = call

Next I would reccomend is to change use_rom file=yes to use_rom_file=no
You do not need a .rom file for what you are doing, and it will make it appear the GL sees your roms even though it does not. It also causes GL to ignore the settings for rom_dir, rom_extension, use_extension, and use_rom_directory.

If it still doesn't work, try changing debug=no to debug=yes in the glaunch.ini file.  This will let you step through the commands that GL is using.

[hsr]

Erik,

I set use rom file to "no", but still didn't work (de-bug on or off).

I then removed the path from the "Directory to ROMs",

AND IT WORKS!!!

I now have one menu for VAntAGE and another for all six PC games combined.

Still experiencing the issue that it GL always defaults to the "generic" menu and always the same game, regardless of which one I run.

When I go to the VAntAGE menu, superg is always the game highlighted (I haven't built a VAntAGE map file yet), and no matter what game I run, upon exiting, I'm back on the Generic menu.

[wboy]

there is no issue using c:.\subfolder like paths as this is supported by all dos/windows environments.

this value only get used in the batch file to go to the subfolder of the parent glaunch folder.

unfortunately glaunch adds a "c:\" infront of path that doesn't state a drive (e.g .\subfolder becomes C:\.subfolder which is wrong) when it creates the runit.bat file.  Prefixing the "c:" trick its and gets around this problem.

it also allows you to move your glauch folder anywhere on the same drive and not have to edit the cfg file.

interesting re: Directory to ROMS, because as you have use_rom_file = yes, those lines should be ignored according to the glaunch documentation.  Interesting though, will test it myself.

I do have a modified/newer version off my cfgs that would allow you to easily combine your vantage and pc menu into one, without having to create a single batch for every vantage game.  Nothing more that calling a another custom script file after the call statement, but the example may you help understand it better.

Like ErikRuud, I've noticed WinXP also seems to have issues with glaunch... which is a shame....

[ErikRuud]

At this point, I am MUCH happier running Kymaera.  It does much more for me and elimnates the batchfiles that I used to use and maintain to get GL to run the way I wanted.  Mainly because it allows mapping multiple keys to the same function, just like MAME.