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GBA in mamewah
« on: February 17, 2006, 01:52:14 pm »
Quick easy question...yes I searched.  Is there a command line gba emu out there  (for mamewah)?  If so, where might I track down such a gem?  I am only finding gui versions and they arn't playing well in the mamewah enviorment.

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Re: GBA in mamewah
« Reply #1 on: February 17, 2006, 01:59:21 pm »
What I did was to go to jcrouse's CPViewer site where he also provides many various emulator INI files which are meant to work with MameWah:

http://home.comcast.net/~cpviewer/downloads.htm

Download the INI file related to the emulator you are interested in, edit it and look at the "emulator_commandline" setting to see what emulator application they use for that emulator.

For example .... for GBA, the INI file has the following line in it:

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emulator_commandline       c:\visualboyadvance\visualboyadvance.exe  blah blah blah

which indicates "VisualBoyAdvance" is the emulator they use with MameWah...... and the one which you are probably looking for .....

NOTE:  VisualBoy advanced can be used for Gameboy, Gameboy Color, Super Gameboy and Gameboy Advanced


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« Last Edit: February 17, 2006, 02:03:53 pm by unclet »

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Re: GBA in mamewah
« Reply #2 on: February 17, 2006, 02:16:31 pm »
Hey thanks a ton, exactly what I needed!

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Re: GBA in mamewah
« Reply #3 on: February 17, 2006, 03:08:23 pm »
OK while I'm asking dumb questions...

I'm using the command line I found on the screenshot archive but with one small flaw...the screen is flipped 90 degrees.  Any idea where I can look config wise to fix this?

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Re: GBA in mamewah
« Reply #4 on: February 17, 2006, 03:31:05 pm »
Your gameboy advance ini in mamewah should read something like this (with any changes made to reflect the directories you have it installed to).

emulator_executable                       c:\gba\visualboyadvance.exe
commandline_format                        "[rompath]\[name].[romext]"{dosbox}{safelaunch}

Hope that helps.
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Re: GBA in mamewah
« Reply #5 on: February 17, 2006, 03:35:03 pm »
Yep, I think I have mamewah config'ed correctly.  Im thinking it's somewhere in the vba ini file...

[preferences]
windowX=0
windowY=0
language=1
languageName=
frameSkip=2
gbFrameSkip=0
autoFrameSkip=0
vsync=0
synchronize=1
stretch=0
video=6
defaultVideoDriver=1
fsWidth=800
fsHeight=600
fsColorDepth=16
renderMethod=1
useBios=0
skipBios=0
soundEnable=783
soundOff=0
soundQuality=2
soundEcho=0
soundLowPass=0
soundReverse=0
soundVolume=0
ddrawEmulationOnly=0
ddrawUseVideoMemory=0
tripleBuffering=1
d3dFilter=0
glFilter=0
glType=0
filter=0
disableMMX=0
disableStatus=0
showSpeed=1
showSpeedTransparent=1
gbPrinter=0
pauseWhenInactive=1
useOldSync=0
captureFormat=0
removeIntros=0
recentFreeze=0
autoIPS=1
disableSfx=0
saveType=0
enhancedDetection=1
ifbType=0
flashSize=65536
agbPrint=0
rtcEnabled=0
autoHideMenu=0
skinEnabled=0
skinName=
borderOn=0
borderAutomatic=0
emulatorType=1

I'm gonna start checking em one by one.  I'll let you know if I find it.

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Re: GBA in mamewah
« Reply #6 on: February 17, 2006, 03:38:38 pm »
Try changing that emulator type to 0 right at the bottom of that ini. Don't know if it will make a difference but its the only line thats different to the ini im using. Failing that its got to be a command line problem as afaik VBA doesn't have an option to rotate the screen.
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Re: GBA in mamewah
« Reply #7 on: February 17, 2006, 03:44:41 pm »
On a whim I deleted the emu ini (not the mamewah one) and ran it again.  Didn't create a new ini, nor did it error out, so I guess the issue might be in the command line or mamewah after all, still looking.  I'll be sure to post a resolution when I find it for prosperity.

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Re: GBA in mamewah
« Reply #8 on: February 17, 2006, 04:03:21 pm »
Borderline moron here.  There is a cfg file for the emu.  Tracking it down now.

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Re: GBA in mamewah
« Reply #9 on: February 17, 2006, 04:34:26 pm »
OK here you go, this is the SDL release on the screenshot archive:

VisualBoyAdvance.cfg

You are looking for a line:

# Video setting. 0=1x, 1=2x, 2=3x, 3=4x.
video=0

Anything but 0 will rotate the screen 90 degrees.

Hopefully this will save someone some time in the future.  Thanks for those who helped me track this down!