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NEW DAPHNE program is awesome & very very easy to setup!!!!
jasonbar:
I'm a relative newbie to all this, but I'll try to understand--anybody feel free to chime in & correct me.
I'm using MALA & it runs both MAME & Daphne files fine. For Daphne, I created *.bat files for each game & MALA is essentially running the bat files that are the command line text to launch Daphne, rather than generating its own command lines.
To figure out the command lines for Daphne, I used the Daphne Downloader & set up everything how I liked it for each game (coins/credit, lives/game, difficulty, video options, etc.), then launched the game, quit the game, then looked at the daphnelog.txt file generated, which shows the command line text that was sent to launch daphne.exe with the correct settings, & I essentially copied & pasted that text into the bat files that I created, which MALA launches.
Clear as mud?
-J
jlfreund:
I'm confused about what I need to buy. There are two versions of the 20th anniversary edition on Amazon (one PS2 one PC) for around $20. But it seems the PC version is CD-ROM< and my understanding is that won't work.
This one http://www.amazon.com/Dragons-Lair-20th-Anniversary-Edition/dp/B0002MHEZU/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2/102-4183184-3501709?ie=UTF8&s=videogames&qid=1191200229&sr=8-2
has a quote:
"I was originally looking for a DVD-ROM version of this particular Anniversary edition but was informed by Digital Leisure that they did not make one, nor were there any plans to make one. They did inform me that there is an HD-DVD version of Dragon's Lair, but as I do not own an HD-DVD player, that option was out. "
However the DigitalLeisure site does have a 20th Anniversary version that says "Now Available on DVD" for $59.95.
Do you have to spend $60 and buy this version direct from Digital Leisure to get something that will work with Daphne?
[EDIT] Oops, I noticed a post on this thread referring to volcanogames on Ebay. I did a search and now they claim to have the HD/DVD version of 20th Anniversary Edition for $19.99. So I ordered that one and we'll see how it goes.
Jason
Havok:
--- Quote from: Timoe on April 10, 2007, 09:51:44 pm ---what if you already have all the files. Is there a way to get it to work without buying all the extra stuff?
--- End quote ---
Sure - just change the options to point to your files instead of the automatically download setting. Or, run AtomicFE and use my Daphne Plug and Play module...
WCBoudreaux:
Ok... Just to shed a little light on this subject being a member of the Daphne community...
1) There's 2 types of discs you can buy to decrypt the video files that Daphne downloads for DL, DL2, SA, and TQ... They are DVD-ROM (20th Anniversary Edition) and DVD-VIDEO (the ones that say X-Box and PS2 Compatible)... Both versions will decrypt the downloaded footage...
2) DVD2Daph was an option to use your dvds, but honestly, let Daphne download the files, and use those instead... They are the actual laserdisc footage, and look 100 times better than the DVD footage... And, the moves and timing is better if you use the laserdisc rips... The DVDs have a known issue with the timing of the moves...
3) Thayer's Quest has issues, AND requires a lot of buttons (that aren't able to be re-mapped), and IMHO, it's not worth spending the money on the DVD unless you just have to have it in your collection... There's other means of getting Daphne to play TQ...
4) All of the other games in the list of Beta 1.0 will automatically download the footage, and roms needed to play the games...
5) CD ROMS WILL NOT WORK PERIOD!
6) The new Dragon's Lair HD WILL NOT WORK PERIOD!
I can't stress enough that you should just be patient, and let Daphne download everything it needs to download, and also, that the footage that Daphne downloads, it soooooo much better than the quality that you'll get from using your DVDs... And the pirated MPEGS that are floating around out there, cannot compare to the quality of the footage that Daphne uses...
I hope this clears up some things, and if not, I'll be glad to help any one out that needs it... You can pm me, or email me if you have any questions!
:cheers:
WCBoudreaux:
Or feel free to stop by the Daphne forums, or the Daphne chat! There's lots of cool peeps there, that will help you out as well!
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