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Author Topic: Hiding NullDC window when launching through mamewah  (Read 2558 times)

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Hiding NullDC window when launching through mamewah
« on: July 05, 2008, 11:45:28 pm »
I've been launching NullDC through mamewah using a technique I learned while surfing the web, since NullDC doesn't currently support command line launches. Basically, Mamewah mounts the DC game image to a virtual drive, and when NullDC loads up, it automatically plays the game in the virtual drive. However, one thing that is a bit annoying is that the NullDC window appears on top of Mamewah for a second or two before the game begins, and it looks pretty ugly. Normally I wouldn't think a whole lot of it since I know NullDC is a pretty young program, but I've seen other people online who say they've gotten it to interface w/ Mamewah, and it launches directly to the bootup screen without the window appearing first. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to find any information on how one would accomplish this, so I was hoping that maybe someone here might have an idea or two. It's not a huge deal since it's entirely cosmetic, but it does pull you out of the "arcade" experience when you see a windows window pop up out of no-where.

BTW, while on this subject, does anyone know a good way to hide the Damean Tools popup window when Mamewah loads a CD image, other than the {nowait} line command? I know that you can put in a {nowait} command in the pre-emulator command line that hides it, but unfortunately on my arcade cab's PC that usually causes epsxe to load before the disc is mounted, which obviously results in the game not playing (I didn't have that problem on my main computer). I need a way to either get the image to mount fast enough for epsxe to play it, or I'm going to have to find a way to hide the Damean Tools window. Again, it's purely a cosmetic issue, but I'd really like as little of Windows to show through Mamewah as possible.