EPSXE how to run in Lazarus?

[Demon-Seed]

Hey anyone help me out. Got it to show up in the Lazarus list, and games, when i run it from Lazarus it only opens EPSXE and u have to use the mouse to hit RUN ISO. Is there a way to do it so it loads auto?? I have tried playing in command mode but it only load EPSXE not into the game? ie)  E:\EPSXE.exe G:\PSX ROMS\dead or alive.ISO

thanks in advance.
JIM

[CM]

I am not familiar with EPSXE exactly, but the rule of thumb is if you want something to launch under Laz/DragonKing, make sure you know you can do it from a command prompt manually first.  Stick to debugging your problem there before trying the FE.  If you can type it in at a prompt and get it to launch the right way .. there is a 99% chance you can get it setup with a Laz wrapper to make it work.

#1 Suggestion .. use -loadbin <file>       - Loads a specified ISO image file.
#2 Suggestion .. play with quotes around your rom name .. could help with weird space handling.
#3 Suggestion .. once you can launch at command prompt, read up on Laz command-line wrapper.

Good luck!

[Demon-Seed]

Hey tried many things

epsxe -loadiso G:\PSX\Dead or Alive.iso
epsxe -loadiso "G:\PSX\Dead or Alive.iso"
epsxe -loadiso "1.iso"
epsxe -loadiso 1.iso
epsxe -loadiso "1.iso" PS-EXE
epsxe -load iso 1.iso PS-EXE

nothing works.. any ideas?

[GSXRMovistar]

Demon-seed,

I've had this working from the commandline, and from what i remember it took me an evening to get it figured out (right pain in the --I'm attempting to get by the auto-censor and should be beaten after I re-read the rules--!). I don't have the shortcuts on the pc I'm at now, but if you can wait till tomorrow I'll grab them off my other box and post them here.

GSXR.

[CM]

Hey tried many things

epsxe -loadiso G:\PSX\Dead or Alive.iso
epsxe -loadiso "G:\PSX\Dead or Alive.iso"
epsxe -loadiso "1.iso"
epsxe -loadiso 1.iso
epsxe -loadiso "1.iso" PS-EXE
epsxe -load iso 1.iso PS-EXE

nothing works.. any ideas?

The faq has "-loadbin" instead of "-loadiso" ..  Try that.  

[Demon-Seed]

tried it thanks though.
I would appreciate it the post when u can check your other box.

thx
Jim

[GSXRMovistar]

Couldn't find that shortcut I mention but just had a quick play with it and this seems to work  

d:\path\to\epsxe152\epsxe -nogui -loadbin "d:\emu\psx\isos\Soul Blade.img"

Note: loadbin not loadiso, and the -nogui switch hides the interface window and pressing escape will exit.

GSXR.

[GSXRMovistar]

Also, this site has a whole heap of good info for PSX emulation (and others)

http://www.ngemu.com/forums

GSXR.

[AlanS17]

Why not just use the Lazarus wrappers? They can be used with other programs from what I understand. The whole point of the wrappers is to take programs that typically couldn't start with a command line and encases the program within another program that CAN be executed with a command line. Does that make any sense?

http://www.oscarcontrols.com/lazarus/

[GSXRMovistar]

Yeah but there isn't a wrapper for ePSXe (as yet ), so in this case if you can get it working via the command line THEN you can use the generic command line wrapper to have it run in Laz/DK.

[AlanS17]

The wrappers are supposed to be configurable, aren't they? Why couldn't you just set up your own?

[Minwah]

Anyone have the commandline wrapper configured for EPSXE?

My FE has a hard time launching these types of emu's by itself - it likes the switches to be at the end of the commandline.

[Demon-Seed]

I tried it it worked but how do i set it up in laz?

i tried
extension=.iso
path=E:\PSX\
exe=epsxe.exe
send rom path=
send exit keys=0
command line options;-nogui -loadbin

and it runs it like

epsxe.exe G:\psx roms\dead or alive.iso -nogui -loadbin

How do u set it so it runs right way? I am confused! thanks
Jim

[Demon-Seed]

Hey Guys,
Has anyone been able to look at this and get it to run correctly? I would appreciate someone who has success running Epsxe in Lazarus to email me or leave a msg. I really am excited to add it!

thanks very much
Jim

[GSXRMovistar]

Haven't checked myself, but have you tried setting the exe as this,  "exe=epsxe.exe -nogui -loadbin", then leaving the command line options section blank?

[joeblade]

If you can't get it going with howards command line wrapper, give my generic command line wrapper a go.

You can easily configure it so that certain parameters appear before, and certain parameters appear after the
rom name.

You can find it at:

http://www.users.bigpond.net.au/joe_blade/cmd/

Drop me some feedback if you find it useful, or if you think it could do with some more features.

Cheers.

 

[Demon-Seed]

Guys,
I tired his CMD wrapper and wow! Poof.. I got epsxe running great in Lazarus! It runs and exits no problems! It was very easy to configure too! only one thing I would add is maybe a conversion list of ascii.. just so we do not have to look its awsome keep it up!

Jim