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    Compressed dreamcast games not launching prorperly

    in Troubleshooting

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    1 hour ago, ckp said:

    This worked for me, but in order to exit the Demul emulator from the game (via escape key), I had to change the default autohotkey script for Demul emulator config in Launchbox to this: 

    


$Escape::







Process, Close, demul.exe







ExitAPP







return

    So using the batch file, thanks @astoufu !!, and the above autohotkeyscript, I'm good to go. And using Launchbox, I no longer have the problem I had before with Rocketlauncher not cleaning up the extracted demul game files (only was a problem with Demul for some reason in rocketlauncher).

     

    Good solution, now i can exit Demul with Escape too.

    Thanks

    Compressed dreamcast games not launching prorperly

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    Finally i got a solution for my problem with a BAT file. I will leave the solution here, so everyone can use it when it needed.

    in your temp folder inside 7-zip, create this BAT: 

    
@echo off

for /f "delims=" %%x in ('dir /od /a-d /b *.gdi') do set recent=%%x

"G:\Emuladores\Demul\Demul.exe" -run=dc -image="%recent%"

    This will load the latest GDI file created on Demul.

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    Compressed dreamcast games not launching prorperly

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    Posted · Edited by astoufu
    word missing

    12 minutes ago, timekills said:


    I wonder if it's looking in the temp directory for the .gdi main file, but then going back to the original directory for the associated files.

    Similar to if you let LaunchBox move the game file to the Games directory under LaunchBox it will only move the one file you associated with the game, not all the additional files needed.

    You could test it by only zipping the .gdi file and leaving the other files uncompressed in the original directory.

    Sent from my Nexus 6P using Tapatalk
     

    Looking through NullDC log, looks like the emulators try to load the BIN or RAW file instead of the GDI, that's why i am getting the crashes.

    Unfortunately i can't leave my games uncompressed due to low hard drive space.

    I am wondering if there is a way to create a Batch file that will search for GDI, but could not think in a command for it.

    Compressed dreamcast games not launching prorperly

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    Posted · Edited by astoufu
    Found another info for the issue

    Well, i did one more test here, and i think maybe my collection can be the problem or the way they are compressed.

    I found one game that will launch properly with every emulator i get configured. Now i can't find the reason why other games won't play compressed, i wasn't wanting to extract them due to free space issue on my external hard drive.

    By the way, the only game that work are zipped, but have just one file compressed that is a CDI Image, so it doesn't look for other files. All my other games have GDI and other track stuff like BIN, RAW files etc. Maybe launchbox isn't sending the "GDI file" trying to load and another thing like the BIN or RAW?

    Edit: Found another compressed game with a single file (CDI) inside and this one loaded too without issues. Maybe having more than one file compressed is giving me troubles.

    Compressed dreamcast games not launching prorperly

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    14 minutes ago, DOS76 said:

    Except that I don't use the DX11 old plugin your settings are identical to mine. In LB try removing the command line and pasting it in the Associated platform tab instead that will change your sample path as mine doesn't list the -run=dc -image=  there maybe it is giving it the parameters in the wrong order. I don't really know just grasping at straws at this point.

    Tried it right now, but didn't work. By the way, i did one more test, this time with Reicast on retroarch, and it didn't load the game too.

    If i run retroarch trying to run the same game uncompressed, it will work fine. I think my issue is due to compressed files.

     

    Compressed dreamcast games not launching prorperly

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    5 minutes ago, timekills said:

    I

    (Emphasis added by me)

    This is probably the issue.

    It likely is decompressing correctly, but not playing it afterward, if you can't even play an uncompressed CDI using Demul launched via LaunchBox. 

    I wonder if the translation is causing an incompatibility somewhere. But...I don't see anything in the settings you posted that would indicate a problem.

    Does Demul launch at least? And then it gives you an error with the ROM?

    Yes, Demul will launch to the main screen. Then, when i try to open game nothing happens, it doesn't give a error message,

    Compressed dreamcast games not launching prorperly

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    1 minute ago, timekills said:

    Do you have the setting checked to "Extract ROM archives before running" in the Demul emulator settings for Launchbox?

    Tools, Manage emulators,Demul (or whichever Dreamcast emulator) then Edit. Bottom right corner is a checkbox for "Extract ROM archives before running".

    ExtractRomArchive.png

    Yes, on both of them i checked the option to extract the ROM. Through log of NullDC, i can even see it trying to load the game, but almost always it gets a RAW or BIN file, instead of the GDI. By the way, on 7Zip's temp folder i can see all the files extracted.

    Compressed dreamcast games not launching prorperly

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    Posted · Edited by astoufu

    Hello guys, i have most of my dreamcast games in GDI or CDI, but they are compressed in ZIP files and it seems like i cannont get them to work trough launchbox.

    I am not sure if launchbox is may looking for a Bin, Cue or ISO and doesn't recognize the GDIs or CDIs uncompressed in the temp folder of 7-ZIP. Did anyone have success with compressed Dreamcast games?

    Note 1: If i go with NullDC, i can load games, but ocasionally NullDC will try to load the Raw or BIN file instead of the GDI or CDI.

    Note2: With Demul i cannot load any games at all. Weird thing is, if i open it trough LaunchBox, i can't even launch a uncompressed game, but loading Demul out Launchbox, it will make it works.

     

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    Will BigBox run in one old pc?

    in Noobs

    Posted

    spektor56 said .net 4.5+ doesn't run on windows XP. Remote desktop and steam streaming is always a possibility.
    I see. Thanks for the answer, i thought i may had a issue with those stuff. I will try to install Windows 7 on it, even knowing that i will loose a bit on performance. Anyways, do you think this computer can run BigBox or will it be way too slow for use?

    Will BigBox run in one old pc?

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    Posted

    Hello guys, i was thinking about to use BigBox with one old PC that i have, so i could use it on a television with 240p/480p for old games. Will i be able to run BigBox in one Pentium 4 HT with 3GB RAM and one Radeon 9200 (AGP video card)? I know it is a very old setup, but i was using this computer just for Master System emulation till N64, it was handling well the games i tested with some old emulators and even retroarch. By the way, another noob question. Im currently setting up Launchbox in anoother computer and filling missing boxarts and stuff. Everything that i configurate will display on BigBox automatically? Edit: I forgot to mention that im using Windows XP on this machine, but i think it can handle other 32-bit system till Windows 7.
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