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Daphne Laser Disc emulator - a comprehensive tutorial


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  • 2 months later...

I don't get it... why do you use that overcomplicated string on the .bat file... u know that you do not need that string to load the game ?

Try this, is a lot simple:

Daphne.exe %1 vldp -fullscreen -x 1920 -y 1080 -framefile "..\..\Systems\Daphne\Roms\%1\%1.txt"

I have mine set like this:

Daphne.exe %1 vldp -fullscreen -x 1024 -y 768 -framefile "X:\Emuladores\Daphne\Framefiles\%1.txt"

Remember to set the emulator options in launchbox to not use quotes and file extension.

That's it. Framefiles can have any extension, i have mine named nameofrom.ff, they are a txt that have information about the directory of where the files for the game are located (framefiles can be located anywhere, they do not need to be along the game files but the framefile must tell the emulator where the files are) and the files.

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that depends on the cmd version of windows, this other string that i give to you is simpler and will not fail ever, this actually works even in dos :) I recommend using this other string if the first one gives any problems to anyone.

 

%1 will just repeat the name of the framfile or any file you want. for example, if launchbox launches the file MYGAME (no quotes, no file extension) this .bat will replace %1 this way

Daphne.exe MYGAME vldp -fullscreen -x 1920 -y 1080 -framefile "..\..\Systems\Daphne\Roms\MYGAME\MYGAME.txt"

You only need 1 .bat to launch all the games and the command is very simple and clean.

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Nice job on the tutorial. I got a little issue here. everything works except for the games that need a legit version. Now i have both retail version of Dragon's Lair. The only issue i have is that they are not recognized by the drive. is there any way i can get them to work? perhaps somebody can help me with this. i would love to play them

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I've followed the batch file instructions and I'm getting an error when starting through launchbox, and even just douple clicking on the bat file (I did the bat file per game way)-

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Loading ./roms/astron/5473c ... 0 bytes read into memory
ROM 5473c couldn't be found in roms/astron/, or in ./roms/astron.zip
Could not load ROM images! You must supply these.

I have the zip files in my rom folder.  My problem is I can't look inside of them, they are password protected.

 

The games load and play just fine through the daphneloader.exe

 

I saw a few posts back someone else was having the same error and was wondering if it was ever resolved.

 

Thanks

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Hi everyone. 

First post to the forum. Thanks for all of the help thus far. I'm in the process of adding Daphne to LaunchBox and this tutorial had been a HUGE help. Thanks for the time. 

I'm running into a problem where my DL and DL discs are read fine, which decrypts the necessary files, but my Space Ace disc will not seem to work. Has anyone run into this problem? 

And how has everyone decrypted Thayer's Quest?

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Yeah, after what seemed like forever it popped up a couple things that were certainly not games.

I just added one manually ... seems ok that way.

However, I right clicked on the screen and clicked add and did it manually... if I drag a shortcut to the screen it wants to import as ms-dos or a rom.

No big deal.... I probably only have a dozen or so Windows games I'll want to add.

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Ok, disregard my question about ripping the discs... that is not necessary. Daphne uses the files it downloads and just uses the disc to verify ownership.

My problem with Dragon's Lair is that when I boot the game all it does is play through the video... Which seems like random shots but I'm sure that's just how the video is set up. But it does nothing when I try to add credits or anything.

Thayer's Quest  seems like it starts... its asks me to type in my name... and I do as it says the letters as I'm typing.... but that is as far as I can get.

Any idea what the issue on these two games is? Anyone getting full functionality on them?

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