latin625 Posted September 7, 2016 Share Posted September 7, 2016 How can I setup Zinc? Retroarch? Could never get it to run even in RL. Thanks!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spycat Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 Here is how to get Zinc up and running in LaunchBox. Download these two files. Zinc 1.1 emulator (zinc11-win32.zip). OpenGL and D3D renderers 1.2 plugin (d3d-ogl12.zip). Unzip the emulator. Unzip the renderers plugin. Inside this are 2 folders with D3D and OpenGL versions of the Zinc renderer. They have the same filename but are different. Decide which version of the renderer.znc file you want to use and copy it into the root of your Zinc emulator folder. Copy the renderer.cfg file into the root of your Zinc emulator folder. Overwrite the existing file when asked. Now get your games. Remember that some will need a bios file, and clones will need their parent rom. Game and bios roms all go in the emulator's roms folder - leave them zipped. Zinc is command line based (no GUI), and unlike other emulators which use the game's rom name in the command line, Zinc uses a game number to specify a game to load. As you can see Zinc can't be used directly with the Use Emulator box ticked, since the ROM file (Emulation is enabled) box cannot point to a number. Instead with the Use Emulator box left empty, the Launcher tab entries can now be set as follows For the Application Path box just browse to the zinc executable. And for the Application Command-Line Parameters box just type in the game's number. If you really want to use Zinc in LaunchBox Emulator mode then you will need to write a batch file that will take the rom name and convert it to a number and then call zinc with the number as a parameter. Apart from the game number, the command line can handle other parameters if needed (see the text file that comes with Zinc). And here are two images showing a sample game setup and what my Zinc folder looks like. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maddoc1007 Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 Why not just use mame as it plays the games no problem Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RetroArcade Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 Yea I just use mame. Some people like the different look zinc gives though. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
latin625 Posted September 8, 2016 Author Share Posted September 8, 2016 Oh My! MAME plays ZINC! Nice to know. Ima give the zinc a go first, if not... Then Mame! Thanks SPYCAT for the guide! And thanks Maddoc and Retro for the MAME TIP! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meecob Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 On 9/9/2016 at 5:22 AM, Maddoc1007 said: Why not just use mame as it plays the games no problem Hi, what version and which bios's do I need. I can only get some to work with mame. Also I need a good launchbox/Zinc tutorial aswell, the ones I've found are very old and not relevent. Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spycat Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 Zinc (latest ver 1.1) hasn't been updated for 15 years and setting it up and adding games to LaunchBox hasn't changed since I used it. Before dabbling with Zinc, why not try the latest game roms in the latest MAME and see if that's good enough for you. If not then give Zinc a go. Modern versions of the 71 games and 7 bios roms may not be compatible with Zinc. Source a game and bios set suitable for Zinc 1.1 which is what I did when I played around with Zinc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meecob Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 On 9/9/2016 at 5:22 AM, Maddoc1007 said: Why not just use mame as it plays the games no problem It doesn't play all of then, wait a minute....did I already quote this ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meecob Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 (edited) On 9/9/2016 at 5:18 AM, spycat said: Here is how to get Zinc up and running in LaunchBox. Download these two files. Zinc 1.1 emulator (zinc11-win32.zip). OpenGL and D3D renderers 1.2 plugin (d3d-ogl12.zip). Unzip the emulator. Unzip the renderers plugin. Inside this are 2 folders with D3D and OpenGL versions of the Zinc renderer. They have the same filename but are different. Decide which version of the renderer.znc file you want to use and copy it into the root of your Zinc emulator folder. Copy the renderer.cfg file into the root of your Zinc emulator folder. Overwrite the existing file when asked. Now get your games. Remember that some will need a bios file, and clones will need their parent rom. Game and bios roms all go in the emulator's roms folder - leave them zipped. Zinc is command line based (no GUI), and unlike other emulators which use the game's rom name in the command line, Zinc uses a game number to specify a game to load. As you can see Zinc can't be used directly with the Use Emulator box ticked, since the ROM file (Emulation is enabled) box cannot point to a number. Instead with the Use Emulator box left empty, the Launcher tab entries can now be set as follows For the Application Path box just browse to the zinc executable. And for the Application Command-Line Parameters box just type in the game's number. If you really want to use Zinc in LaunchBox Emulator mode then you will need to write a batch file that will take the rom name and convert it to a number and then call zinc with the number as a parameter. Apart from the game number, the command line can handle other parameters if needed (see the text file that comes with Zinc). And here are two images showing a sample game setup and what my Zinc folder looks like. G'day This isn't working for me I'm afraid. I've run the command in dos and I get "Cannot open renderer plugin" C:\Users\my name\Desktop\Zinc\ZINCGUI 1.9.5>zinc.exe 63 ZiNc 1.1 (C)1997-2005 Drunken Muppets (www.emuhype.com) Opening game: Aqua Rush (JP) Ver. A [aquarush] ERROR: cannot open renderer plugin. Any help would be appreciated Edited January 14, 2020 by meecob I sent the wrong picture Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spycat Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 I've just readded my Zinc to LaunchBox and added Aqua Rush and Raystorm and both games launch ok. I don't ever remember getting a renderer file error. Can you post a snap of your Zinc folder contents? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meecob Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 Thanks for the feedback, as requested I've attached my folder contents. The version I am using is V1.1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meecob Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 1 hour ago, meecob said: Thanks for the feedback, as requested I've attached my folder contents. The version I am using is V1.1 News just in: I've found a way to do it by creating a shortcut with ZincGUI. Here's is what the shortcut is doing. Bearing in mind this is not where I will be storing the Exe and Roms. "C:\Users\my_name\Desktop\Zinc\ZINCGUI 1.9.5\ZiNc.exe" 63 --use-config-file=C:\Users\my_name\Desktop\Zinc\ZINCGU~1.5\zcfg\defaultzinc.cfg --renderer=C:\Users\my_name\Desktop\Zinc\ZINCGU~1.5\d3d_renderer.znc --use-renderer-cfg-file=C:\Users\my_name\Desktop\Zinc\ZI. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spycat Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 Your "Cannot open renderer plugin" is due to the absence of the file renderer.znc from your Zinc folder. You seem to have three renderers named d3d_renderer.znc ogl_renderer.znc glide_renderer.znc You need to decide on which renderer you want to use and rename it to renderer.znc The glide one was intended for computers with a voodoo card, so your choice will probably be between the other two. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meecob Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 (edited) Thanks for the reply. I've already tried this. I've even copied the gpuPeopsSoft.dll files into system32 and syswow64. The thing thats really doing my head is the version I have on my desktop works perfectly. Its the direct copy on my L: drive thats causing all these problems. Thanks I've decided on the D3D renderer. Edited January 15, 2020 by meecob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meecob Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 Well, after much stress and anxiety I managed to get them to boot in LB. I found that I had the launch folder was incorrectly set. Yippeeeee! NOT! Now I don't have any controller config files so no games are setup with the controller. Do you know the command I can copy into LB so it will read my controller configs ? Thanks in advance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spycat Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 I use the Winterblast Input Controller plugin. Extract winterblast_inp_controller.zip to a location outside of your Zinc main folder and copy and paste the two files controller.cfg controller.znc into your main Zinc folder, overwriting if asked. I use an old PS2 controller which works fine. Note that Zinc doesn't support the analogue sticks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meecob Posted January 17, 2020 Share Posted January 17, 2020 You my friend are a Gentleman and a Scholar. Thenkyou so much for your help. I now have controller support with LB. But, can I individually configure each game ? I would gladly accept all games being forced to use the same controller.config file except for one game. Aquarush, as you may know is a living hell to play with the current controller.config file because of button positioning. As I said on the first line. Thankyou so much again Spycat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spycat Posted January 17, 2020 Share Posted January 17, 2020 Make a copy of your controller.cfg and rename it to, say, controllerAqua.cfg You can then edit controllerAqua.cfg to suit your needs for that game. And in the LaunchBox Application command Line Parameters box for the Aqua Rush game use 63 --use-controller-cfg-file=put_your_path_to_your_zinc_folder_here\controllerAqua.cfg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meecob Posted January 18, 2020 Share Posted January 18, 2020 (edited) Hello, yeah wasn't sure where to put the field and unsure of the syntax. That will be a massive help. I got around it another way, I ended up duplicating the Zinc folder, removing the roms I already had running, editing the controller.cfg for S11 specific games and then I imported it as a new emulator in LB. Strange thing is. Dunk Mania works great now but leaves the team logo in the centre of the screen as where in the original emulator package it was fine but with no sound. Now the sound works but with the Logo in the way. Weird AF. Thanks once again Sir. Greatly appreciated P.s Just tried it and no luck. is the command line correct ? maybe just a typo ? sorry Edited January 18, 2020 by meecob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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