ckp Posted September 15, 2016 Share Posted September 15, 2016 Download the attached batch file and put it inside your Daphne folder where your daphne.exe is. Open the batch file with notepad or other text editor. Make sure all the quoted games (such as "astron") match the file names of the .txt files inside Daphne\framefile folder but not including the .txt extension. Change the names in the batch file if any don't match your files. At the end of the last line is the resolution setting. It is set for 1920x1080. Change that to match your monitor if you like. Save the batch file before closing it if you made any changes. Create a new platform for Daphne. Create a new emulator called Daphne. Point the Daphne emulator to the attached batch file called daphnebatch.bat Put a checkmark on these two emulator settings: "don't use quotes" and "use filename only without file extension..." Add platform Daphne in the Associated Platforms tab and set to Default (if you want). Import your Daphne games (as rom files) into LaunchBox using the game .txt files inside your Daphne\framefile folder, choosing the new Daphne emulator and platform. That's about it. Try it out! I hope this helps some people. daphnebatch.bat Or copy and paste text below to make your own bat file. @echo off if "%1"=="ace" set bank= -bank 0 00000010 -bank 1 00000001& goto :start if "%1"=="astron" set bank= -bank 0 00000000 -bank 1 00000000& goto :start if "%1"=="badlands" set bank= -bank 0 00000010 -bank 1 10000011& goto :start if "%1"=="bega" set bank= -bank 0 00000000 -bank 1 00000111& goto :start if "%1"=="cliff" set bank= -bank 0 00000000 -bank 1 01000000 -bank 2 00000000 -bank 3 01111011& goto :start if "%1"=="cobraab" set bank= -bank 0 00000000 -bank 1 01001000& goto :start if "%1"=="esh" set bank=& goto :start if "%1"=="galaxy" set bank= -bank 0 00000000 -bank 1 00000000& goto :start if "%1"=="gpworld" set bank=& goto :start if "%1"=="interstellar" set bank= -bank 0 00110001 -bank 1 00000000& goto :start if "%1"=="lair" set bank= -bank 0 11011001 -bank 1 00100111& goto :start if "%1"=="lair2" set bank=& goto :start if "%1"=="mach3" set bank= -bank 0 01000100& goto :start if "%1"=="roadblaster" set bank= -bank 0 00000000 -bank 1 00000001& goto :start if "%1"=="sdq" set bank= -bank 0 00100001 -bank 1 00000000& goto :start if "%1"=="tq" set bank=& goto :start if "%1"=="uvt" set bank= -bank 0 00000000& goto :start set bank= -bank 0 11011001 -bank 1 00100111 :start daphne.exe %1 vldp -framefile framefile\%1.txt -blend -ignore_aspect_ratio -blank_searches -min_seek_delay 1000 -seek_frames_per_ms 20 -homedir . -fastboot%bank% -nocrc -noissues -noserversend -sound_buffer 2048 -fullscreen -x 1920 -y 1080 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zombeaver Posted September 15, 2016 Share Posted September 15, 2016 Nice! I'll have to check this out. I dabbled with Daphne briefly a while back. @lordmonkus should find this interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordmonkus Posted September 15, 2016 Share Posted September 15, 2016 Hope you don't mind the edit to show what is actually in the bat file Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckp Posted September 15, 2016 Author Share Posted September 15, 2016 @lordmonkus, not at all. why would i mind?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moandain Posted October 6, 2016 Share Posted October 6, 2016 So I can not get Road Blaster to work It references rb.txt and I changed everything correctly, but this is the error log --DAPHNE version 1.0.12 --Command line is: daphne.exe rb vldp -framefile framefile\rb.txt -blend -ignore_aspect_ratio -blank_searches -min_seek_delay 1000 -seek_frames_per_ms 20 -homedir . -fastboot -bank 0 00000000 -bank 1 00000001 -nocrc -noissues -noserversend -sound_buffer 2048 -fullscreen -x 1920 -y 1080 --CPU : GenuineIntel 1700 MHz || Mem : 4096 megs --OS : Windows XP/.NET || Video : NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GS --OpenGL: Compiled In --RGB2YUV Function: MMX --Line Blending Function: MMX --Audio Mixing Function: MMX Setting alternate home dir: . ERROR: Unknown game type specified : rb Bad command line or initialization problem (see daphne_log.txt for details). To run DAPHNE, you must specify which game to run and which laserdisc player you are using. For example, try 'daphne lair noldp' to run Dragon's Lair in testing mode. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckp Posted October 6, 2016 Author Share Posted October 6, 2016 1 hour ago, Moandain said: Hi @Moandain Sorry you're having trouble with Road Blaster. I just tried road blaster and it works for me. Do you have the batch file in the same folder as daphne.exe and is there a folder named framefile in there with a file named rb.txt? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckp Posted October 6, 2016 Author Share Posted October 6, 2016 Also, make sure this game works ok outside of Launchbox without the batch file. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moandain Posted October 6, 2016 Share Posted October 6, 2016 8 hours ago, ckp said: Also, make sure this game works ok outside of Launchbox without the batch file. works 100% outside the batch file 8 hours ago, ckp said: 10 hours ago, Moandain said: Hi @Moandain Sorry you're having trouble with Road Blaster. I just tried road blaster and it works for me. Do you have the batch file in the same folder as daphne.exe and is there a folder named framefile in there with a file named rb.txt? Yes the bat is in the same location as the exe, There is a folder named framefile with rb.txt in it. if "%1"=="rb" set bank= -bank 0 00000000 -bank 1 00000001& goto :start is the line edited inside the bat file Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moandain Posted October 6, 2016 Share Posted October 6, 2016 (edited) also C:\daphne-1.0v-win32\framefile\rb.txt is the file pat for Mpeg Framefile location and the same for the shortcut path in Launchbox Edited October 6, 2016 by Moandain add info Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moandain Posted October 6, 2016 Share Posted October 6, 2016 there is a road blaster.txt that contains the following Road Blaster (C) 1985 Data East Corp. Source: Arcade laserdisc (Sony, single-sided) Hardware: Compro VideoMate TV Ultra Modified Digidesign 442 audio interface Sony LDP-3600D Settings: Brightness 132, contrast 68 Compro Tweak Y/C Chroma and Luma motion detect 1% Y sharpness - middle bandwidth, 0.5 Y aperature compensation level at minimum VirtualDub 1.5.10 704x480 huffyuv codec 44.1 KHz audio TMPGEnc 2.5 512x480 non-interlace CQ 75 max bitrate 8000 min bitrate 100 brightness 5, contrast 5 sharpness 20 horizontal, 20 vertical, field-based deinterlace double clip frame - left edge by 8 pixels Adobe Audition 1.5 Normalized, DC offset corrected Ogg Vorbis filter quality factor 0.5 However if I set Daphne to it it will not run. (outside the Bat file and directly from daphne) rb.txt contains the following. . 1 rb.m2v Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckp Posted October 6, 2016 Author Share Posted October 6, 2016 if you run the game from daphne itself, there is an option (think it might be debug in the last tab for the game settings) to show you the command line before it runs, copy that command line that pops up and paste it in here. Do any of your Daphne games work with the batch file and LB? Maybe your paths are different somewhere. It sounds like this is just a path issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moandain Posted October 6, 2016 Share Posted October 6, 2016 1 minute ago, ckp said: if you run the game from daphne itself, there is an option (think it might be debug in the last tab for the game settings) to show you the command line before it runs, copy that command line that pops up and paste it in here. Do any of your Daphne games work with the batch file and LB? Maybe your paths are different somewhere. It sounds like this is just a path issue. all the other games work. the only thing that was different was the fact I had to change the name of road blaster in the bat file to rb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moandain Posted October 6, 2016 Share Posted October 6, 2016 daphne.exe roadblaster vldp -framefile C:\daphne-1.0v-win32\framefile\rb.txt -blank_searches -min_seek_delay 1000 -seek_frames_per_ms 20 -homedir C:\daphne-1.0v-win32 -bank 0 00000000 -bank 1 00000000 -sound_buffer 2048 -x 640 -y 480 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckp Posted October 6, 2016 Author Share Posted October 6, 2016 ok, so if you run that game from Daphne loader with the debug option, the command line it shows should tell us what's wrong. the original error you posted kind of seems like it's not finding "rb.txt" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckp Posted October 6, 2016 Author Share Posted October 6, 2016 (edited) rename your road blaster.txt file to rb.txt and try it from LB. Edited October 6, 2016 by ckp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moandain Posted October 6, 2016 Share Posted October 6, 2016 8 minutes ago, ckp said: rename your road blaster.txt file to rb.txt and try it from LB. --DAPHNE version 1.0.12 --Command line is: daphne.exe rb vldp -framefile framefile\rb.txt -blend -ignore_aspect_ratio -blank_searches -min_seek_delay 1000 -seek_frames_per_ms 20 -homedir . -fastboot -bank 0 00000000 -bank 1 00000001 -nocrc -noissues -noserversend -sound_buffer 2048 -fullscreen -x 1920 -y 1080 --CPU : GenuineIntel 2250 MHz || Mem : 4096 megs --OS : Windows XP/.NET || Video : NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GS --OpenGL: Compiled In --RGB2YUV Function: MMX --Line Blending Function: MMX --Audio Mixing Function: MMX Setting alternate home dir: . ERROR: Unknown game type specified : rb Bad command line or initialization problem (see daphne_log.txt for details). To run DAPHNE, you must specify which game to run and which laserdisc player you are using. For example, try 'daphne lair noldp' to run Dragon's Lair in testing mode. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moandain Posted October 6, 2016 Share Posted October 6, 2016 got it working all thou an ugly way to do it. set it as a launcher Pointed to daphne.exe and used the following application command line parameters: roadblaster vldp -framefile C:\daphne-1.0v-win32\framefile\rb.txt -blend -ignore_aspect_ratio -blank_searches -min_seek_delay 1000 -seek_frames_per_ms 20 -homedir . -fastboot -bank 0 00000000 -bank 1 00000001 -nocrc -noissues -noserversend -sound_buffer 2048 -fullscreen -x 1920 -y 1080 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckp Posted October 6, 2016 Author Share Posted October 6, 2016 ok, name it back to what it was. this should work for sure. in the batch file change the line with if %1==roadblaster to this: if "%1"=="rb” daphne.exe roadblaster vldp -framefile C:\daphne-1.0v-win32\framefile\rb.txt -blank_searches -min_seek_delay 1000 -seek_frames_per_ms 20 -homedir C:\daphne-1.0v-win32 -bank 0 00000000 -bank 1 00000000 -sound_buffer 2048 -x 640 -y 480& exit The command above should all be on one single line. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckp Posted October 6, 2016 Author Share Posted October 6, 2016 actually that might exit the game after it starts up. change the end of that line from & exit to & goto :end then add a last line in the batch file with :end Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeivo911 Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 I just followed the tutorials for this and every game works in daphne. In launch box every game works except Road blaster. Does anyone else have this problem and if so is there a fix for it? To me it makes no sense for 1 game not to work. THank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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