scerfy Posted November 7, 2016 Share Posted November 7, 2016 I recently added the PC-98 Touhou games to my collection and downloaded Neko Project II fmgen to play them. The emulator runs the games fine, but now I'm trying to integrate it into Launchbox. The games imported fine, but when I click them to load, it opens Neko Project II without the game loaded and I have to go through Neko Project II's menu to load the game and then start emulation. I've seen a video where someone was able to load the game and the emulator together but it didn't go into detail how they did it. Has someone figured out how to do this and can explain it please? In case it matters, the executable I'm using to load Neko Project II is np2nt.exe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SentaiBrad Posted November 8, 2016 Share Posted November 8, 2016 Did you happen to follow my tutorial? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scerfy Posted November 8, 2016 Author Share Posted November 8, 2016 Is that this one? If so, yes. Did I miss something obvious? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SentaiBrad Posted November 8, 2016 Share Posted November 8, 2016 If I recall, there is an odd swapping bug via the command line for hdi games. Are the ones you are trying to load hdi's? I am also curious because you said I didn't explain something, so I was also curious if there was anything I can explain on further. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scerfy Posted November 8, 2016 Author Share Posted November 8, 2016 Yes they are .hdi. I never said you didn't explain something, I implied that I might have missed something you did explain. I'll watch it again when I can turn the sound on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SentaiBrad Posted November 8, 2016 Share Posted November 8, 2016 Oh ok, just a misunderstanding then. Honestly, I don't think you missed anything. The HDI files have an issue auto-switching via command line. I think it's an issue with the way the emulator handles it, unless there is a command line that I missed, I don't think so though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KitaKitsune Posted June 7, 2021 Share Posted June 7, 2021 Has anyone figured out a fix for the swapping of hdi files? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurzih Posted June 7, 2021 Share Posted June 7, 2021 6 hours ago, KitaKitsune said: Has anyone figured out a fix for the swapping of hdi files? I recommend using Retroarch for PC-98 using the np2kai_libretro core. It can detect disk images, hd images and cd images. You can even nowadays get CD-based games working with that setup using .cmd files as "roms" in launchbox (basically a plain text file) where you list the actual files like this for example: Policenauts.cmd file has this as text: np2kai "L:\Policenauts User Disk.FDI" "L:\Policenauts.ccd" This would automatically boot up with the user system disk and attach the CD image. Works perfectly. Or if you only have a single .HDi file, then you can skip the .cmd files and point/import directly to the HDi file in Launchbox. It will load it automatically as well. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KitaKitsune Posted June 8, 2021 Share Posted June 8, 2021 thanks! but how would i edit the config to be for recommended settings for touhou now? such as bios, and memory like here: Neko Project II and Touhou: A Tutorial (neocities.org) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurzih Posted June 8, 2021 Share Posted June 8, 2021 (edited) You can use the core option to change those settings and you can also access the BIOS menu the same way described in the tutorial you mentioned (holding down the END key while booting). You can also save those core options for games that have unique settings as "Save Game Options" for each game. Otherwise it'll use the last used core options, but in most cases the options you have chosen for the core should work just fine. I have some special default settings for games that are basically for the PC-9821 model (CD games as such). I actually tested Touhou 01: The Highly Responsive to Prayers, and I only needed to Switch to 2.5mhz on the bios menu and worked just fine with my other default settings I'm using on most PC-98 games. And Touhou 2 also then started without any need to change any options: I guess you just need to choose the settings once for them to work best and then that should be it Edited June 8, 2021 by kurzih Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meecob Posted May 8, 2022 Share Posted May 8, 2022 On 6/7/2021 at 4:57 PM, kurzih said: I recommend using Retroarch for PC-98 using the np2kai_libretro core. It can detect disk images, hd images and cd images. You can even nowadays get CD-based games working with that setup using .cmd files as "roms" in launchbox (basically a plain text file) where you list the actual files like this for example: Policenauts.cmd file has this as text: np2kai "L:\Policenauts User Disk.FDI" "L:\Policenauts.ccd" This would automatically boot up with the user system disk and attach the CD image. Works perfectly. Or if you only have a single .HDi file, then you can skip the .cmd files and point/import directly to the HDi file in Launchbox. It will load it automatically as well. G'day, I've set this up in Retroarch also but when I load hdi's it quits (after the initial dos screen) Am I doing something wrong ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurzih Posted May 8, 2022 Share Posted May 8, 2022 (edited) 4 hours ago, meecob said: G'day, I've set this up in Retroarch also but when I load hdi's it quits (after the initial dos screen) Am I doing something wrong ? Hi! You're doing nothing wrong. I'm afraid it's been a bug in some of the cores for months now. Same thing with PX68K (Sharp X68000) it seems. What works for me is using the older core for np2kai below from 1.9.11 and locking it so that they don't get overwritten when updating cores. Hopefully this will be fixed... quite annoying since most of PC-98 files are HDi. https://buildbot.libretro.com/stable/1.9.11/windows/x86_64/RetroArch_cores.7z EDIT: The issue is open, but no response from the dev yet: https://github.com/AZO234/NP2kai/issues/142 Edited May 8, 2022 by kurzih Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meecob Posted May 12, 2022 Share Posted May 12, 2022 cheers mate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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