Beatlemaniac19 Posted November 18, 2016 Posted November 18, 2016 How do you assign different emulators for certain games, but keep them listed in the same platform? I'm trying to build a Mugen collection and all of the games use their own folders with their own executables. How do I tell Launchbox this? LB makes me pick an emulator for the platform as a whole, meaning it wants me to select a standard executable to run all of the games through. However, as mentioned above, this doesn't work for Mugen bc of the different folders and executables on a game by game basis. How do I configure an emulator path for each game under the same platform without having to make all of the games a separate platform?
Lordmonkus Posted November 18, 2016 Posted November 18, 2016 Just edit each game individually, you can set each game to run a selected emulator from the dropdown list. Or if are using Retroarch and don't want to have a separate install but want to use a different core, example: Snes9x or Bsnes. Just use a custom command line for that specific game to use the core you want. 1
Beatlemaniac19 Posted November 18, 2016 Author Posted November 18, 2016 Btw I have another question. Do you know of any application that makes it so the window doesn't pop up when loading the game? My Mugen just loads full-screen because I set it that way, but OpenBor looks really ugly. It has a small window when it opens and takes about five seconds to load in full-screen. Is there anything I can put in the additional applications section for each game configuration to make it not look ugly when loading? If you don't know, it's not a big deal at all. It would just be the cherry on top. Btw, I've read your tutorials and thank you for helping out noobs like me
Lordmonkus Posted November 18, 2016 Posted November 18, 2016 Nothing that I am aware of, I think that's just the way OpenBoR is unfortunately. Maybe someone else might know a workaround, I don't play many OpenBoR games.
Beatlemaniac19 Posted November 18, 2016 Author Posted November 18, 2016 It's cool. I appreciate it. Like I said, I may be getting greedy. It works fine enough
Zombeaver Posted November 22, 2016 Posted November 22, 2016 Have you tried enabling the "attempt to hide console window on startup" option in the emulator entry in LB? It's a checkbox. It doesn't always work but it does in some situations. It's worth a shot. 1
Beatlemaniac19 Posted November 23, 2016 Author Posted November 23, 2016 @Zombeaver I noticed that option and tried it and it didn't work in this case. Glad to hear it works in other cases though. Thanks for the reply.
Charco Posted November 23, 2016 Posted November 23, 2016 On 18/11/2016 at 8:35 PM, lordmonkus said: ... if are using Retroarch and don't want to have a separate install but want to use a different core, example: Snes9x or Bsnes. Just use a custom command line for that specific game to use the core you want. I'd like to do this for a Famicom game I need to run with the FCEUM core instead of Nestopia, can you tell me what is the custom system command line required to do this and where should I add it please?
Lordmonkus Posted November 23, 2016 Posted November 23, 2016 Right click the game you wish to change and click edit. Then go to the emulation tab, check the box for "Use custom command-line parameters" and add the line: -L "cores\fceumm_libretro.dll" 1
Zombeaver Posted November 23, 2016 Posted November 23, 2016 You just edit the game entry in your library and in the emulator tab enable custom command line parameters and instead of whatever core .dll you're using normally for that platform (listed in the associated platforms tab of the emulator entry) enter the one that you want to use instead. EDIT: *snaps fingers and frowns* 1
Charco Posted November 23, 2016 Posted November 23, 2016 Two moderators fighting over who can be more helpful! Thanks guys, best community ever 2
Lordmonkus Posted November 23, 2016 Posted November 23, 2016 I should also add that if you wanted to use a totally different emulator altogether just have it installed and setup in Launchbox like any other emulator and then in the "Choose an Emulator" dropdown menu pick the one you want to use for the game.
Zombeaver Posted November 23, 2016 Posted November 23, 2016 No problem! Also, in the event that this is something you want to do on a frequent basis for whatever reason, you can create a separate emulator entry for it in LB (naming it something like "Retroarch - FCEUMM" for example) and just specify what core you want to use along with the platform. Then edit any library entries that you want to change and switch to that "emulator". I've got some screenshots in this thread:
Charco Posted November 23, 2016 Posted November 23, 2016 Yeah I had done it with Demul but as I had two emulator entries for that but only one for RetroArch I wasn't sure how to choose a different core.
Zombeaver Posted November 23, 2016 Posted November 23, 2016 That thread I linked shows how to do that - I used FBA vs MAME (both associated with an "Arcade" platform) as an example.
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