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N64 games will not launch using BizHawk


JamminTK

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Hello, I searched but couldn't find any solutions to this issue, so I hope someone can help me troubleshoot.

I'm wanting to use BizHawk specifically because it has good support for Mupen64Plus and several graphics plugins from the jump with little to no configuration. I would normally use RetroArch, but RetroArch doesn't work with the Mayflash N64 to USB adapter correctly, so please do not suggest I switch to Retroarch.

Games will launch fine if opened through BizHawk, rather than Launchbox, so I'm sure it's not BizHawk's issue, but rather the command line parameters or something.

I have the EmuHawk.exe selected in the Emulator Application Path, the only default command line parameter I have set is --fullscreen. none of the checkboxes to change the path of the rom or anything are selected. The sample command is "EmuHawk.exe --fullscreen "FULL\PATH\TO\ROM\FILE""

Just to be safe, I tried running EmuHawk from the command line in the same way that Launchbox says it is, using this and it launched straight away with no issue.

C:/Users/<user>/BizHawk/EmuHawk.exe --fullscreen "C:/Users/<user>/ROMS/n64/Super Mario 64 (USA).z64"

Just to be safe, I set up RetroArch to launch N64 games just to see if it was an overall Launchbox thing, but Launchbox launched the games using RetroArch just fine.

I'm using the latest LaunchBox (free) release (8.7)

Is there a log or somewhere where I can see what commands Launchbox is trying to use to launch games? Does anyone else have BizHawk working for N64?

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I have no problems launching N64 games through Launchbox/BigBox using Bizhawk either.  However, I am having a similar issue with Sega Saturn not launching from LB/BB but they launch fine via BizHawk's (Emuhawk's) own interface.  I'm guessing it's a bizhawk issue for me though as it worked before, but I recently updated to the latest dev builds and it hasn't worked since a couple of patches ago I believe.  I'm ok with this though as I only use Bizhawk as a secondardy emulator when/if needed for the platforms it supports (I also have Mednafen setup as a secondary/backup emulator for the same reason lol).  As Lordmonkus mentioned I also use M64P as my primary emulator for N64 as it's much, much better than anything else around at this time (IMO) https://m64p.github.io/

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I have no idea what's going on. Last night it wasn't working. Right clicking a game and selecting Launch With > BizHawk wasn't working, double clicking a game wasn't working. Now, today, it all works totally fine. I didn't change anything about how I had it set up. Thanks for taking a look anyway.

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