LaunchBox/Retorarch launching Mega CD game

[L@Zar0]

Hi,

first off, sorry for my bad english, I'm not English speaker.

Ok, I'm trying to mount some game station for my own personal purposes, with emus, scummvm, dosbox... and I'm playing a bit with Launchbox.

I'm mounting Retroarch as console emulator (for a bunch of consoles) under Launchbox. I'm using Retroarch v1.7.5 and Launchbox v8.9.

I've configured Atari Jaguar on Launchbox (and Retroarch) and can launch the game perfectly. Hidding console, having art, etc... All flawlessly.

But I'm traying also to launch Robo Aleste for Mega CD (yes Mega CD, not the SEGA CD version, but it should not matter, I think). I have it uncompressed, with one .cue, one .bin and some .wav files. Launching it from Retroarch it works perfect. But I configured it in Launchbox and the console (activating Register option in Retrolaunch), opens and closes very fast. So, I assumed that the problem has something to do with the core in Retroarch or how Launchbox is calling the core.

Using deafult options it has not worked for me. BUT I can run it if I add this to the command line in the Edit menu OF THE GAME. I used this parameter on the Emulator/Core section (if not I will need to edit each game), and I can not make it work. Is it normal?

Edited November 4, 2018 by L@Zar0

[Lordmonkus]

Your command line is wrong it should be:

-L "cores\genesis_plus_gx_libretro.dll"

You are missing the quotes around the core.

Is there a reason you are using a custom command line for this specific game instead of that core for the platform in the associated platforms of your Retroarch emulator entry in LB ?

[L@Zar0]

I know that I have not explained well.

First, it works as it is, without quotes. Why? Because there are no spaces.

As I tried to explain, If I use this parameter [-L cores\genesis_plus_gx_libretto.dll] specifically for this game, IT WORKS. If I use this parameter in the options for the core Genesis Plus GX of Retroarch (and delete the parameter for this game specifically) IT DOES NOT WORK (with and without quotes, I tested both). But I don't understand why. I thought that I did not need any parameters, or if I used this parameter, it should work. The Atari launcher works well without parameters.

Using DOS command line works perfect using

.\retroarch.exe -L cores\genesis_plus_gx_libretro.dll "..\Roms\Robo Aleste.cue"

 

Edited November 4, 2018 by L@Zar0

[neil9000]

[L@Zar0]

Let's make it simple:

THIS WORKS:

 

THIS DOES NOT WORK (If I use quotes the line is deleted after launching game, accepting and opening again Emulator Edit):

I know that this is very odd, but it's what is happening to me...

Thanks for the help you're giving me. I think that Launchbox is awesome!

[neil9000]

The one THAT DOES NOT WORK you do not need the commandline there, that is what the core column is already doing, you are loading the core twice.

Just change it so it looks like the screen i posted and it will work. Also your platform name and the name in the associated platform do not match.

Platform = Sega Mega CD, Associated Platform = Sega CD they HAVE to match.

[L@Zar0]

Ok, thank you!!

So the problem was that the platform name and associated platform of retroarch must coincide. It works now!

I didn't know that. I thought that it was automatically done by Launchbox...

Thanks a lot!!