Nightmare setting up HOTD2, please help!

[floodie]

Hi guys

I have my build sorted for lightguns and all i am trying to do is add house of the dead 2. I have started using Demul, and set it all up so when i open Demul indepentantly of launchbox, then select HOTD2 it loads, fine....

I have added it to Launch box, when i double click it it simply launches Demul and sticks there. Nothing on my build uses Demul, ONLY HOTD2 and these 2 screens shots are how i have the emulator set up :

I have also seen a topic in here where someone suggests using a Batch file with this command inside "demul.exe -run=naomi -rom=hotd2" - If i turn off "use an emulator" and point the launchbox title to this Bat file it starts Demul and then loads HOTD2 fine!..... However......... i cannot use ESC to exit the game like normal because the Emulator had a running AHK script within it(which is now turned off).... Also, an odd thing but my Player 1 no longer starts the game when going this way (P2 works fine however).

It seems i keep getting so close but just cannot get it 100% - I also added DemulShooter as an additional App but thats not linking but i can deal with that once its running and closing properly. Please help ! I just need HOTD2 running with Sinden on here for a party in a couple days. Sounds crazy i know, it means a lot to the chap.

thanks

Edited April 12, 2024 by floodie

[neil9000]

8 minutes ago, floodie said:

Hi guys

I have my build sorted for lightguns and all i am trying to do is add house of the dead 2. I have started using Demul, and set it all up so when i open Demul indepentantly of launchbox, then select HOTD2 it loads, fine....

I have added it to Launch box, when i double click it it simply launches Demul and sticks there. Nothing on my build uses Demul, ONLY HOTD2 and these 2 screens shots are how i have the emulator set up :

I have also seen a topic in here where someone suggests using a Batch file with this command inside "demul.exe -run=naomi -rom=hotd2" - If i turn off "use an emulator" and point the launchbox title to this Bat file it starts Demul and then loads HOTD2 fine!..... However......... i cannot use ESC to exit the game like normal because the Emulator had a running AHK script within it(which is now turned off).... Also, an odd thing but my Player 1 no longer starts the game when going this way (P2 works fine however).

It seems i keep getting so close but just cannot get it 100% - I also added DemulShooter as an additional App but thats not linking but i can deal with that once its running and closing properly. Please help ! I just need HOTD2 running with Sinden on here for a party in a couple days. Sounds crazy i know, it means a lot to the chap.

thanks

I havent used demul in years, but if i recall what we used to do was add two demul emulators to launchbox with different names like "demul dreamcast" and "demul arcade" as different settings are required for arcade games.

[floodie]

HI Neil thanks - Well, because its the only instance on the machine that uses Demul (only for HOTD2) ive assumed there is no need to name them independantly. All my dreamcast games use redream

[floodie]

What i find very odd is - When i launch the Bat file i talk about earlier outside of Launch box then it loads, and the P1 start works as it should.... However when i simply get Launchbox to point and load that bat file it loads fine however P1 button does not work on my arcade machine.. Its peculiar

[JoeViking245]

1 hour ago, floodie said:

I have added it to Launch box, when i double click it it simply launches Demul and sticks there. Nothing on my build uses Demul, ONLY HOTD2 and these 2 screens shots are how i have the emulator set up :

Check the box "Don't use quotes".   Otherwise, you're sending the command demul.exe -run=naomi -rom="hotd2" 

What want is (as you noted) demul.exe -run=naomi -rom=hotd2 

[k_rollo]

By the way, Demul has long been discontinued. If you want to play Atomiswave/NAOMI/NAOMI 2 arcade, it is strongly recommended to use Flycast instead. Personally, I prefer the standalone. And yes, I have HOTD2 set up using mouse as lightgun.

[floodie]

On 4/12/2024 at 5:01 PM, JoeViking245 said:

Check the box "Don't use quotes".   Otherwise, you're sending the command demul.exe -run=naomi -rom="hotd2" 

What want is (as you noted) demul.exe -run=naomi -rom=hotd2 

Ah ok thank you i will give that a shot when i get chance after kids gone bed later.. I have all day tomorrow too! thanks a million for your time

[floodie]

19 minutes ago, k_rollo said:

By the way, Demul has long been discontinued. If you want to play Atomiswave/NAOMI/NAOMI 2 arcade, it is strongly recommended to use Flycast instead. Personally, I prefer the standalone. And yes, I have HOTD2 set up using mouse as lightgun.

thanks Rollo - I did try Flycast, however the problem i had with that is i could map the Trigger to left mouse and reload to right, however i could not map the sinden side gun button to "B", or anything to "Start"... the "waiting for input" message came, counted down, and nothing. I opened note pad and pressed side button or anything on the gun and it entered the given characters fine so its not the gun buttons. Odd

[k_rollo]

Is Sinden being recognised as mouse input? If so, it should be compatible with Flycast, because Flycast accepts mouse input.