chrisbati Posted October 16 Share Posted October 16 Hello, newbie with launchbox, retroarch and vice 😀 When I start a c64 game from launchbox (using retroarch and vice), I have an issue with games  that require a slightly different loading method than the common one (LOAD"*",8,1 RUN). For some game I have to put the name of the file to load. I managed to create an .opt file for the game, but don't know what to change in it to give specific load option. Could someone help me ? Thanks in advance Kind regards, Chrisbati Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisbati Posted October 18 Author Share Posted October 18 Any idea ? I need to load specific program instead of LOAD"*",8,1 For example, I need: LOAD"FOCUS",8,1 (and then RUN). Thanks in advance for any help ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rlad Posted October 18 Share Posted October 18 Can you use an m3u file? https://docs.libretro.com/library/vice/ If you scroll down to Extra m3u features it says Load a program instead of "*" Â Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisbati Posted October 18 Author Share Posted October 18 Thanks for your answer. Yes I have tried that, but didn't work, not sure how to I have to do. I created a blank txt file with: C64Game.d64:FOCUS I saved it and changed the txt extension with m3u. Not sure what to do with this file, I tried to use it as a "rom" file and play it with Launchbox, didn't worked. I trie to use the command in the parameters line, didn't work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rlad Posted October 18 Share Posted October 18 Im not sure either, have to wait for someone else to answer, that seems like the way to do it though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
launchretrogirl2562 Posted October 18 Share Posted October 18 On 10/16/2024 at 5:07 PM, chrisbati said: Hello, newbie with launchbox, retroarch and vice 😀 When I start a c64 game from launchbox (using retroarch and vice), I have an issue with games  that require a slightly different loading method than the common one (LOAD"*",8,1 RUN). For some game I have to put the name of the file to load. I managed to create an .opt file for the game, but don't know what to change in it to give specific load option. Could someone help me ? Thanks in advance Kind regards, Chrisbati I hear your problem but I also do not have a proper solution. If it were up to me I would just download Zombeaver's collection and go with that. All the work has already been done, and if you want to add games to it, customize it, then it is easy to find out how to do. Maybe not a direct answer to your question but in the end,...it serves the same purpose.  Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
launchretrogirl2562 Posted October 19 Share Posted October 19 (edited) 21 hours ago, chrisbati said: Thanks for your answer. Yes I have tried that, but didn't work, not sure how to I have to do. I created a blank txt file with: C64Game.d64:FOCUS I saved it and changed the txt extension with m3u. Not sure what to do with this file, I tried to use it as a "rom" file and play it with Launchbox, didn't worked. I trie to use the command in the parameters line, didn't work. I did a test. I created an m3u file with the following contents : Disk1.d64:archipel.+5h/rem The game I am running is called archipelago and from the list contents of the d64 disk you can see why I use the 'archipel.+5h/rem' command in the m3u file Then I run Retroarch and load the C64 VICE core Then Load Content. Browse to the m3u file and select it As u can see the LOAD command is passed correctly to the core And the game runs fine Edited October 19 by launchretrogirl2562 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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