Dolphin Game Boy Player via command line?

[SiriusVI]

Hey everybody,

Since Dolphin Emulator now supports the Game Boy Player, I was wondering if there is ay way to automate launching GB/GBC/GBA games via commannd line. The way this works "manually" is to open Dolphin settings, choosing a rom file for the Game Boy Slot and then launchig the Game Boy Player .iso. GB/GBC/GBA games need to be changed mannually every time one wants to change the game.

Also, does anyone knnow if the libretro core already includes this feature?

Thank you!

[JoeViking245]

4 hours ago, SiriusVI said:

I was wondering if there is ay way to automate launching GB/GBC/GBA games via commannd line.

It doesn't look like they have that feature implemented [directly] yet (unless I missed it in my quick search).

 

But if you're feeling creative, there is a way. But may not be for the faint of heart.

You'd need to create a batch file or AHK script (or even PowerShell if that's your flavor of choice) that will edit dolphin.ini and change the path on the line GBPlayerRom = to the ROM you're wanting to play. Save and close then launch the emulator as normal with the -b -e parameters and point to your Game Boy Player.iso file.

This (editing the ini file) might be able to be done as an Additional App set to run Before the main application.  Then having LaunchBox start Dolphin, loading the GBP iso file.

But it may be easier add a new emulator (pointing to the batch file or AHK script), where you pass the full path to the ROM to it and using that to edit the ini file, then starting/running Dolphin with the iso.