I've noticed that some new Xport emulators supposedly support loading roms directly from the dashboard, such as FCE Ultra (nes) and NeoGenesis. Here is part of the read me:
Full Version: Load Roms Through Emulator From Dash?
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- Can be invoked from a command-line to directly run a game from a front-end or dashboard and bypass the user-selection screens. (Only if the frontend or dashboard supports this feature.) - Can return to the launching program *if* the launching program supports this feature. For example, if the custom-launch routines are incorporated into a new frontend, that frontend could launch NeoGenesis and when you exit NeoGenesis, that frontend can be automatically reloaded. |
Does/will MXM support this? Is it known to the developer? Just curious as this feature seems cool. Thanks Ben Jeremy for all your hard work.
Yes, command line has been supported for quite a long time.
<CommandLine> element will fill that role in your menu item.
<CommandLine> element will fill that role in your menu item.
Thanks for the quick response. I'm pretty good at making my menu.xml all awesome but this command line stuff is over my head. I looked at the command line info that came with the emulators and didn't understand any of it. Is there an example menu with command line entries I can look at with roms loadable from the dash? Thanks.
FCE Ultra huh? I'll have to give it a try. I tried it with XboyAdvance and it didn't work.
So has anyone succesfully implemented command line rom loading from the dashboard? If so can they post an example <item> from their menu so I can see how to do it?
I'll give it a good in a bit
Well I can't get it the work. I use a MXM_Entry.xml with the <CommandLine> tag.
And I tried it through a script too. No luck.
And I tried it through a script too. No luck.
Flattspot I don't think you are meant to add them like that, you are meant to add them as an item...
http://forums.xbox-scene.com/index.php?showforum=17 is where I was trying to get it to work but couldn't
http://forums.xbox-scene.com/index.php?showforum=17 is where I was trying to get it to work but couldn't
| QUOTE (chilin_dude @ May 2 2004, 07:46 AM) |
| Flattspot I don't think you are meant to add them like that, you are meant to add them as an item... http://forums.xbox-scene.com/index.php?showforum=17 is where I was trying to get it to work but couldn't |
Sure you can. It doesn't matter where you put it, the Menu.xml or a MXM_entry.xml, they both get put into the cache_menu.xml.
I meant
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| Well I can't get it the work. I use a MXM_Entry.xml with the <CommandLine> tag. And I tried it through a script too. No luck. |
I think for it to work it has to be a simple <Item>E:/NES/default.xbe "mariokart.nes"</Item>
Well I tried a lot of things
As an example from a script.
Set Game F:\Emulators\NES\NesRoms\1943.zip
CD F:\Emulators\NES
EXEC F:\Emulators\NES\default.xbe "%Game%"
All it did was launch FCEUltraX.
Funny thing is that the PC version works just like the about example. No special switches, just the path to a rom.
As an example from a script.
Set Game F:\Emulators\NES\NesRoms\1943.zip
CD F:\Emulators\NES
EXEC F:\Emulators\NES\default.xbe "%Game%"
All it did was launch FCEUltraX.
Funny thing is that the PC version works just like the about example. No special switches, just the path to a rom.
I will do some testing.... the <CommandLine> tag should work. All of the code to do it is in place.
What I need to do is write a small test app to see what might be happening.
What I need to do is write a small test app to see what might be happening.
| QUOTE (BenJeremy @ May 2 2004, 06:37 PM) |
| I will do some testing.... the <CommandLine> tag should work. All of the code to do it is in place. What I need to do is write a small test app to see what might be happening. |
Try it with the scummvx emu so we know whether it is just a problem with xports emu's
I think what BJ's trying to say is that he needs to write a test app so that he is sure it can accept commandline args.
| QUOTE (flattspott @ May 2 2004, 06:49 PM) |
| I think what BJ's trying to say is that he needs to write a test app so that he is sure it can accept commandline args. |
Yeah and I mean that I know that command line in scummVX DEFINATELY works
lol thats confusing
| QUOTE (chilin_dude @ May 2 2004, 02:13 PM) |
| Yeah and I mean that I know that command line in scummVX DEFINATELY works lol thats confusing |
OK, so that means MXM's command line interface works fine, then? Tested?
Yeah, if you've configured MXM to use <CommandLine> with ScummVX, and it worked, than it's not MXM's fault the other emus aren't working.
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| Yeah and I mean that I know that command line in scummVX DEFINATELY works lol thats confusing |
How are you sure it works? What did you try it with?
| QUOTE (BenJeremy @ May 2 2004, 03:22 PM) | ||
QUOTE (chilin_dude @ May 2 2004, 02:13 PM)
OK, so that means MXM's command line interface works fine, then? Tested? Yeah, if you've configured MXM to use <CommandLine> with ScummVX, and it worked, than it's not MXM's fault the other emus aren't working. |
I didn't take that to mean that he was saying that it worked through MXM... I just took that to mean that he knew that it worked... (possibly through some other dash or app)...
If I have time when I get home tonight, I'll run some test on it... with the 0.9n.6 version of MXM...
| QUOTE (BloodyMary @ May 3 2004, 02:28 PM) |
| OK, so that means MXM's command line interface works fine, then? Tested? Yeah, if you've configured MXM to use <CommandLine> with ScummVX, and it worked, than it's not MXM's fault the other emus aren't working. [/QUOTE] I didn't take that to mean that he was saying that it worked through MXM... I just took that to mean that he knew that it worked... (possibly through some other dash or app)... If I have time when I get home tonight, I'll run some test on it... with the 0.9n.6 version of MXM... |
Bloody hit the nail right on the head, I mean i know for certain the emulator scummVx definately supports command line because I have used it with evo-x dashboard before, so if you are going to check itf command line in mxm works then try it with scummvx!
Ok, finally just finished testing on this... and here's my results...
In EvoX, using the following in my evox.ini:
In EvoX, using the following in my evox.ini:
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| Item "ScummVMx - Sam & Max", "F:\EMUS\ScummVMx v0.5.1\default.xbe",ID_CMD,"samnmax" |
that launched SCUMMVMX and autostarted sam & max. In EvoX, it works perfect...
In MXM using the following in my MENU.XML:
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| <item> <dir>F:\EMUS\SCUMMVMX V0.5.1</dir> <exe>F:\EMUS\SCUMMVMX V0.5.1\default.xbe</exe> <commandline>samnmax</commandline> </item> |
that launched SCUMMVMX, but didn't launch sam & max...
So, either I have the command line parameter incorrect for MXM or it doesn't work in mxm...
BenJeremy, please advise... thank you...
OK, one more thing on my plate to make sure it gets fixed. 
Well thanks for looking into it guys.
Has this feature ever been added?
QUOTE(BenJeremy @ May 4 2004, 02:42 AM)
OK, one more thing on my plate to make sure it gets fixed. 
What happened to this?
Is it working now?
Nope, but he was planning to implement 'autoadd' command lines too when he got round to it 
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