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General / Re: PC-98 emulation? [Solved]

« on: December 08, 2022, 03:19:04 AM »

I just use Neko Project II's ini files as my roms. Everytime you load a game in Neko Project it updates the default ini file. I create a copy of the ini file for every game. The ini files are now my "roms" which calls the real roms.

Also use -f if you want to run the games in full screen right from the start.

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executable:   np21nt.exe -f
The solution requires you to create an ini file for every game. This is not really a bad thing, since some games need its own emulator settings. You get to check if the game is working with your emulator setting. A good example is Touhou 4. Touhou 1-3, 5 works fine using the recommended setting from the website I downloaded the emulator. But Touhou 4 needs a slower CPU multiplier, for most users and me.

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General / PC-98 emulation? [Solved]

« on: December 08, 2022, 12:25:58 AM »

I can emulate PC-98 (Touhou) games using Neko Project II and T98-Next. But those emulators doesn't seem to accept command lines (I don't know what it's called) (e.g.: c:\emulator\gameboy\bgb.exe "super mario land.gb"); which means I can't create shortcuts for the games, and you can't use attract mode to order the emulator to open a "rom".

Anyone have tried adding PC-98 games in attract mode?

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General / Re: Linux Dosbox Scraping

« on: October 16, 2022, 02:26:18 AM »

Thanks progets.

I've already tinker with /bin/bash + .sh and made it work just in case. I like /bin/gtk-launch + .desktop more just because of my original plan for this machine, a Linux PC with mouse-centric games (mostly dos games. And maybe Wine in the future).

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Themes / Any new themes that's just like this?

« on: October 16, 2022, 02:15:12 AM »

https://files.catbox.moe/evdefs.mp4

I've set this up back in 2020 using flat_blue and silky.

But as you can see, it's not really complete. I wish it can actually randomly show a compatible game video, and not just static. I just don't have the skills to do that.

But maybe in the year of our lord, 2022, there's already a theme that does exactly that; is there?

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General / Re: Linux Dosbox Scraping

« on: October 15, 2022, 11:04:24 PM »

This is interesting. gtk-launch have never been mentioned in this forum. So, here's what I found:

You can use /bin/gtk-launch + .desktop, instead of /bin/bash + .sh. I'm gonna assume .sh is like .bat. I like .desktop more because you can just double click it, just like a windows shortcut.

So, here's my settings.

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Emulator Name                     dosbox
Executable                         /bin/gtk-launch
command arguments               "[name]"
rom path(s)                        /home/even more directories/launcher folder
rom extension(s)                  .desktop
Non-blocking Mode Wait          1

This is the command of the launcher

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dosbox "/home/even more directories/game folder/game.exe"

I don't know how non-blocking mode really works. But without it, the game only runs if I ALT+TAB. Maybe it's better to give it more seconds, I don't know.

Also, if you create a new launcher, Linux Mint will ask if you want to add it to the menu. You need to add it to the menu for gtk-launch to see it. I like it this way because it makes the games kind of like actual linux games. This might be a bad idea for other people. But I'm only planning to install old RTS games in this machine, so it works for me. If that ever change in the future, I'll switch to /bin/bash + .sh.

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General / Re: Dosbox scraping

« on: October 15, 2022, 05:20:25 AM »

I just realize it doesn't work.

The launcher "Dune II: The Building of a Dynasty.desktop" works on its own. And Attract-mode can scrap it.

But attract-mode can't run it.

I guess I need to use the linux equivalent of cmd for this to work.

I'm gonna try what this thread with no replies said.
http://forum.attractmode.org/index.php?topic=2460.0

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General / Re: Dosbox scraping

« on: October 15, 2022, 02:48:20 AM »

1. Keep the original romname inside the .bat but rename the .bat file to the full name. This will scrape on the full game name and pass the short game name to DoxBox.
2. Use quotes in your DosBox emulator configuration file. Something like "[romfilename]" in the arg field. This will help AttractMode but I'm not sure about DosBox.
3. Like I said, I don't use DosBox but I did use DOS for years. The original DOS was limited to 8+3 characters in file names. Consider this in your troubleshooting.

Yeah. That's what I've been doing, that doesn't work. I think it has something to do with spaces in the file name as you said.

4. Scrape/download your artwork from somewhere else and rename if needed. Emumovies.com might be an option. They let you download 200 MB a day for free without a paid membership.

Cool. I'll try this in the future. For now, I'll just stick to using speedrun clips.

5. Make sure you're using the latest version of DosBox.

Just checked. That's the latest version.

6. Use shortcuts (.lnk files) that point to the .bat files. This will allow your .bat files to match you romname files but scrape based on the shortcut (.lnk) files.

This is a linux mint build, so I use a "Launcher", I think that's the windows shortcut equivalent. Remove all the dosbox settings, just call the exe file directly, and it works. Here's the command for future users. Launchers have a hidden ".desktop" extension, so use that as the romext.

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dosbox "/home/even more directories/game.exe"


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General / Linux Dosbox Scraping

« on: October 13, 2022, 01:54:05 AM »

I compiled attract-mode and installed dosbox in Linux Mint.

Install first game, Dune II. Just use the main exe name as the game name, dune2.bat; from dune2.exe.

It's now running with no issues. The problem is scraping. the title dune2 is not recognized by thegamesdb.

I could rename the bat file to "Dune II: The Building of a Dynasty.bat",  yes, that would scrape info from thegamesdb; but dosbox doesn't like spaces, the moment dosbox calls the bat file, it only sees the first word, Dune, an unknown command, and then returns an error.

The only other related thread I can find is this.
http://forum.attractmode.org/index.php?topic=503.msg4231#msg4231
The example it provide is Wolfenstein3D, no space in between. I doubt it will scrape, but I just might not be seeing something crucial here. Please help.

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General / Re: Tag Equals doesn't work

« on: January 06, 2022, 03:17:17 PM »

@progets

I would recommend that you submit the issue as a bug.

I went to the Bug Reports forum, but it redirects to github. I don't have a github account and no plans on using any kind of repositories in the future.

And I already worked around my issue by renaming the tag from "3D Action" to "3D Action Combat".

But I'll probably do it in the far future.

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General / Re: Tag Equals doesn't work

« on: December 29, 2021, 05:12:01 PM »

@hermine.potter

Yes. That is how the condition "equals" and condition "contains" works. But my issue with Attract-mode is that condition "equals" on "Tags" doesn't work. And I check both the letter case of the condition and the titles.

I use condition "equals" on "Emulator" on my build without any issues. I'm on Windows 10.

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General / Re: Tag Equals doesn't work

« on: December 28, 2021, 03:59:57 PM »

@hermine.potter

In your post it says

Manufacturer equals Whatever
shows : Whatever
don't show : Whatever/Whatelse2

Manufacturer contains Whatever
shows : Whatever
shows : Whatever/Whatelse2

But why would "Whatever" not show if the filter is "equals Whatever"?

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General / Tag Equals doesn't work

« on: December 28, 2021, 01:05:17 AM »

I have a display called "3D Action" and a display called "3D Action Vehicular".

Then I notice that "Twisted Metal" shows up in my "3D Action" display. So, I change the filter from "contains" to "equals" but that breaks the display not showing any games at all.

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General / Re: This game won't generate data + scrap

« on: December 22, 2021, 04:03:03 PM »

@akafox
I'm not angry or anything. I'm just expressing my opinion. I will eventually do it manually if nothing happens in the following months... since this not really a priority or even one my main hobbies. But it would be nice if there's someone here that have a thegamesdb account and enough rank to edit the Chip and Dale entry. Not change the title, since that would conflict with what's already established; but to just add an alternative title (also known as).

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General / Re: This game won't generate data + scrap

« on: December 16, 2021, 05:37:30 PM »

@zpaolo11x
That didn't work. Thanks anyway.

@hermine.potter
Thanks for the manual romlist edit guide. But if I really have to manually edit the romlist like that, then Attract-mode have failed. I think the best solution is to update the Rescue Rangers entry in thegamesdb, like check if it's using normal characters, or at least give it an "also known as" field like in other games. Or maybe check if attract-mode have an issue with multiple commas ( ' ) if the title contains a colon ( : ).

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General / Re: This game won't generate data + scrap

« on: December 15, 2021, 03:38:39 PM »

It's not about images not downloading, really. It's more about the game not being recognized/identified.

You see, you can't name the file "Disney's Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers", you need to remove the colon ( : ), so "Disney's Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers". I think I already did this with other games without any issues. And I know some games have alternative names, that's why I keep renaming the file. I just rename the file to "Disney's Chip 'n Dale - Rescue Rangers", but that still didn't work.