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General / Re: snes9x-x64 emulator opening, but not roms

« on: April 12, 2022, 02:58:14 PM »

Thanks for your reply Mark.

I tried all your settings and I also un-zipped a few files to test out. Although this didn't work, it really helped me pinpoint the problem. The games I'd unzipped (.sfc files) had no error dialogue but the zip still did. From this it was clear that it was locating the correct files (as it could differentiate .zip and .sfc) but just wasn't displaying them. So I realised it was probably a setting in snes9x-x64.

If anyone else is having this problem, the problem is in Emulation settings. Clear the Roms directory so that it's blank. Your Romlist should tell AM where the roms are...the rom setting in snes9x-x64 was confusing it. Leaving this blank solved the issue.

Thanks again for helping!

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General / Re: snes9x-x64 emulator opening, but not roms

« on: April 12, 2022, 09:38:43 AM »

Bit of extra info. I generated the romlist using the 'Generate Collection/Rom List' option within Attract Mode and it wasn't finding the files, so I changed the romext  to .zip and it populated the selection screen with all the snaps/wheel items etc. So that tells me that the rompath in the config file (above) is correct and it's locating the roms. It's also opening the emulator and it's displaying at fullscreen. So everything should be good to go. But if the romext is .zip, I get an alert box popping up with this message: 'Invalid Zip Archive'. I know the zip files are fine as if I load the emulator outside of Attract Mode, the roms load up.

Hope this helps a little into any solutions.

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General / snes9x-x64 emulator opening, but not roms

« on: April 11, 2022, 12:54:46 PM »

Hi,

For some reason, snes9x-x64 opens after clicking on the game title in AM, but the roms aren't loading up.

This is the code I've put into the emulator cfg:

executable           ../snes9x/snes9x-x64.exe
args                 "[romfilename]" -fullscreen
rompath              ../snes9x/roms/
romext               .smc; .SMC; .sfc; .SFC; .SRM
system               Super Nintendo (SNES)
exit_hotkey          Escape
info_source          thegamesdb.net
exit_hotkey          Escape

Any ideas why the roms aren't loading up?

Thanks in advance.

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General / Re: Launching exe from displays menu

« on: March 09, 2021, 01:15:03 PM »

Thanks for these links. Using the UtilityMenu in the Plugins section allows me to open a program by clicking the button U (as in your examples) which is great, but I'd like to open the Jukebox software without a keyboard click, but instead selecting the jukebox icon (by scrolling through the emulator icons) and pressing the start button. Somehow making a script trigger by clicking on the jukebox emulator on the Displays Menu.

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General / Re: Help needed opening SK Jukebox from Attract Mode

« on: March 08, 2021, 11:35:00 AM »

Thanks for your speedy response hermine,

I tried putting the shortcut in a folder called ROMS and pointed the rom path to the folder and not the file.

It worked. I'm going to see if I can glue some of my hair back now. You really helped out, thanks a lot.

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General / Re: Help needed opening SK Jukebox from Attract Mode

« on: March 08, 2021, 10:20:19 AM »

Thanks a lot for your reply hermine.

The only two options that would work would be to create a dummy file to open the exe or by loading up the shortcut. I've spent a few hours trying to get these to work but it isn't opening the SKJukebox. I've literally copy and pasted your text exactly and only changed the url and still no luck.

As you need to have something to click onto on the display page, I had to create a romlist.txt file called "Jukebox.txt", with the text "Jukebox;Jukebox;JukeBox;;;;;;;;;;;;;;"
This then shows a single option on the display page - "Jukebox"

I then created a shortcut of the SKJukebox.exe and named it Jukebox. It is in the same folder as the executable it is a shortcut to (which url is one directory back from Attractmode in a folder called SK Jukebox)

Then I put this text into the Attract\emulators\Jukebox file :

executable       cmd
args                 /c "[romfilename]"
rompath           ../SK JukeBox/Jukebox
romext             .lnk

Upon testing, nothing happens. I'm not sure what /c does, and I noticed that in your example you use backslashes instead of forward slashes...I've tried both and neither work.

Is there anything I'm doing wrong?

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General / Help needed opening SK Jukebox from Attract Mode

« on: March 07, 2021, 04:13:17 AM »

Does anyone know how to open SK Jukebox from Attract Mode?

All the emulators have a romlist which shows the name of each game, which, once selected open that game using the emulator executible. I don't want to open individual games, I want to open the SK Jukebox software only.

Has anyone had any success opening a program in this way?

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General / Launching exe from displays menu

« on: March 07, 2021, 02:28:15 AM »

I recently decided to add a jukebox to my cabinet. I'm using SK Jukebox and I've configured the program externally; all I need to do now is have the ability to launch it through Attract Mode.

All my emulators are first selected from icons on the displays menu screen (which is the Flat_Blue display), then individual games are selected from a second screen where I'm using a wheel to display the individual game names (this display is the Nevato display). Obviously this second screen is needed so that the individual games can be selected. With a Jukebox this isn't needed. The individual songs are selected on the jukebox software. So I would like the SK Jukebox exe to launch from the FIRST screen (the Flat_Blue display) without taking the user to the second screen. I can't figure this out. Is there a way to do this?

Thanks in advance.