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General / Re: How to set up attract mode step by step

« on: January 22, 2017, 04:47:17 AM »

"Separately from attract mode"....
that sounds correct but...I'm thinking you mean something else...

does it open and then attractmode is in the background? or something else?

Yes, that is correct. i.e. I play a rom for NES and the Nestopia emulator pops up and starts running with attractmode in the background. The rom/emulator doesn't boot directly within attractmode.

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General / Re: How to set up attract mode step by step

« on: January 15, 2017, 06:56:20 PM »

Here is my cfg for NES. Anything jump out as incorrect?:
args                 [romfilename]

so very sorry for my late reply! your args line is incorrect

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args                 "[romfilename]"
is the correct setup (yes you include the quotes)
remember command lines don't like spaces..the quotes tell the interpreter to see it as one whole string thus is sees it as sonictheheadgehog.zip ..sorta speak..

you don't have this problem in mame because there are no spaces in the name..and why you don't have to use quotes..

I can now get games to open, but they don't open within Attract Mode. Attempting to open a game within the front-end opens it in Nestopia separately from Attract Mode. Any idea why it's doing that? I didn't see an answer elsewhere in the forum to fix this issue. Once I can get this I will hopefully be done asking you questions. I appreciate all of your help!

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General / Re: How to set up attract mode step by step

« on: December 09, 2016, 09:17:19 PM »

Thanks for the response. I really appreciate the assistance.

I'm using Windows 10. 64 bit

Here is my cfg for NES. Anything jump out as incorrect?:

# Generated by Attract-Mode v2.2.0-1
#
executable           "G:\WDSmartWare.swstor\M\Volume1\Documents\ExternalData\VideoGames\NES\NESEmulator.exe"
args                 [romfilename]
rompath              G:\WDSmartWare.swstor\M\Volume1\Documents\ExternalData\VideoGames\NES\NESRomset
romext               .nes;.zip
system               Nintendo Entertainment System (NES)
info_source          thegamesdb.net
artwork    flyer           
artwork    marquee         
artwork    snap            G:\WD SmartWare.swstor\M\Volume 1\Documents\ExternalData\VideoGames\NES\Videosnap
artwork    wheel           

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General / Re: How to set up attract mode step by step

« on: December 05, 2016, 06:37:49 PM »

So I'm totally new to using Attract Mode and am not extremely computer savvy (using command, etc). I followed these instructions step by step (and triple-checked that was the case), but my roms won't play. They show up and I've accurately listed to the path to my emulators (I've tried Nestopia, MAME, and ZNES), but when I hit enter while on the rom nothing occurs. Does anyone have any advice as to what I'm missing here?

I looked pretty hard for an answer on this forum before asking this question so please let me know if I missed something! I should note that the roms work fine if I open my emulators outside of Attract Mode. I know it's a very simple question, but I'd greatly appreciate any help.