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Since Brian was makin fun, here is my version of a nullDC-Naomi Wrapper. Features: Gives emulator a Command-line interface to work with GameEX. Changes settings to nullDC.cfg so the user does not need to make any changes. I have made them for you. Since we've all experienced that sometimes nullDC sometimes resets your settings then this will handle making sure it sets the required changes all the time (i.e. Emulator.AutoStart, Emulator.NoConsole, and Fullscreen.Enabled). Hides the OS. Runs emulator fullscreen. Maps {ESC} to exit or of course can have GameEx to exit it as well. Installer defaults to install into the GameEx\LOADERS directory. This is not required but my personal choice as it keeps all your loaders in one directory. Or you can always install into your nullDC-Emulator directory. The installer includes the wrapper and also process_kill_child.exe which will make sure that the emulator is closed cleanly if the wrapper is forced to close for some reason. This file is not required but I recommend using it. I give credits to Nologic for this concept as it is based off his Kill_Child script. Command-line settings if installed in loaders directory: "[APP]\LOADERS\nullDC-Naomi_Wrapper.exe" "[ROMPATH]\[ROMFILE]" Command-line settings if installed in emulator directory: nullDC-Naomi_Wrapper.exe "[ROMPATH]\[ROMFILE]" Set all other settings as usual. Enjoy!

LOL. I figured you knew. You were a Guru before I was. From the help section: Link is broken but look at the file SendKeys.htm found in the CONFIG\EMULATORS directory of your GameEx install for reference.

Much better Brian!

Good deal!

Well took a look at your code. Has 2 problems. You're not bringing up the open dialog so you have to open it manually and then it starts to run. The other problem is that you don't wait for the process to close so gameex takes back focus after it loads it exits.

I did post and Visitor Q said it had errors which is why I waited for you to test but never got a response. Didn't wanna release to the community if it had errrors. So mine works just fine as well. Visitor Q was just having settings issues. And he's using mine as we speak. Will send my ELUSIVE WRAPPER when I get home.

Why use closemul if all this is possible in GameEx? Tom has already gone though the trouble of implementing this and IMO closemul is not needed in GameEx. Wrappers/Loaders are only needed when you need to do more than simple key presses for an emulator. I would use GameEx to do this instead of closemul. It just makes things cleaner. Again just my opinion.

Excuse me! Spammers! Edited just for you.

I caught a glimpse of this last night. They spammed all the Spesoft Forums! Dang spammers!

Just changed the way it wrote rom name to screen cuz was unstable for me. Every once in awhile it randomly wouldn't write the name to the control so now it's working fine and is stable. Also didn't like the way the window showed before load so took take care of that and hid windows cleanly. And last I manipulated the nullDC.cfg to always run fullscreen for both plugins. Still don't get why you weren't able to run before. A 64bit version was compiled for Visitor Q and took care of his problems. Gonna need to run a few tests for users with a 64bit OS. Will compile and release the new one later this morning.

I hear ya there. Keep running into things I don't like. So makes this script ugly. LOL. Better to just wait for a new release of the emulator or play "The Real Thing!"

Link removed. We got it working with a different plugin. Will re-release when we fix.

It's not just a Vista problem. I get errors as well on XP.

Have you all ever toyed with ParaJVE? It's a nice little Vectrex emulator and is a good fix to all your layout problems.

Here ya go Brian & Visitor Q! It's in an installer and includes the wrapper and file to make sure to kill the process cleanly (based off Nologics kill_child). I might do another release at a later time cuz I don't like the way this emulator shows the window when switching to fullscreen. However we'll see how fast the author updates this emulator and this wrapper will no longer be needed. Installer defaults to install into the GameEx\LOADERS directory or you can install into the emulator directory. Command-line if wrapper is in LOADERS directory: "[APP]\LOADERS\nullDC-Naomi_Wrapper.exe" "[ROMPATH]\[ROMFILE]" Command-line if wrapper is in emulator directory: nullDC-Naomi_Wrapper.exe "[ROMPATH]\[ROMFILE]" Works fine on my system but let me know if you experience any bugs. Just a simple script to make this emulator work. Sorry for the delay but been busy with my other projects and just got time to send.

Have fun with that! Doing it manually can get ugly! LOL

Tom! Not sure if this is a bug or if anyone else is experiencing this. Just upgraded and when I use my keys (keyboard) it moves the mouse on the screen. I thought it may have been me and one of my loaders but tested it in other emulators and it still occurs. So keys are mapped to control mouse movement. No apps running like x-padder or anything either.

Use Microsoft Access or use OpenOffice as Stub suggested. I'm sure there are other tools out there but these are the most popular.

Well till then I have it workin in GameEx. What kind of requests did you submit Q? That way we know what to expect.

Best thing to do is to name your roms according to known naming conventions. This makes them easier to maintain and update. And since widely used they will match GameEx's databases, match screenshots available. etc. If you're not happy with some of the names of your roms, I would use a map file for them to display the way you want. Then you don't have to deal with the databases and still use the ones that the team is creating. So I recommend you doing as HK says and renaming your roms. There's 2 great tools. Well actually there's more but these have the most options. RomCenter is good for starting out and is very user-friendly. ClrMame is great but not at easy to learn as RomCenter. But it is much more powerful and once you get the hang of it, it's easy to use.

I've come across this before! Some people don't realize that a frontend will take care of the naming for them. When they see the rom name, they don't like the way it appears so they rename them to be more friendly.

That's correct. I get no crashes whatsoever. I am running XP however and I believe you're running Vista? Are you receiving crashes with the Naomi build? If so have you updated the input plugin that was suppose to fix some Vista problems?

Thanks Tom!

MAME has one as well: -volume / -vol <value> Sets the startup volume. It can later be changed with the user interface (see Keys section). The volume is an attenuation in dB: e.g., "-volume -12" will start with -12dB attenuation. The default is 0.