[RESOLVED] bsnes issue

[dukeofarcadia]

I have bsnes set up like this

bsnes.exe "[ROMPATH]\[ROMFILE]"

But what happens in gameex is it just opens up to the bsnes menu

without the rom starting.. and it's not fullscreen.

I had this problem with a playstation emulator and

adding that -no gui thing helped.. but it doesn't here.

So obviously my goal is to get it to load right to my

rom in fullscreen.

I know (show desktop) must be true.. so I've ruled that out

Any ideas?

(P.S if any of you haven't tried bsnes.. it is impossible to go back

after having used it..)

[Adultery]

How can I make bsnes always start in fullscreen mode? - set settings.startFullScreen to true in bsnes.cfg.

Link here.

PS: Doing this should make you not need to enable "Show Desktop" either, but don't quote me on that.

.:EDIT:. Nevermind, it does indeed need to be set to true, and your command line doesn't match mine either:

bsnes-performance.exe "[ROMPATH]\[ROMFILE]"

[dukeofarcadia]

When I match my command to yours it now immediately exits

me out to the gameex menu.

What is bsnes-performance.exe

where is it located I don't seem to have it..

[Adultery]

Maybe I'm on an older version? There's two builds (or was). One for accuracy and one for performance.

[dukeofarcadia]

This topic might be informative but I couldn't find any of the dll files they were talking

about to rename them. So I'm still confused..

[dukeofarcadia]

Ya..

I'm on the latest version, so it is possible..

Is there anybody with the latest version who

has this working with gameex?

0.84 is the version I have.. and the latest

It's so frustrating cause I don't want to have

to use zsnes or snes9x?

Any Ideas??

[nullPointer]

When I match my command to yours it now immediately exits

me out to the gameex menu.

What is bsnes-performance.exe

where is it located I don't seem to have it..

This will depend on what version of bsnes you’re using (i.e. the version number). I recently made the jump from 0.73 (or whichever the last QT build was) to 0.84 which is currently the most recent build. If you don’t see bsnes-performance.exe in your bsnes emulator directory then that command won’t work for you. I believe the separate ‘core’ executables have been phased out in more recent builds of bsnes. Now you choose the applicable core in the emulator settings rather than running a whole separate executable.

I’m away from my GameEx machine(s) right now but I believe my bsnes command looks like the first command you posted.

bsnes.exe "[ROMPATH]\[ROMFILE]"

But here’s the important part: the most recent builds of bsnes no longer support zipped roms. This leaves you with two options: unzip all your roms, or set the ‘Zip/7-Zip/GoodMerge’ setting to true in the Setup Wizard (registered feature). I think that should get you going on the right track.

Interestingly enough I also had some ‘focus’ issues with bsnes. If I had any other open windows bsnes would open behind them (regardless of the ‘Show Desktop’ setting). In order to resolve this I wrote a small script to force bsnes into focus. If this turns out to be the case for you I can post that script when I get home later.

Good luck!

[dukeofarcadia]

Thanks for your info nullpointer.. unfortunately the zip related stuff is not relevant

to my problem.. my files were already all unzipped and in the bsnes format before

I made this post.

When I had my command like you do

bsnes.exe "[ROMPATH]\[ROMFILE]"

the bsnes interface would open.. but the rom would not load..

meaning I would have to first click file and then load cartridge to

get the rom playing.. of course the whole fun of gameex is it

loads right to your rom.. and that's not what's happening.

Maybe there is one certain little thing your doing that I'm not..

I hope we can figure out what it is..

[fRequEnCy]

What version of bsnes are you using? This will be helpful in troubleshooting as mentioned that different builds will work differently.

[nullPointer]

Hrmpf. Yeah it's probably something with the command line then. I'll take a look at my config when I get home, if someone doesn't respond in the meantime.

[dukeofarcadia]

bsnes 0.84 it is the latest version.

[fRequEnCy]

bsnes 0.84 it is the latest version.

Give me a moment and I'll take a look.

Edit:

This worked for me!

bsnes.exe "[ROMPATH]\[ROMFILE]"

As mentioned, the files need to be unzipped but as you state, they already are. So there must be another issue. What is the file extension of your roms?

[dukeofarcadia]

Hrmpf. Yeah it's probably something with the command line then. I'll take a look at my config when I get home, if someone doesn't respond in the meantime.

Yeah I'm sure it's probally something like that.. if you got it working

there is no reason I shouldn't be able too as well..

[nullPointer]

Just to double check, you're not using a map file are you?

[dukeofarcadia]

My roms are SFC files which is the standard for bsnes

[fRequEnCy]

A map file would serve no purpose here unless you wanted to filter out certain roms.

[fRequEnCy]

My roms are SFC files which is the standard for bsnes

Ok. That's a good thing. They should be starting up. I got it to work on first try. Please post your config so I can see what you have going on. I'll be in chat if you want real-time support.

[dukeofarcadia]

how do I go into chat

[fRequEnCy]

how do I go into chat

There's a link located on the top of the forums.

[dukeofarcadia]

[Emulator]

Enabled=True

System=Nintendo SNES

Category=Console

Emulator=BSNES

Version=0.73

Rating=7.7

DownloadUrl=http://www.gamesdbase.com/setupwizard/emulators/download/bsnes.7z

RequiredFiles=

Website=http://byuu.org/bsnes/

Info=Super Nintendo that claims to be 100 percent accurate.

TITLETEXT=Nintendo SNES

STARTPAGENAME=[Console] Nintendo SNES (BSNES)

StartPageLogo=Nintendo SNES

Command=bsnes.exe "[ROMPATH]\[ROMFILE]""

ROMFilter=*.sfc

Database=[Console] Nintendo SNES

configFile=[Mapping Off] Exit (Process Close)

MAPFile=

RomPath=C:\Documents and Settings\Jacques\Desktop\Arcade\SNES\roms\BNESROMS

SnapPath=C:\Assets\Nintendo SNES\Snaps

TitlePath=C:\Assets\Nintendo SNES\Titles

BoxPath=C:\Assets\Nintendo SNES\Boxes

CartPath=C:\Assets\Nintendo SNES\Cartridges

ManualPath=C:\Assets\Nintendo SNES\Manuals

ControlPanelPath=C:\Assets\Nintendo SNES\Controls

WorkingPath=C:\Documents and Settings\Jacques\Desktop\Arcade\snes3\bsnes_v084-32bit

MapKeys=True

WaitBeforeKeys=

SendKeys=

ReplaceDash=False

ReplaceUnder=True

Capitals=False

RemoveBrackets=True

ShowDesktop=True

Debug=False

AlsoLaunch=

OLDatZip=

LaunchBefore=

LaunchAfter=

ExcludedFiles=

CustomBackground=

PlayMusic=False

DontShowInfo=

PlaySelectionMusic=False

SelectionMusicFolder=

PCGame=False

GamesIn7Zips=False

PlayInScreenSaver=False

ShowMostPlayed=True

RandomMostPlayed=True

CDCheck=False

CDCheckFile=

RomsInFolders=

InstructionsPath=

TVAdPath=

MusicPath=

[fRequEnCy]

You have one too many quotes in your command-line.

Change the following:

bsnes.exe "[ROMPATH]\[ROMFILE]""

to:

bsnes.exe "[ROMPATH]\[ROMFILE]"

This issue was resolved in chat! It was because of the extra quotes.

[nullPointer]

Nice job fReq! Glad you guys got it resolved.

[Adultery]

Nice work Freq! You can have double pay for that job.