[RESOLVED] Daphne in GameEx.. works, but not DL2:TW?

[Games001]

I have been able to find an install from back in 2008 which I copied over and now everything works...... except Dragon's Lair 2: Time Warp.  This is VERY odd as this game/rom/file set is installed directly from the 20th Anniversary DVD set I own with Dragon's Lair and Space Ace of that set installing perfectly and this only happens in GameEx frontend, not when running DL2 via the DaphneLoader.

Thoughts?

Daphne_log.txt:

--DAPHNE version 1.0.12
--Command line is: Daphne.exe lair2 vldp -fullscreen -x 640 -y 480 -nohwaccel daphne.exe lair2 vldp -framefile Z:/Daphne/vldp_dl/lair2/dl2-framefile.txt -blank_searches -min_seek_delay 1000 -seek_frames_per_ms 20 -homedir Z:\Daphne -sound_buffer 2048 -fullscreen -x 640 -y 480
--CPU : AuthenticAMD 2300 MHz || Mem : 2048 megs
--OS : Windows NT Derivative || Video : AMD Radeon(TM) Graphics
--OpenGL: Compiled In
--RGB2YUV Function: MMX
--Line Blending Function: MMX
--Audio Mixing Function: MMX
Setting alternate home dir:
Z:\Daphne
Setting screen width to 640
Setting screen height to 480
Unknown command line parameter or parameter value:
daphne.exe
Unknown command line parameter or parameter value:
lair2
Unknown command line parameter or parameter value:
vldp
Setting sound buffer size to 2048
Setting screen width to 640
Setting screen height to 480
Bad command line or initialization problem (see daphne_log.txt for details).
To run DAPHNE, you must specify which game to run and which laserdisc player you are using.
For example, try 'daphne lair noldp' to run Dragon's Lair in testing mode.

[Draco1962]

Attach copies of your gameex.ini and log.txt files in addition to the daphne_log txt file please. 

Thanks!

[Games001]

log.txt

GameEx.ini

daphne_log.txt

[Games001]

I think I see an issue, or the issue likely, in that DaphneLoader gives the command line being used, and the roms work fine through that program.. but GameEx is returning log data that shows two command line sections repeated: i.e. "daphne.exe astron daphne.exe astron vlpd..."
Seems GameEx is attempting to alter the command line in a way that is confusing the laserdisc type?

[Draco1962]

My only problem with the logic is that if GameEx is attempting to modify anything, it should be doing it to everything and all games failing to launch. That is not happening per your original post, just with DL2.

Unfortunately I am having to install DAPHNE from scratch (on my To-Do list since moving to a new PC) but my backups from the old PC to the new are on another drive that is flaking out and currently unrecoverable where I had all of the DAPHNE games loading properly.

I think that the issue may lie in the command line for DL2 itself. Below are the settings within GameEx for Lair, Lair2, and Ace:

Enabled_6=True
ROMName_6=lair
GameName_6=Dragon's Lair
GameOptions_6=daphne.exe lair vldp -framefile Z:/Daphne/vldp_dl/lair/lair.txt -blank_searches -min_seek_delay 1000 -seek_frames_per_ms 20 -homedir Z:\Daphne -bank 0 11011001 -bank 1 00100111 -sound_buffer 2048 -fullscreen -x 640 -y 480

Enabled_7=True
ROMName_7=lair2
GameName_7=Dragon's Lair 2: Time Warp
GameOptions_7=daphne.exe lair2 vldp -framefile Z:/Daphne/vldp_dl/lair2/dl2-framefile.txt -blank_searches -min_seek_delay 1000 -seek_frames_per_ms 20 -homedir Z:\Daphne -sound_buffer 2048 -fullscreen -x 640 -y 480

Enabled_15=True
ROMName_15=ace
GameName_15=Space Ace
GameOptions_15=daphne.exe ace vldp -framefile Z:/Daphne/vldp_dl/ace/ace.txt -blank_searches -min_seek_delay 1000 -seek_frames_per_ms 20 -homedir Z:\Daphne -bank 0 00000010 -bank 1 00000001 -sound_buffer 2048 -fullscreen -x 640 -y 480

Do you notice anything missing?

The only other entry missing the -bank command calls is Esh's Arunmilla.

The -bank switch could br a red herring, but stood out.

Research to continue.

In the mean time, some homework for you - http://www.daphne-emu.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=2338

 

[Draco1962]

More blasts from the past to explore:

 

 

 

[Games001]

Finally.. found the culprit.  Thanks to your bringing notice to the July 7, 2007 post:

....

Get rid of the daphne.exe lair2 vldp in the beginning of the command line and C:\EMU\daphne-1.0v-win32 - at the end.

Try one first and see if that works

Like this for DL2

-framefile "C:\EMU\daphne-1.0v-win32\vldp_dl\lair2\dl2-framefile.txt"

 

I did the following edit and now DL2 works, as do all the other roms in Daphne/GameEx.

Thank you, again, Draco1962.  Your insights always do wonders to help the noobs.

[Draco1962]

You're welcome! I know what I will be setting up again soon!