Wrapper issue

[stigt]

Hi all, I have a couple of LCD games that I would like to run via GameEx. The LCD games are made by a guy named Madrigal, and he also made a wrapper for use with frontends. This wrapper bypasses the intro screen of the LCD emulator and starts it right away.

So I put the wrapper in the "Launch before" line , and the wrapper starts OK. After that it hangs, and the ROM never starts, probably waiting for the wrapper to end.

This is my config file:

[Emulator_3]
Enabled=True
STARTPAGENAME=LCD Games
TITLETEXT=LCD Games
StartPageLogo=
ROMFilter=*.lnk
RomPath=D:\Emulation\LCD\Shortcuts
RomsInFolders=True
SnapPath=D:\Emulation\LCD\Artwork\Screenshot
TitlePath=
BoxPath=D:\Emulation\LCD\Artwork\Box
CartPath=D:\Emulation\LCD\Artwork\Cartridge
ManualPath=
ControlPanelPath=
InstructionsPath=
WorkingPath=D:\Emulation\LCD\Shortcuts
MapKeys=True
WaitBeforeKeys=
SendKeys=
ReplaceDash=True
ReplaceUnder=True
Capitals=False
RemoveBrackets=True
ShowDesktop=True
Debug=False
MAPFile=
AlsoLaunch=
Command=[ROMPath]\[ROMFile]
LaunchBefore=D:\Emulation\LCD\Wrapper\MADWrapper.exe
LaunchAfter=
configFile=
ExcludedFiles=
CustomBackground=
PlayMusic=
DontShowInfo=
PlaySelectionMusic=
SelectionMusicFolder=
PCGame=
DATABASE=
UseDbName=False
GamesIn7Zips=
MergeSets=
PlayInScreenSaver=
ShowMostPlayed=
RandomMostPlayed=
CDCheck=
CDCheckFile=
lastgame=

I included the wrapper as an upload, so maybe someone can help me with this?

Thanks,

Arjen

MADWrapper.rar

[Tempest]

My guess would be that you should use this as your command: D:\Emulation\LCD\Wrapper\MADWrapper.exe "[ROMPath]\[ROMFile]"

and nothing in the launch before.

This is a guess, this is ONLY a guess.

[stigt]

Thanks for the suggestion Tempest, but unfortunately it didn't work. I think the wrapper doesn't accept command line options like Rompath and Ronfile.

Regards,

Arjen

[fRequEnCy]

Thanks for the suggestion Tempest, but unfortunately it didn't work. I think the wrapper doesn't accept command line options like Rompath and Ronfile.

Regards,

Arjen

I just tested and this wrapper doesn't have a CLI. It seems the way that this wrapper works is that it needs to be loaded after the game starts. Not before! So try adding it the launch after setting in GameEx. Some other tweaking might need to be done as well since it doesn't seem to exit the wrapper when the game is closed. I haven't tested in GameEx since not at that system but that should work for you. Good luck!

This wrapper is a basic autoit script so maybe one of our many scriptors can maybe make a better wrapper for it.

[stigt]

Hey thanks Frequency, putting the wrapper in the "Launch After" line solved the issue, now working as it should.

Also exiting is not a problem, just hitting ESC returns to Gameex

Thanks again,

Arjen