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Hey guys,
I've skimmed over this thread and tried some of the settings in the initial post, but it doesn't seem like a lot of the steps are relevant in Dharma.
1) Has launcher been replaced with Executor? I've installed Launcher but I have no idea how to access it in Dharma as it's a plugin (not an addon).
2) Given that Launcher has indeed been replaced by Executor, how do I get it to read from a launchers.xml file? Has this been replaced with the programs.cfg file?
3) Does anyone know of a thread that contains relevant instructions for Dharma?
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Launcher was just added as an addon for Dharma, try installing it now. I'm not sure beyond that yet. It should be in the official repo.
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OK, it is in there. This must have just happened today. I feel like I even checked earlier today, but I could be wrong. Thanks Duffman
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2010-09-25, 00:00
(This post was last modified: 2010-09-25, 01:13 by alexpigment.)
I have a few questions:
1) I use an Xbox360 controller as my primary XBMC remote. I was able to program the controller for Zsnes, but I can tell that it is also navigating through XBMC in the background. How do I disable the controller in XBMC while using it in Zsnes, or any other emulator for that matter?
2) I can't get my sound to work on my Acer Revo going from HDMI to the TV. I've tried various suggestions (-ad alsa, -ad sdl, -r 6, etc), but nothing's working on that front. Any suggestions?
3) When I first enter Zsnes, I get a blank screen. I must then type \ on my keyboard to get to the game. What do I need to do to resolve this?
4) When I first tried to run Zsnes, it asked me if I'd like to import the roms. Choosing Yes would cause it to sit there and say "Please Wait" indefinitely. I know that at this point, there was no /.zsnes/ directory. At some point - I have no idea what I did - Zsnes did import the game and I could then play it. I also noticed that a /.zsnes/ directory was created. I'm now having the same problem with mupen64plus, and have no idea how to proceed.
EDIT: When I pressed "C" on the launcher name and pressed "Search". It asked me for arguments, which I bs'd through as I was pretty sure I'd already defined these in the launchers.xml file. Anyway, something about that process made it work. Since I'm going to be making a full tutorial of this process, I'd like to know what caused this and what I should do about it in the future (hopefully something that seems more legitimate).
5) EDIT: Figured this one out. Disregard
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What cordless joypads is everyone using ? Just curious. Couldn't get either xbox 360 or PS3 pads to work on Zsnes.
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First of all: as a XBMC newbie and huge fan of emulation of classic systems (I once converted a real tv arcade machine into a MAME/SNES/GENESIS/etc. emulator) I'm very thankful for this thread!
I just set up my Acer Revo 3610 with a XBMC live installation from xbmcfreak and hope to be able to integrate all the great emus that are already mentioned here as soon as possible. But there is still one thing left I'd like to ask. Has anyone here succeeded in integrating the great ScummVM into your XBMC environment? I'd really love to use it on my big screen and if someone here already has some results he could share this would be much appreciated.
Thanks in advance!
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Thank you for this tread. However,,I am a linux ubuntu xmbc live noob, so I simply cannot get it to work.
My focus is the NES emulator. If I can get that to work, I am superhappy.
What i have: acer 1600 1gig ram , 160 gb drive nettop with xbmc live - working from a ubuntu minimal installation (followed the lifehacker set up silent media center article)
I downloaded this mednafen program. I downloaded a nes rom. I downloaded the launcher, and unzipped it into my programs folder, it seems to be working. The thumb is up, and yeah..looks good.
Now: what I did next (chaotic i know). I both unzipped the medafen program on my own pc, and transfered it to the nettop via filezilla, as well as transfer the zip file directly to the nettop. I finally made the "sudo apt-get update" command work through pressing ctrl alt f2 (is that correct btw?) It did the update.
Then i wrote "sudo apt-get install mednafen" this executed, and seemed to work.
Next, i tried to create the directory as stated: .xmbc/userdata/plugin_data/launcher/launchers.xml
The file contains this text only:
- <launcher>
<name>NES</name>
<application>/usr/games/mednafen</application>
<args>-nes.xres 960 -nes.yres 700 -fs 1 -sounddriver sdl</args>
<rompath>/home/xbmc/ROMS/NES/</rompath>
<romext>nes|zip|ZIP|NES|Nes|Zip</romext>
<thumb />
<wait>true</wait>
</launcher>
Now I pressed launcher.and selected add new launcher. Then i choose the 2nd option, the file launcher thingy (said emulators in paranthesis). I chose the launchers.xml as the exe file (is this correct??) then i chose the rom location, which i could not find under home/xbmc/roms/nes (would not show in my xbmc search,the folders that is) so i had some other folder where i put the roms. I pressed ok. Then i ran the launcher. Import files - yes i said. The rom appeared. However, when i press the rom. Nothing happens.
Can someone please tell me where i have gone wrong? I have tried to follow the guide,but i have no ubuntu/linux/xmbc live experience whatsover,so i probably did a noob mistake
any help is greatly appreciated