2016-02-21, 00:44
(2016-02-19, 11:43)Rufoo Wrote: I've done some minor experimenting with this but I'm fairly certain it doesn't work although I'd hope to be proven wrong.
The reasoning behind why it fails or doesn't work is because Advanced Launcher passes the full path to a given emulator (eg: X:\ROMS\MYGAME.ZIP) via the "%rom%" and %rom% arguments. Trouble is, M2 Emulator as far as I can tell only accepts emulator.exe gamename as command line arguments and that's it! M2 Emulator has to have a rom directory defined within itself through its own ini file or by default it will scan for a rom subdirectory in its own directory. In other words, path information is completely ignored by M2 emulator via command line.
Hi Rufoo,
So that completely works - many thanks.
What I've done in Advanced Launcher is create a new launcher for Model 2 & Model 3 games (called it Sega Arcade) but assumed the Supermodel emulator as the default one - this won't launch the Model 2 games but will the Model 3 games. Then with the Model 2 games go into Advanced Modifications for each game, select Alternative Application and select the Model 2 emulator (emulator_multicpu.exe or emulator.exe) then go back in and select Alternative Arguments and type, as an example; emulator_multicpu.exe Daytona
Angelscry did tell me about the Alternative Argument option a few months back, but I didn't know about adding the gamename after.
It's a bit of a long method as you have to do this for each game - but there aren't that many Sega Model 2 games, so hasn't taken too long.
Thanks for your help Rufoo - hope that helps you too.