(Windows) Launching without Command Prompt 'pop up'

[DirtBagXon]

To remove the appearance of the DOS Command Prompt when launching games in Windows:

Do not use .bat files, use .vbs scripts to launch games:

game.vbs

Set oShell = CreateObject ("Wscript.Shell") 
Dim strArgs
strArgs = "cmd /c hypseus.exe <arg1> <arg2> etc...."
oShell.Run strArgs, 0, false

For example running Singe Rollercoaster:

rollercoaster.vbs

Set oShell = CreateObject ("Wscript.Shell") 
Dim strArgs
strArgs = "cmd /c hypseus.exe singe vldp -framefile Rollercoaster\Video\framefile.txt -script Rollercoaster\Rollercoaster.singe -sound_buffer 2048 -volume_nonvldp 5 -volume_vldp 20 -blank_searches -min_seek_delay 1000 -fullscreen -blank_blue" 
oShell.Run strArgs, 0, false

Watch an example video of differences in launching with .bat and .vbs

[DirtBagXon]

There are now Windows hypseus binaries linked with -subsystem,windows available in Releases:

Hypseus-subsystem-windows_win32.zip
Hypseus-subsystem-windows_win64.zip

These will allow launching from within Windows frontends, such as Emulation station, and not produce the Command Prompt pop up.

To use this feature: Replace the hypseus.exe in the main Release distribution, with the file from the subsystem zip.