Ability to add Hypseus into Launchbox

[JoeMama959]

Hello DirtBagXon,
Thank you so much for talking up the Daphne and Singe projects and making them better.
I have an issue with adding Singe games into LaunchBox. I have tried to write a batch file and also tried to modularize the command line in Launchbox. I cannot get the games to launch from LaunchBox either way. I have had success with old Daphne in Launchbox using the batch file approach. Are there any pointers you can give me as to adding these games?

I will give you examples which have failed:
Added Emulator Hypseus with application path: Emulators\Hypseus Singe\hypseus.exe - just path particular to my setup
Added Roms with the target as the fileframe txt file. For example Dragons Lair TV /singe/dltv/dltv.txt
Under Emulation, Added custom command line parameter under the game: singe vldp -framefile "singe\dltv\dltv.txt" -script "singe\dltv\dltv.singe" -sound_buffer 2048 -volume_nonvldp 5 -volume_vldp 20 -fullscreen -nolinear_scale

Also tried
singe vldp -framefile "singe\dltv%1" -script "singe\dltv\dltv.singe" -sound_buffer 2048 -volume_nonvldp 5 -volume_vldp 20 -fullscreen -nolinear_scale.

[JoeMama959]

It seems to hang up on the -script portion of the vldp command. Selecting the game with the mouse in LaunchBox passes the dltv.txt file to the %1 variable. That seems to be working as best I can tell.

[DirtBagXon]

Heya, thanks for the interest.

What are the logs saying ?

Hypseus needs to know a starting point, a -homedir, from which to reference "singe\dltv\dltv.singe" as a relative path. By default, in Windows, you start your .bat file from within the folder that contains hypseus.exe and the relative folders fonts, pics, roms, sound and singe of course.

If you are launching from a frontend it is probably not aware of this starting point (unless you cd in the .bat file), so you probably need to specify a -homedir and/or -datadir argument when launching from Launchbox.

A recent example from Emulation Station in Windows was shown to be using the following as an example for lair:

Running : J:\RetroBat\emulators\hypseus\hypseus.exe lair vldp -framefile J:\RetroBat\roms\daphne\lair.daphne/lair.txt -useoverlaysb 2 -homedir J:\RetroBat\roms\daphne -x 3840 -y 2160 -fullscreen -opengl -fastboot -force_aspect_ratio

The logs will tell you if there are issues with the path, or other arguments, so always the first place to check.

Also in Windows, it is worth reading this: #81

[JoeMama959]

Here is an example of windows batch file. It doesnt work and when I use the -homedir and set to the PATH variable or hard code, still doesnt work.
@echo off
set PATH=B:\LaunchBox\Emulators\Hypseus
if "%1"=="dltv" set game=dltv
if "%1"=="dragon" set game=dragon
goto start

:start
hypseus.exe singe vldp -framefile singe%game%%game%.txt -script singe%game%%game%.singe -sound_buffer 2048 -volume_nonvldp 5 -volume_vldp 20 -fullscreen -nolinear_scale
goto end

:end

[JoeMama959]

For some reason the dir / didnt copy over but it should read:
hypseus.exe singe vldp -framefile singe/%game%/%game%.txt etc same with -script

[JoeMama959]

Should i be putting " quotes after framefile and script arguments?
like ... vldp -framefile "singe/%game%/%game%.txt" -script "singe/%game%/%game%.singe"

[DirtBagXon]

I am not a Windows user, so a little fudgy on this %game% variable switching. Quotes may be of use.

Still haven't seen a log, as this may throw some light on what's happening.

Does LaunchBox not provide a launch log somewhere?

[DirtBagXon]

https://forums.launchbox-app.com/topic/49738-logs-or-other-option-to-troubleshoot/

Assuming this ^ is still current, LaunchBox is really, really helpful then !!!

Can you launch the .bat file from File Explorer ? What happens then ?

[DirtBagXon]

This is feedback from another user who has hypseus running in LaunchBox:

It is fairly easy, I don't let Launchbox start the emulator, so in emulator settings for each game,
I've unticked use emulator, so no need to put in any command lines.

Then in launching settings, I've pointed the application path to the game bat file in the hypseus folder,
so the game gets started via the bat, like you would click on it, that's it.

It might be worth jumping on the Discord server, as there are LaunchBox users there.

[Headrush69]

Using the above method is easiest and what I use as well, but if you want to set it up using emulation settings, your default command line in LB needs to be like this:
singe vldp -framefile singe/%romfile%/%romfile%.txt -script singe/%romfile%/%romfile%.singe
You also have to make sure you enable, remove quotes and remove extension and file path

Edit:You also can't have spaces in your file paths or filenames.

[JoeMama959]

DirtBagXon Again thank you so much for follow up. It works with .bat file and no emulator settings perfectly. Thanks Nick

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