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tindean

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« on: November 05, 2005, 08:44:00 PM »

ok having a hard time finding a guide on how and where to install xboy advance.
I was going to put it in my apps folder on evox.
I don't have an ini. file to just default.xbe and two custom launch folders. Are these the ini. file?
Anyhow if I run xboy from my apps then what directory do I put the roms in so that xboy can run them.

Is there a guide for this somewhere?
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Thraxen

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« Reply #1 on: November 05, 2005, 09:08:00 PM »

There is usually a readme or .nfo file that comes with the emulators that explains these things.  You don't need an ini file, the emulator will create one in E:\SAVES\XBOYADVANCE\ the first time you launch the app.  You actually don't even need the custom_launch files to run the emulator.  But you do need the "emuskins" folder with the default skin inside.  I fyou don't have that then you need to go download a good copy of the emulator from the usual place.

The ROMS folder should be named "gbaroms" by default.
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tindean

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« Reply #2 on: November 05, 2005, 09:22:00 PM »

the file I have has emuskins and a default xbe file. The readme doesn't say where to run the emulator from not that i can see anyhow.  If I put it under app in evox then does it matter where I put the games. Will the emulator find them.
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Thraxen

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« Reply #3 on: November 05, 2005, 09:47:00 PM »

Where you run it depends totally on your dashboard.  EvoX, by default, looks in these places for programs:
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   Section  "Launch Menu"
   {
     Section "Games"
  {
     AutoAddItem "e:\games\"
     AutoAddItem "f:\games\"
     SortAll
  }
  Section "Apps"
  {
     AutoAddItem "e:\apps\"
    AutoAddItem "f:\apps\"
     SortAll
  }
   }

You can find that section in the "evox.ini" file which should be located where your dash is installled (probably the root of C: or E:).

So you can put your emulators in any of those places and EvoX will find it (it looks for the "default.xbe" file).  But if you wanted to make a section for Emulators to be by themselves you could add it like this:
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   Section  "Launch Menu"
   {
     Section "Games"
  {
     AutoAddItem "e:\games\"
     AutoAddItem "f:\games\"
     SortAll
  }
     Section "Emulators"
  {
     AutoAddItem "e:\emulators\"
     AutoAddItem "f:\emulators\"
     SortAll
  }

  Section "Apps"
  {
     AutoAddItem "e:\apps\"
    AutoAddItem "f:\apps\"
     SortAll
  }
   }


I bolded the section I added.  That will give you a menu option on your main EvoX screen called "Emulators".  When you select that option then EvoX will list any emulators installed in e:\emulators\ or f:\emulators\.

BTW, if you don't have an F: you can just remove the lines that refer to F:.

But if you just want to install them in E:\apps\ then EvoX should find them.  Just install it like this:

E:\Apps\Xboy Advance\*default.xbe + other emulator files and folders*

The "Xboy Advance" folder in my example can actually be named anything you want since the name of that folder won't have any impact on EvoX finding the emulator.

Then your ROMS need to go here:
E:\Apps\XBoy Advance\gbaroms\*roms go here*

Again, the "Xboy Advance" folder can be named anythign you want, but the ROMS folder must be named "gbaroms" (letters can be lower case or capitalized, doesn't matter) unless you change the folder it looks for in the "xboyadvance.ini" file... which, as I mentioned earlier, you will find in E:\SAVES\XBOYADVANCE\ after you launch the emulator for the first time.

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irishwhip

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« Reply #4 on: November 05, 2005, 10:23:00 PM »

might be an idea to paste your evox.ini in here(thats if its ok with the moderators, its a looooooooong piece of text)
remeber to use the code tags, not quote, so the spacing stays the same,like this
CODE
Section "Root"
{
Item "----------","c:\nothing.xbe"
Item "Play Game from DVD-ROM Drive (Reset)",@5
Section  "Play Games from HD"
  {
     Item "Games on Hard Drive","c:\nothing.xbe"
    SortStart
    AutoAddItem "f:\games"
    AutoAddItem "e:\games"
    AutoAddItem "e:\HDDLoader\"
    AutoAddItem "f:\HDDLoader\"
    SortEnd
     Item "----------","c:\nothing.xbe"
  }
Item "----------","c:\nothing.xbe"
Section "Standard Apps"
  {
     Item "----------","c:\nothing.xbe"
     SortStart
     AutoAddItem "f:\apps\"
                        Autoadditem "e:\apps\"
                        Item "Trainers",ID_trainer
     SortEnd
     Item "----------","c:\nothing.xbe"
  }  
Item "----------","c:\nothing.xbe"
Section "Emulators"
  {
     Item "----------","c:\nothing.xbe"
     SortStart
     AutoAddItem "f:\apps\emulators\
     SortEnd
     Item "----------","c:\nothing.xbe"
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« Reply #5 on: November 05, 2005, 10:35:00 PM »

i look stupid now. the code tags usually keep the correct spaces on other forums. oh well....
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« Reply #6 on: November 05, 2005, 11:01:00 PM »

Heh.. the spacing is just for looks anyway... makes the code easier to read.  But it works the same either way.
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tindean

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« Reply #7 on: November 05, 2005, 11:19:00 PM »

Hey I just want to say thanks for the help up and running just great. You so just saved me such a headache.
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tindean

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« Reply #8 on: November 05, 2005, 11:21:00 PM »

Yeah that spacing thing can be confusing for us newbies.
So I can just add emulators to the same directories as I just used.Games too? Seems too easy
Thanks once again
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