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Title: Launch Specific/single Rom
Post by: shznyt on November 30, 2006, 05:29:00 AM

If I put just a single rom in the folder will it automatically load that?  Does it have to be named something specific?  I would like to set up folders with specific icons for individual games.  Thanks for any help.

Title: Launch Specific/single Rom
Post by: nes6502 on November 30, 2006, 05:47:00 AM

No, but all of Xports emulators support command line launching. So, you can set up a link in UnleashX to launch an individual game. This will bypass the GUI and start the game directly.

Title: Launch Specific/single Rom
Post by: shznyt on November 30, 2006, 07:00:00 AM

Thanks for the help!  Is there anything for XBMC? Or do I just do it the same way.  I vaguely remember hearing something about that.

Title: Launch Specific/single Rom
Post by: hargle on November 30, 2006, 08:18:00 AM

Search around (I know, I know, the search engine here sucks) for "shortcut files" for xbmc.  I believe these are  little pythony script files that you launch from xbmc, which turn around and launch the emulator with the appropriate rom filename.

There are a few threads in this forum of people working with them.

I too have wanted to get involved with them, so this is as good a time as any to dredge it up. (that is, I'll let you do the legwork and then I'll use whatever you come up with  (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) )

Title: Launch Specific/single Rom
Post by: shznyt on November 30, 2006, 08:42:00 PM

Here's a link to the shortcut method:

http://www.xboxmediacenter.com/wiki/index....s_to_.xbe_files

Any easier ways?