GCEmu Launcher, Version 0.1

**emwearz** · February 25th, 2006

Here is a small Frontend for GCemu, It has some basic features and is extreamly easy to use. I hope to add some GCEmu control over it soon, so keep an eye out for that.

Update - Feb 26:
- Erorr catching
- Bug fix, you can now run games and directorys that have spaces

NOTE: GCEmu Launcher.exe and gmdoscom.dll must be in the same directory as GCEmu.exe.

DJ ZOOi · February 25th, 2006

looking good although it doesn't work when u have spaces in the path to your GCM

**Chrono Archangel** · February 25th, 2006

hmm id just like to point out a few things that coul be easily fixed.
first, the problem with spaces in the path like DJ said.
second, you could add error catching like say when the Launcher isnt in the same folder as GCemu... you know, give an easy to understand message about whats wrong.

ohh and id like to know what the "NGEmu settings" is...

**emwearz** · February 26th, 2006

I will release a update with the things you mentioned when I can and NGEmu settings will be things such as SEE2 enabled and disabled, Region, etc. I forgot to remove the header from this release.

**refraction** · February 26th, 2006

Quote:

Originally Posted by DJ ZOOi

looking good although it doesn't work when u have spaces in the path to your GCM

afaik thats a bug with the emu, not the frontend

**Chrono Archangel** · February 26th, 2006

ref you can have spaces in the name you just need to put the path in quotes (") for it to work

**emwearz** · February 26th, 2006

Ok I have released a small update (mainly because I did not notice the space bug, and yea easy fix so I here is 0.1a) which has.

- Erorr catching
- Bug fix, you can now run games and directorys that have spaces

ediblebird · February 26th, 2006

cheers, she runs like a dream

DJ ZOOi · February 26th, 2006

okay, spaces are working now

but the Launcher window "freezes" (it gets the: "not responding" message in the taskmanager) when it launched the emu (does it stop handling messages ?) maybe you can look into it. It comes back alive when you close the emulator so it's not really a problem but it looks a bit nasty (window goes all white)

**emwearz** · February 26th, 2006

ediblebird: Glad to hear it

DJ ZOOi: You cant change settings while you in the emu, I dont see why you would need to. Gave me a idea for next update (closing GCEmu Launcher after game launched.)

DJ ZOOi · February 26th, 2006

Quote:

Originally Posted by emwearz

DJ ZOOi: You cant change settings while you in the emu, I dont see why you would need to. Gave me a idea for next update (closing GCEmu Launcher after game launched.)

I understand that you can't change the settings but the entire window is freezing on me... Windows says: "Not responding" when I look in taskman. When I close the emuwindow it responds again, so it's no big deal but it just looks a bit dodgy.

When I see an application which doesn't repaint/respond when I click on it I assume something is wrong. I think your code stops handling windows messages after you've launched the emu which is why the window doesn't get repainted when you give it the focus.

So it's just a thought to look into that, again... it's no big deal but it would make it more professional

Oh btw, closing the manager after launching the emu would be a shame cause that means you have to restart it when you want to try multiple games. I like being able to close the emu and pick a new game from the manager and launch that (maybe an idea for next versions: make a listbox with available GCM's (as most emulators have)).

ediblebird · February 27th, 2006

Quote:

Originally Posted by DJ ZOOi

Oh btw, closing the manager after launching the emu would be a shame cause that means you have to restart it when you want to try multiple games. I like being able to close the emu and pick a new game from the manager and launch that (maybe an idea for next versions: make a listbox with available GCM's (as most emulators have)).

when i close the window of the game the manager stays open...
thats the way it should stay. its more user friendly

**emwearz** · February 27th, 2006

When I said closing after emu has started I meant it as a option (ie, you click a box that says close Launcher after loading) I would'nt make it so you have to open the launcher everytime, that would be so annoying.

**@ruantec** · February 27th, 2006

wow another frontend! i though my Gcemu manager was the only one

Great!

is nice to see new coders around

ediblebird · February 27th, 2006

Quote:

Originally Posted by emwearz

(ie, you click a box that says close Launcher after loading) I would'nt make it so you have to open the launcher everytime, that would be so annoying.

I agree thats a good option

one question when do you believe that the settings that you mentioned will be implemented under NGEmu(sorry if i sound pushy) becuase i like your frontend...

I like Gcemu Manager too, but something about Gcemu launcher i like more(Sorry if i offend anyone)

**emwearz** · February 28th, 2006

@ruantec-Man, thanks, your frontend is awsome, its the one I use (for now :P) Im still trying to work out how you did certain things (such as SSE2 enabling, etc) but im sure I will get it.

ediblebird, Cool to see that you like my frontend I could add a update now (I have only added, close when launched and a small embeded compat list so its not worth it right now) So as soon as I figure out how to get control over the region, etc. I will (I know it can be done since @ruantec-Man's front end does it, but since this is my first frontend and im nothing of a great coder or have a great understanding of how emulators work, I guess to short answer is, I will release the update as soon as I can.

RockmanForte · February 28th, 2006

Wow, it is getting better and better every time.

**@ruantec** · February 28th, 2006

Quote:

Originally Posted by emwearz

@ruantec-Man, thanks, your frontend is awsome, its the one I use (for now :P) Im still trying to work out how you did certain things (such as SSE2 enabling, etc) but im sure I will get it.

ediblebird, Cool to see that you like my frontend I could add a update now (I have only added, close when launched and a small embeded compat list so its not worth it right now) So as soon as I figure out how to get control over the region, etc. I will (I know it can be done since @ruantec-Man's front end does it, but since this is my first frontend and im nothing of a great coder or have a great understanding of how emulators work, I guess to short answer is, I will release the update as soon as I can.

i like your luncher too... you have a programmer spirit and that´s important. also you like design and that´s great.

i like design too as you can see in the attached images of my new Emu-Selector 3.0/mp3,video player (Left) Emu-Selector 2.0 (Right)

**Chrono Archangel** · February 28th, 2006

damm @ruentec, i cant wait to try them out

**@ruantec** · March 1st, 2006

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chrono Archangel

damm @ruantec, i cant wait to try them out

i hope to get time in the next days... if i get some then you can see a release next week. for emu-selector 2.0 at least.

about the 3.0 it will not be released now. as you can see am working with .png and adding some cool stuff.

February 25th, 2006	#2 (permalink)
DJ ZOOi Registered User Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 35	looking good although it doesn't work when u have spaces in the path to your GCM __________________

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Chrono Archangel Administrator Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Montreal, Canada Posts: 7,070	hmm id just like to point out a few things that coul be easily fixed. first, the problem with spaces in the path like DJ said. second, you could add error catching like say when the Launcher isnt in the same folder as GCemu... you know, give an easy to understand message about whats wrong. ohh and id like to know what the "NGEmu settings" is... __________________ When Pigs Fly: The Death of Oink, the Birth of Dissent, and a Brief History of Record Industry Suicide.

February 26th, 2006	#4 (permalink)
emwearz Moderator Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 3,213	I will release a update with the things you mentioned when I can and NGEmu settings will be things such as SEE2 enabled and disabled, Region, etc. I forgot to remove the header from this release. __________________ - No Jobs On A Dead Planet - Welcome to EMerica .:\|:. You're mine now » Intel Core 2 Duo E6300 B2 Stepping @3.3 Ghz \| Asus 8800GT 512MB PhysX enabled @700/1750/975 MHz \| 2GB OCZ DDR2 800 « » Asus P5B Vanilla \| Thermaltake Soprano \| Thermaltake Big Typhoon VX « » Beta Tester for nullDC « Last edited by emwearz; February 26th, 2006 at 02:46.

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Chrono Archangel Administrator Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Montreal, Canada Posts: 7,070	ref you can have spaces in the name you just need to put the path in quotes (") for it to work __________________ When Pigs Fly: The Death of Oink, the Birth of Dissent, and a Brief History of Record Industry Suicide.

February 26th, 2006	#7 (permalink)
emwearz Moderator Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 3,213	Ok I have released a small update (mainly because I did not notice the space bug, and yea easy fix so I here is 0.1a) which has. - Erorr catching - Bug fix, you can now run games and directorys that have spaces __________________ - No Jobs On A Dead Planet - Welcome to EMerica .:\|:. You're mine now » Intel Core 2 Duo E6300 B2 Stepping @3.3 Ghz \| Asus 8800GT 512MB PhysX enabled @700/1750/975 MHz \| 2GB OCZ DDR2 800 « » Asus P5B Vanilla \| Thermaltake Soprano \| Thermaltake Big Typhoon VX « » Beta Tester for nullDC «

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ediblebird the Silent Observer Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: toothpick land Posts: 97	cheers, she runs like a dream __________________ Nintendo Wii

February 26th, 2006	#9 (permalink)
DJ ZOOi Registered User Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 35	okay, spaces are working now but the Launcher window "freezes" (it gets the: "not responding" message in the taskmanager) when it launched the emu (does it stop handling messages ?) maybe you can look into it. It comes back alive when you close the emulator so it's not really a problem but it looks a bit nasty (window goes all white) __________________

February 26th, 2006	#10 (permalink)
emwearz Moderator Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 3,213	ediblebird: Glad to hear it DJ ZOOi: You cant change settings while you in the emu, I dont see why you would need to. Gave me a idea for next update (closing GCEmu Launcher after game launched.) __________________ - No Jobs On A Dead Planet - Welcome to EMerica .:\|:. You're mine now » Intel Core 2 Duo E6300 B2 Stepping @3.3 Ghz \| Asus 8800GT 512MB PhysX enabled @700/1750/975 MHz \| 2GB OCZ DDR2 800 « » Asus P5B Vanilla \| Thermaltake Soprano \| Thermaltake Big Typhoon VX « » Beta Tester for nullDC «

February 27th, 2006	#13 (permalink)
emwearz Moderator Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 3,213	When I said closing after emu has started I meant it as a option (ie, you click a box that says close Launcher after loading) I would'nt make it so you have to open the launcher everytime, that would be so annoying. __________________ - No Jobs On A Dead Planet - Welcome to EMerica .:\|:. You're mine now » Intel Core 2 Duo E6300 B2 Stepping @3.3 Ghz \| Asus 8800GT 512MB PhysX enabled @700/1750/975 MHz \| 2GB OCZ DDR2 800 « » Asus P5B Vanilla \| Thermaltake Soprano \| Thermaltake Big Typhoon VX « » Beta Tester for nullDC «

February 27th, 2006	#14 (permalink)
@ruantec Emu author Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Austria (originally from the most beautiful island of the caribbean "Dominican Republic") Posts: 1,317	wow another frontend! i though my Gcemu manager was the only one Great! is nice to see new coders around __________________ Current development tools: Visual C++.net, Visual C#.net Visual VB.net, Visual Webdeveloper.net Bloodshed Dev C++, Borland C++ Visual Basic 6 Last edited by @ruantec; February 27th, 2006 at 21:17.

February 28th, 2006	#16 (permalink)
emwearz Moderator Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 3,213	@ruantec-Man, thanks, your frontend is awsome, its the one I use (for now :P) Im still trying to work out how you did certain things (such as SSE2 enabling, etc) but im sure I will get it. ediblebird, Cool to see that you like my frontend I could add a update now (I have only added, close when launched and a small embeded compat list so its not worth it right now) So as soon as I figure out how to get control over the region, etc. I will (I know it can be done since @ruantec-Man's front end does it, but since this is my first frontend and im nothing of a great coder or have a great understanding of how emulators work, I guess to short answer is, I will release the update as soon as I can. __________________ - No Jobs On A Dead Planet - Welcome to EMerica .:\|:. You're mine now » Intel Core 2 Duo E6300 B2 Stepping @3.3 Ghz \| Asus 8800GT 512MB PhysX enabled @700/1750/975 MHz \| 2GB OCZ DDR2 800 « » Asus P5B Vanilla \| Thermaltake Soprano \| Thermaltake Big Typhoon VX « » Beta Tester for nullDC «

February 28th, 2006	#17 (permalink)
RockmanForte Rockman fan Join Date: May 2002 Location: Earth! Posts: 3,729	Wow, it is getting better and better every time.

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Chrono Archangel Administrator Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Montreal, Canada Posts: 7,070	damm @ruentec, i cant wait to try them out __________________ When Pigs Fly: The Death of Oink, the Birth of Dissent, and a Brief History of Record Industry Suicide.

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