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No main GUI in batch mode - Aethyrion - 08-30-2020
Hi, when I launch a game in batch mode (-b, from a launcher) the main GUI window is nowhere to be found, only the game window is available. How can I bring it back to access the menu?
Same issue when I enable "Render to main window" (with batch mode): the menu and tool bars are not displayed.
Thanks for your help.
Windows 10 x64
AMD 3600x
Nvidia GTX 1060
RE: No main GUI in batch mode - iwubcode - 08-30-2020
This is intentional. Batch mode is supposed to be GUI-less as it is meant for something like a "couch" gaming experience.
If you want the GUI, don't use batch mode.
RE: No main GUI in batch mode - Aethyrion - 08-30-2020
Thank you for replying.
According to the documentation, batch mode is only supposed to close all GUIs when exiting emulation, see command line usage: "/b, --batch Exit Dolphin with emulator".
I'm pretty sure that some previous revisions were working that way.
I don't really want the main GUI, I'm only looking for a way to modify some settings after launching a game from a launcher. The standard mode (without batch) is not a solution because Dolphin is not terminated when game emulation is stopped, so the launcher doesn't detect the closing of the game.
RE: No main GUI in batch mode - iwubcode - 08-31-2020
(08-30-2020, 11:23 PM)Aethyrion Wrote: Thank you for replying.
According to the documentation, batch mode is only supposed to close all GUIs when exiting emulation, see command line usage: "/b, --batch Exit Dolphin with emulator".
Seems like you are using an older version of Dolphin. The newer versions state:
Quote:Run Dolphin without the user interface (Requires --exec or --nand-title)
Aethyrion Wrote:I don't really want the main GUI, I'm only looking for a way to modify some settings after launching a game from a launcher.The only way to change settings without the GUI is to use a text editor to make changes to an ini file. This is an advanced feature. I have most of my games setup where I have game-specific inis defined. So when I launch a game from the launcher, those specific settings take effect. There's a wiki for that here.