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Is there any way to run a multi disc game directly from a desktop shortcut? - ChronicMasturbator - 01-06-2023
I admit i have abit of OCD and so i much prefer having all my Wii/GC games as actual icons on my desktop instead of opening Dolphin and selecting a game to play (it's just cooler if they actually look like PC games with custom icons i put on them... yes i know i'm a nutcase lol)
Anyway for years now i easily had been able to accomplish this by simply creating a shortcut on the desktop with the address to where my dolphin .exe is, then a space, and then then address to the game iso... easy peasy. Now however i want to play a multi disc game the same way but not quite sure how to do it. I use .m3u files for my multi disc PS1 games i play with an emulator and that works perfect... but it didn't here (i tried doing the exact same but just with the address to the .m3u file in the shortcut)
I have automatically swap discs ticked in Dolphin settings, but i don't want to play all the way to the swap point only to find out my other theory (which is simply to have the disc 2 iso in the same folder as the disc 1 iso) won't work either... which is why i'm asking now - does anyone know what to do?
RE: Is there any way to run a multi disc game directly from a desktop shortcut? - JosJuice - 01-06-2023
If you have relative paths inside the m3u file, and the path to the m3u file contains backslashes, the latest beta version of Dolphin has a bug where the games won't be found. This has been fixed in the development versions.
Putting the disc 2 ISO in the same folder won't make automatic disc swapping work unless you're launching the game from Dolphin's game list.
RE: Is there any way to run a multi disc game directly from a desktop shortcut? - ChronicMasturbator - 01-06-2023
(01-06-2023, 06:07 AM)JosJuice Wrote: If you have relative paths inside the m3u file, and the path to the m3u file contains backslashes, the latest beta version of Dolphin has a bug where the games won't be found. This has been fixed in the development versions.What exactly do you mean by "relative paths inside the m3u file"? I don't know what that means... all the m3u files i have for my multi disc PS1 games just have the disc 1 exactly as it's written on the actual cue file and then the same for disc 2 below it, ie. like this...
Putting the disc 2 ISO in the same folder won't make automatic disc swapping work unless you're launching the game from Dolphin's game list.
Fear Effect 2 - Retro Helix (USA) (Disc 1) (v1.1).cue
Fear Effect 2 - Retro Helix (USA) (Disc 2) (v1.1).cue
Fear Effect 2 - Retro Helix (USA) (Disc 3) (v1.1).cue
Fear Effect 2 - Retro Helix (USA) (Disc 4) (v1.1).cue
So i just tried doing the same with the game i'm currently trying to get working, ie. like this...
Resident Evil - Code - Veronica X (Europe) (En,Fr,De,Es,It) (Disc 1).iso
Resident Evil - Code - Veronica X (Europe) (En,Fr,De,Es,It) (Disc 2).iso
Any chance you could give me a link to a developmental version you know will work? Thanks
RE: Is there any way to run a multi disc game directly from a desktop shortcut? - JosJuice - 01-06-2023
(01-06-2023, 07:53 AM)ChronicMasturbator Wrote: What exactly do you mean by "relative paths inside the m3u file"? I don't know what that means... all the m3u files i have for my multi disc PS1 games just have the disc 1 exactly as it's written on the actual cue file and then the same for disc 2 below it, ie. like this...
Fear Effect 2 - Retro Helix (USA) (Disc 1) (v1.1).cue
Fear Effect 2 - Retro Helix (USA) (Disc 2) (v1.1).cue
Fear Effect 2 - Retro Helix (USA) (Disc 3) (v1.1).cue
Fear Effect 2 - Retro Helix (USA) (Disc 4) (v1.1).cue
So i just tried doing the same with the game i'm currently trying to get working, ie. like this...
Resident Evil - Code - Veronica X (Europe) (En,Fr,De,Es,It) (Disc 1).iso
Resident Evil - Code - Veronica X (Europe) (En,Fr,De,Es,It) (Disc 2).iso
The short answer is: Those are relative paths, meaning you're affected by the bug.
(01-06-2023, 07:53 AM)ChronicMasturbator Wrote: Any chance you could give me a link to a developmental version you know will work? Thanks
5.0-18128 or later. I'd suggest just downloading the latest one.
RE: Is there any way to run a multi disc game directly from a desktop shortcut? - ChronicMasturbator - 01-06-2023
(01-06-2023, 08:18 AM)JosJuice Wrote: The short answer is: Those are relative paths, meaning you're affected by the bug.
5.0-18128 or later. I'd suggest just downloading the latest one.
Thanks, working now
