I'm using Emuwizard as a front end for MAME and Daphne and it runs Space Ace with the following command line:

CmdLine=%r vldp -framefile %r_frame.txt -fullscreen

(%r = the rom name).

So only 3 switches really.. and it works fine when it works but sometimes it doesn't load. It just hangs at a black screen. Are there any command switches I can put in there that may help it start consistently?

Finally, I never see any other screens but the title screen after I put in coins and such. Should I see anything besides just "SPACE ACE" when entering coins?

thanks!

Bison

Try running it in a batch file. I use Game Launcher for my Laser disc games. Then you can set different command line options for different games. Below is my daphne.bat file. It would work similar to the way you have yours setup.


daphne.bet
d:
cd\daphne

if "%1" == "dl" goto dragon
if "%1" == "dle" goto dle
if "%1" == "sa" goto space
if "%1" == "sae" goto sae
if "%1" == "gr" goto ranger
if "%1" == "ab" goto astron
if "%1" == "cc" goto cobra
if "%1" == "ch" goto cliff
if "%1" == "be" goto bega


goto end


:dragon
daphne.exe lair vldp -framefile "D:\daphne\framefile\lair_dvdrom.txt" -fullscreen -useoverlaysb -bank 0 11001000 -bank 1 00100111 -latency 100
goto end

:dle
daphne.exe dle20 vldp -framefile "D:\daphne\framefile\lair_dvdrom.txt" -fullscreen -useoverlaysb -bank 0 10011000 -bank 1 01010111 -latency 100
goto end

:space
daphne.exe ace vldp -framefile "d:\daphne\framefile\ace_dvdrom.txt" -fullscreen -useoverlaysb -bank 0 00000010 -bank 1 00010001 -latency 100
goto end

:sae
daphne.exe sae vldp -framefile "d:\daphne\framefile\ace_dvdrom.txt" -fullscreen -useoverlaysb -bank 0 10001000 -bank 1 01100111 -latency 100
goto end

:cobra
daphne.exe cobraab vldp -framefile "D:\daphn\framefile\cliff.txt" -fullscreen -bank 0 11111111 -bank 1 01001010
goto end

:astron
daphne.exe astron vldp -framefile "d:\daphne\framefile\astron.txt" -fullscreen -useoverlaysb -bank 0 10001000 -bank 1 01100111 -latency 100
goto end

:ranger
daphne.exe galaxy vldp -framefile "d:\daphne\framefile\galaxy.txt" -fullscreen -useoverlaysb -bank 0 10001000 -bank 1 01100111 -latency 100
goto end

:cliff
daphne.exe cliff vldp -framefile "d:\daphne\framefile\cliff.txt" -fullscreen -useoverlaysb -bank 0 10001000 -bank 1 01100111 -latency 100
goto end

:dl2_319
daphne.exe dl2_319 vldp -framefile "d:\daphne\framefile\dl2_319.txt" -fullscreen -useoverlaysb -bank 0 10001000 -bank 1 01100111 -latency 100
goto end

:bega
daphne.exe bega vldp -framefile "D:\daphne\framefile\begasbattle.txt" -fullscreen -bank 0 00000000 -bank 1 01000011
goto end
:end

Hey thanks for the tips

Can you tell me what the bank dip switches are for Space Ace or where I could get the info so I can perhaps add that command line.. And also, can you tell me what the latency command line does?

thanks!

You can get the command line with Daphneloader.You set the game up the way you want it to run and on the last page of the configuration there is a spot you can check to display command like. When you have this checked Daphneloader will show you the command line and you can just copy and paste the command line into the batch file.The latency part is to adjust timing on some machines so that the whole scene plays.