daphne and zinc help setup

[shimstock]

Very new to this site; and am having trouble setting up zinc and daphne. I am pretty sure my executable and rompaths are incorrect. Can someone please help or direct me to thread on this topic. Thank you:)
I did pm Dazz last week, but have yet to hear back.

[SophT]

you're gonna have to be a little more specific with your problem. let's start with zinc first. Try to launch a zinc game and please post the contents of log.txt

[shimstock]

you're gonna have to be a little more specific with your problem. let's start with zinc first. Try to launch a zinc game and please post the contents of log.txt

Here is a copy of the log:

11:08:45 AM | HyperSpin Started
11:08:45 AM | Going FullScreen
11:08:45 AM | Checking for updates
11:08:45 AM | Update Check Complete
11:08:45 AM | Startup program unavailable
11:08:45 AM | Playing intro video
11:08:48 AM | Error intializing joysticks
11:08:48 AM | Menu Mode is multi
11:08:48 AM | Loading Main Menu.xml
11:08:49 AM | Main Menu.xml successfully loaded
11:08:50 AM | Main Menu wheel loaded successfully
11:09:25 AM | Loading zinc.xml
11:09:25 AM | Main Menu.xml successfully loaded
11:09:27 AM | zinc wheel loaded successfully
11:09:45 AM | Launching Game
11:09:47 AM | Running in normal rom mode
11:09:47 AM | Excecutable is ZiNc.exe
11:09:47 AM | Command Line is: "C:\Documents and Settings\x\Desktop\zinc11-win32\ZiNc.exe" "C:\Documents and Settings\x\Desktop\zinc11-win32\roms\2..zip"


On screen, nothing happens. The screen shows the zinc wheel, but now pressing any button (esc, start etc.) does nothing. I have to use alt-ctrl-del and end hyperspin to get back. If I use zincgui.exe as the executable, then it just brings up the zincgui interface, and i can access the games from there; but would prefer to access the game from the wheel.
Also, without using hyperspin, and double-clicking zinc.exe from its folder does not seem to do anything - a dos screen flashes quickly, and then nothing.

[shimoda]

Just running zinc won't do anything for you. You have to launch a rom with it. Are your roms named properly? Zinc uses the same roms from MAME, only they are numbered.

Open a command line in your zinc folder and type zinc --list-games for the list. You should get this:


ZiNc 1.1 (C)1997-2005 Drunken Muppets (www.emuhype.com)
1 Star Gladiator (US 960627) [starglad, BIOS cpzn1]
2 Street Fighter EX (US 961219) [sfex, BIOS cpzn1]
3 Street Fighter EX (JP 961130) [sfexj, parent sfex, BIOS cpzn1]
4 Street Fighter EX (ASIA 961219) [sfexa, parent sfex, BIOS cpzn1]
5 Street Fighter EX Plus (US 970407) [sfexp, BIOS cpzn1]
6 Street Fighter EX Plus (US 970311) [sfexpu1, parent sfexp, BIOS cpzn1]
7 Street Fighter EX Plus (JP 970311) [sfexpj, parent sfexp, BIOS cpzn1]
8 Street Fighter EX 2 (US 980526) [sfex2, BIOS cpzn2]
9 Street Fighter EX 2 (JP 980312) [sfex2j, parent sfex2, BIOS cpzn2]
10 Street Fighter EX 2 PLUS (US 990611) [sfex2p, BIOS cpzn2]
11 Street Fighter EX 2 PLUS (JP 990611) [sfex2pj, parent sfex2p, BIOS cpzn2]
12 Street Fighter EX 2 PLUS (ASIA 990611) [sfex2pa, parent sfex2p, BIOS cpzn2]
13 Plasma Sword (US 980316) [plsmaswd, BIOS cpzn2]
14 Star Gladiator 2 (JP 980316) [stargld2, parent plsmaswd, BIOS cpzn2]
15 Rival Schools (ASIA 971117) [rvschola, parent rvschool, BIOS cpzn2]
16 Justice Gakuen (JP 991117) [jgakuen, parent rvschool, BIOS cpzn2]
17 Rival Schools (US 971117) [rvschool, BIOS cpzn2]
18 Strider Hiryu 2 (JP 991213) [shiryu2, parent strider2, BIOS cpzn2]
19 Strider 2 (ASIA 991213) [strider2, BIOS cpzn2]
20 Kikaioh (JP 980914) [kikaioh, parent techromn, BIOS cpzn2]
21 Tech Romancer (US 980914) [techromn, BIOS cpzn2]
22 Battle Arena Toshinden 2 (US 951124) [ts2, BIOS cpzn1]
23 Battle Arena Toshinden 2 (JP 951124) [ts2j, parent ts2, BIOS cpzn1]
24 Tetris The Grand Master (JP 980710) [tgmj, BIOS cpzn2]
25 Sonic Wings Limited (JP) [sncwgltd]
26 Beastorizer (US) *bootleg* [beastrzb, BIOS psarc95]
27 Beastorizer (US) [beastrzr, BIOS psarc95]
28 Bloody Roar 2 (JP) [bldyror2, BIOS psarc95]
29 Brave Blade (JP) [brvblade, BIOS tps]
30 Psychic Force (JP 2.4J) [psyforcj, parent psyforce, BIOS taitofx1]
31 Psychic Force (World 2.4O) [psyforce, BIOS taitofx1]
32 Psychic Force EX (JP 2.0J) [psyfrcex, parent psyforce, BIOS taitofx1]
33 Magical Date EX - sotsugyou kokuhaku daisakusen (JP 2.01J) [mgcldtex, BIOS taitofx1]
34 Raystorm (JP 2.05J) [raystorj, parent raystorm, BIOS taitofx1]
35 Raystorm (US 2.06A) [raystorm, BIOS taitofx1]
36 Fighters Impact A (JP 2.00J) [ftimpcta, BIOS taitofx1]
37 G-Darius (JP 2.01J) [gdarius, BIOS taitofx1]
38 G-Darius Ver.2 (JP 2.03J) [gdarius2, parent gdarius, BIOS taitofx1]
39 Dancing Eyes (JP) Ver. A [danceyes]
40 Xevious 3D/G (JP) Ver. A [xevi3dg]
41 Star Sweep (JP) Ver. A [starswep]
42 Kosodate Quiz My Angel 3 (JP) Ver. A [myangel3]
43 Tekken (JP) Ver. B [tekkenb, parent tekken]
44 Tekken (WORLD) Ver. B [tekkena, parent tekken]
45 Tekken (WORLD) Ver. C [tekken]
46 Tekken 2 (JP) Ver. B [tekken2a, parent tekken2]
47 Tekken 2 (World) Ver. A [tekken2b, parent tekken2]
48 Tekken 2 (World) Ver. B [tekken2]
49 Soul Edge (JP) SO3 Ver. A [souledga, parent souledge]
50 Soul Edge (JP) SO1 Ver. A [souledgb, parent souledge]
51 Soul Edge Ver. II (JP) SO4 Ver. C [souledge]
52 Dunk Mania (US) DM2 Ver. C [dunkmnia]
53 Dunk Mania (JP) DM1 Ver. C [dunkmnic, parent dunkmnia]
54 Prime Goal EX (JP) Ver. A [primglex]
55 Wedding Rhapsody (JP) Ver. JAA [weddingr, BIOS konamigv]
56 Hyper Athlete (JP) Ver. 1.00 [hyperath, BIOS konamigv]
57 Powerful Baseball 96 (JP) Ver. 1.03 [pbball96, BIOS konamigv]
58 Susume! Taisen Puzzle-Dama (JP) Ver. 1.20 [susume, BIOS konamigv]
59 Fighting Layer (JP) Ver. B [fgtlayer]
60 Ehrgeiz (US) Ver. A [ehrgeiz]
61 Tekken 3 (JP) Ver. A [tekken3]
62 Mr Driller (JP) Ver. A [mrdrillr]
63 Aqua Rush (JP) Ver. A [aquarush]
64 Paca Paca Passion (JP) Ver. A [pacapp]
65 Gallop Racer 3 (JP) [glpracr3, BIOS tps]
66 Shanghai Matekibuyuu (JP) [shngmtkb, BIOS tps]
67 Cool Boarders Arcade Jam (US) [cbaj, BIOS tps]
68 Dead or Alive++ [doapp, BIOS tps]
69 Tondemo Crisis [tondemo, BIOS tps]
70 Monster Farm Jump (JP) [mfjump, BIOS tps]
71 Heaven's Gate [hvnsgate, BIOS atluspsx]



make sure you have those roms from the mame set in the roms folder

[shimstock]

ok so i was able to generate list with command prompt. I renamed roms starglad to 1 and tondemo to 69. My executables and rompaths are the same. It still does not work. Do i have to change the zinc.exe command to zinc --list-games ? how? Sorry i just don't understand why it is not working. here is a log when i tried to launch starglad:
02:51:18 PM | HyperSpin Started
02:51:18 PM | Going FullScreen
02:51:19 PM | Checking for updates
02:51:19 PM | Update Check Complete
02:51:20 PM | Startup program unavailable
02:51:20 PM | Playing intro video
02:51:21 PM | Error intializing joysticks
02:51:21 PM | Menu Mode is multi
02:51:21 PM | Loading Main Menu.xml
02:51:21 PM | Main Menu.xml successfully loaded
02:51:22 PM | Main Menu wheel loaded successfully
02:51:26 PM | Loading zinc.xml
02:51:26 PM | Main Menu.xml successfully loaded
02:51:28 PM | zinc wheel loaded successfully
02:51:35 PM | Launching Game
02:51:35 PM | Running in normal rom mode
02:51:35 PM | Excecutable is ZiNc.exe
02:51:35 PM | Command Line is: "C:\Documents and Settings\x\Desktop\zinc11-win32\ZiNc.exe" "C:\Documents and Settings\x\Desktop\zinc11-win32\roms\1..zip"

[shimstock]

Alright, got it from another thread! Daphne anyone?

[SophT]

02:51:35 PM | Command Line is: "C:\Documents and Settings\x\Desktop\zinc11-win32\ZiNc.exe" "C:\Documents and Settings\x\Desktop\zinc11-win32\roms\1..zip"


change the extension type to "zip" not ".zip" in HyperHQ (no quotes)

[shimstock]

ok i will do that but it does seem to work- only one problem; when i access the game (in this case sfex) through hyperspin, it does no remember the controller config. If i access the game through zincgui, the buttons are set correctly. I can't figure out why this is happening.

[shimstock]

Problem with Daphne:


Daphne info stored in New Folder

Subfolers include
roms,
vldp dl- which contains the four games: lair, lair2, ace, and tq,
and vldp - which contains all the other games eg. badlands, mach 3 etc.
my framefile folder is empty





[exe info]
path = c:\...\New Folder\Daphne.exe
rompath = c:\...\New Folder\roms
userompath = true
exe = daphne.exe
romextension = txt
parameters=
searchsubfolders = true
pcgame = false
winstate = HIDDEN
hyperlaunch = true



when i try to start a game in HS from the daphne wheel, i get the following:

bad command line or initialization problem....To run Daphne,
you must specify which game to run and which laserdisc player you are using.


I added this to hyperlaunch ahk from another thread and compiled it:


;************************************DAPHNE******* ******************************
else if (systemName = "Daphne" && executable = "daphne.exe"){
hideDesktop()
Hotkey, %exitEmulatorKey%, CloseProcess

if (romname = "dle21")
{
daphneParams = dle21 vldp -framefile C:\Hyperspin\emulators\Daphne\vldp_dl\lair\lair.tx t -blank_searches -min_seek_delay 1000
-seek_frames_per_ms 20 -homedir . -bank 0 11011000 -bank 1 10110111 -prefer_samples -sound_buffer 2048
-fullscreen -x 640 -y 480 -opengl
}

else if (romname = "ace")
{
daphneParams = ace vldp -framefile C:\Hyperspin\emulators\Daphne\vldp_dl\ace\ace.txt -blank_searches -min_seek_delay 1000
-seek_frames_per_ms 20 -homedir . -bank 0 00000010 -bank 1 00000001 -prefer_samples -sound_buffer 2048
-fullscreen -x 640 -y 480 -opengl
}
else if (romname = "astron")
{
daphneParams = astron vldp -framefile C:\Hyperspin\emulators\Daphne\vldp\astron\astron.t xt -blank_searches -min_seek_delay 1000
-seek_frames_per_ms 20 -homedir . -bank 0 00000000 -bank 1 00000000 -prefer_samples -sound_buffer 2048
-fullscreen -x 640 -y 480 -opengl
}
else if (romname = "badlands")
{
daphneParams = badlands vldp -framefile C:\Hyperspin\emulators\Daphne\vldp\badlands\badlan ds.txt -blank_searches -min_seek_delay 1000
-seek_frames_per_ms 20 -homedir . -bank 0 00000000 -bank 1 10000011 -prefer_samples -sound_buffer 2048
-fullscreen -x 640 -y 480 -opengl
}
else if (romname = "bega")
{
daphneParams = bega vldp -framefile C:\Hyperspin\emulators\Daphne\vldp\bega\bega.txt -blank_searches -min_seek_delay 1000
-seek_frames_per_ms 20 -homedir . -bank 0 00000000 -bank 1 00000111 -prefer_samples -sound_buffer 2048
-fullscreen -x 640 -y 480 -opengl
}
else if (romname = "cliff")
{
daphneParams = cliff vldp -framefile C:\Hyperspin\emulators\Daphne\vldp\Cliff\cliff.txt -blank_searches -min_seek_delay 1000
-seek_frames_per_ms 20 -homedir . -fastboot -bank 0 00000000 -bank 1 01000000 -bank 2 00000000 -bank 3 01111011
-prefer_samples -sound_buffer 2048 -fullscreen -x 640 -y 480 -opengl
}
else if (romname = "cobraab")
{
daphneParams = cobraab vldp -framefile C:\Hyperspin\emulators\Daphne\vldp\cobra\cobra.txt -blank_searches -min_seek_delay 1000
-seek_frames_per_ms 20 -homedir . -bank 0 00000000 -bank 1 01001000 -prefer_samples -sound_buffer 2048
-fullscreen -x 640 -y 480 -opengl
}
else if (romname = "esh")
{
daphneParams = esh vldp -framefile C:\Hyperspin\emulators\Daphne\vldp\esh\esh.txt -blank_searches -min_seek_delay 1000
-seek_frames_per_ms 20 -homedir . -noissues -prefer_samples -sound_buffer 2048
-fullscreen -x 640 -y 480 -opengl
}
else if (romname = "galaxy")
{
daphneParams = galaxy vldp -framefile D:\Emulation\Daphne\vldp\galaxyr\galaxyr.txt -blank_searches -min_seek_delay 1000
-seek_frames_per_ms 20 -homedir . -bank 0 00000000 -bank 1 00000000 -prefer_samples -sound_buffer 2048
-fullscreen -x 640 -y 480 -opengl
}
else if (romname = "gpworld")
{
daphneParams = gpworld vldp -framefile C:\Hyperspin\emulators\Daphne\vldp\gpworld\gpworld .txt -blank_searches -min_seek_delay 1000
-seek_frames_per_ms 20 -homedir . -prefer_samples -sound_buffer 2048 -fullscreen -x 640 -y 480 -opengl
}
else if (romname = "interstellar")
{
daphneParams = interstellar vldp -framefile C:\Hyperspin\emulators\Daphne\vldp\interstellar\in terstellar.txt -blank_searches -min_seek_delay 1000
-seek_frames_per_ms 20 -homedir . -bank 0 00110001 -bank 1 00000000 -prefer_samples -sound_buffer 2048
-fullscreen -x 640 -y 480 -opengl
}
else if (romname = "lair2")
{
daphneParams = lair2 vldp -framefile C:\Hyperspin\emulators\Daphne\vldp_dl\lair2\dl2-framefile.txt -blank_searches -min_seek_delay 1000
-seek_frames_per_ms 20 -homedir . -prefer_samples -sound_buffer 2048 -fullscreen -x 640 -y 480 -opengl
}
else if (romname = "lair")
{
daphneParams = lair vldp -framefile C:\Hyperspin\emulators\Daphne\vldp_dl\lair\lair.tx t -blank_searches -min_seek_delay 1000
-seek_frames_per_ms 20 -homedir . -fastboot -bank 0 11011001 -bank 1 00100111 -prefer_samples -sound_buffer 2048
-fullscreen -x 640 -y 480 -opengl
}
else if (romname = "lair_n1")
{
daphneParams = lair_n1 vldp -framefile C:\Hyperspin\emulators\Daphne\vldp_dl\lair\lair.tx t -blank_searches -min_seek_delay 1000
-seek_frames_per_ms 20 -homedir . -bank 0 11011011 -bank 1 01100111 -prefer_samples -sound_buffer 2048
-fullscreen -x 640 -y 480 -opengl
}
else if (romname = "mach3")
{
daphneParams = mach3 vldp -framefile C:\Hyperspin\emulators\Daphne\vldp\mach3\mach3.txt -blank_searches -min_seek_delay 1000
-seek_frames_per_ms 20 -homedir . -bank 0 01000100 -prefer_samples -sound_buffer 2048
-fullscreen -x 640 -y 480 -opengl
}
else if (romname = "roadblaster")
{
daphneParams = roadblaster vldp -framefile C:\Hyperspin\emulators\Daphne\vldp\rb\rb.txt -blank_searches -min_seek_delay 1000
-seek_frames_per_ms 20 -homedir . -bank 0 00000000 -bank 1 00000001 -prefer_samples -sound_buffer 2048
-fullscreen -x 640 -y 480 -opengl
}
else if (romname = "sdq")
{
daphneParams = sdq vldp -framefile C:\Hyperspin\emulators\Daphne\vldp\sdq\sdq.txt -blank_searches -min_seek_delay 1000
-seek_frames_per_ms 20 -homedir . -bank 0 00100001 -bank 1 00000000 -prefer_samples -sound_buffer 2048
-fullscreen -x 640 -y 480 -opengl
}
else if (romname = "uvt")
{
daphneParams = uvt vldp -framefile C:\Hyperspin\emulators\Daphne\vldp\uvt\uvt.txt -blank_searches -min_seek_delay 1000
-seek_frames_per_ms 20 -homedir . -bank 0 00000000 -prefer_samples -sound_buffer 2048
-fullscreen -x 640 -y 480 -opengl
romFound = "true"
}
　
RunWait, %emupath%%executable% %daphneParams%, UseErrorLevel
}



Can someone please help.

[SophT]

if your framefile folder is empty then you're going to get that message. you need to run the games through daphne first so that it can populate your framefiles.

[shimstock]

I think my emulator is not working properly; when i use daphne loader, some of the games are working, others have black screen (audio ok). I have the dvds for lair, lair2, and ace- so those work fine. But even after running the game with the daphne loader, the framefile folder remains empty.

[shimstock]

the daphne and zinc setups are extremely frustrating and time consuming- still can't get it and don't have the time to keep trying