Hardware Hacking, Programming and Game Solutions/Cheats
wayland
Posts: 39 Joined: Mon Nov 28, 2022 6:28 pm
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by wayland » Sun May 07, 2023 12:13 pm
I wanted a desktop icon to launch Glen Hewlett's Defender in XRoar.
The command line I used in the Linux Launcher is;
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xroar -default-machine coco3p -load-fd0 /home/wayland/dragon/Defender_V1.0/DISK1.DSK -load-fd1 /home/wayland/dragon/Defender_V1.0/DISK2.DSK -run /home/wayland/dragon/Defender_V1.0/
I probably want to add 'no joystick' to this because I'm using my Defender controller with the Pico. Also Full Screen would be good.
Here is what is in the basic program;
Perhaps I could have just done RUN "DEFENDER.BAS" ?
wayland
Posts: 39 Joined: Mon Nov 28, 2022 6:28 pm
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by wayland » Sun May 07, 2023 7:22 pm
New improve command line;
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xroar -default-machine coco3p -fs -joy-right null -load-fd0 /home/wayland/dragon/Defender_V1.0/DISK1.DSK -load-fd1 /home/wayland/dragon/Defender_V1.0/DISK2.DSK -run /home/wayland/dragon/Defender_V1.0/AUTO.BAS
Now opens in full screen and turns off my detected right joystick.
Oh and the AUTO.BAS now contains;
for faster loading.
I turn the rate limit off during loading. It would be neat if I could do that from within AUTO.BAS or somewhere. It must be turned back on again when the game has decompressed.
wayland
Posts: 39 Joined: Mon Nov 28, 2022 6:28 pm
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by wayland » Sun May 07, 2023 7:24 pm
PS, this would allow icon launching of any Dragon/CoCo program from your PC desktop.