A simple launcher to make EmulationStation (forks) for windows more reliable and enjoyable
This launcher works with Batocera fork of EmulationStation that can be found here https://github.com/fabricecaruso/batocera-emulationstation/releases Simple demonstration video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUXy6FT9ZyI
- --es= |Sets ES root dir absolute path
- --ro= | Sets rooms root dir. Can be absolute like "c:\rooms" or relative like "..\rooms" (..\ means one lv up relative to ES root dir)
- --em= | Sets emulators dir. Same as above
- --sp= | Sets splash screens dir. Same as above
- --rt | Random Theme selection within themes root folder .emulationstation\themes
- -e | Exclusive mode kills explorer.exe process to clear screen from any window then when ES is finished brings it back again
- -s | Silence dialog boxes
- --exf | Exclusive Fullscreen
- --novid | Do play any startup video or splash video
- --no_boot_videos | Don't play startup_videos dir files
- --assync_load | Loads EmulationStation in background while vlc is playing splash video
- --dont_hide_es | Don't hide ES window while playing video on foreground for smoother transition
- --play_vlc_embedded | Directly embeds vlc video stream in emulationstation main window. Smoother trasion but if vlc takes too long to start becomes a little messy
- --resolution=1920x1080x60 | Sets Resolution before running EmulationStation width, height, frequency hz
- --resolution [width] [height] try and force a particular resolution
- --gamelist-only skip automatic game search, only read from gamelist.xml
- --ignore-gamelist ignore the gamelist (useful for troubleshooting)
- --draw-framerate display the framerate
- --no-exit don't show the exit option in the menu
- --no-splash don't show the splash screen
- --debug more logging, show console on Windows
- --scrape scrape using command line interface
- --windowed can be used with --resolution
- --fullscreen-borderless depends on --windowed
- --vsync [1/on or 0/off] turn vsync on or off (default is on)
- --max-vram [size] Max VRAM to use in Mb before swapping. 0 for unlimited
- --force-kid Force the UI mode to be Kid
- --force-kiosk Force the UI mode to be Kiosk
- --force-disable-filters Force the UI to ignore applied filters in gamelist
- --home Force the .emulationstation folder (windows)
- --help, -h summon a sentient, angry tuba
- es_dir= | Path
- roms_root= | Path
- emuls_root= | Path
- splashs_root= | Path
- novid= | True or False (Default)
- exclusive= | True or False (Default)
- ex_fullscreen= | True or False (Default)
- debug= | True or False (Default)
- random_theme= | True or False (Default)
- assync_load= | True or False (Default)
- dont_hide_es= | True or False (Default)
- play_vlc_embedded= | True or False (Default)
- resolution= | 1920x1080 need windowed