Is it possible to launch emulators and ROMs via HGL?
I'm not a big fan of RetroArch, so I was wondering if I could launch an emulator and a ROM from HGL? If so, how would one go about it?
6 Replies
xenial-black•16mo ago
There's a fairly prominent button which reads "ADD GAME". You can add your emulator of choice that way.
generous-apricotOP•16mo ago
Yes, that part I know, but I want to add the ROMs in HGL and launch them along with the emulator like I can in Playnite.
national-gold•16mo ago
you can add a game but it's a bit tricky, it depends on the emulator you use if it supports command line arguments
for example, if you want to load a game using snes9x, you have to use the
Add Game option and point the executable to the snes9x binary (run which snes9x to find the full path)
then, once added, you have to go to the settings in heroic > advanced, and add the corresponding command line arguments in the Game Arguments section
like... -fullscreen "/the/path to/your/rom.zip"
that should work
if you installed the emulator using flatpak you'll have to add the flatpak executable in the Add Game dialog (again, use which flatpak to find that) and then in the game arguments setting you have to set run com.snes9x.Snes9x -fullscreen "/the/path to/your/rom.zip"
it's not automated, you have to do it for every game you want to addold-apricot•16mo ago
i would suggest lutris for this , even though you mentioned heroic....i pretty sure you asking for it , cause of the controller support heroic it has?
and you can make your own home thing
generous-apricotOP•16mo ago
That's a lot more complicated than in Playnite 😱
Never tried lutris, think I will, thanks.
old-apricot•16mo ago
if you looking for a home type of deal with controller , lutris wont do it , btw