WinKawaks

[thumper88]

Having an issue with WinKawaks. Got it all setup on its own, works fine. Now trying to run it through GameEx works, but only when I remove the "-fullscreen" command...which I definitely want to keep.

The issue is when I have:

"WinKawaks.exe" [ROM] -fullscreen

The emulator opens up, and I see a lot of black...and the title bar/border of the window "Kawaks 1.62 - Paused - Magical Drop 3" for example.

I've been playing around with settings for hours....getting no where.

[fRequEnCy]

Having an issue with WinKawaks. Got it all setup on its own, works fine. Now trying to run it through GameEx works, but only when I remove the "-fullscreen" command...which I definitely want to keep.

The issue is when I have:

"WinKawaks.exe" [ROM] -fullscreen

The emulator opens up, and I see a lot of black...and the title bar/border of the window "Kawaks 1.62 - Paused - Magical Drop 3" for example.

I've been playing around with settings for hours....getting no where.

That command-line should work just fine. So something else is causing it to pause. Could you please export your config so we can see what else is going on? Instructions on how to export your config can be found here.

[thumper88]

Here's the GameEx advanced config:

[Emulator_10]
Enabled=True
System=SNK Neo-Geo
Category=Console
Emulator=WinKawaks
Version=1.62
Rating=
DownloadUrl=http://www.gamesdbase.com/setupwizard/emulators/download/winkawaks.7z
RequiredFiles=
Website=http://cps2shock.retrogames.com/
Info=CPS1 & 2 and Neo-Geo emulator
TITLETEXT=SNK Neo-Geo
STARTPAGENAME=[Console] SNK Neo-Geo (WinKawaks)
StartPageLogo=SNK Neo-Geo
Command="WinKawaks.exe" [ROM] -fullscreen
ROMFilter=
DATABASE=[Console] SNK Neo-Geo
configFile=[Mapping Off] Exit (ENTER, ALT+F4)
MAPFile=C:\GameEx\MAP FILES\WinKawaks.map
RomPath=C:\Roms\SNK Neo-Geo\Roms
SnapPath=C:\Assets\SNK Neo-Geo\Snaps
TitlePath=C:\Assets\SNK Neo-Geo\Titles
BoxPath=C:\Assets\SNK Neo-Geo\Boxes
CartPath=C:\Assets\SNK Neo-Geo\Cartridges
ManualPath=C:\Assets\SNK Neo-Geo\Manuals
ControlPanelPath=C:\Assets\SNK Neo-Geo\Controls
WorkingPath=C:\Emulators\WinKawaks
MapKeys=True
WaitBeforeKeys=
SendKeys=
ReplaceDash=False
ReplaceUnder=True
Capitals=False
RemoveBrackets=True
ShowDesktop=True
Debug=False
AlsoLaunch=
OLDatZip=
LaunchBefore=
LaunchAfter=
ExcludedFiles=
CustomBackground=
PlayMusic=False
DontShowInfo=
PlaySelectionMusic=False
SelectionMusicFolder=
PCGame=False
GamesIn7Zips=False
PlayInScreenSaver=False
ShowMostPlayed=True
RandomMostPlayed=True
CDCheck=False
CDCheckFile=
UseDbName=
InstructionsPath=
TVAdPath=
MusicPath=
ImageNotFound=
RomsInFolders=

Here's the WinKawaks config:

; Configuration file for WinKawaks 1.62
; May 17 2010:19:48:14
; -------------------------------------

[VideoSettings]


; If you want to use 640x480 in full screen with Capcom games, make sure to set FullScreenCorrectRatio=1


; This is the resolution for non rotated Capcom games
HorizontalFullScreenWidth=800
HorizontalFullScreenHeight=600

; This is the resolution for rotated Capcom games
VerticalFullScreenWidth=1024
VerticalFullScreenHeight=768

; This is the resolution for NeoGeo games
FullScreenWidthNeoGeo=800
FullScreenHeightNeoGeo=600

; Zoom window
; 100: Zoom 100% (default)
; 150: Zoom 150%
; 200: Zoom 200%
; 250: Zoom 250%
; 300: Zoom 300%
ZoomWindow=100

; Windowed mode ratio correction
; 0: no ratio correction
; 1: correct windowed ratio, smaller display (works good for all blitters)
; 2: correct windowed ratio, bigger display (works good for non scanlined blitters)
WindowCorrectRatio=0

; Full screen mode ratio correction
; 0: no ratio correction
; 1: correct full screen ratio, smaller display (works good for all blitters. Allows 640x480)
; 2: correct full screen ratio, bigger display (works good for non scanlined blitters)
; 3: stretch to full screen
FullScreenCorrectRatio=3

; Window position (no need to edit, this is saved automatically)
WindowXposition=5
WindowYposition=0

; set this to 1 to stop vertical games being rotated (default 0)
NoRotate=0

; setting this to 1 for smooth scrolling (default 0)
TripleBuffer=1

; try setting this to 1 for a potentially big speed boost (default 0)
UseVRAM=1

FrameSkip=0
AutoFrameSkip=1
EnableRowscroll=1
EnableBgHi=1
EnableMasking=1

; set to 1 to have the emu run as fast as it can (bench purposes) or 0 for realtime emulation
Turbo=0

;  0 = Normal (very fast)
;  1 = Scanlines
;  2 = Scanlines 50%
;  3 = Alternate scanlines (very fast) (default)
;  4 = 2xSai
;  5 = Super2xSai
;  6 = SuperEagle
;  7 = Scanlined 2xSai
;  8 = Zoom 2x software (no blur)
;  9 = Monitor dot matrix blitter
; 10 = KScale (very fast edge enhancer)
; 11 = KScale with 25% scanlines (very fast edge enhancer)
; 12 = KScale with 50% scanlines (very fast edge enhancer)
; 13 = KScale with 75% scanlines (very fast edge enhancer)
VideoEngine=4

; Inter-frame blending (motion blur. reduces flickering)
; 0 = None (default)
; 1 = Yes
; 2 = Yes, with MMX (faster)
BlendFrames=0

; Enable sprite transparencies (BLD files in BLEND directory)
; 0 = No (default)
; 1 = Yes
EnableTransparencies=0

; color settings CPS2(prefered values 15..17)
GammaRed=16
GammaGreen=16
GammaBlue=16

; gamme settings (prefered values 0..512, 256=normal)
TrueGammaRed=256
TrueGammaGreen=256
TrueGammaBlue=256

; color for the background (usefull for the gfx rippers out there. values 0..255, -1=no force color)
BgRed=-1
BgGreen=-1
BgBlue=-1

; color for on screen display (values 0..255)
OSDRed=147
OSDGreen=207
OSDBlue=228


[NeoGeo]

; Hardware type
; 0 = Console
; 1 = Arcade (default)
NeoGeoSystem=1

; Country
; 0 = Japan
; 1 = USA
; 2 = Europe (default)
NeoGeoCountry=1

; Freeplay
; 0 = Off (default)
; 1 = On
NeoGeoFreeplay=0


[Misc]

; Name of the language pack (no .lng extension)
LanguagePack=English

RunCount=31

; Auto start game after load
AutoStartGame=1

; Games to enable
EnableCPS1=1
EnableCPS2=1
EnableMVS=1
NoClones=0

; 0 Show all
; 1 Show only available
; 2 Show only missing
ShowOnlyAvailable=0

; Set to 1 to disable emu text on screenshots
NoMsgScreenShots=1

; Set to 0 to disable menu shortcuts (handy for Hotrod players)
EnableHotKeys=1

; Set to 1 if you have joysticks/joypads attached to your PC, but don't want to use them in Kawaks
DisableJoystick=0

AutoPause=1
AlwaysOnTop=1


; Sound frequency. The higher, the better the quality. Values : 11025, 22050, 44100, 48000
SoundFreq=22050

; Sound segments. if sound gets choppy, try fiddling with those (SoundSegLag < SoundSegs)
SoundSegs=6
SoundSegLag=5

; Interpolate sound. Affects NeoGeo only
InterpolateSound=0

LowPassFilter=0

; CPS1 sound. YM2151=music, OKI=SFX
EnableOKI=1
EnableYM2151=1

; QSound
; Auto start game after load
; 0=Normal, -1=Softer, 1=Louder
QSoundAmplification=0

PlayMusic=1
PlaySFX=1
PlaySFA3Announcer=1

; NeoGeo sound. YM2610=music+speech+sfx, AY-3-8910=noise
EnableYM2610=1
EnableAY38910=1

DisplayTrackName=0

; set to 1 for mono sound
MonoSound=0

; set to 1 to reverse right and left channels
ReverseStereo=0

; Task priority. Valid values are the following :
; HIGH_PRIORITY     : 128    Use this for slower machines
; NORMAL_PRIORITY   : 32     Fast machines (full frame) use this (default setting)
; IDLE_PRIORITY     : 64     Not really useful...
; REALTIME_PRIORITY : 256    Using this one will disable multitasking. CAUTION
TaskPriorityLevel=32

; Try changing this (0/1) if Kawaks is slow :
MultiTaskFriendly=1

; Same, for Netplay :
MultiTaskFriendlyNetplay=1

; Number of frames to display chat text
NetChatDuration=300

; Number of chat text lines to display
NetChatSize=5

; Autoscroll Net chat text
NetChatAutoscroll=0

; Auto switch to full screen when net game starts
NetAutoFullscreen=0



[Path]

; path for your zipped roms
RomPath1=.\roms\cps2
RomPath2=.\roms\cps1
RomPath3=.\roms\neogeo
RomPath4=C:\Roms\SNK Neo-Geo\Roms
RomPath5=.\roms

SavesPath=.\saves
EEPROMPath=.\eeprom
INIPath=.\ini
TracklistPath=.\tracklst
CheatPath=.\cheats
ScreenShotPath=.\sshots
CapturePath=.\capture
LanguagePath=.\lang
RecordPath=.\recinput
BlendPath=.\blend

[fRequEnCy]

I would have thought maybe there was an unneeded Sendkeys or something that was being sent. For real-time support, you can meet me in the chat room (link located on top of the forums).

[Adultery]

Can you change this:

Autopause=1

To:

autopause=0

In your WinKawaks config and see if it makes any difference?

I haven't got it so I'm just stabbing in the dark here.

[thumper88]

Well I had played with that AutoPause setting before, seemed to have no effect.

I switched to Nebula...just couldn't figure out why Kawaks was so dependent on Pause....

Nebula had problems of it's own....started off with a config from the setup wizard....ROMs would work in Gui mode 1 (window) perfectly, but ROMs would load to a blank colored screen in Gui mode 0 (full screen).

Ended up going to EmuAsylum to grab the Bios files, but got the emulator straight from the official Nebula site.

Got that all setup....same problem. I noticed the Nebula.exe began with an uppercase "N", while the nebula.ini and such began with a lowercase "n".

So I changed that.....and guess what, it works.....

Fusion, Project64, ZSNES, FCEUX, Stella, VisualBoyAdvance....all have been extremely easy to get working, except these two....

[thumper88]

OK...was still having problems loading some ROMs...would freeze during ram check of a game....or I would still get the random blank color screen.

Changed fullscreen video settings to match windowed settings, "match machine resolution", turned off "vsync", left triple buffering off.

Works flawless now...thought I had some bad ROMs, but it turned out to be incompatible video settings...