New to scummvm can anyone help

morpheus2n2 · Post by **morpheus2n2** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 4:23 pm

Hi im new to this as I wanted to play broken sword. Got the game installed fine and working great after following the guids but what I want to know is, is it posible to add a short cut for it in the vista game explorer so it start broken sword??
I have tryed following the guid but when i click on the new link scummvm opens and not broken sword, I know it is posible to skip the scummvm screen and have it go srtat to game.

Sorry If this has been posted before and sorry if this post makes no sence

clem · Post by **clem** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 4:29 pm

you can start games directly via command line switches - I don't know how Vista handles it, but under XP, you'd add the command line switches after the program in "target" when looking at a shortcut's properties.

for the list of command line switches, see README section 5.1 - I think the "GAME" string is what the corresponding entry in scummvm.ini is called.

morpheus2n2 · Post by **morpheus2n2** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 5:23 pm

Yeah thats what I tryed but it will just open scummvm fullscreen and not the game lol

md5 · Post by **md5** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 6:19 pm

Make sure that the shortcut points to something like:
drive:\ScummVM path\scummvm.exe gamename

e.g.:
C:\Program Files\ScummVM\scummvm.exe sword1

morpheus2n2 · Post by **morpheus2n2** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 10:00 pm

md5 wrote:Make sure that the shortcut points to something like:
drive:\ScummVM path\scummvm.exe gamename

e.g.:
C:\Program Files\ScummVM\scummvm.exe sword1

sweet thanks worked a charm