Is it possible to make a quicklaunch batch file?

Rhiyo · Post by **Rhiyo** » Mon Dec 24, 2012 6:18 am

Hey, I like to play older games when I have the time through out my campus on different PCs. I'd like to be able to double click a batch file on any computer and instantly get into the game (without having to go through the launcher), like I've set up a lot of my dosBox games to do.

I've made batch file that almost works:

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residualvm -p .\Grim\ -f --savepath=".\Saves" --extrapath=".\extra" --soft-renderer grim

But I can't get it to save volume settings and such that have been changed like it does if I were to launch the game through the launcher. I can change the volume settings in game, but as soon as I restart they are reset to default.

Any idea how to make it keep the settings if possible?

Thanks

ezekiel000 · Post by **ezekiel000** » Mon Dec 24, 2012 8:17 am

If you open the launcher/gui of residual and add grim and set up the volume/folders/etc then you can make a batch file with just: residualvm -f grim

Edit: Nevermind I skipped over where you said you wanted to do this to be portable. Try setting up as above then copy the settings file to the same folder as residual and see if this works: residualvm --config=.\[settingsfilename] -f grim

Edit2:
-m, --music-volume=NUM Set the music volume, 0-255 (default: 192)
-s, --sfx-volume=NUM Set the sfx volume, 0-255 (default: 192)
-r, --speech-volume=NUM Set the speech volume, 0-255 (default: 192)

Rhiyo · Post by **Rhiyo** » Wed Dec 26, 2012 11:44 am

Is the config file the residualvm.ini file?

ezekiel000 · Post by **ezekiel000** » Wed Dec 26, 2012 12:04 pm

Yes I think so, I use linux so I'm not 100% sure as it's different for windows.

Rhiyo · Post by **Rhiyo** » Thu Dec 27, 2012 11:09 am

Still unable to get it working, in game options are still reset each game run

ezekiel000 · Post by **ezekiel000** » Thu Dec 27, 2012 2:15 pm

Have you tried instead with:
residualvm -p .\Grim\ -f --savepath=".\Saves" --extrapath=".\extra" --soft-renderer --music-volume=100 --sfx-volume=100 --speech-volume=100 grim

Rhiyo · Post by **Rhiyo** » Sat Dec 29, 2012 7:19 am

It still resets to what it is in the launcher if I relaunch it. I guess I'll just have to reset it up each time because it looks like this isn't going to work. Thanks anyway!

Nitrus · Post by **Nitrus** » Sat Dec 29, 2012 10:05 am

This works fine for me, it seems to override the settings in the config file (launcher settings):

.\residualvm.exe -p "D:\Games\Grim Fandango" -f --music-volume=150 --sfx-volume=150 --speech-volume=150 --soft-renderer --subtitles --save-slot=0 grim

I put the *.BAT it in the same folder as Residual, and get a shortcut out on Desktop.

P.S.: --save-slot loads the save game slot on startup.