Advanced Plugins Setup

Advanced plugins setup guide by Mastershoes on GBATemp and Dark Umbra.  Check out the thread by Mastershoes if your looking for plugin rom covers - http://gbatemp.net/t...-cover-support/.  Lots of good covers and info.

Note: The following guide isn't really necessary if you have Abz's masterpiece pack as he has already done this for you.  But it is cool to learn how it's done.

Split up your emulator roms for vbagx, genplusgx, or mednafen

For example, the vbagx plugin is for .gb (gameboy), .gbc (gameboy color), and .gba (gameboy advance) game roms.  With this technique you can subdivide each into it's own plugin.

• • You still only need the one .dol

  • You will need an plugin ".ini" file for each separate system. (I.E. - GB/GBC/GBA... GEN/SMS/GG/SG1000... etc.)

  • You will need to create a new magic number, with a value of at least "+10" of any other magic number... See the following example, Magic numbers in blue.

  • Also, only required for seperating gameboy games... roms must be in seperate folders, and the plugin .ini must point there! Reason being that ".gb" will also be recognized by ".gbc" and ".gba". This conflict doesn't happen with genplus-gx or wiimednafen. Note the folder's highlighted in red in the example below.

[PLUGIN]

magic=56424158     //Gameboy

coverColor=fcff00

coverFolder=GB

fileTypes=.gb

romDir=vbagx/roms/GB

dolFile=vbagx-mod9.dol

bannerSound=gba.ogg

displayname=Gameboy Classic

ReturnLoader=yes

consoleCoverID=nintendo

[PLUGIN]

magic=56424168      //Gameboy Color

coverColor=fcff00

coverFolder=GBC

fileTypes=.gb|.sgb

romDir=vbagx/roms/GBC

dolFile=vbagx-mod9.dol

bannerSound=gba.ogg

displayname=Gameboy Color

ReturnLoader=yes

consoleCoverID=nintendo

[PLUGIN]

magic=56424178     //Gameboy Advanced

coverColor=fcff00

coverFolder=GBA

fileTypes=.gba

romDir=vbagx/roms/GBA

dolFile=vbagx-mod9.dol

bannerSound=gba.ogg

displayname=Gameboy Advance

ReturnLoader=yes

consoleCoverID=nintendo

Incorporate separated emulators into your source_menu

• • Setup your button's

  • Make sure your button's "image" names are the same as the .png's in your source_menu folder. (Note: "image_s" is the image that appears when "hovered" over.)

  • Make sure your "magic #'s" match between your plugin ".ini" file and "source_menu.ini" file.

[BUTTON_8]

image=GB.png

image_s=GBb.png

source=plugin

magic=56424158

emuflow=6

[BUTTON_9]

image=GBC.png

image_s=GBCb.png

source=plugin

magic=56424168

emuflow=6

[BUTTON_10]

image=GBA.png

image_s=GBAb.png

source=plugin

magic=56424178

emuflow=6