ScummVM to start using CLI

[IvanEBC]

Hiya guys.

Its written in the readme, i read the readme, i understand the readme.

Readme says

ScummVM [OPTIONS] [GAME]

Each game has a code, listed earlier in the readme... that i read.

Day of the tentacle says "tentacle"

So i open shell, cd to the scummvm dir and type

ScummVM tentacle
also tried
ScummVM 'tentacle' and scummvm [tentacle]

Either way, the drive access's for a few seconds, and i'm return to my CLI prompt with nothing.

I tried a few of the "options" too like
ScummVM -v which is meant to return a version number, but i get nothing.

Is it simply the fact the ScummVM Amiga version doesn't support any type of Command Line options?

Why you ask? Cause i'm trying to setup igame to launch the games and bypass having to load the GUI launcher.
Thanks....

[emufan]

try using snoopdos. start before you execute the command in the shell.
snoopdos will list the files scumvm wants to access, will give OK or FAIL.
so you might get an idea what went wrong.

[DamienD]

Heya IvanEBC,

Thought I'd give this a bash

...even if I just open Shell, change into the ScummVM directory and type "ScummVM" the same thing occurs

It could well be that NovaCoder's Amiga versions doesn't support any type of command line options unfortunately...

[DamienD]

What about using "WBRun" as mentioned here in the following thread (amongst others)?

... Launching from Shell <-> from Workbench

[Retrofan]

You can also try directly while being running WB, creating an Icon-script launcher, making the system to reboot using it. You could also use WBRun there if necessary.

Post 109 here: http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=85928&page=6

[IvanEBC]

Originally Posted by emufan

try using snoopdos. start before you execute the command in the shell.
snoopdos will list the files scumvm wants to access, will give OK or FAIL.
so you might get an idea what went wrong.

Why didn't i think of that, its right here!

Originally Posted by DamienD

Heya IvanEBC,

...even if I just open Shell, change into the ScummVM directory and type "ScummVM" the same thing occurs

It could well be that NovaCoder's Amiga versions doesn't support any type of command line options unfortunately...

Seems the most likely..... so workarounds ....

Originally Posted by DamienD

What about using "WBRun" as mentioned here in the following thread (amongst others)?

... Launching from Shell <-> from Workbench

Interesting, might work with another project i have in mind but couldn't resolve.....

Originally Posted by Retrofan

You can also try directly while being running WB, creating an Icon-script launcher, making the system to reboot using it. You could also use WBRun there if necessary.

Post 109 here: http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=85928&page=6

Will invesigate... thanks to everyone for replies...

[IvanEBC]

WBRun is a real winner - man, just saved me a tonne of work..
Works well with my other project and other games/demos that wouldn't run from shell without a host of predetermined commands.

But as you said DamienD, appears that running the game directly won't work and you are forced to use the GUi to select your game.
i even just tried the -v which should display the version number and "WBrun scummvm -v" just loads it up to the GUI.

Thanks for your help, but unless novacoder tells us something different, case closed....

[Seiya]

Indiana Jones 3 ScummVM from shell


of course not all games works because i used scummvm 68k 0.10.0
my games is located in "1" directory.

so the commands are:

scummvm_68k -n -p1 indy3

[Seiya]

i never tried to launch scummvm from cli, but could be usefull to build a ScummVM Amiga Collection with a simple batch.
maybe one day, i'll try, but have to find right script/command to create such batch file.

[NovaCoder]

Originally Posted by IvanEBC

Hiya guys.

Its written in the readme, i read the readme, i understand the readme.

Readme says

ScummVM [OPTIONS] [GAME]

Each game has a code, listed earlier in the readme... that i read.

Day of the tentacle says "tentacle"

So i open shell, cd to the scummvm dir and type

None of my ports let you run from the Shell, I'm more of a WB kind of guy

Why do you want to run it from the Shell anyway?

Even if you could get it to run from the Shell it would just ignore the command line args, the idea is to use the ScummVM Launcher to add your games and configure everything (which is then written to an INI file).

[IvanEBC]

Originally Posted by NovaCoder

None of my ports let you run from the Shell, I'm more of a WB kind of guy

Why do you want to run it from the Shell anyway?

Simply - so i can click on the game, and it boots straight into that game without scrolling through a list of games and selecting one. So i guess to make it load faster and more efficently. It seems to be supported but not on your port, that's fine, your port, your rules I appreciate that, you didn't feel the need to add that function, i'll perfectly live without it.

and yeah, if i wanted to go into the GUI to add or configure a game, i would load it up without listing a game... probbaly via the beloved Workbench

[Seiya]

Originally Posted by NovaCoder

Why do you want to run it from the Shell anyway?

.

because i'd like to run the game like if it was an Amiga game, so double click on icon and the game start without ScummVM gui.
however i found a 68k version that start from shell, but it is too slow and instable. It was nice to launch a scummVM Game like an Amiga Game.. pity

[Seiya]

found it!!
Arti version v2.2 for AROS 68k working also from shell on AmigaOS 3 and it is very good. Games start like were amiga native games. Of course RTG version because AGA is very slow also in emulation