Change Default Settings

Change Boot, Emulator or Support App settings:

Boot Settings

 

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Current Boot:

This is the default boot profile being used within the admin interface. If you boot games from the main menu - these setting will be used. 

Quicklaunch:

The setting in the boot profile (this can be changed in the Game Profile). Set to:

Default Emu:

The default emulator assigned to game profiles when created automatically within EmVoy. e.g. if you boot a gamefile via command line that doesn't have a game profile, it will be setup using the default Boot Profile emulator.

Skip Menu:

Whether the Boot Profile skips the admin interface and goes straight to the game boot sequence (for exmaple in 'full boot' profiles)

User Update:

Whether the profiles sets user update messages to show. If false, EmVoy runs silently, leaving the desktop blank.

Sub-menus

Create a new Boot Profile:

Creates a new Boot profile and automatically progresses to Edit Boot Profile...

Edit an Existing Boot Profile

Either choose the profile to edit or a new boot record...

Profile name: Choose something descriptive - used in other drop-down menus. For e.g. the System followed by the boot functioning (e.g. Playstation Admin Setup). Only accepts alpha-numerics.

Description: More detailed description of the profile if needed.

Choose a System: It's best to choose one from this list rather than free-text one in afterwards. This can help in cross-referencing in other parts of EmVoy and with other apps (Systems are in GameEx convention).

Path to 7zip folder: as implies

Path to Pakiso folder: as implies.

Path to Quicklaunch folder: This is where the unzipped, processed gamefiles will sit. If you have more than one Boot Profile using the same set of gamefiles - also ensure they share the same Quicklaunch folder. I'd suggest having your ROMS in following format: ROMS>System>  and then two folders - Main set (for zipped files) and Quicklaunch for processed).

Path to DTools Lite exe: as implies. NB: As of DTools V10 and upwards - you must choose DTAgent.exe not DTLite.exe.

Path to Gamefiles: Where your unzipped/unprocessed gamefiles are located.

Quicklaunch folder ask/keep/delete: See above

Default Emulator: Choose the default emu for this boot profile - see above.

Support Apps: Which support apps to boot when this profile is used (if you later set specific apps in the game profile - these will be used instead of this)

Other settings:

Quit Emvoy on game quit - closes Emvoy process when emu exited.
Skip admin menu - admin menu skipped - goes straight to process of booting game
Update message to user - show updates about process - unzipping, booting support apps etc.
Prompt input - waits for OK at various prompts - use to view processes step-by-step
Show command line window - doesn't do anything yet :)
Create Log - creates operation log in EmVoy>Logs - good for debugging
Create log history - doesn't do anything yet :)
Skip UnZip - skips unzip part of process - advanced use
Skip UnECM - as implies
Skip make Quicklaunch - doesn't make a quickalunch folder - advanced use.

Review and Save:

Opportunity to review the settings and save if happy. Back to amend.

Copy a boot profile:

As implies. Useful where you have just done setup for, say, an admin boot + want to create a Quickboot profile with largely the same settings.

Delete a Boot Profile:

As implies.

Set the default Boot Profile:

Sets the boot profile Emvoy boots to in the absence of any command line parameters (e.g. if double click emvoy.exe) or if no profile is passed via the command line (via the -p switch).

 

Emulator Settings

Create New, Edit and Delete Emulator Profiles:

As implies.

Edit Emulator Profile:

If you use a multi-system emulator such as Mednafen, ensure that you have one Emulator profile per emulator/system combo. For example "Mednafen - Playstation" and "Mednafen - Turbo Grafx-16"

Name: Choose something short but descriptive.

Emulator: Try choose one from the drop-down list (ensures compatibility elsewhere). If that's not possible, you can manually enter it in the box.

Version number: ..of the emu - helpful when talking with others about setup.

Notes: Handy for any setup notes for emu (e.g. requires bios) etc.

Choose System:  associated with Emulator.

Emulator exe: Select the exe for the emulator.

Full-boot Command line parameters: There are two types of boot in EmVoy. Full-boot is one option from the Admin Home screen and is the one used when booting a game from command line. It is basically the one how you want your game to boot straight from your Front End (e.g. fullscreen, no GUI/interface etc).

Setup boot Command line parameters: How emulator boots from Setup Boot from admin menu. For example, may be forcing windowed mode, or to show the gui. To enable Setup boot, but just send the emulator exe to command line (e.g. "Mednafen.exe" with no parameters) enter "{blank}" here. If just left blank, disables setup boot option from main Admin Home menu.

Use Daemon Tools? Whether to mount game image to DTools or not

DTools Drive type: SCSI or DT. Most emus seems to use SCSI.

DTools Drive letter: The drive that will be used for images. Ensure you don't use any that are already assigned in your system (e.g. C:) including any removable drives.

File Extension Priority: EmVoy does not need the name of a gamefile within a zip file - it just needs the zip filename. It unzips all the files to a folder. It then searches through this unzipped folder, picking out all the files ending in the extensions listed here. It then prioritizes the 'rightmost' extension to either mount to DTools or to use within the command line. See "6. Mount Image" here for more info.

Use Setting Script to Save Settings? Chooses whether to store the emulator settings for the game on emu exit.

Keep history of settings? Every time the emu is closed + settings re-saved, will backup the 'old' settings.

Settings Script executable: Choose the relevant script. These reside in EmVoy>Emulators>Scripts. If you're not using one, just choose a dummy file.

Choose Support Apps: As per that for the Boot Profiles.

Support App Settings

Create New, Edit and Delete Support App Profiles:

As implies.

Edit Support App Profile:

Name: brief, descriptive

Version: as implies

Notes: as implies

Support App exe: as implies.

Command line parameters: any parameters/switches to append to Support App call via command line. You can also reference EmVoy variables within this by surrounding the variable name in "%%" See here for a list of useable variables.

Quit Support App when Game is quit?: as implies.