SYNOPSIS

mupen64plus [parameters(s)] [romfile]

DESCRIPTION

Mupen64Plus is a plugin\(hybased N64 emulator for Linux/Unix, OSX, and Windows which is capable of accurately playing many games. Included are four MIPS R4300 CPU emulators, with dynamic recompilers for 32\(hybit x86 and 64\(hybit amd64 systems, and necessary plugins for audio, graphical rendering (RDP), signal co\(hyprocessor (RSP), and input. There are currently two OpenGL video plugins available: the included Rice Video, and Arachnoid (at http://bitbucket.org/wahrhaft/mupen64plus-video-arachnoid/).

The most current documentation can be found at the project's homepage:

http://code.google.com/p/mupen64plus

-h, --help

Print help message.

--noosd

Disable onscreen display.

--osd

Enable onscreen display.

--fullscreen

Run emulator in fullscreen display mode.

--windowed

Run emulator in windowed display mode.

--resolution res

Display resolution (640\(mu480, 800\(mu600, 1024\(mu768, etc)

--cheats cheat\(hyspec

Enable or list cheat codes for the given rom file.

--corelib filepath

Specifies a filename (optionally with a preceding directory path) to load a specific Mupen64Plus core library.

--configdir directory

Specifies a directory to look for the mupen64plus.cfg file. Default is ~/.config/mupen64plus/.

--datadir directory

Specifies a directory to search for shared data files (fonts, cheat codes, .ini files). Default is PREFIX/share/mupen64plus/.

--plugindir directory

Specifies a directory to search for plugin files. Default is PREFIX/lib/mupen64plus/.

--sshotdir directory

Specifies a directory to save screenshots captured during gameplay. Default is ~/.local/share/mupen64plus/screenshot/.

--gfx plugin\(hyspec

Specifies a plugin\(hyspec to select a graphics plugin for use during emulation.

--audio plugin\(hyspec

Specifies a plugin\(hyspec to select an audio plugin for use during emulation.

--input plugin\(hyspec

Specifies a plugin\(hyspec to select an input plugin for use during emulation.

--rsp plugin\(hyspec

Specifies a plugin\(hyspec to select an RSP plugin for use during emulation.

--emumode mode

Specifies which mode the emulator core should run in. mode should be set to one of the following numbers: 0=Pure Interpreter, 1=Cached Interpreter, 2=Dynamic Recompiler (DynaRec).

--testshots list

Take screenshots at frames given in the comma\(hyseparated list, then quit.

--core-compare-send

Use the core comparison debugging feature, in data sending mode. If the core was not compiled with support for the Core Comparison feature, then the emulator will exit with an error.

--core-compare-recv

Use the core comparison debugging feature, in data receiving mode. If the core was not compiled with support for the Core Comparison feature, then the emulator will exit with an error.

--set param\(hyspec

Set the value of a Mupen64Plus configuration parameter. This option may be used multiple times. The format of param\(hyspec is Section\(hyName[Param\(hyName]=Value

--saveoptions

Save the given command\(hyline options into the mupen64plus configuration file to use as defaults in the future. Since the console front\(hyend needs to load the core library before reading the configuration file, the --corelib option cannot be saved.

--verbose

Print lots of information. Useful for debugging but unnecessary for normal use.

plugin\(hyspec

(plugin-name)

Filename (without path) of plugin to use. Application will search through several directories to look for a matching plugin name.

(plugin-path)

Full directory path and filename of plugin.

'dummy'

Use the dummy plugin.

cheat\(hyspec

'list'

Show all of the available cheat codes.

'all'

Enable all of the available cheat codes.

(codelist)

A comma separated list of cheat code numbers to enable.

KEY COMMANDS

The following shortcut keys can be used during emulation. These are the default key values; nearly all of them may be set to different keys by editing the mupen64plus configuration file.

Escape

Quit the emulator.

0-9

Select virtual 'slot' for save/load state.

F5

Save emulator state to current slot.

F7

Load emulator state from current slot.

F9

Reset emulator.

F10

Slow down emulator speed by 5 percent.

F11

Speed up emulator speed by 5 percent.

F12

Take screenshot.

Alt\(hyEnter

Toggle fullscreen mode. This is not supported on Windows.

p or P

Pause/continue emulation.

m or M

Mute/unmute sound.

f or F

Fast Forward (playback at 250% normal speed as long as key is pressed).

g or G

Press GameShark button (if cheats are enabled).

/ or ?

Advance one frame if paused.

[

Decrease volume.

]

Increase volume.

FILES

The default location for the Mupen64plus configuration file is ~/.config/mupen64plus/. The default location of the saved screenshots is ~/.local/share/mupen64plus/screenshot/. The default location of the save states is ~/.local/share/mupen64plus/save/.

BUGS

To report bugs or make feature requests, use the issue tracker on the Mupen64Plus project site:

http://code.google.com/p/mupen64plus/issues/list

AUTHORS

Mupen64Plus was originally started by Richard42 and nmn, and is based on Mupen64 (originally written by Hacktarux).

This man page was written by ebenblues, and updated by Richard42.

COPYRIGHT

Mupen64Plus is © 2008-2010 The Mupen64Plus Team License GPLv2+: GNU GPL version 2 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>

This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.