mupen64plus1

A plugin-based n64 emulator for linux

Usage

mupen64plus [parameters(s)] [romfile]

Overview

Mupen64Plus is a plugin-based N64 emulator for Linux which is capable of accurately playing many games. Included are four MIPS R4300 CPU emulators, with dynamic recompilers for 32-bit x86 and 64-bit amd64 systems, and necessary plugins for audio, graphical rendering (RDP), signal co-processor (RSP), and input. There are 3 OpenGL video plugins included: glN64, RiceVideoLinux, and Glide64.

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

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

-h, --help: Print help message.

--nogui: Starts the emulator without a graphical frontend. If this option is specified, romfile must also be specified.

--noask: Do not prompt user if rom file is hacked or a bad dump.

--noosd: Disable onscreen display.

--fullscreen: Run emulator in fullscreen mode.

--romnumber number: Specify which number (zero indexed) rom to load from a multi-rom archive specified by romfile.

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

--gfx plugin-file: Specifies a graphics plugin-file to use during emulation. If the specified plugin-file is valid, the user will not be able to change the graphics plugin in the gui. If the specified plugin-file is invalid, a warning will be printed and the option will be ignored.

--audio plugin-file: Specifies an audio plugin-file to use during emulation. If the specified plugin-file is valid, the user will not be able to change the audio plugin in the gui. If the specified plugin-file is invalid, a warning will be printed and the option will be ignored.

--input plugin-file: Specifies an input plugin-file to use during emulation. If the specified plugin-file is valid, the user will not be able to change the input plugin in the gui. If the specified plugin-file is invalid, a warning will be printed and the option will be ignored.

--rsp plugin-file: Specifies an RSP plugin-file to use during emulation. If the specified plugin-file is valid, the user will not be able to change the RSP plugin in the gui. If the specified plugin-file is invalid, a warning will be printed and the option will be ignored.

--sshotdir directory: Specifies a directory to save screenshots captured during gameplay. Default is ~/.mupen64plus/screenshots.

--configdir directory: Specifies a directory to use to look for emulator and plugin configuration files, game saves, and hi-res textures. Default is ~/.mupen64plus.

--installdir directory: Specifies a directory to use to look for plugin files, gui icons, language translation files, etc. Default is PREFIX/share/mupen64plus.

--testshots list: Take screenshots at frames given in comma-separated list, then quit.

Key commands

The following shortcut keys can be used during emulation.

`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.
`Alt-Enter`	Toggle fullscreen mode.
`Pause`	Pause/continue emulation.
`m or M`	Mute/unmute sound.
`[`	Decrease volume.
`]`	Increase volume.

Files

Mupen64plus supports per user configurations for the core emulator and plugins located in ~/.mupen64plus/. A user's rom cache is located in ~/.mupen64plus/rombrowser.cache.

Lirc support

Mupen64Plus includes support for Linux Infrared Remote Control (LIRC). This can be used to send commands to Mupen64Plus using a remote control. For complete instructions on enabling LIRC support, see this wiki page:

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