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| + | ====== Usage ====== | ||
| + | **Output of -showusage command** | ||
| + | On this page you can find a list of options available for MESS at command line, as listed by using the -showusage option. To each option, there corresponds an entry in the configuration file mess.ini. Please refer to the mess.ini wiki page for a more detailed description of the options and their effect. | ||
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| + | ^CORE CONFIGURATION OPTIONS^^ | ||
| + | |-readconfig |enable loading of configuration files| | ||
| + | ^CORE SEARCH PATH OPTIONS^^ | ||
| + | |-rompath |path to ROMsets and hard disk images| | ||
| + | |-hashpath |path to hash files| | ||
| + | |-samplepath |path to samplesets| | ||
| + | |-artpath |path to artwork files| | ||
| + | |-ctrlrpath |path to controller definitions| | ||
| + | |-inipath |path to ini files| | ||
| + | |-fontpath |path to font files| | ||
| + | |-cheatpath |path to cheat files| | ||
| + | |-crsshairpath |path to crosshair files| | ||
| + | ^CORE OUTPUT DIRECTORY OPTIONS^^ | ||
| + | |-cfg_directory |directory to save configurations| | ||
| + | |-nvram_directory |directory to save nvram contents| | ||
| + | |-memcard_directory |directory to save memory card contents| | ||
| + | |-input_directory |directory to save input device logs| | ||
| + | |-state_directory |directory to save states| | ||
| + | |-snapshot_directory |directory to save screenshots| | ||
| + | |-diff_directory |directory to save hard drive image difference files| | ||
| + | |-comment_directory |directory to save debugger comments| | ||
| + | ^CORE STATE/PLAYBACK OPTIONS^^ | ||
| + | |-state |saved state to load| | ||
| + | |-autosave |enable automatic restore at startup, and automatic save at exit time| | ||
| + | |-playback |playback an input file| | ||
| + | |-record |record an input file| | ||
| + | |-mngwrite |optional filename to write a MNG movie of the current session| | ||
| + | |-aviwrite |optional filename to write an AVI movie of the current session| | ||
| + | |-wavwrite |optional filename to write a WAV file of the current session| | ||
| + | |-snapname |override of the default snapshot/movie naming; %g == gamename, %i == index| | ||
| + | |-snapsize |specify snapshot/movie resolution (<width>x<height>) or 'auto' to use minimal size| | ||
| + | |-snapview |specify snapshot/movie view or 'internal' to use internal pixel-aspect views| | ||
| + | ^CORE PERFORMANCE OPTIONS^^ | ||
| + | |-autoframeskip |enable automatic frameskip selection| | ||
| + | |-frameskip |set frameskip to fixed value, 0-12 (autoframeskip must be disabled)| | ||
| + | |-seconds_to_run |number of emulated seconds to run before automatically exiting| | ||
| + | |-throttle |enable throttling to keep game running in sync with real time| | ||
| + | |-sleep |enable sleeping, which gives time back to other applications when idle| | ||
| + | |-speed |controls the speed of gameplay, relative to realtime; smaller numbers are slower| | ||
| + | |-refreshspeed |automatically adjusts the speed of gameplay to keep the refresh rate lower than the screen| | ||
| + | ^CORE ROTATION OPTIONS^^ | ||
| + | |-rotate |rotate the game screen according to the game's orientation needs it| | ||
| + | |-ror |rotate screen clockwise 90 degrees| | ||
| + | |-rol |rotate screen counterclockwise 90 degrees| | ||
| + | |-autoror |automatically rotate screen clockwise 90 degrees if vertical| | ||
| + | |-autorol |automatically rotate screen counterclockwise 90 degrees if vertical| | ||
| + | |-flipx |flip screen left-right| | ||
| + | |-flipy |flip screen upside-down| | ||
| + | ^CORE ARTWORK OPTIONS^^ | ||
| + | |-artwork_crop |crop artwork to game screen size| | ||
| + | |-use_backdrops |enable backdrops if artwork is enabled and available| | ||
| + | |-use_overlays |enable overlays if artwork is enabled and available| | ||
| + | |-use_bezels |enable bezels if artwork is enabled and available| | ||
| + | ^CORE SCREEN OPTIONS^^ | ||
| + | |-brightness |default game screen brightness correction| | ||
| + | |-contrast |default game screen contrast correction| | ||
| + | |-gamma |default game screen gamma correction| | ||
| + | |-pause_brightness |amount to scale the screen brightness when paused| | ||
| + | ^CORE VECTOR OPTIONS^^ | ||
| + | |-antialias |use antialiasing when drawing vectors| | ||
| + | |-beam |set vector beam width| | ||
| + | |-flicker |set vector flicker effect| | ||
| + | ^CORE SOUND OPTIONS^^ | ||
| + | |-sound |enable sound output| | ||
| + | |-samplerate |set sound output sample rate| | ||
| + | |-samples |enable the use of external samples if available| | ||
| + | |-volume |sound volume in decibels (-32 min, 0 max)| | ||
| + | ^CORE INPUT OPTIONS^^ | ||
| + | |-coin_lockout |enable coin lockouts to actually lock out coins| | ||
| + | |-ctrlr |preconfigure for specified controller| | ||
| + | |-mouse |enable mouse input| | ||
| + | |-joystick |enable joystick input| | ||
| + | |-lightgun |enable lightgun input| | ||
| + | |-multikeyboard |enable separate input from each keyboard device (if present)| | ||
| + | |-multimouse |enable separate input from each mouse device (if present)| | ||
| + | |-steadykey |enable steadykey support| | ||
| + | |-offscreen_reload |convert lightgun button 2 into offscreen reload| | ||
| + | |-joystick_map |explicit joystick map, or auto to auto-select| | ||
| + | |-joystick_deadzone |center deadzone range for joystick where change is ignored (0.0 center, 1.0 end)| | ||
| + | |-joystick_saturation |end of axis saturation range for joystick where change is ignored (0.0 center, 1.0 end)| | ||
| + | ^CORE INPUT AUTOMATIC ENABLE OPTIONS^^ | ||
| + | |-paddle_device |enable (none/keyboard/mouse/lightgun/joystick) if a paddle control is present| | ||
| + | |-adstick_device |enable (none/keyboard/mouse/lightgun/joystick) if an analog joystick control is present| | ||
| + | |-pedal_device |enable (none/keyboard/mouse/lightgun/joystick) if a pedal control is present| | ||
| + | |-dial_device |enable (none/keyboard/mouse/lightgun/joystick) if a dial control is present| | ||
| + | |-trackball_device |enable (none/keyboard/mouse/lightgun/joystick) if a trackball control is present| | ||
| + | |-lightgun_device |enable (none/keyboard/mouse/lightgun/joystick) if a lightgun control is present| | ||
| + | |-positional_device |enable (none/keyboard/mouse/lightgun/joystick) if a positional control is present| | ||
| + | |-mouse_device |enable (none/keyboard/mouse/lightgun/joystick) if a mouse control is present| | ||
| + | ^CORE DEBUGGING OPTIONS^^ | ||
| + | |-log |generate an error.log file| | ||
| + | |-verbose |display additional diagnostic information| | ||
| + | |-update_in_pause |keep calling video updates while in pause| | ||
| + | |-debug |enable/disable debugger| | ||
| + | |-debugscript |script for debugger| | ||
| + | ^CORE MISC OPTIONS^^ | ||
| + | |-bios |select the system BIOS to use| | ||
| + | |-cheat |enable cheat subsystem| | ||
| + | |-skip_gameinfo |skip displaying the information screen at startup| | ||
| + | ^DEBUGGING OPTIONS^^ | ||
| + | |-oslog |output error.log data to the system debugger| | ||
| + | ^PERFORMANCE OPTIONS^^ | ||
| + | |-multithreading |enable multithreading; this enables rendering and blitting on a separate thread| | ||
| + | |-sdlvideofps |show sdl video performance| | ||
| + | ^VIDEO OPTIONS^^ | ||
| + | |-video |video output method: soft or opengl| | ||
| + | |-numscreens |number of screens to create; SDLMAME only supports 1 at this time| | ||
| + | |-window |enable window mode; otherwise, full screen mode is assumed| | ||
| + | |-maximize |default to maximized windows; otherwise, windows will be minimized| | ||
| + | |-keepaspect |constrain to the proper aspect ratio| | ||
| + | |-unevenstretch |allow non-integer stretch factors| | ||
| + | |-effect |name of a PNG file to use for visual effects, or 'none'| | ||
| + | |-centerh |center horizontally within the view area| | ||
| + | |-centerv |center vertically within the view area| | ||
| + | |-waitvsync |enable waiting for the start of VBLANK before flipping screens; reduces tearing effects| | ||
| + | |-scalemode |Scale mode: none, async, yv12, yuy2, yv12x2, yuy2x2 (-video soft only)| | ||
| + | ^OpenGL-SPECIFIC OPTIONS^^ | ||
| + | |-filter |enable bilinear filtering on screen output| | ||
| + | |-prescale |scale screen rendering by this amount in software| | ||
| + | |-gl_forcepow2texture |force power of two textures (default no)| | ||
| + | |-gl_notexturerect |don't use OpenGL GL_ARB_texture_rectangle (default on)| | ||
| + | |-gl_vbo |enable OpenGL VBO, if available (default on)| | ||
| + | |-gl_pbo |enable OpenGL PBO, if available (default on)| | ||
| + | |-gl_glsl |enable OpenGL GLSL, if available (default off)| | ||
| + | |-gl_glsl_filter |enable OpenGL GLSL filtering instead of FF filtering 0-plain, 1-bilinear (default)| | ||
| + | |-glsl_shader_mame0 |custom OpenGL GLSL shader set mame bitmap 0| | ||
| + | |-glsl_shader_mame1 |custom OpenGL GLSL shader set mame bitmap 1| | ||
| + | |-glsl_shader_mame2 |custom OpenGL GLSL shader set mame bitmap 2| | ||
| + | |-glsl_shader_mame3 |custom OpenGL GLSL shader set mame bitmap 3| | ||
| + | |-glsl_shader_mame4 |custom OpenGL GLSL shader set mame bitmap 4| | ||
| + | |-glsl_shader_mame5 |custom OpenGL GLSL shader set mame bitmap 5| | ||
| + | |-glsl_shader_mame6 |custom OpenGL GLSL shader set mame bitmap 6| | ||
| + | |-glsl_shader_mame7 |custom OpenGL GLSL shader set mame bitmap 7| | ||
| + | |-glsl_shader_mame8 |custom OpenGL GLSL shader set mame bitmap 8| | ||
| + | |-glsl_shader_mame9 |custom OpenGL GLSL shader set mame bitmap 9| | ||
| + | |-glsl_shader_screen0 |custom OpenGL GLSL shader screen bitmap 0| | ||
| + | |-glsl_shader_screen1 |custom OpenGL GLSL shader screen bitmap 1| | ||
| + | |-glsl_shader_screen2 |custom OpenGL GLSL shader screen bitmap 2| | ||
| + | |-glsl_shader_screen3 |custom OpenGL GLSL shader screen bitmap 3| | ||
| + | |-glsl_shader_screen4 |custom OpenGL GLSL shader screen bitmap 4| | ||
| + | |-glsl_shader_screen5 |custom OpenGL GLSL shader screen bitmap 5| | ||
| + | |-glsl_shader_screen6 |custom OpenGL GLSL shader screen bitmap 6| | ||
| + | |-glsl_shader_screen7 |custom OpenGL GLSL shader screen bitmap 7| | ||
| + | |-glsl_shader_screen8 |custom OpenGL GLSL shader screen bitmap 8| | ||
| + | |-glsl_shader_screen9 |custom OpenGL GLSL shader screen bitmap 9| | ||
| + | |-gl_glsl_vid_attr |enable OpenGL GLSL handling of brightness and contrast. Better RGB game performance for free. (default)| | ||
| + | ^PER-WINDOW VIDEO OPTIONS^^ | ||
| + | |-screen |explicit name of the first screen; 'auto' here will try to make a best guess| | ||
| + | |-aspect |aspect ratio for all screens; 'auto' here will try to make a best guess| | ||
| + | |-resolution |preferred resolution for all screens; format is <width>x<height>[@<refreshrate>] or 'auto'| | ||
| + | |-view |preferred view for all screens| | ||
| + | |-screen0 |explicit name of the first screen; 'auto' here will try to make a best guess| | ||
| + | |-aspect0 |aspect ratio of the first screen; 'auto' here will try to make a best guess| | ||
| + | |-resolution0 |preferred resolution of the first screen; format is <width>x<height>[@<refreshrate>] or 'auto'| | ||
| + | |-view0 |preferred view for the first screen| | ||
| + | |-screen1 |explicit name of the second screen; 'auto' here will try to make a best guess| | ||
| + | |-aspect1 |aspect ratio of the second screen; 'auto' here will try to make a best guess| | ||
| + | |-resolution1 |preferred resolution of the second screen; format is <width>x<height>[@<refreshrate>] or 'auto'| | ||
| + | |-view1 |preferred view for the second screen| | ||
| + | |-screen2 |explicit name of the third screen; 'auto' here will try to make a best guess| | ||
| + | |-aspect2 |aspect ratio of the third screen; 'auto' here will try to make a best guess| | ||
| + | |-resolution2 |preferred resolution of the third screen; format is <width>x<height>[@<refreshrate>] or 'auto'| | ||
| + | |-view2 |preferred view for the third screen| | ||
| + | |-screen3 |explicit name of the fourth screen; 'auto' here will try to make a best guess| | ||
| + | |-aspect3 |aspect ratio of the fourth screen; 'auto' here will try to make a best guess| | ||
| + | |-resolution3 |preferred resolution of the fourth screen; format is <width>x<height>[@<refreshrate>] or 'auto'| | ||
| + | |-view3 |preferred view for the fourth screen| | ||
| + | ^FULL SCREEN OPTIONS^^ | ||
| + | |-switchres |enable resolution switching| | ||
| + | ^SOUND OPTIONS^^ | ||
| + | |-audio_latency |set audio latency (increase to reduce glitches, decrease for responsiveness)| | ||
| + | ^SDL KEYBOARD MAPPING^^ | ||
| + | |-keymap |enable keymap| | ||
| + | |-keymap_file |keymap filename| | ||
| + | |-uimodekey |Key to toggle MESS keyboard mode| | ||
| + | ^SDL JOYSTICK MAPPING^^ | ||
| + | |-joy_idx1 |name of joystick mapped to joystick #1| | ||
| + | |-joy_idx2 |name of joystick mapped to joystick #2| | ||
| + | |-joy_idx3 |name of joystick mapped to joystick #3| | ||
| + | |-joy_idx4 |name of joystick mapped to joystick #4| | ||
| + | |-joy_idx5 |name of joystick mapped to joystick #5| | ||
| + | |-joy_idx6 |name of joystick mapped to joystick #6| | ||
| + | |-joy_idx7 |name of joystick mapped to joystick #7| | ||
| + | |-joy_idx8 |name of joystick mapped to joystick #8| | ||
| + | |-sixaxis |Use special handling for PS3 Sixaxis controllers| | ||
| + | ^SDL LOWLEVEL DRIVER OPTIONS^^ | ||
| + | |-videodriver |sdl video driver to use ('x11', 'directfb', … or 'auto' for SDL default| | ||
| + | |-audiodriver |sdl audio driver to use ('alsa', 'arts', … or 'auto' for SDL default| | ||
| + | |-gl_lib |alternative libGL.so to use; 'auto' for system default| | ||
| + | ^MESS SPECIFIC OPTIONS^^ | ||
| + | |-ramsize |size of RAM (if supported by driver)| | ||
| + | |-writeconfig |writes configuration to (driver).ini on exit| | ||
| + | |-skip_warnings |skip displaying the warnings screen| | ||
| + | |-natural |specifies whether to use a natural keyboard or not| | ||
| + | ^SDL MESS SPECIFIC OPTIONS^^ | ||
| + | ^CORE COMMANDS^^ | ||
| + | |-help |show help message| | ||
| + | |-validate |perform driver validation on all game drivers| | ||
| + | ^CONFIGURATION COMMANDS^^ | ||
| + | |-createconfig |create the default configuration file| | ||
| + | |-showconfig |display running parameters| | ||
| + | |-showusage |show this help| | ||
| + | ^FRONTEND COMMANDS^^ | ||
| + | |-listxml |all available info on driver in XML format| | ||
| + | |-listfull |short name, full name| | ||
| + | |-listsource |driver sourcefile| | ||
| + | |-listclones |show clones| | ||
| + | |-listbrothers |show “brothers”, or other drivers from same sourcefile| | ||
| + | |-listcrc |CRC-32s| | ||
| + | |-listroms |list required roms for a driver| | ||
| + | |-listsamples |list optional samples for a driver| | ||
| + | |-verifyroms |report romsets that have problems| | ||
| + | |-verifysamples |report samplesets that have problems| | ||
| + | |-romident |compare files with known MAME roms| | ||
| + | |-listdevices |list available devices | | ||