NAME
mupen64plus - A plugin-based N64 emulator for Linux
SYNOPSIS
mupen64plus [parameters(s)] [romfile]
DESCRIPTION
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
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.
COPYRIGHT
Mupen64Plus is © 2008 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.
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