mupen64plus(1)
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 pluginfile 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 (C) 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.