dsync89 / pinup-popper-scripts

My original collection of PinUp Popper Launcher scripts to make launching games easier

D.Sync's PinUp Popper Scripts Collection

Feature

• Store the script references such as paths to log file, extracted zip folder in a single settings.ini file.
• Systematic and clean logging system allowing you to know the exact command passed in the launch script
• Copy/Paste launcher batch file and you're done!

Setup

Copy and paste all files in scripts folder to your PinUp Popper root folder\Scripts, e.g. c:\PinUPSystem\Scripts\

Modify settings.ini to setup the path.

; This file is read by other .bat file
[Paths]
LOGFILE=C:\PinUPSystem\log-launchscript.txt
ZIP_EXTRACT_FOLDER=r:\_pinup-popper-extracted-roms

Whenever the launch script is running, it will write logs to the LOGFILE defined in the settings files showing the paths for debugging purposes. This is very useful as there is no way to see the echo statement in Pinup Popper script system natively.

Example log content:

[2024-01-25 01:29] [Launcher][Nintendo SNES] Emu Run command: retroarch.exe -L cores\snes9x_libretro.dll "r:\roms-1g1r\system\nintendo-snes\3 Ninjas Kick Back (USA).zip" 
[2024-01-25 01:35] [Launcher][Nintendo Game Boy] Emu Run command: retroarch.exe -L cores\gambatte_libretro.dll "r:\roms-1g1r\system\nintendo-game-boy\Adventure Island (USA, Europe).zip" 
[2024-01-25 01:36] [Launcher][Nintendo Game Boy Advance] Emu Run command: retroarch.exe -L cores\mgba_libretro.dll "r:\roms-1g1r\system\nintendo-game-boy-advance\Altered Beast - Guardian of the Realms (USA).zip" 
[2024-01-25 01:36] [Launcher][Nintendo Game Boy Color] Emu Run command: retroarch.exe -L cores\gambatte_libretro.dll "r:\roms-1g1r\system\nintendo-game-boy-color\1942 (USA, Europe).zip" 
[2024-01-25 01:37] [Launcher][Nintendo Pokemon Mini] Emu Run command: retroarch.exe -L cores\pokemini_libretro.dll "r:\roms-1g1r\system\nintendo-pokemon-mini\Pokemon Party Mini - Chansey's Dribble (Europe) (GameCube).zip" 
[2024-01-25 01:40] [Launcher][Nintendo 64] Emu Run command: retroarch.exe -L cores\mupen64plus_next_libretro.dll "r:\roms-1g1r\system\nintendo-64-big-endian\Doom 64 (USA) (Rev 1).zip" 
[2024-01-25 01:41] [Launcher][Nintendo Famicom Disk System] Emu Run command: retroarch.exe -L cores\nestopia_libretro.dll "r:\roms-1g1r\system\nintendo-famicom-computer-disk-system-fds\Akumajou Dracula (Japan) (Rev 2) (Disk Writer).zip" 
[2024-01-25 01:42] [Launcher][Nintendo Entertainment System] Emu Run command: retroarch.exe -L cores\nestopia_libretro.dll "r:\roms-1g1r\system\nintendo-nes-headered\1942 (Japan, USA) (En).zip" 
[2024-01-25 01:43] [Launcher][Nintendo Wii] Emu Run command: retroarch.exe -L cores\dolphin_libretro.dll "s:\roms-1g1r\erista-redump-nintendo-wii\Action Girlz Racing (USA).zip" 

Scripts

Launcher batch file (paste to Emulator -> Launch)

• launch_retroarch_with_unzip.bat: Unzip archive using 7zip before launching RetroArch
• launch_retroarch.bat: Feed zip file directly to RetroArch

Helper Scripts These are some helper scripts used by the launcher script above, you shouldn't need to modify any of these.

• extract_files.bat
• logger.bat