[RESOLVED] windows games problems

Hi there, the problem happen only with a few games like pes2021, forza horizon 5.

when the game start from the windows system (.bat), a believe the launcher not killing the ES application, result music still in background as the retrobat.

to play the game i have to pres alt+tab to switch to the desire application.

anyone else?

TK

Hello
You can :
-Try is this happen with RetroBat V6
-Try with a shortcut instead of a bat ?

mahisa2815 wrote:Hi there, the problem happen only with a few games like pes2021, forza horizon 5.

when the game start from the windows system (.bat), a believe the launcher not killing the ES application, result music still in background as the retrobat.

to play the game i have to pres alt+tab to switch to the desire application.

anyone else?

TK

Try with a autorun batch, similare batocera.... Or use directly your shortcut .exe game. or add a command line to wait until the game is closed before closing the batch, because in your case, ES opens a batch, not your game.

Aynshe wrote:

mahisa2815 wrote:Hi there, the problem happen only with a few games like pes2021, forza horizon 5.

when the game start from the windows system (.bat), a believe the launcher not killing the ES application, result music still in background as the retrobat.

to play the game i have to pres alt+tab to switch to the desire application.

anyone else?

TK

Try with a autorun batch, similare batocera.... Or use directly your shortcut .exe game. or add a command line to wait until the game is closed before closing the batch, because in your case, ES opens a batch, not your game.

@echo off
set "GAMENAME=ForzaHorizon5.exe"
set "GAMEPATH=\Forza Horizon 5\"
set HOME="%~dp0"
set "GAMEROOT=%~dp0%GAMEPATH%"
cd %GAMEROOT%
start "" /WAIT "%GAMEROOT%%GAMENAME%"
exit

this is the batch.

Hello,

Why not directly use a link to the executable ?

tartifless wrote:Hello,

Why not directly use a link to the executable ?

tried same behaviour my friend.

So you need to use the .bat method where you specify the executable, but first run the game and check with ctrl+alt+del the actual name of the running game process

Bat script is here:
https://retrobat.forumgaming.fr/t480-tuto-add-steam-games-to-retrobat-or-any-game-from-epic-or-other-via-steam#8085

It will need adaptation

it is indeed ForzaHorizon5.exe

OK so try and adapt the script from the link (second one, not the one searching for steam).

2 places to change:
- at the beginning, start the right exe
- at the tasklist finder, replace mygame.exe with ForzaHorizon5.exe

probably i forgot to say that all of my games are steam free, i've got a folder where i installed all the games. cant figure to launch the game with that script.

For sure it could be interesting to know
https://wiki.retrobat.org/systems-and-emulators/supported-game-systems/others/windows#adding-a-steam-game

https://wiki.retrobat.org/advanced-features/batgui#add-steam-library

The solution provided should work whether you use steam or not.
Can you show the bat file ?

@echo OFF

REM HERE MODIFY YOUR STEAM APPID:
START steam://rungameid/000000 (this is the missing part if I type the path it won't launch)

TIMEOUT /t 30
:RUNNING

REM HERE YOU MUST ENTER THE RIGHT NAME OF THE EXECUTABLE, FOR EXAMPLE: "Mygame.exe"
tasklist|findstr "forzahorizon5.exe" > nul

if %errorlevel%==1 timeout /t 5 & GOTO ENDLOOP
timeout /t 2
GOTO RUNNING
:ENDLOOP

if your game is official, so use Batgui for add your game :

mahisa2815 wrote:@echo OFF

REM HERE MODIFY YOUR STEAM APPID:
START steam://rungameid/000000 (this is the missing part  if I type the path it won't launch)

TIMEOUT /t 30
:RUNNING

REM HERE YOU MUST ENTER THE RIGHT NAME OF THE EXECUTABLE, FOR EXAMPLE: "Mygame.exe"
tasklist|findstr "forzahorizon5.exe" > nul

if %errorlevel%==1 timeout /t 5 & GOTO ENDLOOP
timeout /t 2
GOTO RUNNING
:ENDLOOP

Can you give me the path to the game ?
Also please ensure you respect upper case and lower case in the executable name !

tartifless wrote:

mahisa2815 wrote:@echo OFF

REM HERE MODIFY YOUR STEAM APPID:
START steam://rungameid/000000 (this is the missing part  if I type the path it won't launch)

TIMEOUT /t 30
:RUNNING

REM HERE YOU MUST ENTER THE RIGHT NAME OF THE EXECUTABLE, FOR EXAMPLE: "Mygame.exe"
tasklist|findstr "forzahorizon5.exe" > nul

if %errorlevel%==1 timeout /t 5 & GOTO ENDLOOP
timeout /t 2
GOTO RUNNING
:ENDLOOP

Can you give me the path to the game ?
Also please ensure you respect upper case and lower case in the executable name !

H:\RetroBat\roms\windows\Forza Horizon 5\ForzaHorizon5.exe

yes wrote with my mobile.

thank you

finally i made it, this is the batch to use for every windows game not related to steam, going on 30+60 was too late for ES to settle back.

I really want to thank you all for the support.



@echo off
set "GAMENAME=MyGame.exe"
set "GAMEPATH=\MyGamefolder\"
set HOME="%~dp0"
set "GAMEROOT=%~dp0%GAMEPATH%"
cd %GAMEROOT%
start "" /WAIT "%GAMEROOT%%GAMENAME%"

TIMEOUT /t 10
:RUNNING

tasklist|findstr "MyGame.exe" > nul

if %errorlevel%==1 timeout /t 10 & GOTO ENDLOOP
timeout /t 10
GOTO RUNNING
:ENDLOOP
exit

You need to do this in your .bat file:

@echo OFF

REM HERE MODIFY YOUR STEAM APPID:
START "H:\RetroBat\roms\windows\Forza Horizon 5\ForzaHorizon5.exe"

TIMEOUT /t 30
:RUNNING

REM HERE YOU MUST ENTER THE RIGHT NAME OF THE EXECUTABLE, FOR EXAMPLE: "Mygame.exe"
tasklist|findstr "ForzaHorizon5.exe" > nul

if %errorlevel%==1 timeout /t 5 & GOTO ENDLOOP
timeout /t 2
GOTO RUNNING
:ENDLOOP

tartifless wrote:You need to do this in your .bat file:

@echo OFF

REM HERE MODIFY YOUR STEAM APPID:
START "H:\RetroBat\roms\windows\Forza Horizon 5\ForzaHorizon5.exe"

TIMEOUT /t 30
:RUNNING

REM HERE YOU MUST ENTER THE RIGHT NAME OF THE EXECUTABLE, FOR EXAMPLE: "Mygame.exe"
tasklist|findstr "ForzaHorizon5.exe" > nul

if %errorlevel%==1 timeout /t 5 & GOTO ENDLOOP
timeout /t 2
GOTO RUNNING
:ENDLOOP

thank you my friend.following your batch won't work. i've sorted. check my post above.