ulaunchelf configuration

[silencer1981]

Anyone know how to make up a configuration file for this program?.... and where will it save the settings?, Everytime I launch it I have to assign the programs... How do I set this up permanitly?

[dlanor]

Anyone know how to make up a configuration file for this program?....

When you exit the menu where you assign 'hotkey' programs, by using the "OK" entry near the bottom of that screen, then the program will attempt to save the configuration.

and where will it save the settings?

That depends on how it was started and if its CNF file was present already.

At boot LaunchELF checks for its CNF in the same folder it ran from. If none is found there it proceeds to search in mc0:/SYS-CONF/ and mc1:/SYS-CONF/.

If it finds LAUNCHELF.CNF in any of those places, then that is set up as the active CNF path, and that is where it will also try to save changed CNFs.

If it does not find any CNF in those places, then the path from which LaunchELF was started will be used in attempts to save changed CNFs. That will work fine for MC or USB. It may also work with HDD, though that depends on the launcher that started LaunchELF. It will never work with CD/DVD, obviously, as it is impossible to save files to those media. The same problem also applies to emulated CD/DVD via HDLoader or USBadvance.

If you do run LaunchELF from unsuitable (or varying) media, and still want consistent usage of configuration files, then you need to place them in mc0:/SYS-CONF/.

Best regards: dlanor

[silencer1981]

Thanks for the info. So I should try to get the launchelf.cnf onto my memory card, now I assume I should use Launchelf to do this. Do I just use a blank file or do I need to find a pre-configured one?. I'll give a blank one a shot. Thanks again

[dlanor]

Thanks for the info. So I should try to get the launchelf.cnf onto my memory card, now I assume I should use Launchelf to do this. Do I just use a blank file or do I need to find a pre-configured one?. I'll give a blank one a shot. Thanks again

If you start LaunchELF in a folder on the MC, then no file at all is needed. Just enter the config screen and (when done with your changes) choose "OK", which will save the current settings to LAUNCHELF.CNF in that same folder. Then you can copy it to /SYS-CONF/, if you want it to be used as default CNF (when running LaunchELF from places without a CNF present).

Best regards: dlanor

[HypERSoniC]

if you really want to make the file yourself, here is an extract from my upcoming launchelf documentation:

5c.Settings file layout
Each line of the settings file corresponds to a particular setting or value. Each line of the settings file is described below.

Default (path)
Circle (path)
Cross (path)
Square (path)
Triangle (path)
L1 (path)
R1 (path)
L2 (path)
R2 (path)
L3 (path)
R3 (path)
START (path)
Timeout (INT)
Print Screen Name Only (0/1)
Colour 1
Colour 2
Colour 3
Colour 4
Screen X (INT)
Screen Y (INT)
Disc Control (0/1)
Interlace (0/1)
IOP Reset (0/1)
Number of Configs (0/1)
Swap X/O (0/1)

[DeVante]

Here's a small information file that I made essentially for myself, but anyone can use:

|================================================= ===========
|
| General LaunchELF Information
|
|================================================= ===========

|------------------------------
| Layout of LaunchELF config file.
| * denotes uLaunchELF only settings
|------------------------------

Default (autoloads on timeout) -> cdfs:/TEST.ELF
O -> cdfs:/PUKK_P2L.ELF
X -> cdfs:/INSTALL.CNF
[] -> cdfs:/SYSTEM.CNF
/\ -> MISC/FileBrowser
L1 -> MISC/PS2Browser
R1 -> MISC/PS2Disc
L2 -> cdfs:/PUKKLINK.ELF
R2 -> cdfs:/INSTALL.CNF
L3 -> cdfs:/PUKK_P2L.ELF
R3 -> cdfs:/SYSTEM.CNF
Start -> MISC/FileBrowser
Timeout (seconds) -> 20
Name type (0=full/1=title) -> 1
Color 1 (background) -> 3284510
Color 2 (border) -> 6247765
Color 3 (commands/highlight) -> 10526880
Color 4 (menu text) -> 16777215
Screen X -> 128
Screen Y -> 30
Spin disc (0=off/1=on) -> 1
Interlace (0=off/1=on) -> 0
*Reset IOP (0=off/1=on) -> 1
*Number of config files -> 2
*Swap X and O (0=no/1=yes) -> 1


|------------------------------
| These are the valid drive
| paths you may use.
|------------------------------

Memory Card (slot 1) -> mc0:/
Memory Card (slot 2) -> mc1:/
PS2 Hard drive -> hdd0:/
PS2 Disc drive -> cdfs:/
USB storage drive -> mass:/
*Remote PC -> host:/
Built in functions -> MISC/

Built in functions are: FileBrowser, PS2Browser, PS2Disc, *PS2Net

Example: cdfs:/utilities/hdloader.elf
Example: MISC/FileBrowser


|------------------------------
| Configuration location
|------------------------------

Normally LaunchELF expects the LAUNCHELF.CNF file in the same folder it
was launched from. If not, it looks in mc0:/SYS-CONF/. Whenever you change
any settings, they are saved back to the same file.

If it doesn't find the CNF in either of the two locations mentioned, then
it may still be able to save your new settings, but only if the folder
mc0:/SYS-CONF/ exists. If not, the saving will fail.

To fix this are, manually create the mc0:/SYS-CONF/ folder.

As always in creating new MC folders, consider copying a valid icon set to
that folder, to make the PS2 browser consider it a valid 'save' and not
corrupt data.


|------------------------------
| PS2Net (built-in FTP server)
|------------------------------

MISC/PS2Net uses the standard IPCONFIG.DAT format, located in the
mc0:/SYS-CONF/ folder.


|------------------------------
| Browsing your PC
|------------------------------

In order for you to be able to browse your PC - denoted as 'host:/' -
you need to get hold of "ps2client.exe", the PC-side client program for
the PS2Link server. The 'host:/' part of ps2client is really a server,
though, and that's how we use it with LaunchELF as the PS2-side client.

To browse your PC with uLaunchELF:

1) In LaunchELF, attempt to browse to 'host:/' (times out to empty dir)
- This sets up the PS2 end of the host interface, similar to PS2Link launch.

2) On PC, start "ps2client.exe -h YOUR_PS2_IP_NUMBER listen"
- Use either a dos command, batch file, or an edited shortcut for this.
- It sets up "ps2client" to run in 'listen' mode, as a host: server.

3) In LaunchELF, make a new attempt to browse to 'host:/'
- This will now establish contact and show the 'host:/' root directory.

By default, the root directory is the the work directory of "ps2client.exe".
Frequently (depends on starting method), that will be the same directory
where "ps2client.exe" is located.

Tips:
You can have a batch file containing the following three lines:

%~d1
cd "%~f1"
%~dp0\ps2client -h ps2 listen

This means that any folder dropped on this batch file (or its shortcut) will become the
work directory of ps2client for the new session, and can thus be browsed from LaunchELF.

If you have 'elflist.txt' in the work directory of ps2client, and let it contain any
links you need to files or folders on the PC, they will be visible in uLaunchELF.

To make your entire PC visible, simply add each partition to 'elflist.txt'.
For example,

C:
D:
E: