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emulators [2023/12/22 16:08] pinupadminemulators [2024/01/26 11:20] (current) pinupadmin
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 There are only a couple of things that are different when you run outside of Popper: There are only a couple of things that are different when you run outside of Popper:
  
-1> Your launch script is configured to run VPX (or other emulators) via command lines that are different than how you run via manually.  VPX emulator config can be set to disable or enable full screen exclusive or even run a different EXE via alt-launcher.+1> Your launch script is configured to run VPX (or other emulators) via command lines that are different than how you run via manually. VPX emulator config can be set to disable or enable full screen exclusive or even run a different EXE via alt-launcher.  //Also, many times the error was you ran a different VPX filename!!  Popper was configured to use a vpx filename, but you manually ran a similar but different filename.//
  
 2> windows security, if you run outside of popper you may be running it as 'normal-user', BUT many people set pinupmenu.exe to run as admin. That can cause different behaviours with your app or 3rd party utils. Now with latest versions of DofLinx, you should set everthing (exe, startup tools, doflinx) as non-admin running. this should help if its a security issue. 2> windows security, if you run outside of popper you may be running it as 'normal-user', BUT many people set pinupmenu.exe to run as admin. That can cause different behaviours with your app or 3rd party utils. Now with latest versions of DofLinx, you should set everthing (exe, startup tools, doflinx) as non-admin running. this should help if its a security issue.
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 and the only other thing that could be different is 'timing'. sometimes you run things manually and you may do things 1-2 seconds apart while doing it manually. in curlaunch.bat, things are quicker. so you may need to add 'timeout 3' between running mulitple things in launch script. and the only other thing that could be different is 'timing'. sometimes you run things manually and you may do things 1-2 seconds apart while doing it manually. in curlaunch.bat, things are quicker. so you may need to add 'timeout 3' between running mulitple things in launch script.
  
-**PERFORMANCE DIFFERENCE**.  When i run outside of Popper it runs better than via Popper.  Again, see above section as popper doesn't use resources while it is hiding.  BUT,  you can setup Popper to 'Keep displays ON' which WILL take up resources to play the looping mp4s.  So check by setting 'NONE' in game manager for keep display on.+**PERFORMANCE DIFFERENCE**. When i run outside of Popper it runs better than via Popper. Again, see above section as popper doesn't use resources while it is hiding. BUT, you can setup Popper to 'Keep displays ON' which WILL take up resources to play the looping mp4s. So check by setting 'NONE' in game manager for keep display on.
  
-Note:  If the game has a FULLDMD or PuPDMD make sure you don't forget to set to NONE the keep-on display setting on game as you could be wasting resources cpu/gpu playing media behind it for no reason.+Note: If the game has a FULLDMD or PuPDMD make sure you don't forget to set to NONE the keep-on display setting on game as you could be wasting resources cpu/gpu playing media behind it for no reason.
  
-You can put taskmanager (set with always-on-top) on your BackGlass during play to see if there's other reasons for performance difference.  Sometimes you will see anti-virus or even windows update running in background via taskmanager.+You can put taskmanager (set with always-on-top) on your BackGlass during play to see if there's other reasons for performance difference. Sometimes you will see anti-virus or even windows update running in background via taskmanager.
  
  
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