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Way to define .conf parameter via command prompt parameter?

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First post, by pjburnhill

Posted on 2016-01-11, 12:54

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Hi,

Just wondering if it's possible at all to use the command prompt to change .conf parameter during launch?

For instance

1dosbox.com -conf url\to\dosbox.conf %1 %2 %3

etc. and in dosbox.conf you could have

1mapper=%1

for instance.

This would mean you could have game-specific .map files without having to change the .conf or create game-specific .conf for each game to point to the correct .map.

Is this sort of thing supported by dosbox launch parameters?

Cheers,
PJ

Reply 1 of 4, by Dominus

Posted on 2016-01-11, 13:28

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Yes, -conf and -userconf, you need to read up what does what (I'm always confusing them) but the last one overrides the first one (except maybe mapper needs to be defined in only one conf - idk) and whatever is written in the autoexec section stacks up.

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Reply 2 of 4, by pjburnhill

Posted on 2016-01-11, 16:38

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I'm aware of -userconf but unfortunately that's not quite what I'm after.. I'd like to change the .conf settings from command prompt, without creating a secondary .conf to override it.. I assume this is not possible?