Problems using Higan

[Trisuniel]

Hello, I'm having trouble using Higan with ice and without it. Higan just refuses to launch anything.

Version: v095
OS: Windows 10 Home 64-bit

This is the shortcut to launch the game in Higan:
"C:\Emulators\higan\higan-accuracy.exe" "C:\Emulators\higan\Roms\Super Mario World 2 - Yoshi's Island.sfc"

However I just get, "No cartridge loaded."

I don't think is directly related to ice though as I'm not even able to launch anything normally through Higan. If I go to Library -> Super Famicom and browse for the rom, it doesn't even recgonize it. I even tried putting the rom in the proper emulation folder it created and it still doesn't show up in the list.

Any help?

[Iron Lamb]

Higan/bsnes use non standard file format plus other quirks which makes it tricky. I only have a workaround for you.

#1 I use a modified version of Higan that opens smc files for simpler opening- search for 'higan modified open smc'.

#2 an even older version of higan/bsnes is buillt into mednafen that also works with smc files. It works with some of the trickier roms like starwars that snes9x has sound problems with, plus can add scanlines and nny4 nearest neighbour scaling through mednafen for lovely quality. Mednafen often is overlooked for snes because its an older version but its really good for most people in my opinion.

Personally I use mednafen and manually alter for roms like indiana jones that are helped by higan (the edited version referred to above).

Hope this helps. I had trouble setting up higan directly so these are alternative, easier fixes.

[Trisuniel]

Thanks! However I did manage to get higan working. Turns out you have to use that icarus.exe program that has no icon and doesn't look like anything you have to open. In there you have to import the rom.

And then I was able to get it running using:
"C:\Emulators\higan_v096-64bit\higan-accuracy.exe" "C:\Users\danie\Emulation\Super Famicom\Super Mario World 2 - Yoshi's Island (USA).sfc"

However I don't know how to make it start in fullscreen if that is even possible. Any way of doing that?

[Iron Lamb]

Sorry for late reply but I think this will help others if not original poster. I think some versions of Higan have that feature. But....just use Retroarch, and you can download a bsnes core that works with everything I've tried, plus it works with other cores too like Snes9x, PS1 Mednafen and Gens plus.

You can add it in ice, e.g:

[retroarch_snes]
location=H:\Media\EmulatorGames\Frontends\Retroarch\retroarch.exe
command=%l -f -L H:\Media\EmulatorGames\Frontends\Retroarch\cores\bsnes_mercury_accuracy_libretro.dll %r

Retroarch is very good, the only major stumbling block is that you have to use x and z for enter and backspace without any prompting, and download the cores from within the program itself. I watched a 10 minute Youtube video to set it up, and it was worth it.