Dotrix User Manual

Dotrix is a user interface that wraps a Gameboy emulator using the GameboyCore API.

Contents:

Build and Installation

Build

Dotrix uses the Qt5 framework and is configured with CMake. It can be built from the Qt Creator or from the command line.

For building from the command line, generate Makefiles for your build tool of choice:

cd path/to/source
mkdir build && cd build
cmake .. -G "NMake Makefiles"
nmake

For building against 64 bit Qt remember to configure your environment as such.

For example when building with MSVC 64 bit run the above commands in the Visual Studio x64 developer command prompt.

Installation

Check out the latest releases.

Opening ROM file

To open a ROM file goto:

File -> Open

ROM files must have a .gb extension.

Supported ROM files

Currently only Gameboy ROM files are supported.

Game Saves

Save files are stored to the open ROM directory as a .sav file.

For example if the following ROM file is open:

C:\Users\me\ROMS\Game.gb

The following .sav file will be generated when Dotrix closes:

C:\Users\me\ROMS\Game.sav

Controls

Default Key Bindings

The current control scheme is:

  • W -> Up
  • A -> Left
  • D -> Right
  • S -> Down
  • J -> A
  • K -> B
  • ENTER -> Start
  • SHIFT -> Select