JoeViking245

That version must double up the slashes. I double checked mine (MAME 0.283) and it showed: Video: Monitor 65537 = "\\.\DISPLAY1" (primary) (I only have one monitor hooked right now) But hey, can't argue with the verbose readout. Glad you got it working!

Change this to 2.

Looks like too many backslashes. Try \\.\DISPLAY2 And should only need to set it on the 1st screen [vs. also on screen0, screen1, screen2, screen3]. Everything else should be left auto. Yes. A resounding No.

That all depends on the emulators used for each platform. And if they do have an accessible in-game menu system, you might/should be able to remap the key(s) similar to what you did with MAME.

Per the temporary Workarounds outlined in the link above by @AstroBob, ("scanning" is equivalent to "importing")

You never mentioned that was the specific button you wanted to use. But my Note (above) did cover that. Or get creative (now that I know that's the specific button you want to use). (In LaunchBox) Edit your MAME emulator In the Running Script section, add SetKeyDelay, 125, 50 $vk07::Send {Tab} If there's something in there already, add it to the bottom Click OK to save & close Play games and cheat to your hearts content

I tested it before posting (that's how I knew the steps to write ) and it worked then. Make sure your controller is on before starting MAME. With Show/Hide Menu highlighted, press Enter then press "the button". Note: The Guide button won't work for this. MAME doesn't "see" it.

Well, (2) is the "bundle" which includes both licenses (Windows and Android). So you would only need (1), the Windows [only] Lifetime Premium plan.

This is a known issue, under investigation. Read here for more information: LaunchBox Error When Attempting To Download Video Media From Steam - LaunchBox

When you deleted the file, did you do it while LB was not running/open?

If you look under Tools < Manage < Storefronts..., you notice you have the option to import Steam games you have installed on your computer. It continues with... (paraphrasing) to import all your Steam games, you need to be logged in [to your Steam account]. When you remove a Steam game from your LaunchBox collection, it gets added to a "blacklist" so it doesn't auto reimport the one(s)-you-don't-want to see. Look in your /LaunchBox/Data/ folder for the file "ImportBlacklist.xml". (With LaunchBox closed...,) you can carefully edit that file and remove games you don't want blacklisted. Or just delete the file to "un-blacklist" them all.

It has nothing to do with LaunchBox. It's all via MAME. If you're referring to the menu that you get to when in-game, you press Tab... Open MAME (In LaunchBox, right-click an Arcade game and select Open MAME) Go to General Settings - Input Assignments - User Interface Set whatever button to the 1st item Show/Hide Menu When done, press Escape - Escape (and then I think you need to...) select Save Settings

Since you already have the Android Premium license, you only need the Windows one. If you get it within just under 15 hours (as of this writing), you can get the Windows Premium Lifetime license for $45 USD.

This is unrelated to your OP and really, should be brought up in a new thread. Reason being, when future users/readers are trying to resolve a similar issue, the tendency is to glance at the threads title. Help us organize to keep you (and others) organized.

The intention on the auto-import feature is great! Eliminating one-or-more steps of adding new games to you LaunchBox collection. Myself, I have it disabled. But my collection is fairly well established and I'm not a "collector". So adding new games rarely happens. And if I do, I'm comfortable doing it "the old-fashioned way." The auto-import process is generally pretty straight forward. If there's new files in the platforms established Games folder, add them. ("Games folder" as seen when you edit the platform and look in the Folders tab.) They do have some general checks and balances [possibly?] based on the platform name?, the default assigned emulator? (if there is one). But for sure, the Scrape-As value (see link below). Certain emulators are "blacklisted" from looking in "the folder". Instead, LB looks at what games have been installed in the emulator. RPCS3 is an example of this. To scan for physical ROM files for its associated platform is a pretty crazy-stupid feat because of folder/file structure and naming conventions. Some information provided here: Non Auto-Import (platforms) As for Switch auto-importing an exe file (and Windows games, I believe you referenced?)? No idea. That platform is not in my arsenal. Does sound like a bug. Probably worth reporting. It's not an exact science as not all emulators' ROMs fit into one "Box" (pun intended. ). So it's definitely an ongoing work-in-progress.

I can't say why whatever's happening is happening the way it is. But I can say Big Box, as an exclusive fullscreen application is not designed to be used as a multitasking app. As you've noticed, you can to a degree, multitask. But it can have potential (and obvious) side effects. If you really do need to do multitasking with Big Box running, I heard (never bothered to try it myself) you can create a virtual machine and run it in that. (You'd have to research how set that up, as I have no idea.) But it really does defeat the purpose of running BB in the 1st place.

TBH, I think you need to post the question on one of the guides you found. What [I think] you're asking to do is unzip/extract/uncompress the contents of wldkicks.zip [re]compress the extracted files into a chd (short for Compressed Hunks of Data) file which you might be able to use chdman that comes with the MAME binaries then extract the "models" that are in the chd that you just created (which is possibly redundant to the 1st step) which might be [some of] the files you extracted earlier But that's all just a guess.

Do you have a game controller hooked up? Did you try unchecking Tools-Options-Game Controllers Enable Game Controllers?

I don't know anything about extracting "models" from a ROM. But if you were open/expand the compressed chd or gdi file, my guess is you'll find the 43 some-odd files you're seeing in your zip. But the game is a Namco (Sega Naomi) cart. Not a disc. So not sure why "they" would mention chd or gdi.

Since that did work, after "the import", in the left panel select the All category (or Platform, depending on your view) to show all games in your collection. Then above that, type in and Search for one of the games you just imported. If all "goes well", you'll see more than one. "Goes well", meaning it (thin importer) is working as intended to keep you from importing the same ROM/file from the same location** multiple times. Expanding notations and results of my previous tests: **Say you have a shortcut (.lnk) on your desktop and copy that shortcut into D:\temp\. (aka, 2 copies of the same ROM/file) You drag and drop the desktop one and import it. If you drag and drop the desktop one again it will not import. You then drag and drop either one and import into the same platform they will not import (here, it probably does a Title compare?) (after import in step #1) You drag and drop the desktop one and import it into a different platform It [still] will not import (here, it probably does a ROM file [and location] compare?) (after import in step #1) You drag and drop the D:\temp\ one and import it into a different platform It WILL import Note: Different platforms can have games of the same Title At least that how it worked in my [simple] tests. If the above search didn't reveal "the duplicate(s)", then the Title was changed after an import. Search doesn't look at/for ROM filenames. If this is the case, do a Tools - Audit - All Games. You can click the Application Path column header to sort and look for the exact same file/location. Bottom line: Is the issue you came across intentional? Yes. Could the issue be caused by operator error? That would be a rude way to put it. We'll call in an unintentional oversight. Is the "work around" a band-aid solution? I wouldn't go as far as to call it that. Is it a viable "work around"? Sure. If you wanted the same ROM imported more than once. If the Search and/or Audit doesn't reveal any discrepancies, then the "work around" IS a band-aid solution to a possible bug. I'm skeptical that's the case. But I've been wrong before. I will be wrong again in the future. And... I will be the first to admit it.

To download videos and music directly from within LaunchBox, yes. You will need an EmuMovies paid subscription and have that account linked (Tools < Options < Integrations < EmuMovies). In your license email you received, historically there's been a discount code for EmuMovies included in there. Alternately, there are (I believe) a couple plugins in the Downloads section here on the forums than can (or at some point, were able to) find and download (YouTube??) videos. Thought I don't recall seeing one that does Music.

I just ran several tests and wasn't able to reproduce the issue. After dropping the file(s), I even tried selecting ROM Files (then Windows and left the selected emulator blank) and the shortcuts still imported. I tried shortcuts dragged from my desktop and also buried deep in some folder. I don't have a network, so can't test that aspect. Not that it should matter, as I presume the logic for importing hasn't changed, I'm using version 13.25-beta-2. My next [last resort] test was to import into a "new" platform. After dropping the files, I manually typed in the platform name "Joe's Platform" and set Scrape As to "Windows". When I got to the last window, it said zero games to import. This might have been an adverse effect of too much testing. I went Back one screen and checked Force importing duplicate games and then the shortcuts showed up. Might be something to try.?.?..

The platform you're importing for may be "looking" for specific file types. Especially if it has a default emulator assigned to it. If it's just a few games, you can press Ctrl+N and manually add the new game(s) that way.

Absolutely not. You can get the premium features (on sale now for the next couple days) and not ever update the version you're on. If you so desire.