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What I read was "...and create a category and then import my games into that". I guess I read that too literally, instead of 'import my games into a platform under that category. Correct. An empty platform won't show in the left sidebar. But it will show under Manage Platforms [as having 0 games]. It didn't create a "list". It imported them into a platform. Again, semantics. But it's most helpful when trying to keep everyone on the same page. When importing your ROMs, you can pick (or name) the platform to anything you want. You don't have to just pick one from the list if 'known' platforms. You can manually type in "BBC Test". Or whatever you want the platform to be called. If you had already created the platform "BBC Test" (empty, as it sits right now), it may not appear on the list [of known platforms], but you can manually type it in. It will then populate your 'existing' "BBC Test" platform with the ROMs being imported. I believe on that same screen of the Import Wizard is where you set Scrape As to (in this case) "BBC Microcomputer System". Platforms can be only "nested" under platform categories (see my 1st reply). A platform cannot be nested under another platform. So you want to create a category named "BBC Test" (not a platform). Then import your ROMs into a platform (name of your choosing, e.g. "Disks" or "Cassettes"). It's at this point (after importing is complete) you can then edit the platform and in the parents tab, nest it under the category "BBC Test" (which is nested under "Computers"). Games ├── Computers (Category) │ └── BBC Test (Category) │ ├── Disks (Platform) │ └── Cassettes (Platform)

A lot of work has been done for video playback in the 13.28-beta release. In fact, ffmpeg has been removed. Leaving VLC (recommended) and Windows Media Player. If you're so inclined, you can opt into the beta via Tools < Options < General < Updates. Alternately, you can wait until the official release comes out.

In MAME, have you remapped "pause" to 'space'? Edit MAME [in LaunchBox] and look in the Running Script. You'll see that it "presses" space 3 times to "attempts to bypass any nag screens displayed by MAME when starting a game". If you want, you can delete all 9 lines of code (plus the 1st comment line). aka, everything in the Running Script.

If you're talking about pcsx2, in LaunchBox you should be able to edit the emulator and click Reinstall.

If there isn't a platform, category or playlist existing under the category, it won't show. You can't import games into a category. (semantics. ) Go ahead and import your games into a platform. Then right-click that platform and edit it (or Tools < Manage < Platforms... and edit it from there). Go to the parents tab and check the box for the category which you want it to show under.

This article should help some. Organizing Your Library: Platforms, Categories, Playlists, Favorites, and Filters Bottom line is games need to be and can only be imported into a platform. Playlists contain games that have already been imported into a platform. Platforms can be only "nested" under platform categories. Platform categories can be "nested" under platforms and/or other platform categories. Playlists can be "nested" under platforms and/or platform categories. The term platform category is synonymous "category" for the purpose of the above reading and here. Based on this, what 'you want' is the category BBC nested under the category Computers. Nested under BBC, you are wanting the platforms Disks and Cassettes. Alternately, you can have a platform BBC nested under the category Computers. Then under BBC, have 2 playlists Disks and Cassettes. Though not 'reasonably' feasible to set up in this scenario (because of determining which is a disk and which is a cassette), can keep it in mind for other circumstances. (Always like to present options. ) LaunchBox doesn't know what "BBC" is. But it does know what "BBC Microcomputer System" is. Which brings us to the icons. BBC Microcomputer System is a 'known' as a platform and [by default] has an icon (image file) located under ..\LaunchBox\Images\Media Packs\Platform Clear Logos\Nostalgic Platform Clear Logos\Platforms\. If you have a premium account, you can add custom icons. To add the BBC image to platform categories, you can copy the one located in the above folder into ..\LaunchBox\Images\Media Packs\Platform Clear Logos\Nostalgic Platform Clear Logos\Platform Categories\. Note the image filename has to be the exact same as the platform or platform category. There is no 'fuzzy matching'.

Most likely when you ran the installer, it got installed into your existing LaunchBox folder. e.g. D:\LaunchBox\LaunchBox\. When you manually install an update (or reinstall), it's important to select the correct folder. DO NOT select the existing LaunchBox folder directly. Instead, choose the root folder where LaunchBox is located. In my example above, you'd select D:\. On the last screen of the install app, before clicking Install, verify the path it shows LaunchBox will be installed to. When selecting the D-drive, the last screen will show D:\LaunchBox\.

The free version doesn't offer updates. Your 1-year license expired sometime after January 27th and before February 9th of this year. You have a lifetime license and that version is causing a glitch-in-the-Matrix. Try Menu - Help - Check for Updates

Looking at their github site, you use --game as the parameter. "The emulator can also be started directly with a legally obtained game directory or ELF file:" kyty_emulator.exe --game "D:\Games\ExampleGame" From the Windows Command Prompt, you can get a list of available parameters by executing kyty_emulator.exe --help As for getting the games imported into LaunchBox, that may be a different story. I don't think you can add a "folder". So may be easiest to import the respective ELF files.

I was under the impression that in Arcade, clone ROMs (10yard85.zip) were considered the same game as their parent ROMs (10yard-zip). In this example "10-Yard Fight '85" is listed as an alternative name to "10-Yard Fight" [since it's the "same game"]. However, in the LB Games Database "Vs 10-Yard Fight" (vs10yard.zip), another clone of 10yard.zip has its own separate listing. But even though it has its own db ID#, the description is the same as "10-Yeard Fight" as are most of the images. But it is missing most of its metadata. So a couple quirks, I suppose. Inconsistency in how clones with different titles than their parents are separated out. And incomplete metadata for the separated out clones. Personally, I think they should be lumped together and listed as alternate names. But then again, I don't have any involvement with the inner workings of the LB Games DB ( not do I want to. )

No idea on this one. Hopefully someone else can chime in on it. When you edit an individual game and go to download images, this is what you'll get. Alternately, you can select the [single] game and go to Tools < Download < Update Metadata and Media for selected Game... and have the option to set the limit per image type. Neither option will let you select e.g. which of the 2 available Arcade Cabinets to download. If you're doing just one or a couple (or several), there's a plugin that will let you view and select exactly what and which images to download. LaunchBox Games Database Image Viewer-Plus And of course, there's always room for Feature Requests.

To clarify, you opted into the betas, restarted LaunchBox, it said there was 'a new beta release available, would you like to install it?', and you selected "yes"? Is your LaunchBox install location on a local HDD/SSD? Is the folder somewhere such that it gets backed up to something like OneDrive, Dropbox or some other service? The 2nd message seems to contradict the 1st message. Like, it can't run the installer file that it is "unable to download". Does the /Updates/ folder contain the "LaunchBox-13.28-beta-6-Setup.exe"?

That may very well be, I don't know. But using the Fuse standalone emulator is different than using the fuse_libretro core inside RetroArch. Per the document I linked above, using the core in RA does require the [additional] BIOS file(s).

Opt into the betas from inside LaunchBox. Tools < Options < General < Updates

The Vita3K importer was fixed in release 13.19. It has also been updated in release 13.28-beta. Here's a link to the procedure I did just this morning to test it and it worked without issue. The procedure will be the same for LaunchBox version 13.19.

Just did a fresh Vita3K install (into LaunchBox) and all appeared to work here. Here's the steps I took: Open Vita3K emulator and made sure games have been imported into the emulator and are playable (from within the emulator) Close Vita3K Open LaunchBox Deleted my existing Sony Playstation Vita platform Deleted my Vita3k emulator (in LaunchBox) Closed LaunchBox (to ensure it's all 'fresh' when reopening) Opened LaunchBox Added new emulator Selected Vita3k from the dropdown menu for Emulator Name LaunchBox auto populated some fields, including the Associated Platform Browsed to my existing Vita3K emulator folder and selected Vita3K.exe Clicked OK to save and close Closed Manage Emulators Made sure Auto Imports was enabled Tools < Options < General < Automated Imports (box was checked) Closed LaunchBox Opened LaunchBox waited 5 maybe 10 seconds LaunchBox updated the local database LaunchBox imported the 3 games I had installed into Vita3K

I know this process has been overhauled in the 13.28-beta release. You can try that, if you're so inclined. I have a test install of 13.27 and had received the same error. What seemed to have resolved it for me was: close LaunchBox delete everything in the /Metadata/ folder Run the 13.27 setup file and install to the same location If doing this, before clicking the last Install button, make sure the path is correct and that it doesn't have /LaunchBox/LaunchBox/ in the path Once the install is finished, close then restart LaunchBox (for whatever reason) Run: Tools < Download < Force Update Games Database Metadata...

I didn't know you could download a Metadata.zip file containing the LaunchBox.Metadata.db file. Where did you find that at? You might be able to, with LaunchBox closed, delete the LaunchBox.Metadata.db file, start LaunchBox and then run Tools < Download < Force Update Games Database Metadata...

Listed here are what's required for the BIOS file(s). Sinclair - ZX Spectrum (Fuse) - Libretro Docs

I think you're the only one I've heard of that actually uses the shader feature. Stateside, or otherwise. So for anyone who's going to start using it [and downloads one of the recent betas or waits until I update the official release), they're good to go. Good point. I forgot that clicking Save in the main Settings window reloads all the settings into memory. We call that a 'hidden feature'. Thanks for all your testing and patience!!

Does this coincide with my last post? Essentially, if you manually edit the xml file (e.g. to change the comma-decimals to dot-decimals), you need to restart LaunchBox for it to read the [new] values when going into BezelLauncher Setup. What's happening is, when you start LaunchBox, the plugin loads all the settings for the different emulators into memory. So when you go into BezelLauncher Settings, it's reading all the data from memory rather than accessing the file each time. If so that's good news! Can we call it fixed (in v2.2.2-beta-1 and beta-2)?

Looking at the error log, that looks like it occurred when clicking "Test". At that point it's trying to read the old comma-decimals and erroring. The 'fix' was to save changes as a dot-decimal. That said, you'll need to edit your BLSetup.xml settings file and change the <ShaderRect> and <ShaderOpacity> values. You can reset them to: for ShaderRect 0,0,0,0 or replace the comma-decimals with dot-decimals. e.g. 0,0,0.2,0.2 for ShaderOpacity 1 Note: You'll need to restart LaunchBox after editing the xml file.

I thought so too. Can you share your "BLSetup.xml" file. Plan "B" BezelLauncher (v2.2.2-beta-2).7z

Correct. The free version of LaunchBox has all sorts of goodness in it and lets you play your games. It also allows you to preview Big Box with the limitation you can't launch the games. You can get a 1-year license that will unlock features unavailable in the free version (e.g. the Startup/Shutdown Screens, where you can disable the mouse during gameplay) and can get version updates for one year. This will give you time to decide if the unlocked features are 'worth the price'. If you decide at a later date to upgrade to the lifetime license, you can do so at a discounted rate. Or you can get the lifetime license from the get-go. And, of course, you can stick with the free version and still have fun playing games.