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To clarify (for the developers when they read/look into this), is it "Minimized"? Or is it "behind" the Main LB window? To test, pop-out the game details panel then click the - (minus symbol) in the upper right corner of the main LB window to Minimize it. If the pop-put windows is 'there', then it's just going behind the LB window. If not, it's [probably] minimized.

With your mapdevice.cfg file, it shouldn't matter which USB port they're plugged into because you're referencing the device by its ID. If you wish (works either way, but doesn't explain why it was, then wasn't and is now working), you can truncate your 2 lightgun ID's in your cfg file. e.g. <mapdevice device="VID_0483&amp;PID_5750 controller="GUNCODE_6" /> <mapdevice device="VID_0483&amp;PID_5751 controller="GUNCODE_7" /> For the other 2 GUNCODE_6 and 7, between your Log and your cfg file, there's an extra 0 (zero) at the end of the instance in the cfg file. Not sure if it makes a difference or not. cfg file 4445535400000 Log file 444553540000 Regardless, glad it's working now.

From the Windows Command Prompt, run the command "mame.exe -v" and read through the verbose output. It should show the devices is whatever order, then later indicate it's loading your mapdevice.cfg file and (re)setting the order.

First off, thank you for your patience. If there isn't a specific platform available on the LaunchBox Games Database site for this, you can submit a Feature Request to have it added. Go here Feedback - LaunchBox Games Database and click Create A New Post. You can also, near the top of this page click the Downloads 'tab' (scroll to the top, it's located between the Activity and Gallery tabs. Not the 'Download' button at the very, very top). Click Submit a file. If you can't find an appropriate category to select, at the very bottom of the list is LaunchBox/Big Box Media.

Auto-Import works when new ROMs are added to the respective Games/platform_name folder. Not only does it work for finding new games added to your existing platforms, if you place ROMs into a /Games/ subfolder for a platform you haven't added to your collection yet, it will import those as well. LaunchBox adding the subfolders [for you] helps to ensure the [new] platforms are named correctly which, coincidence or not, also ensures proper scraping. aka, with Auto-Import enabled, place your ROMs in their respective Games subfolder(s), LaunchBox makes magic happen. Read all about it here: Automated ROM Imports - LaunchBox

After a little more than 5 years, this plugin has finally made it into an "official" release. The release is included in a collection of MAME related plugins called MAME Tools. It's 7 plugins wrapped up into one .dll file. The XML Importer Feature (this threads plugin) included in MAME Tools does not expand on anything the last 'beta' release here can do. It looks and functions just the same. I may have done some code refactoring and other behind the scenes shtuff. But you'll most likely (as an end user) not notice a difference. But..... it is now "official" (for what it's worth ). So, persuaded or dissuaded, you can check out MAME Tools here:

MAME Tools View File MAME Tools - a JoeViking plugin conglomeration 7 plugins combined into one. This is a one-stop-shop collection of several of my MAME related plugins, plus a couple that have never officially been released. Admittedly, these are mostly one-off plugins. But they do fully serve their intended purpose when needed. Plugins included from the main menu: Filter Arcade Platform - A post 'MAME Arcade Full Set Import Wizard' clean up tool Create Playlists from MAME ini Files MAME (Arcade) - What's New MAME Custom XML Importer (first official release) Which MAME Machines Require CHDs (new) Included Right-click game plugins: MAME Troubleshooting Dependency Files and Details Viewer Requirements: LaunchBox version 13.19 or newer mame.exe installed as an emulator If you have previously installed any one of these individual plugins, remove them from the Plugins folder before proceeding. Installing: Exit LaunchBox Download and extract the contents of the zip file to /LaunchBox/Plugins/ e.g. D:\LaunchBox\Plugins\MAMEtools\MAMEtools.dll Using: On first launch, the plugin will attempt to get your installed MAME emulator. If you have multiple copies/versions installed, you can change which one to use by clicking it and selecting a different one. Go to the Tools menu and select MAME Tools Mouse-over the plugin buttons for a brief description Click a plugin button to start that plugin When in a plugin, mouse-over the ? at top for more details For the right-click plugins, click the button to enable/disable that plugin When enabled, the plugin will then be available in the menu when right-clicking a game Plugin Descriptions: Filter Arcade Platform - A post 'MAME Arcade Full Set Import Wizard' clean up tool (initial release: April 24, 2024) Used the MAME Arcade Full Set Import Wizard? Discovered that maybe you shouldn't have unchecked some of the Game Types and Filters? Rather than deleting your Arcade platform and re-running the wizard, use this to bulk remove one or more of those types or filters from your collection. Create Playlists from MAME ini Files (initial release: February 17, 2021) Generate Playlists in LaunchBox from MAME's .ini files. The same ones MAME uses in its UI to apply filters used to categorize viewing of your games. MAME (Arcade) - What's New (initial release: October 30, 2025) See what new Arcade machines (games) were added to a specific MAME release. Import some or all of those games from your updated MAME ROM set, into your LaunchBox collection. MAME Custom XML Importer (initial implementation: November 29, 2020) Import games from a custom xml file into any Platform (new or existing) and set the Emulator for the imported games to whatever you want, regardless of the Platforms default Emulator (if importing to an existing one). Which MAME Machines Require CHD's (initial release: just now) The intent is to give you an overview of all the games that require a CHD and their emulation status. Right-click game plugins: MAME Troubleshooting (initial release: June 25, 2025) Launch an Arcade game using stand-alone MAME, all you see is a flicker of a black screen and it goes right back to LaunchBox? Use this plugin to help figure out why it isn't launching from LaunchBox. Special Thanks: The MAME Development Team for... well... MAME! https://www.mamedev.org/ motoschifo and his Arcade Database (ADB) website and API https://adb.arcadeitalia.net As always, all thoughts, views, suggestions, comments and accolades are welcome. Submitter JoeViking245 Submitted 05/11/2026 Category Third-party Apps and Plugins

To see the playlists that LaunchBox had created, switch to View Platform Categories. From there, enter into a Category (e.g. Arcade) to see those (e.g. Arcade Capcom Classics) Playlists as well as all Playlists you added/created. To see just the Playlists to you created, switch to View Playlists. If you have a playlist that's not showing anywhere in Big Box, Edit the playlist (in LaunchBox) and: look in the Details tab and ensure Hide in Big Box is un-checked look in the Parents tab for where it's to appear. Add or remove checks accordingly. The forementioned "IsAutogenerated" element (not to be confused with "AutoPopulate" which is completely different) is [in general] reserved for playlists that LaunchBox had created for you. The xml files you can find that element in is located in your /LaunchBox/Data/Playlists/ folder. The specific xml depends on which playlist you wish to alter.

Not sure what to tell you on that.

The database is back up and running now.

The database is back up and running now.

Not innately. But with the help of a plugin, it is.

One thing you can do to check is to click the LaunchBox Games Database icon in the games Details panel (or edit the game and click on the LaunchBox DB ID link in the upper right corner). Then see in the online database does have (or not have) N. America images for the image type you're looking for, for that game. Sounds like (an assumption on my part) you're seeing this when importing new games. Is it downloading images for other regions [instead]? Or just none at all [for that selected image type]? (for the purpose if troubleshooting) If you subsequently run Tools - Download - Update Metadata and Media for Selected Games, do you see the same issue?

First off, thanks so much for the compliment! You may want to, instead of attaching a copy of the spreadsheet, attach a link to the original post containing the original spreadsheet. This way the actual author gets their appropriate credit. Also, if updates are made to the spreadsheet, or the post is updated with supplemental information, users will have access to the up-to-date info.

Did you try just pet (without any media type)?

Do they load/run when launched directly in MAME? Look [randomly] at the 1st of 30+ possible compatible systems (CBM3008), it also requires a couple Device files (c4040 and c2040_fdc). What command line parameters have you tried?