[13.1 Beta Thread]

7 minutes ago, superrob3000 said:

That would still look like a platform change instead of a game selection.

Correct.  So you need to get creative.  But it is possible to account for that.  [tested and verified]

[13.1 Beta Thread]

30 minutes ago, superrob3000 said:

SelectedPlatform is reported as TeknoParrot and SelectedGames is still reported as pac-man.

For this, I created a placeholder for the selected game.   IGame currentGame

And then to catch if it's a platform change

if (PluginHelper.StateManager.GetAllSelectedGames() != null && PluginHelper.StateManager.GetAllSelectedGames()[0] == currentGame)

[LaunchBox Multi Monitor and BigBox +3rd monitor plugin]

v1.1.3-beta release

- now shows the selected Platform/Platform Category/Playlist image on the LaunchBox 2nd monitor when switching between them. 
  (Nothing has changed on the BigBox side of things.)

 

This feature will require LaunchBox v13.1 beta 6, or newer.  (Older versions should still work with this version of the plugin, but without this added feature)

MultiMonitor2022 v1.1.3beta.7z  (replace your existing "MultiMonitor2022.dll" file with the one inside this zip)

I'm not adding this to the Official Release yet as it's only had minimal testing.  Any and all feedback is welcome.

[How to add Teknoparrot to Launchbox?]

41 minutes ago, sagaopc said:

I use this script to try to fix, but yet giving error:

Sometimes scripts won't work for free.  So you have to spend a little $.

$ESCAPE::
process, Close, TeknoParrotUi.exe
ExitApp

 

[Additional apps not working with steam games]

1 hour ago, railch said:

Anyone have a workaround

Here's 2 different ones.  The 1st requires a unique script for each game.  The 2nd uses a script to act as your Steam "emulator" (it's not as bad as it sounds).  Both 'workarounds' do work.

 

[AutoHotKey Exit]

Can you show what you've tried?  Are you using a winwaitactive before your winwaitclose?  Put in some "msgbox testing" before and after the waits to see when they trigger to determine what and where it's failing and hanging up.

[Can't figure out how to make playlists from other playlists or platform categories]

32 minutes ago, Hamburglin said:

so there's no way to say "update all fields to their updated values but don't touch the fields I personally modified".

It's all or nothing there?

Correct.

[Can't figure out how to make playlists from other playlists or platform categories]

14 minutes ago, Hamburglin said:

how do I ensure that will never get overwritten in the future?

The metadata will only get overwritten if you manually update it.  But when updating it, if choose the 2nd or 3rd option, you should be safe.

[Moving my LB/BB and all games and media to a new hard drive. New paths/directories?]

See if this helps

 

[Can't figure out how to make playlists from other playlists or platform categories]

As a 'work-around', you could select your "Best Arcade Games" platform category, then using the Filter feature , Filter for... say... Max Players - 4.  Then select all those filtered games, Right-Click and Add to Playlist?  Create a new playlist and set the Parent (check the box for) your "Best Arcade Games" platform category.

 

The downside with this is that it creates a fixed, non-auto-populated Playlist.  So if you add more "Best Games", they won't automatically get added.  But how often do you add "Best Games"?   But if you do 'add', simply do the above process again except add them to your existing playlist.  The nice thing is, it won't create duplicate entries when you select and add all.

The upside(?) to having a 'fixed' playlist(s) is when loading, it's relatively faster.  Though probably only noticeable with large playlists. If even then.

["Failed to save retroarch config file" whenrver trying to update settings when launching retroarch from LB]

Check that you're not running either RetroArch or LaunchBox as admin.  (Neither of them should be running as admin)

[MAME New sets]

The MAME Arcade Full Set Importer gets which ROMs to import directly from your mame.exe file. 

To see/import Nebula, you need to have the MAME executable v0.251.  (verified)

Same for Mega Man 3 (except mame.exe v0.250 [or newer]).  (verified)

 

Even if you try to fool LaunchBox by selecting 0.251 as your Full Set Version 

 

..your executable's version is what determines the games are available to import.

 

Edit:

If there are just one or two [new] games you'd like to add, you can also drag and drop those ROMs onto LaunchBox and import them that way.

[Import list empty upon selecting folder (No-Intro or regular , plain text naming)]

You're welcome.  Glad it's all working as intended.  

 

8 minutes ago, Gryzor1363 said:

you , sir, seem to have a lot of machines up your sleeve

lol  Those are only there because of testing for my Software List Importer plugin.  I've only ever played any one of those just long enough to say "Yup. It works.".  

[Import list empty upon selecting folder (No-Intro or regular , plain text naming)]

2 hours ago, Gryzor1363 said:

Is there any way to set different emulator profiles per platform for one and the same emulator, by any chance ?

Yes.  Looking at soft-lists for stand-alone MAME (as an example), edit your MAME emulator and add them accordingly in the Associated Platforms section.

To make these work (as shown), you'll need to add your software lists folder to your mame.ini "rompath = " line.  Or, in each of the Default Command-line Parameters for each Platform, add "-rompath %romlocation%" (without quotes).

i.e.

-rompath %romlocation% nes -cart
-rompath %romlocation% snes -cart
-rompath %romlocation% cpc6128 -floppydisk1

I've never done it this way (via the command-line for soft-lists), but I assume the parameters are OK in this order.

[MAME - Always loads same game!]

Change the Default Command-Line Parameters (ref: "Screen 1") to:

-keyboardprovider dinput -rompath %romlocation%

..and un-check the box for Extract ROM archives before running. 

 

In "Screen 2", un-check the box for Extract ROMs.

Click OK to save these changes.  Play games. 

 

1 hour ago, RetroGoat said:

I guess I'll need to do this for all the various emulators.

Only if the games for those various emulators don't run.  

[Technosys Aamber Pegasus roms wont launch on LB]

I think what you're seeing is actually the 'software parts selection menu'.  You can turn it off in MAME under Miscellaneous Options (change "Skip software parts...." to On).  Remember to select Save Configuration before exiting MAME's Configuration Options menu.

Then for the Command Line Parameters in LB under Associated Platforms (of your MAME emulator) I have:

pegasus %romfile%

I just tested Invaders v1.2 and it started up.  

[How do I disable this feature?]

49 minutes ago, Boomerps2 said:

Yep, a third party plugin called Multi Monitor 2022. Deleted that and the problem is gone. Now it's time to pick all my hair up off the floor and glue it back on my head. Appreciate it.

lol  Glad you got it fixed.   I hear it's a pretty good plugin, but tends to work best when you actually have multiple monitors.  

[How do I disable this feature?]

36 minutes ago, Boomerps2 said:

Here is a video of my problem:

Looks like you might have some Multi Monitor plugin loading images that would normally go on a second monitor, but are displaying on your primary monitor.  That's how I was able to replicate it, at least.

[MAME 2.5X romsets don't work or turn on]

Cruis'n USA also needs the Device file tms32031.zip.  It should be in with your MAME full romset.

[Best way to front-end existing MAME installation...]

Googling "LaunchBox import MAME" will bring up a YT video describing how to use the MAME Arcade Full Set Importer tool.  The link will be something like this.

If you don't already have your MAME emulator added to LaunchBox, when you get to the 'choose emulator' part, click add.  From there (and for the entire process), it's just a matter of following the prompts.

[LaunchBox Multi Monitor and BigBox +3rd monitor plugin]

v1.1.2  

New Feature - Added option to set custom game image per platform.

[YUZY Esc]

Yuzy. Yuzu. Yuku. Try the middle one.

[LaunchBox Multi Monitor and BigBox +3rd monitor plugin]

6 minutes ago, Retrofrogg said:

platform-specific settings

Coming soon to a plugin near you

[Do I need a AHK for this.]

7 hours ago, TopGunBass said:

Can some script make this happen.

 

You can create an AutoHotkey script and then set it as an Additional App for the game.  The script will look something like:

Sleep, 10000
Send {Enter}

..where "10000" = 10 seconds.  You can increase or decrease this amount of 'delay' time before it 'presses Enter', depending on how long it takes for the game to load.

See here on how to add the script as an Additional App. 

 

[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Re-Revenge (Hack) SEGA Genesis - not possible to import in LB]

Click Add in the lower right corner of LaunchBox.  Or Tools, Import, Manually Add Game....

Add the Title, make sure the Platform is set to the one you want. In the Launching section, Browse... to the ROM file location.  In the Emulation section, make sure the correct emulator is selected.  Click OK.  Play games.