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32 minutes ago, Jabb3rJaw said:
What I’m finding now is the games that have 2 showing like Burger Time
Burger Time (DECO Cassette) and Burger Time (Data East set 1) are technically 2 separate machines (as classified by MAME). Both ROMs are parent systems (vs 1 being a clone of the other).
Since neither is a clone and both are working machines, both get imported. There really isn't a way to filter those out on import beyond adding, yet another checkbox for 'skip DECO Cassettes'. (Feature requests are available at the top of this page)
The easiest way to get rid of all (33ish) Arcade DECO Cassette games might be to create a playlist filtered on Version Contains "deco cassette" and Platform is Equal To "Arcade."
Save. Then select that playlist, select all games in the playlist and Delete.
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5 hours ago, uberrr said:
Thanks for this. I wonder if a scraper for book/magazine/comic books exists...🤔 Edit: Any way to also scrape Box - Back and Box - Spine? Feels super weird without them
You're welcome.
I've never looked to see if someone made a plugin to scrape book/magazine/comic books. That would need to be scraped from different sites than for movies.
Box - Back and Box - Spine: If TMDB or FanArt.TV has those available, that's something that could be looked into adding. If you see that either of them has those, let me know.
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7 hours ago, grichl91 said:
LogFile 2023-12-15 22-55-34.txt The odd thing is, I've checked the log and it says they were downloaded but don't see them. I'll open the video and hit edit to check for media and nothing is there. Tried refreshing launchbox etc, thanks for the support.
After downloading, the images will typically appear after clicking a different 'game' (movie) then clicking back on the one you just downloaded for. A poor man's alternative to automagically refreshing the images on the fly. Alternately, with 'that movie' selected, press F5.
Since the log says images were downloaded (and even some were skipped because they 'already existed'), look inside your Images folder.
/LaunchBox/Images/[name_of_your_movie_platform]/Box - Front/[name_of_movie].png
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19 minutes ago, grichl91 said:
I'm not very techy but, i've got everything set up. When i go to use it, it's only importing movie dexcription etc. No media or covers. Any fix for that?
In the plugins folder, there's a subfolder called \Logs\. Sometimes the most recent log file (when the error occurred) may shed some light. Can you share that file? (drag and drop the file rather than copy and paste)
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8 hours ago, JD78 said:
Is it just an alt+f4 bind essentially?
Exactly (essentially). It doesn't a Force Close, so it's safe.
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12 hours ago, Sbaby said:
but if I wanted to put it inside the startup application options (Bigbox Only) instead, how should I modify the script?
i tried winwait instead of runwait but it doesn't work very well
Grabbed from some old notes for doing something different, but the result is what you want...
; Master application Process, Wait, BigBox.exe Sleep, 5000 Process, Wait, BigBox.exe Process, WaitClose, BigBox.exeI'm not sure when exactly when the Startup App gets triggered, so for a safety measure we wait 2 times. The 1st Wait is for BB launched from LB's root folder. That exe starts BigBox.exe that's in the /Core/ folder then closes itself.
We give the 1st exe a few seconds to do its thing then Wait for /Core/BigBox.exe to be running. Lastly, wait for it to exit before restoring things.
You might be able to do away with the 1st two lines of code. But having them in there won't hurt anything and the cost (programmatically and financially) is free. 😎
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14 hours ago, Jabb3rJaw said:
an option to start on whatever platform you want.
Sounds like that'd be an excellent feature request.
(Help & Support - Request a Feature [at the top of this page])
I'm not sure making the xml ReadOnly is a good idea but should do-the-trick. For a while. One problem, as mentioned is you wouldn't be able to save any changes to BB. But if you have it setup the way you want, there really is no need. Another [potential] problem would be when BB gets updated.
37 minutes ago, skizzosjt said:If going the editing XML route I would instead think you would have to automate editing the XML file
I do this on my cab for (A) playing on the cabs monitor or (B) playing on the TV. I use different Themes for each and have a PowerShell script that will 'edit' BigBoxSettings.xml, changing the Theme accordingly. Then starts BigBox. (2 scripts actually. One for each screen.)
Here's an example that will set the <LastPlatform> to "Arcade" and then start BigBox. Before using something like this, you will need to have had BB closed with the option Rember the Last Platform set to On. Otherwise, the script won't be able to find the element <LastPlatform>.
$filePathToTask = "D:\LaunchBox\Data\BigBoxSettings.xml"$xml = New-Object XML$xml.Load($filePathToTask)$element = $xml.SelectSingleNode("//LastPlatform")$element.InnerText = "Arcade"$xml.Save($filePathToTask)& D:\LaunchBox\BigBox.exeExitIt's not the prettiest startup process (i.e. you see the PowerShell window pop up for a second), but is quite effective. You could probably do the same thing via an AutoHotkey script or maybe even a batch file, if those are more your flavor.
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Option A
Edit your RetroArch emulator and add a 2nd "Atari 800" Associated Platform, set it to use the other core and do not check the Default Emulator box. Save. Then to use the other core:
- Right-click a game and select Launch with - RetroArch and select the other core.
Option B (the override option)
Edit the games that you don't want to use the platforms' default core and set a custom command line parameter that'll load the 'other' core.
- Edit a game
- got down to Emulation
- check the box Use Custom Command-line Parameters
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type in the command to load the other core
- -L "cores/atari800_libretro.dll"
- (or whatever core you need to load)
- Save
This would need to be done per-game (aka one-by-one).
To do this in bulk (change if for several or many games all at once), you can use the Bulk Custom Command-Line Editor plugin.
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41 minutes ago, Jabb3rJaw said:
This only works if I have remember last platform checked but then I have to make sure I exit on Arcade everytime. Once I uncheck remember last platform it goes back to 3DO
Dang! I was sure that had worked before. But then again, I've been wrong before too. And after some testing, I find I am wrong again. Sorry about that. I don't actually use BB that often, and when I do, I'm usually playing in the same platform.
One other option (not that the 1st one turned out to be an actual option) is to set the platforms Sort Title to something like "01". (LaunchBox, Edit platform, Details tab, Sort Title). Also, turn off Remember Last Platform (in BigBox). This should put it at the top of the list above 3DO. It might look funny being there, but it will still say "Arcade" and be the default starting platform.
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1 hour ago, Jabb3rJaw said:
Would be nice to be able to make Arcade the default platform to start on.
Do the above steps not work to do that?
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Pretty sure with most cores, you don't need to have LaunchBox extract the ROMs 1st. You might try unchecking that option on one or a couple of the Associated Platforms and test that way. I'm not saying they shouldn't work if LaunchBox extracts them 1st. It's just I've never tried it that way.
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Is it possible to make Bigbox starting on a specific platform on launch ?
Yes. To start BigBox ON a specific platform:
- In BigBox, navigate to your Arcade platform.
- Exit BigBox
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(re)Start BigBox
- You should be on Arcade
- Goto System Menu - Options - General
- Turn Off Remember Last Platform
Quotei'd like Bigbox starts in the Arcade Platform.
I don't believe there's an option to start BigBox IN a specific platform (viewing the games).
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"Version" is not in the options to be displayed in the Game Details (your 2nd screenshot, "Information").
But you are able to display it along with the text in the Main View. (You'll also need to have Text on All Games checked.)
View - Show / Hide, Versions
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2 hours ago, SILLYPILLYSTUDIOS said:
does the images automatically save on the desktop?
If done per the method shown in the video, the image only gets saved to the appropriate /LaunchBox/Images/... subfolder.
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1 hour ago, kobi said:
But now bigbox wont open. If i minimise LB and open BB, LB pops up. No logs, as its not an error and nothing is coming up in the logs.
You can't have both open at the same time.
You can either start BigBox by itself (BigBox.exe) or when in LaunchBox, you can press Ctrl+B. This will close LaunchBox and open BigBox. There will be a slight delay between closing and opening while LaunchBox saves all the data.
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1 hour ago, Umarel said:
the thing i do not understand is when i choose to include non-working games, there are romset names that are not even present into downloaded rom packages
The MAME full-set import wizard doesn't look at your physical ROMs (except to initially verify that you have a full-set) during import. The ROMs that get imported are based on your selection(s) (i.e. include non-working) and crossed with the 'known list' of all ROMs for that version of MAME.
The "known list" is generated during the import process directly from [your version of] mame.exe.
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5 minutes ago, Sbaby said:
to be exact I made your approach similar to :
; To restore everything
RestoreDesktop(ToggleEverything[1], ToggleEverything[2])
I had seen that you had put an additional variable after a comma although I never understood why there are two "ToggleEverything". so I simply tried adding another one and it became :; To restore everything
RestoreDesktop(ToggleEverything[1], ToggleEverything[2]), RestoreCursors()I think you got lucky 'simply adding another one'.
But as I illuded towards, a pretty cool happenstance.
Why there are two "ToggleEverything":
We set the variable ToggleEverything to equal the return value of the method HideDesktop(). So looking at what HideDesktop() does, the last thing it does is it returns 2 values. So now ToggleEverything is holding (equal to) 2 separate values. Making it an 'Array'. The 1st value in the array is stored in ToggleEverything[1] and the 2nd value is in ToggleEverything[2].
Now when you look at the method RestoreDesktop, it requires that 2 parameters be sent to it. "originalWallpaper" and "origBackground)". So when you execute it under "To Restore Everything", you have to send with it, the 2 parameters. Note, we place these 2 parameters inside of the methods parenthesis.
RestoreDesktop ( ToggleEverything[1] , ToggleEverything[2] ) (added spaces and colors for clarity)
Now adding a comma after the last (closing) parenthesis of this method we're executing, allows us to string together multiple commands. (so I had learned, today)
I'm not sure how far you can go with it command_1, command_2, command_3, command_4 ... But from a coding readability aspect, probably don't want to go too far.
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40 minutes ago, Sbaby said:
For crosshair/cursor:
I have tried a few methods, and I have found a method that works although not exactly as you described it, can you confirm that it is correct? It seems to work correctly but I would like to have more certainty from youThat's quite elegant. I'd never thought to put 2 methods onto one line. TBH, I didn't know you could [and just separate them with a comma]. Today is a good day as I learned something new.
Thanks for this!
; To hide blah, blah, blah and set custom cursorToggleEverything := HideDesktop(), SetSystemCursor(file);*** VS ***; To hide blah, blah, blahToggleEverything := HideDesktop(); Set custom cursorSetSystemCursor(file)59 minutes ago, Sbaby said:For Screensaver
It works perfectly, thank youOut of curiosity, what did you do differenly to make it work?
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13 minutes ago, Sbaby said:
The crosshair/cursor works fine but I have not understood how I can put it in the context of our file, I would like to avoid pressing the F3 and F4 buttons but simply have it activated when starting the file and deactivated when closing it. I have tried but I am not sure if I am using the brackets correctly
The file = [pathToCursorFile] variable would go near the top of the script with any other variable declarations (and before any hotkey assignments).
The 2 functions ( SetSystemCursor(file) and RestoreCursors() ) would go at the bottom of the script (below any hotkeys and subroutines).
Then inside the method (or function or subroutine) that 'starts the file', add in the single line SetSystemCursor(file) (removing the F3 hotkey assignment).
Likewise, wherever the file gets 'closed', add in RestoreCursors() (removing the F4 hotkey assignment).
25 minutes ago, Sbaby said:This screensaver script only worked the first time, all subsequent times it no longer works for me, not even using it as administrator, do you have any suggestions ?
Sorry. I don't. I ran the 2 RegWrite lines back-and-forth several times. In between, checking the registry (HKCU\Control Panel\Desktop\ScreenSaveActive) to verify that it changed. And it had. (note: when looking at the registry, you'll need to click a different folder, then click back to the 'Desktop' folder to see the change)
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14 hours ago, Sbaby said:
Hi @JoeViking245 after more than a year I can tell you that your script is still great, I use it all the time with Bigbox.
Thanks!
14 hours ago, Sbaby said:I wanted to ask you if it's possible to insert a custom mouse cursor (I need it in a few steps during weapon loading where for a few seconds the mouse arrow is shown) and then restore of course the windows cursor when closing.
Not personally tested, but this looks like it should work. You'll need to have the custom cursor file and edit the 1st line to point to it.
14 hours ago, Sbaby said:And then disable the screensaver, this is because during attract mode the screensaver starts, I thought there was an option to disable it but if not maybe it would be nice to include it in your script
I haven't used a screen saver since the early 90's. lol
The easiest way is probably to change the registry value directly.
;Disable screen saver RegWrite, REG_SZ, HKEY_CURRENT_USER, Control Panel\desktop, ScreenSaveActive, 0 ;Enable screen saver RegWrite, REG_SZ, HKEY_CURRENT_USER, Control Panel\desktop, ScreenSaveActive, 1 -
1 hour ago, atalec said:
If I launch directly the AHK on windows, it works
OK. Well, I assume when you edit that game (Crisis Zone) in LaunchBox, in the Launching section, ROM file it pointing to "E:\Games\PCSX2\CZ.ahk".
Go to the Emulation section and un-check Use an emulator to play this game (primarily for console games).
Save and close. Click Play and it should now launch the AHK script directly, just as it had done from Windows Explorer.
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Looks like it's saying that pcsx2 can't run an AHK script.
What I suspect you're essentially doing right now is:
pcsx2-qt.exe "E:\Games\PCSX2\CZ.ahk"Which of course doesn't work. You need to have that game NOT use an emulator, and just run the script. If you have AutoHotkey installed on your computer, it should work this way.
If you don't have AutoHotkey installed, you'll need to go another route.
If you simply double-click CZ.ahk in Windows Explorer, does it all run correctly?
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The code you're copying and pasting is most likely AutoHotkey scripts or batch file [commands]. I'd start with those. And depending on what [type of] task you're wanting to perform, one maybe easier to make work that the other.
For learning AutoHotkey (AHK), probably best to start with their tutorial. Beginner Tutorial | AutoHotkey v1 Once you get going with your scripts, Google is your friend for finding solutions. Preface the search with "ahk". i.e. ahk check if application is running Answers found on StackOverflow and on AutoHotkey sites seem to yield the best results.
There's probably a tutorial site for batch files (Command Prompt commands put into a .bat file) too. Something like: Batch File Programming - (Introduction and Programming Tutorial) (trytoprogram.com)
Another (but a little more involved) is PowerShell. Like batch files, the language is essentially built into Windows.
Resident Evil 4 (2023) won't match with correct version on Database
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When I did my test, the Platform was "Windows". Similar to your last Edit-Game Metadata screenshot.
So another workaround might could be, temporarily change the Platform to 'Windows' (or variant), link the ID, then change it back.