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[funtech super a'can]

3 hours ago, link182 said:

start on launchbox them gives me an error message

Like..... what sort of message?

Do you have the games (ROMs) imported into LaunchBox?  In LaunchBox, when you edit your MAME emulator, under Associated Platforms, did you set the Default Command-line Parameter for that platform to just "supracan" (without quotes)?  Or did you put the full [test] parameters "supracan monopoly"?

 

 

[funtech super a'can]

On 6/1/2023 at 5:59 PM, link182 said:

Hi I wanted to know if someone had managed to emulate with mame the super a'can. I put the rom in the rom\supracan folder but do not start I know that does not need bios can you help me? Thank you

Because it's a MAME softList console, you need to add supracan to the default command-line parameter for that [Associated] platform.  (It will work without having to also add -cart.)

To test Monopoly from the command prompt, you'd simply type:    mame.exe supracan monopoly     And since you now know it works there, it'll work when launched from LaunchBox.

But of the 11 games available, only 5 are noted as working. So make sure to test with one of those 5.  

[Bypass Rom path verification before launch]

Nice find. Nice solution. Very creative!  

But can you elaborate on why you would even want to launch an emulator if the ROM file doesn't even exist?  (Future readers want to know )

 

Side note:

Since the emulators Title only needs to contain "mame" to skip the 'does ROM file exist' check, I might suggest just checking for that.  This would save on some unnecessary operations.  i.e., if the emulators Title is "Mame" or "MameUI" or "Test emu MAME", there's no need to rename it.

It's a minor thing and the way it's written, realistically has very little impact behind-the-scenes.  But in the grand scheme of things, every little bit helps.  

public void OnBeforeGameLaunching(IGame game, IAdditionalApplication app, IEmulator emulator)
{
    if (!File.Exists(game.ApplicationPath) && !emulator.Title.Contains("mame", StringComparison.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase))
    {
       emulator.Title = $"MAMEFAKE-{emulator.Title}";
    }
    //return;
}

 

 

[13.5 Install Permission]

The permission dialog would have been for DirectX.  Just re-run the installer for 13.5.  Just make sure you select the root folder of where your current installation is in.

i.e. If it's on the D drive, select D:\.  The installer will add the "LaunchBox" subfolder to the location.  Check that you don't accidentally install it into D:\LaunchBox\LaunchBox\.

[CEMU issues]

Do you have -g in the Default Command-line Parameters?

[Launch Commodore Max (vic10) from MAME]

As @spycat suggested, check "Remove quotes" and "Remove file extension and folder path".

Then in your Default Command-line Parameters under Associated Platforms, add -rompath %romlocation% at the beginning.

-rompath %romlocation% vic10 -cart

You may need to do this to the other associated platforms as well.

 

Or, instead of adding -rompath %romlocation%, add the path to your softlists [root] folder to "rompath" in mame.ini.  "F:\Roms\mame0253sl_64bit\roms" in your case.

Also, add the double-quotes at the beginning and end.

[BigBox Marquee / Screen issue]

I'm not sure if it's 'right' or even a 'fix', but I recall something about setting the 2 monitors [in Windows Settings] side-by-side. With the primary monitor on the left and the marquee on the right, and then both lined up across the top.

---------------------------      -----------------
|                              |     |       2        |
|             1               |      -----------------
|                              |  
---------------------------

 

[launch an app before the emulator for all games on a system]

You can't do it on a per-emulator basis.  But you can add an Additional App to multiple games all at once.  (vs. one game at a time)

 

[When enabling bezels in LaunchBox and Mame standalone, the image changes to dots/grainy image on the screen, need help to remove the dots]

It looks like maybe an applied filter or the bezel has an innate filter over its transparent area.  Looks like a vertical running-bond (like a sideways brick wall) pattern.  

But that's more than I know about using filters.  If "filter" is even the correct word here.

[Updated and can no longer manually delete screenshot from game details]

27 minutes ago, kyzumi said:

I used to be able to right click a screenshot in the game details page and delete it but this option is no longer available? 

It's working with the Default Theme and v13.4-beta-4.  Are you using a different theme?  (I don't know if it's theme dependent or not)  Do you at least get the option to View Fullscreen when you right click on an image?

[Bigbox PCSX2 Exiting, Need to Alt+Tab]

1 hour ago, weimsd said:

For my mame arcade I added PS2 games that don't run as well in mame

Ya.  Don't do that.   Use PCSX2.

 

In PCSX2, make sure you have Confirm Shutdown un-checked (Settings - Interface).

In LaunchBox, edit your PCSX2 emulator (Tools, Manage, Emulators) and have "-nogui" (without quotes) in the Default Command-line Parameters.

[Additional Apps Variables]

2 hours ago, Dexll said:

I wonder if I can somehow spoof a NES platform into acting as a SNES platform if only by name. 

I swear NES was working for me yesterday.  But it's not working today.

However, I did find an apparent 'fix'.  (at least it's working for me, today)  Edit your emulator and change the Emulator Name: to "Get-Game MAME". Or "MAME Get-Game".  Or "Get-MAME-Game".  Or some variant that has the word "MAME" in it.  "ThisIsNotTheMAMEemulator" will also work.

[Any way to exit Pcsx2 qt?]

Just look at mine. I guess I have something similar in my running script.  To 'play nice' with PCSX2, you may want to change out that Process, Close

$Esc::
{
    WinClose, ahk_exe {{{StartupEXE}}}
}

Also, unless you always exit from the pause menu (uses the Exit Script), you'll want to put this in the Running Script section.  

[Additional Apps Variables]

Here's what I found... It works in some Platforms and not others.  Why? I have no idea.

For me it works in Arcade and in NES.  But it didn't work in SNES or Wii.

So you may want to test in a different platform, until you find one that doesn't express concern that the ROM file doesn't exist.  Then in that platform, do your full-blown testing with the proper batch file to see if it'll even work as you'd expect.  Once that all for-sure works, you can jump back to resolving the ROM file doesn't exist issue.  

[Any way to exit Pcsx2 qt?]

Do you have "-nogui" (without quotes and a single dash) for your command line parameters?

[MAME roms detected in LB even if they aren't present into my romset]

If you can find MAME category ini files for those playlists you want, you can create the playlists with this plugin.  In the plugin description, it describes where you can find some and also create-and-download them (read this comment) for importing.  You could also create them long-hand if you follow the ini formatting (though may be tedious).

 

[Two Emulator one Machine]

3 hours ago, slashguns04 said:

how to configure 2 emulators for a single console, for example I should emulate some games with the cxbx emulator and others with xemu.

You can add/set-up both emulators in LaunchBox and assign their Associated Platform to Xbox.  But only one of those can be the Default Emulator.  Then in LaunchBox, you can right-click a game, select Launch With and choose one or the other of those 2.

If say you set xemu as the Default Emulator and you have a specific game that you want to always launch with cxbx, you can edit that game and in the Emulation section, change the emulator to cxbx.

Likewise, you can select multiple games and use the bulk edit wizard to change them to use cxbx.

[Gamecube black screen]

When you open Dolphin by itself and start a game from there, does it do the same thing? Is the game "playing" such that you hear sound from it and just the game screen is black?  Or does it just show a black screen, until you exit the game?

[I need help to add hacked mame roms]

2 possible options for adding individual games are:

1. Drag and drop the ROM files onto the LaunchBox UI (follow the prompts)
2. Click Tools, Import, Manually Add Game (you'll need to do this for each game)

[Second monitor for marquee on LB - NOT Big Box]

1 hour ago, 5thWolf said:

So unless I miss read all the topics that came up after searching multi monitor, its all about adding plugins and 3rd monitor?

Correct. LaunchBox does not innately support marquee monitors.  aka, a second or even a 3rd monitor. And requires aa 3rd party app or plugin to do so.

[Launchbox keeps restoring previous ROM locations even after I change it.]

Try having LaunchBox change the paths for you.  Select all games in your Arcade Platform (click on one, then press Ctrl+A). 

Then click Tools, File Management, Change ROMs Folder Path for Selected Games and follow the prompts.

[Retroarch randomly no longer recognises start, select or analogue inputs]

Any chance you have Steam running in the background?

[Auto Hotkey Scripts]

4 hours ago, LtMetal said:

Thanks for replying Joe, I have double checked and confirm shutdown was and remains unchecked. The game closes fine but PCS2X stays open over BigBox. I'd love to hear any other suggestions you or anyone else may have. Not sure if I can map my controller to ALT+F4 but even force focus BigBox dosnt work. Everything halts as PCS2X just waits to be shut down manually.

If you're using a recent version of PCSX2, specifically QT (recommended), in your Default Command-line parameters (when you edit the emulator in LaunchBox) put 

-nogui

"Old" PCSX2 would have you put "--batch" (I believe that's what it was).  Also, to have it start in full screen, you can either open PCSX2 emulator and check the box for fullscreen, or add "-fullscreen" (old way was "--fullscreen" (2 dashes) [both without quotes]) to the command-line parameters.  (sorry. I had forgot about the -nogui part)

[Auto Hotkey Scripts]

9 hours ago, LtMetal said:

when I exit to game selection PCS2X comes up and makes me use my mouse to close it.

Better than using a script.... verify that you don't have Confirm Shutdown checked.