JoeViking245

Most likely, Yes. I'll see about looking into it this weekend. No. You thought the image scaling was bad before....? lol Seriously though, no.

Quick and dirty example: Send mouse Right click using "Q" on the keyboard q:: MouseClick, Right Send mouse Middle click using "W" on the keyboard w:: MouseClick, Middle

You can open xml files in any text editor (such as Notepad++ or even regular Notepad). But those xml files (located in the /hash/ subfolder of MAME) are for MAMES softlists (software lists, as in computers and consoles). So they won't help you for MAMEs Arcade Machines, including CHDs (unless the CHDs are part of a softlist).

It doesn't have an "A" or a "B". But it does have an "X" and a "O" [circle].

Maybe it's just semantics, are you searching in the Platform view or Platform Category view? It may not have been assigned to a "Category". Switch to the Platform view, select All and then start typing "fear effect 2" and see if it now shows up.

Any chance you're pointing to the "qt" executable instead of the "nogui" executable? The 'nogui' one is what you want to launch via LaunchBox. Then you won't need any script at all. Just an FYI, if later you decide you don't want to create a save game when exiting, run/open the qt version and go to Settings, General Settings and you can uncheck Save State on Exit.

First off. nicely done!! I had looked at this a little bit when creating the plugin, but there were too many inconsistencies amongst the various databases. Namely how/where the different metadata (other images, music etc.) where named/stored. "Screenshots" was the only consistent one across the several databases I looked at. In other words, I would need to go through each individual GameBase database file and account for its structure and naming convention. No offense, but not happenin'. If you wanted to get creative, you could import the [converted database] xml file into Access (EXTERNAL DATA tab, XML file). You might get some "ImportErrors", but most likely nothing that would hinder what you're wanting to accomplish. Another option is to parse the xml itself. That's basically what the plugin is doing. In the plugin folder, there's "Database2XML.exe" which will convert them for you. Or if you've already used the plugin on a specific Gamebase database, the xml file will be in the same folder as your original mdb. (at least I think I didn't tell it to delete it after importing was complete) Although you can, you don't want to open the xml's in a standard text editor (i.e. Notepad++). The files are quite large for a text editor. For quick viewing, I use the free FirstObject xml editor ("foxe"). It's a single file, less that 1MB, and can handle 'large' files without too much lagging. Just a thought.

That was actually just a guess based on: that it's there, but when you make changes, nothing happens. LaunchBox/BigBox executables don't have any command line parameter options. At this point, you might could just manually normalize the audio in the videos themselves. You could probably batch it with some audio software or even ffmpeg. Kind of a pain. But doable. Another option is check the speaker properties on your PC and see if there's a loudness equalization enhancement feature. And when all other avenues are exhausted ('defeated' or otherwise), you can always put in a feature request. Click Help & Support above and select Request a Feature.

Yes. Sorry about that.

I guess it was too quick and very dirty. 😊 Sorry about that. This should be better. ImportGameBase v1.0.2.7z

This can help you do them all at once.

That makes total sense. Thank you!! I'm fairly positive that LB/BB will scan for images based on the games Title and/or ROM filename. This was quick and dirty and untested, but "on paper" it appears it should work. If you can prove me right (please?), I'll update the official release. This gives the option (a CheckBox) to "Use ROM name for images". (and maybe this should be default) Unblock and copy (replace the existing file with the one in this zip) as before then start LaunchBox and, if you'd be so kind, give it a try and let me know.

My 1st thought is if it's working, leave it be. lol But if it's really bothering you, you could try (here I go 'guessing' again ) to force them to 1, 2, 3 in the General Inputs section. Change the mouse ID's to the order you want to see in "mame.ini". Save and close. Start standalone MAME. Open Configure Options Select General Inputs Select Player 1 Controls Press the up arrow (a lot faster than scrolling down) You'll see Mouse X analog and Mouse Y analog Set those to the controller (spinner) you want as player one. Press Escape Now select Player 1 Controls and do the same thing for the other spinner (step 6, 7, 8, 9). Press Escape again (after pressing it like in step #9) Select Save Configuration!!!!!!!!!! Exit MAME. You may want/need to delete the games cfg file again (another 'fresh start'). Play your game and see what happens.

I don't know if LB/BB sends overrides that will preclude cfg settings, but try changing "normvol" to "normalizer" per the Wiki. But that may not even help because I thing that cfg file is more of a 'guideline' or only gets loaded via a command line parameter. You might get lucky by modifying "vlcrc" located in C:\Users\%username%\AppData\vlc\ It has no file extension and may not even exist. Hence the "lucky" part. It can be opened with a text editor (Notepad++) And if none of that works or helps, you're no worse off than you were when you first inquired about it.