JoeViking245

It's because in v1 you could set the index. Which really shouldn't be done. That's why Jayjay removed it in v2.

This plugin was written about 5 years ago. It will not work with current version of LaunchBox. (would need v13.18 or older) If you're using RPCS3, LaunchBox v13.15 (July 2024) added a new feature making this plugin unnecessary.

It looks like you created your plugin using version 1 of the app. Try using version 2 (at the top of the page in the link). Custom Badges - Third-Party Applications and Plugins (Development and Beta Testing) - LaunchBox Community Forums

Though we can appreciate your enthusiasm and concerns, please don't post the same issue in multiple threads. I removed your other post. We can continue discussions here (in 1 location). Can you attach one of your custom badges dll files that appears to be causing the issue you described so it can be looked at tested?

You might try asking on the ThirdScreen plugin's Download or Support page. That way the author gets notified earlier than if waiting for them to peruse the LaunchBox Games Database Troubleshooting comments.

That plugin's been broken since LaunchBox v13.19. However, it will still work in LB v13.18 and older Due to lack of interest noted on its download and support pages, the author hasn't deemed it worthwhile to take the time to update it. Or rather, do a near complete rewrite to make it work again. Fortunately, the list of ROMs Demul can run is relatively short and can be obtained by running "demul.exe –listroms" at the Windows command prompt.

You should include a link to your (or whomever's) Feature Request so that others can go and upvote it, making it more viable to move "further up in the polls".

The AHK script I referenced was for creating an 'emulator'. So you'd only need to make one. Then have your Steam games use that emulator. The way it's written, it assumes your games were added to LB, by LB. Where the games ROM path is something like steam://rungameid/21130. Now if your games for some reason all point to an exe, the script could be modified to still work. It could be that the batch file just needs a little finessing. Is that a problem having the 'taskkill' line in there? Not sure I've heard of BT devices requiring admin privileges to start/stop. Running BB as admin is not advised. But if it works for you, go with it. If in the future you have any issues with BB, i.e. not launching games [with other emulators], adding images or videos etc., try them again with BB not running as admin. If the only way to change the profile is via a keyboard shortcut, you could create an AutoHotkey script to do that. But you may want to do a search to see if there's a way to do that from the command prompt. Then once you know how to switch it that way, just put that in a batch file.

What happens is, when a theme makes a call to a specific View (i.e. the Music Notification popup) and that view doesn't exist, Big Box will look for it in the Default themes' folder. (it's like magic ) I suspect if, instead of replacing the KeyboardView.xaml file, if you simply removed it from the /Critical Zone - BlueBox/Views/ folder, it would work [as well]. Maybe. However, replacing it with one that's known to work is probably the safest bet. Well done on using your resources at hand!

The only way I've found to do that is to create a pseudo emulator. Here's an example for doing it with Steam. You can create a batch file to start Big Box. Since you have BB setup to start apps when opened, you don't need to worry about those. When you then start BB, add the wait parameter. You'll also need to start BigBox.exe from the /Core/ folder. I'm not at my main PC right now, but it's something like start "" /w "D:\LaunchBox\core\BigBox.exe" This will wait until BB closes. Add you commands to close whatever you need closed after this line. You can add above the command I show above, whatever the command is to set profile 2. Then below it, just like closing your other apps, add whatever the command is to set profile 1.

My pleasure. Should be able to move the joy left/right to bring up the 'alphabet', move left/right to "S", then [continue to] scroll up/down. There're some things you can also to do or look at that may help with scrolling faster. About halfway down is the Big Box Troubleshooting section. But the whole thing is probably worth reading.

Some encoders can Xinput or keyboard input (or 'output' if you prefer). But yeah, you have to have an encoder to convert the buttons and joys to something. Mine has an older keyboard encoder, but also has a trackball that works the mouse movement and 3 buttons that are left/middle/right mouse-clicks. But even still, for LaunchBox navigation I'll use the keyboard and mouse. TBH, you won't be happy with LaunchBox if all you have are the buttons and joys. It really is designed for mouse and [full] keyboard. But once your system is all setup in there, Big Box really shines on a cab [with using just the control panel]. I think you'll find though, with any frontend, you will need a keyboard and mouse to set things up. In Big Box, a lot of the keyboard mapping is pre-setup. But you can of course customize it to your liking/needs. Use the player-1 joy for moving around and player-1 Start for Select. I'm not sure if it's the default setting, but my Back button is Pause on my cab. I don't know if you can change them in the free trial version of Big Box or not (I would think you could?), but if nothing else, you can see [and change?] the default keyboard mapping under System Menu < Options < Keyboard Mappings.

Thanks. And welcome to the community. There are a lot of knowledge members in the Community who can and will help when and if they can. Myself, I've never heard of KeyWiz nor knew what it was when you mentioned it. As I suspect is the same for many users on the forums. A quick search shows me it's a keyboard encoder. LaunchBox is more of a keyboard and mouse application. It'd be pretty difficult to navigate it with just a keyboard. Looking at the documentation for KeyWiz, their board doesn't appear to have any mouse-oriented inputs (i.e. trackball connections or mouse left/right-click). Also, LaunchBox doesn't have any custom keyboard mappings. BigBox on the other hand does have custom keyboard mappings, making it work great with a cab using a keyboard encoder. If your cab has a Shazaaam! Button, you can press and hold it, then press Player-1 Button-2 to Tab around in LaunchBox. But that can be a pain for navigating within LaunchBox. Some things you can do: (using a mouse or somehow..) select a game Assuming your cab has a Pause button press and hold Player-1 Button-1 and then press Pause If all goes well, this will launch the game Select a game Assuming your cab has 2 player controls press and hold Player-1 Button-1 and then press Player-2 Button-1 If all goes well, this will select all games Not super practical. But can be done

Finally. Someone gets me. lol You're welcome and glad the plugin suites your needs.

That's weird that when you tried checking Force Import Duplicates that it didn't show on the last screen. Anyway, you got it fixed!

LaunchBox doesn't care what's inside the zip file for MAME ROMs. That's between you and MAME. On the screen one or a couple before that last one in the Wizard, check the box for Allow importing duplicates. Then see if that last screen changes. If it shows, then yeah, it's in you collection somewhere. Tested and working (one of several methods) Drag and drop carnevil.zip onto LaunchBox (this'll start the wizard) Selected ROM Files Platform = Arcade Emulator = MAME (if your emulator is different, this could be an issue) (for me I chose) Use the files in their current location search for metadata and images if you want no bezels for me Custom Options - nothing checked I unchecked Create Playlists Plan "B": go to Tools < Import < Manually Add Game... (or press Ctrl+N) Type in the games Title. In the Launching section, point the ROM File to you carnevil.zip. Under Emulation, make sure MAME is your emulator.

I didn't know that games could be launched via a URL. Not that I know, ya. It makes sense. What it does when you click "the button" (v1.1.0😞 Scans all games in the selected platform If the games' Application Path is a shortcut (.lnk) or a weblink shortcut (.url) If the shortcut file exists The game is marked as Installed (Installed = true) If the shortcut file does NOT exist The game is marked as Un-Installed (Installed = false) ScanForUninstalled (v1.1.0).7z

So... wait. What? Look for the game's shortcut file. If it doesn't exist, ALSO look for some internet shortcut? Or are some of your games' Application Path an internet shortcut? Like: Game 1 Application Path = D:\Games\A_Cool_Game.lnk Game 2 Application Path = D:\Games\A_DIFFERNT_Cool_Game.url

If so inclined, you can add this plugin I threw together to scan a platform that its games point to a shortcut file. If the shortcut file does not exist, it will be marked as un-installed (aka: Installed=false). From there, your playlist should now "work". With LaunchBox closed, extract the contents of the attached file into: ../LaunchBox/Plugins/ i.e. D:\LaunchBox\Plugins\ScanForUninstalled\ScanForUninstalled.dll Start LaunchBox and from the Tools menu, select Mark uninstalled Using: Select a platform and click "the button" What it does when you click "the button": Scans all games in the selected platform If the games' Application Path is a shortcut (.lnk) If the shortcut file exists The game is marked as Installed (Installed = true) If the shortcut file does NOT exist The game is marked as Un-Installed (Installed = false) Counts shown when the process is done are only for ones that have changed. ScanForUninstalled (v1.0.0).7z

Ahhh shoot! I missed the part about them being Windows shortcuts. Looks like that may only work for [direct paths to?] storefront game.

It seems that a filter like this should work.

In just about the time that it took you to write this, you could have had these near-automatically being installed. Try giving this a watch and see if it can help you get you on your way.