JoeViking245

Is that 1 game by chance also a regular MAME Arcade machine?

Older, but still relevant... As for a LaunchBox Database API, I've no idea about that.

I think what you're wanting to do is zip up each folder into its own zip (.7z) file. Example: this batch file will take these 3 folders and create these 3 files Place the batch file inside the folder that contains the subfolders you want to zip. In my Example, the batch file would go inside the Games folder. for /d %%X in (*) do ( PUSHD "%%X" "c:\program files\7-Zip\7z.exe" a "..\%%X.7z" "*" POPD ) pause The "pause" at the end is optional. I put it there so that I can see that it's working, and 'worked' when completed (as in no errors).

My cheap wireless mouse (Logitech M310) will do that sometimes when the battery starts getting low. At least I think that's what's causing it. When it does start to do that, I just remember to right-click and quickly move the mouse to the side. I never have that issue with a wired mouse.

If you edit one of those games, does it have a corresponding LaunchBox DB ID #?

Oh. I didn't test it. It just "looked good on paper". lol Create a Playlist then as Retro808 suggests. Then tell it to include the Platforms you want. You have to manually type the Value. So make sure you spell it correctly. Then in BigBox, choose View Playlists.

Absolutely. WinWaitActive, ahk_exe rpcs3.exe Send #+{Right} ;Send Win+Shift+Right Send, !{Enter} ;Send Alt+Enter

Go into BigBox's System Menu and select View Platform Categories. But you need to, in LaunchBox, when adding your Platforms to a Platform Category, is make sure "Root" is unchecked. Otherwise in BigBox, you'll see the Arcade Platform and the Arcade Platform Category. Make sure you're looking at the Platform, then right click, Edit

I've moved mine to all be in the ini folder only, and high scores get uploaded to LaunchBox fine. Not sure if this is an issue when you were testing, but the default MAME inipath line is inipath .;ini;ini/presets with a period (dot) in front of the 1st semicolon (which represents the root folder). I don't think LaunchBox even looks at the ini files. It may look to see if you have a save state auto loading or cheats enabled. (or actually, probably force those to not load/be enabled). If you tested with some ini files [still] in both MAME's root folder and the ini folder, and have duplicate the_game.ini files in both, that could be an issue too. Just thinking out loud.

Let the script figure out how long to wait. WinWaitActive, ahk_exe rpcs3.exe Send #+{Right} ;Send Win+Shift+Right WinMaximize, ahk_exe rpcs3.exe Then you shouldn't need the Esc routine. (removed above)

In BigBox, when you set Close the Active Window to Button 7 + Button 1 (or whatever #'s come up for your controller), they need to be pressed in that order. You can add another button combo for that action to help with 'tired fingers'. Have you tried telling it to start Full Screen in the emulator itself? Although if you're having to move it from the monitors it loads up on, I suppose this doesn't help. 😊 If this script is in your Running Script section of your RPCS3 emulator you setup in LaunchBox, it will work in BigBox as well. You may need to make some adjustments at the top of your script to allow time for RPCS3 to fully load before moving and resizing. Can you share what your script looks like?

You did this with LaunchBox closed. Correct? And then restarted LaunchBox. If it's still not showing after you've UnBlocked the files placed the folder (with files) in your "E:\LaunchBox\Plugins\ImportGameBase\" folder and restarted LaunchBox Make sure you have Enable Debug Logs checked. (Tools, Options, Debugging) Exit, then restart LaunchBox. Wait for it to completely load. See if it appears in the Tools dropdown menu. If not, Exit LaunchBox, go to your "E:\LaunchBox\Logs\ folder and attach the most recent Debug,,,.log file, here.

It would have shown at the bottom in your image #3. But it's not. Looks like the reason is you unzipped the folder (your image #2) into the ThirdParty folder. If you by chance missed step #2, you can right click on each of the 3 files (shown in your image #2) individually and select Properties and check UnBlock there (if it's not unblocked already).

@dfsae313231 Here's a post that talks a little about combining Platforms.

It's not possible through LaunchBox itself, but you can create a batch file to start your apps and start LaunchBox. Something like @echo off start "" D:\MyApps\App1.exe start "" D:\MyApps\App2.exe start "" D:\LaunchBox\LaunchBox.exe Or do the same thing using an AHK script.

In hopes to not confuse matters more... Platform examples would be Arcade, Sega Model 3, Atari 2600, Nintendo 64, Gameboy Advance, Sony PSP, Pinball FX2, Visual Pinball (etc.). Platform Category examples would be: Arcade (consisting of Arcade and Sega Model 3 Platforms) Consoles (consisting of Atari 2600 and Nintendo 64 Platforms) Handhelds (consisting of Gameboy Advance and Sony PSP Platforms) Pinball (consisting of Pinball FX2 and Visual Pinball Platforms) I don't use Platform Categories because (again, this is just me) I prefer to see all the Platforms individually. Let's say I have a desire to play Pinball, I know I want to play something in VPX. So I scroll to "Visual Pinball", select it then select a table. Whereas of I had them in categories, I'd scroll to "Pinball" and select it, then scroll to "Visual Pinball" and select it, then select a table. This is just 1 man's opinion, but I really think what you want to do (what you're wanting to do) is import things into separate Platforms. Like the examples above. Then from there, you can create your Platform Categories, consolidating the various Platforms into a fewer number Categories.

That's a personal preference. But that's how my cab's set up. I do have Playlist and Categories. However, I never even look at them. But that's just me. To keep it at 3 like you're wanting to see in BigBox, you may want to stick with Playlists or even better, Platform Categories. (Technically, that's what they are.) But of course, either works. How do you have your Platforms (the basis for all importing) setup? On mine, for Arcade Machines I have for example, separate Platforms for Arcade (using MAME) and Sega Model 3 (using Supermodel). For Pinball Platforms, I have FX2, FX3, Future Pinball and Visual Pinball. For Visual Pinball, I only have 1 VP9 table (Riverboat Gambler). All the rest I've been able to find in VPX. So there's just the 1 Platform for it. Essentially separating them all by emulator (except VP). If you've imported en masse, as an option you could "hide games" you don't want displayed in Big Box, then in Big Box 'don't show hidden games', and only show them in LaunchBox. But again, for how you're wanting to see them in BB, Platform Categories seems to be the way to go. I'll take a look at the plugin and see if it's possible to accommodate Playlists and/or Categories. But don't hold your breath. Until then, Press Select twice to launch your Jukebox.

There's a plugin that will do [almost] exactly that. The problem is it was made to be used for Platforms. I'm not sure if it can be adapted to accommodate Playlists.

Acorn Electron is not innately part a MAME's 'regular' full set [of Arcade machines]. Thus not included in LaunchBox's MAME full set [Arcade] import wizard. It is however within MAME's softlist (Software List) sets as Neil mentioned. Because of how the 2 are handled differently by MAME, coupled with the fact the 1 is Arcade and the other consists of computers, consoles, handhelds etc., to combine them into the existing full set importer for MAME would become quite convoluted. [For my own personal reference] When you selected RetroArch as your emulator when doing the standard import, was it able to get the proper game Titles? I assume you had MAME softlist roms which are stored using their 'short name'. Or did you have a different set of roms, named accordingly that MAME is able to read/launch? Again, just curious.

Then you're 2 steps ahead of me. lol At the very top of this page you'll see "View File". Click that. On the page that it takes you to, on the right you'll see "Download this File". Click it. Once you have that downloaded, follow the steps for: and after that.. But I strongly recommend that you read the ENTIRE post first, BEFORE continuing.

That shouldn't be the issue. I guess maybe backtrack a little and determine what window is taking focus after exiting and game. After the games exits, if you press and hold Alt and then hit TAB once (while still holding Alt), You'll see all open windows and the Active window will be the left most one.

As stated, both LB and BB should just regain focus when you exit. Have you tried reassigning the "Quit RetroArch" key in RetroArch itself to F12? Then you wouldn't (shouldn't) need the Running Script at all. Open RetroArch, go to Settings, Input, Hotkeys, and reassign Quit RetroArch. (Just in case it's not already, make sure Confirm Quit is set to Off.) During game play, are you Alt-Tabbing to another window? That could screw up the window order making WinActivateBottom grab the wrong window. BB could still be "Active", but may not "have focus".

To compile the AutoHotkey script you need to have the full AutoHotkey program installed on your system. Alternately, when you create your 'new emulator', instead of pointing to a compiled AHK script (script_name.exe), you can use the AutoHotkey executable that comes bundled with LaunchBox and directly use your uncompiled script_name.ahk. Here's a little how-to do this. See the part "Add the "new" Emulator:". (You can skip the end part regarding the Startup Screen.)

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