[Manually adding games to Playlist deletes existing games from list...]

1 hour ago, americanbean said:

I created a custom icon for the Playlist following all the steps that doesn't display. I have a premium account. i created a 24x17 png icon and placed it with the same name under \\LaunchBox\Images\Platform Icons\Playlists  {Rotary Dial Games.png}

I'm not sure about the 1st part (removing games from playlist - out of my realm). But for the platform icon's [new] location, see here.

https://feedback.launchbox.gg/help/articles/0459065-media-packs

Though it's explicitly stated in there, it's illudes towards placing them in \LaunchBox\Images\Media Packs\Platform Icons\Nostalgic Platform Icons

[Big Box Not Opening]

3 hours ago, costaskk said:

Yeah I'm not sure that is the true issue of my problems anyways

Not sure if related to your issue....

 

[Sega Naomi questions]

The 2 that are commonly missed [for Demul] are check Remove Space... and un-check Extract ROMs.

[Big Box Not Opening]

15 minutes ago, costaskk said:

This didn't help, this is really weird lol. It seems that when I open Big Box a file named videoActive is created inside the MetaData folder. If I delete it, Big Box will start right away, that's really weird.

 

Edit: Also the startup video or the Big Box logo do not show when I open the app.

Shooting from the hip.... you mentioned the file "videoActive". And it has the word "video" in it. (how am I doing so far? lol)  Maybe try "the other" video player.

WMP or VLC if v13.22 or older.  WMP or FFmpeg for 13.23.

Also (as I got to thinking about it), that debug fragment you showed was just that. A fragment of the whole kit-and-Kaboodle.  I recall seeing in past logs as well, something about the ttf file (don't remember 'exactly' what). But it never stopped BB from opening.

[Updated to 13.23. LaunchBox opens fine, Big Box crashes PC.]

23 minutes ago, Kennerdy said:

Any help would be greatly appreciated. 

This may be related

 

[13.23 crashes, problem with music?]

2 minutes ago, HeidiPS said:

But it was WMP in 13.22, wasn`t it?

13.22 had WMP and VLC.  Also note (more of an FYI), VLC and FFmpeg use the same base codec. So, in that regards they're similar. (But different in many other aspects).

 

7 minutes ago, HeidiPS said:

(videos are there in details window but do not play automatically in my Launchbox, just music).

Yeah. Sorry about that. I actually open and looked.  I knew BB has an option to prioritize soundtracks over video audio. Poor assumption (bad memory) on my part that LB did too. 😊

[Sega Naomi questions]

See if yours look like this.

[13.23 crashes, problem with music?]

13 minutes ago, HeidiPS said:

Just updated to 13.23 and Launchbox crashes when I change games. Some systems work fine, others do not. I think it is because of the music (I added music to many games in Launchbox). So when i choose a game (not starting, just looking at the details) that has music and change to another game (that has also music in Launchbox) then Launchbox crashes immediately. Just before the update everything was working fine. Now, when I change games in a system with no added music, then everything is fine too. There seems to be a problem with the update.

To clarify (for the developers), you're talking about game-specific music/soundtracks?  Do your games have video also (and presumably the videos are muted when the game has a soundtrack file)? 

And then in Tools < Options < General < Video Playback, are you using WMP of FFmpeg?  (try the opposite and see if it makes a difference)

[Big Box Not Opening]

10 minutes ago, costaskk said:

Update, I think something is wrong with my metadata or launchbox.metadata,db file. As soon as I delete that folder , big box loads but then throws an unhandled exception. That's really weird, never had any issues with launchbox-big box before

If it is that, open LaunchBox and then... Tools < Download < Force Update Games Database Metadata...

[Big Box Not Opening]

23 minutes ago, costaskk said:

Hi, I'm suddenly having an issue where I can't open Big Box. Launchbox opens up just fine, I turned on logging and getting this message

Looking at the error... Cannot locate resource 'views/launchbox_theme_folder/fonts/redhatdisplay-black.ttf', it seems to be looking in the wrong folder.

Not knowing that particular theme (and just enough theming knowledge to be dangerous ), I think you need to find and change that (those?) lines in the xaml's.

The [section of the] line should read like:  

FontFamily="LAUNCHBOX_THEME_FOLDER/Fonts/RedHatDisplay-Black.ttf#Red Hat Display Black"

(without the views/ part.)  Why it's suddenly started having issues, don't know.  (and with my little bit of knowledge, surprised it worked before)

[Sega Naomi questions]

10 minutes ago, wolfenstein0099 said:

Yes, I can play my games with demul outside of launchbox. When I hit play in launchbix. Ddmul pops up but the gams doesn't load.

 

I dont have a capture program.

That most likely means you don't have the correct command-line parameters for the Associated Platform or one (or more) of the required checkboxes in the details section is checked/un-checked.

When you have the Edit Emulator window open to the main details section, press Alt+PrintScreen.  Reply to this message, put the cursor where you want the picture and press Ctrl+V.  Do the same for the Associated Platforms section.

[Some Images and Videos on the Launchbox Forums aren't working as expected]

Oh, OK.  So they're not "broken", removed or deleted. The image source files are still there (can click to see them. And then can click the displayed left/right chevron [arrow] to go through them). 

  

They're just not showing the physical image on the page.  That's a good thing (the not deleted part). 

 

Hopefully the web development team can do something to make them physically visible, so you don't have to click each one to view them.

[Sega Naomi questions]

11 hours ago, wolfenstein0099 said:

It seems to have stoped working in dsmul but I can boot from it without launch box. Im sure I can trace back my sepsto get it to work with demul again Just not really sure if I have all the bios files in the dc folder in retroarch. It just tells me the bios files are incorrect with every game. The Namoi logo comes up then says, Error 01. This system is not assiaciable by main board. 

I suggest working on just one or the other.  Or at least [please] separate your thoughts and paragraphs.

Demul:  I think you're saying... when you launch a game directly from the Demul UI (File - Run Naomi/Naomi2 -- select a game and press OK) it does work.  But in LaunchBox, if you select a game and press Play, it does not.  Is that correct?  Does Demul open at all?  Or do you get a black screen, then it does back to LaunchBox?

If it runs in Demul but not in LaunchBox, edit your Demul emulator (in LaunchBox) and share 2 screenshots.  One of the main details section. And one of the Associated Platforms section.

 

RetroArch:  "It just tells me the bios files are incorrect with every game".  Are you saying it's now showing a red dot next to the required files?  Can you share a screenshot of that message?

[Some Images and Videos on the Launchbox Forums aren't working as expected]

Can you share the link to the page with the [missing] images (not the videos one)?  Relatively recently they did a forums server swap?/update?/reconfigure?/something-or-another-to-do-with-the-forums. Probably related to that.

[Multiple screen setup, main screen keeps changing]

50 minutes ago, LCS213 said:

What I'm not 100% sure of (and I'll keep an eye on) is whether the monitor number in bigbox and retroarch actually change or not.

Check that (when you think it).  And also, is there still the same 3 options.

 

I've never tried it otherwise, and only have the cab monitor and TV (so just 2).  But when I'm going to play on the TV, I make sure it's on and ready to go before starting Big Box.  I imagine you do also. 

The question then is, when you go to start BB, are both monitors already on ( plus the TV)?  That is, do you ever have one or the other of the monitors not on when starting BB?  (just thinking out loud troubleshooting thoughts)

[Sega Naomi questions]

1 hour ago, wolfenstein0099 said:

UPDATE, i moved it out of the DC folder in retroarch. Still not working but error message went away. Now its just a green light with the red explatopn point  saying the file is needed but its already added.

It doesn't say it's "needed".  It says it's "required".  (semantics matter)  And the green dot says, "File found".  But you indicate it still doesn't launch, despite the apparent requirements are met.

Does it work when launched directly from Demul?

If so, do you have the proper command-line parameters in the Associated Platforms section for that platform?

 

To insert a screen shot, take the screenshot with your favorite capture program. (copy the relevant area)  Then here, put the cursor where you want to place it, and press Ctrl+V.

[Sega Naomi questions]

47 minutes ago, wolfenstein0099 said:

I tried to get Sega Naomi working with the flycast core of retroarch. When I try to add the bios files in launchbox it says the are all green but giving me a red explatopm point. Not sure why. I added all the bios files from where they are in my mame folder. Doesnt make any sense. 

Isn't the red exclamation mark simply saying, "One of the following items are required"?  And then, as you stated, all of the boxes below it have a green dot next to them.

Also, if you mouse over the red exclamation mark, it'll tell you "The emulator has indicated this group is required,"   Mouse over the green dot next to the BIOS and it'll tell you "File found!".

Red exclamation mark aside, if you go to launch one of the games, does it launch?

 

1 hour ago, wolfenstein0099 said:

Also because of that I've been using Demul. Problem with that is. If I want to play games in English instead of Japanese. Im not sure how to make it boot from the English bios in bigbox. 

Regarding Demul, there aren't any command-line parameters available to change the set BIOS.  That's needs to be done from within the Demul UI.

[Multiple screen setup, main screen keeps changing]

27 minutes ago, LCS213 said:

Yes, I've used that menu, as well as set the monitors up in retroarch.  The thing is my windows monitor #'s don't ever change, so once I set those settings they SHOULD in theory remain the same.  Bigbox shouldn't see another monitor as #3.  But that's what's happening.

Are you saying if you set the Primary Screen in Big Box to #3, it shows correctly on the TV... sometimes.  And sometimes (maybe next time you turn on the computer?) it's on a different monitor (still being set to "3")? 

Or "for some reason" you have to set the screen to (for e.g.) #2 in Big Box to show on the TV.  And it always stays on the TV?

[Multiple screen setup, main screen keeps changing]

1 hour ago, LCS213 said:

I have three monitors.  I like to have big box on monitor 3, which is my TV.

System Menu < Options < General < Primary Screen: Screen 3  

Note: what Windows sees as monitor #3 may not be what BigBox sees as #3. So try the others if 3 is "the wrong monitor".

[Basic Questions.]

6 minutes ago, HatefulGravey said:

If I'm honest it also encouraged me to take a closer look at the menus and I found a few other things I like.

In my 7 years on the forums, I think you are the 1st person I've ever heard say you actually looked, or better yet, were encouraged to look through the menus.  Thank you! 

Keep it up and you'll soon find you can answer most all you're own questions.    Case-in-point.....

 

11 minutes ago, HatefulGravey said:

is there a way to delete the file when I delete a game from my LB?

Tools < Options < General - Allow deleting ROMs

If your MAME set is Merged or Split, it's strongly suggested you don't allow that. With a non-merged set (strongly suggested to use [for many reasons]), there won't be any issues.  Conversely, if "you know MAME", knock yourself out.

 

14 minutes ago, HatefulGravey said:

Is there a way to display another image when the box front image is not available?

Tools < Options < Media < Box Front Priorities

There you can set what fallbacks you want and in what order to look.

[Bezel Project - Bezels not showing]

Follow up:

Using my [LaunchBox] process, I noticed Frogger didn't get a bezel.

It appears... I imported the MAME file (frogger.zip).  The game imported into LB just fine (images etc.). But even Tools - Download - Metadata and Media wouldn't grab a bezel for it.  I renamed [just] the file to Frogger.zip. It then downloaded the bezel file.

So, it seems there's something to be said about "proper" file naming conventions. (uppercase filename vs lowercase)

[Bezel Project - Bezels not showing]

53 minutes ago, Joe35car said:

We tried to pull the bezels from launchbox and also the app and it doesn't show his bezels.

The only thing I can help with is sharing my process.

My test:

• Installed a fresh copy of LaunchBox 13.22
• Closed the initial Add Games popup
  • I don't think Download Bezels options popup via this wizard (could be wrong)
  • Though they can always be added later via Download - Metadata and Media
• Tools - Manage - Emulators - Add
• RetroArch - Download
• OK - Close

 

• Tools - Import - ROM Files - Single Platform
• selected my Atari 2600 folder, followed default prompts
• Checked Download Bezels (selected default Theme Bezels)
• finished the process to import

Selected Adventures of Tron and clicked Play.

The only thing in RetroArch I did go in and manually change was Settings - Input - and set Confirm Quit to Off.  Otherwise, nothing in RA was changed/setup/modified/etc.

The bezels are found in \LaunchBox\Emulators\RetroArch\overlays\GameBezels\Atari2600\[.png and .cfg files]

[Bezel Project - Bezels not showing]

7 hours ago, themaniac81 said:

fyi, I'm not using Launchbox yet.  I figured if I'm having a problem with bezels using retroarch the same problem will arise if I'm using Launchbox. 

Not necessarily true.  If you have LaunchBox install RetroArch for you and then have it (LaunchBox) download and install the bezels for the particular console, you should be good-to-go, without issue.

[BezelLauncher]

1 hour ago, Headrush69 said:

One minor issue I've noticed is when uses Bezel Launcher with lightgun games. (At least in the case of Flycast)

The bezel displays fine.

In the game window the mouse is hidden (as expected) but when you point outside the 4:3 game area and over the bezel, the mouse pointer appears. It disappears again as soon as you aim in the game screen again.

For games that use offscreen reload, obviously the mouse pointer appearing and disappearing is a minor distraction. 

I tried hiding the mouse using nomousy first, but the same thing happens.

Any suggestions?

Using the Retroarch Flycast core works as intended with a bezel but that also comes with some trade offs in input options.

 

Hmmm...  I'm just going to grasp at straws here because I honestly have no idea. Don't ever play lightgun games.

So, the mouse is only inactive when over the active emulators window.  In the emulator settings (in LaunchBox) under Startup Screen, can you check the box Hide Mouse Cursor During Game and have that do anything?  Or does that also hide the crosshairs?

The plugin doesn't touch anything mouse related.  Seems odd that nomousy is not keeping it hidden. 

[Basic Questions.]

25 minutes ago, HatefulGravey said:

How do I scrape for game art and such after the initial import?

Select a game, then press Ctrl+A (to select all games in that platform).  Then Tools < Download < Update Metadata and Media for Selected Games...

Sticking with MAME (Arcade), I suggest selecting Advertisement Flyer - Front in leu of Box-Front as arcade cabinets weren't shipped in 'boxes'.  Crates, yeah.  

Videos and Manuals only come from EmuMovies.  The LaunchBox Database doesn't have those.  When you purchase you LB license, I believe they also provide a discount code for an EmuMovies subscription (which is required for downloading from within LB).

 

35 minutes ago, HatefulGravey said:

Can I just move the LB folder to my new machine and run everything like I can on this PC

Again, sticking with MAME, yes.  It's easiest to manage if your emulator(s) are installed in /LaunchBox/Emulators/.  Then it's just a matter of moving the /LaunchBox/ folder.

Some emulators, by default are not portable. They'll store some of their data in your C:\Users\JoeViking\AppData\emu_name\ folder. (there, or in \Documents\, or somewhere else).  But most can be made "portable" so their data is stored within the emulators folder.  Varies by emulator.

 

Regarding bezels for other consoles that should have them, that will be console specific.  (aka need more info)  But that's all outside of my wheelhouse.  So the "more info" would be for someone else. 😁