[launchbox and big box set up for exit emulator]

1 hour ago, Dartz said:

is possible set up launchbox/bigbox to exit game/emulator with a button press and going back to the frontend ? i know can use alt f4 but prefer use buttons when using a controller , thanks

You can map your controller buttons to exit the games.  Note, they are separate mappings between LaunchBox and Big Box. (as in, you have to map them in each app separately.)

LaunchBox

• Tools < Options < Game Controllers < Mappings
  • "Exit Game"

Big Box

• System Menu <  Options < Controller Mappings
  • "Close the Active Window"
  • ("Exit" is for exiting Big Box)

[LaunchBox 13.27 Beta Thread]

25 minutes ago, kobaturtle said:

Since new Beta, I lost the ability to type/navigate/find a game name directly from keyboard input in launchbox main menu. Until now, typing letters was easy way to navigate through game titles

Double check you're in the main [middle] panel (e.g. click a game), then start typing. Tested in both Default and Omni themes in beta-2 and is still working here. 

[How do I setup the CHD folders for MAME?]

Update to handling CHD paths using LaunchBox's built-in parameters and negating the need to edit mame.ini.

When your CHD folders are not subfolders of where your [regular] ROMs are located:

Example:

• G:\Roms\MAME\MAME 0.287 ROMs (non-merged)\area51.zip
• G:\Roms\MAME\MAME 0.287 CHDs (merged)\area51\area51.chd

In LaunchBox, edit your MAME emulator. The default command-line parameters should already contain -rompath %romlocation%.  Attach to that, a semi-colon, a double-quote mark, the full path to your CHD folder and another double-quote mark.

That part of the command-line parameters in this example will now look like this:

-rompath %romlocation%;"G:\Roms\MAME\MAME 0.287 CHDs (merged)"

Do not add any spaces before or after the simi-colon nor quotes.  Also, no trailing-slash at the end of your CHD path.

 

All thanks go to @faeran who messaged me this Unusual Gem saying, "Another way to handle this... separate paths with a semi-colon".  (a kind-of Homer Simpson forehead-slap, "doh" moment. Of course this works! )

[Visual Studio Template for Plugin development]

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[LaunchBox 13.27 Beta Thread]

17 minutes ago, AzgoRAth said:

Sorry Joe. The ones that aren't showing are:

[ ... ]

Lol.  Ok point taken.  You have way more platforms than I do.   But the ones not working does better give something for the developers to look at.

[RetroArch and RS3 Reaper Lightgun Controls]

13 minutes ago, Shinlocke said:

I am being told that RetroArch is not really good for Lightgun Emulation, at least for the RS3 Reaper. 
I am going to try to use RetroBat instead for those games and see if that resolves the issue. 

It's more of an emulator setup issue than a frontend issue.

The emulators I use with my Gun4IR are Demul, Flycast, Model2 (emulator.exe) and [standalone] MAME. I don't use TeknoParrot, but do have a couple games using JConfig. Then alongside these, I use DemulShooter (where applicable), LUA scripts for MAME and QMamehook.

[How do I setup the CHD folders for MAME?]

24 minutes ago, Drake008 said:

I have the settings like so in the mame.ini

rompath              "roms;e:\Romvault MAME\RomRoot\MAME CHDs (merged);e:\Romvault MAME\RomRoot\MAME ROMs (split)"

and when I try to start a chd game like Killer Instinct it gies black and then back to the launchbox menu. Normal roms are running fine. What do I do wrong here?

Did you remove -rompath %romlocation% from the command-line parameters? (Tools-Manage Emulators-Edit [MAME])

[ROms and CHDs in different folder]

On 4/17/2026 at 11:52 PM, Drake008 said:

is there a way to have the roms and chds in different folder and not everything in one?

Assuming you're referring to MAME, yes.  (be sure to read the entire post)

 

[RetroArch and RS3 Reaper Lightgun Controls]

8 hours ago, Shinlocke said:

but the trigger and buttons on the gun don't seem map. When its in Lightgun, I don't seem to see the controller options to map Trigger etc like I do when its set to Joystick

The lightgun I believe should be being seen as a mouse.  When mapping the trigger and buttons (aka left/middle/right clicks) try pointing the gun at the screen when pressing them.  Specific lightgun & emulator software pending, if you're not aiming the screen, the gun thinks you are shooting offscreen and uses different modes. Depending on what you selected in the lightguns' software settings.

[LaunchBox 13.27 Beta Thread]

7 minutes ago, AzgoRAth said:

So far the only systems that show achievements now are:

Would it have been easier to list the ones that don't show achievements?

[Per System Sounds on Enter/Exit]

tldr:  But here's a how-to guide that Faeran wrote about 2 months ago.

Big Box Navigation Sounds - LaunchBox

Quote

This guide explains what Big Box navigation sounds are, how to use and customize them, how themes interact with them, and the deeper rules Big Box follows when deciding which sound to play.

 

[Someone has been changing the SNES to I guess suit Himself IE: carts to Fanart - Carts - Front]

15 minutes ago, PadeMoNiuM Prods said:

community votes

Speaking of votes...
There're several posts on the Feedback page specific to the Games Database that, it not already, everyone may want to look at and upvote accordingly.

Feedback - LaunchBox Games Database

[Manage Emulators After Updating Plugins]

2 minutes ago, Gaming.Zone said:

Think it was a caching issue that all 3 had to be removed to clear?

No.  There was a "glitch in the Matrix" that the developers were able to quickly resolve (thanks for bringing it up, BTW).   But the final part of the fix (in this case) required us to remove those folders as mentioned [so LB could rebuild them].

[Manage Emulators After Updating Plugins]

2 minutes ago, Gaming.Zone said:

Good to know it is not local to just me.  I can deal with manual updating emulators.  I just needed to know.

Fixed(ish).

• Close LaunchBox
• Navigate to you /LaunchBox/Plugins/ folder
• Delete the following folders:
  • Dolphin LaunchBox Integration
  • PCSX2 LaunchBox Integration
  • RetroArch LaunchBox Integration
• (Re)start LaunchBox

[Manage Emulators After Updating Plugins]

21 minutes ago, Gaming.Zone said:

Can anyone think of anything else to try?  This feels like 3 broken plugins to me.

I'm seeing the same issue with those 3 updates.  

For now, I suggest leaving the 3 emulators alone.  If you know of and feel you have to update one of them, do it manually.  You know, the old-fashioned way.

[Dealing with missing ROMs]

"None" is for a list of games that do not have an associate platform.  

"Exists" is for a list of games that do have an associate platform.

"All" is for a list of all games, regardless of platform association.

 

55 minutes ago, chinagreenelvis said:

so if there's no option to prevent that platform from being scanned or some way to actually audit what gets detected as missing, that forces me to have to re-scan every single other console platform one by one.

Correct. Currently it's scan all platforms, or one-by-one.

 

[I bid you all farewell.... for now]

Thanks Christian, for not only all you've done for the LaunchBox apps and the Community, but for your never relenting help to me and my exhaustive plugin programming questions.  You have always been and continue to be greatly appreciated!

I wish you all the best!  Be well and talk soon.

[[Request] Favorite Hotkey]

4 hours ago, chinagreenelvis said:

The RefreshData method words for game badges, but it steals focus away from the game list. I'm guessing there's no proper way to use the API to return focus to it?

RefreshData is essentially upating the whole UI contents and I don't believe there's a way to set focus via the API.

[Error when launching games with stand alone FBNeo emulator]

8 hours ago, sipes760 said:

I am not using custom display settings, or errant parameters, and I only have one copy of FBNeo on my PC. 

Good. Process of elimination, step #1 complete.

Typically, the box Remove Quotes would get unchecked as well (just like MAME).  Though with fbneo64.exe, it does work either way (not sure if it does for MAME).

 

Try:  Change your Blitter to DirectX9.

[Pioneer Laserdisc Platform need an request for Launch Box Game Data Base]

7 hours ago, oldgamer said:

We need to add this request to the Launchbox game database so we can start adding all the images and media.

To make an "official" request, at the top of this page click Help & support and select Request a Feature.  

That way it'll get 'logged' to-be-looked-into.  vs. "Hey! That's a great request! I'll have to remember to look into that.  [time passes...] What was I supposed to look into? Maybe if I look through the myriad of posts I'll remember.  Now... was that on the forums? Discord? Facebook? X?..."  etc. etc.  

After the post becomes public, be sure to post a link to it here so others that come across this can go and upvote it.

[Videos to images clipper]

37 minutes ago, thewhite said:

suggestions

Just a thought, though ffmpeg is super lightweight, instead of downloading it if it's not existing, make direct use of the one located in \LaunchBox\ThirdParty\FFMPEG\.

[Help with adding individual games]

Tools < Import < Manually Add Game...

Ctrl+N

Right-click anywhere in the main (middle) section and select Add

Tools < Import < ROM Files < Single Platform, then select Add Files and navigate to the file.

[Error when launching games with stand alone FBNeo emulator]

Are you setting a custom display setting?  vs. say using 1280x920?  Do you have any default command-line parameters set that are forcing the display mode setting? Or possibly an errant parameter?  In the emulators settings (in LaunchBox) or in the Associated Platforms section?  Can you share a screenshot of the command-line parameters you've set in LB (in the main Details section and the Associated Platforms section).

When testing outside of LaunchBox, any chance you're testing on a different FBNeo build? e.g. you have it installed in 2 locations and you're testing stand-alone on one and LB is pointing to the exe on "the other" install.

[RetroAchievements not appearing for RVZ, CHD files]

8 hours ago, SpecterXV said:

However, if I boot up Ape Escape: On The Loose from that screenshot you can see this is the correct hash and is detected by Retroarch and RetroAchievements appropriately

I forgot to add one more link to look into.

Troubleshooting RetroAchievements Badges in LaunchBox - LaunchBox

[[Request] Favorite Hotkey]

Actually, this one may be better.

IDataManager.BackgroundReloadSave Method