JoeViking245

If you by-chance have a Pixelcade marquee, you could use this plugin to create them for you. Or if you'd prefer to 'play' with Python, continue on.

The [GUID] Image FileName shown is how it's stored on the Games Database website. In normal operations when you download the image, LaunchBox will rename the image file to your games' Title (replacing invalid characters with _ (underscore)) and adding the 'next available image count' (in your case, -01). Then of course, keeping the file extension. If you're wanting to get the images you have already per game, you'd need to look in your Images folder. LaunchBox doesn't store information anywhere about your local images. It simply looks in the respective folder(s).

When launching a MAME game from LaunchBox, I can't say I've ever heard of it only opening the MAME UI. Unless of course when you right-click a game and select Open MAME. Usually if there's an issue, you'd see a flicker of a black screen, then it goes right back to LaunchBox. The only thing I can think of that may be the issue is the ROMs being in the root of the drive (vs in a folder), in conjunction with using the -rompath parameter to tell MAME where the ROMs are located. Not that using the parameter is bad. It's it pointing to a root drive instead of a folder. As a test, could you put a rom into a folder, change the games path in LaunchBox to this [test] location and try launching it? I always use 1942 (1942.zip) because it's near the top and easy to find. So maybe try something like D:\games\1942.zip and see if that launches correctly. EDIT: Just did some testing and appears MAME doesn't like (or doesn't know how) looking in a root drive for ROMs. aka, you need to place the ROMs into a folder. You can create the folder name of your choosing and move the ROMs there. Then in LaunchBox, in the Arcade platform, select a game then press Ctrl+A to select all games. Then go to Tools < File Management < Change ROMs Folder Path for Selected Games... and point to the new folder they're in.

Thanks for the screenshots. Are your MAME ROMs really located in the root of your D drive? If so, that's fine. A little unusual. But fine. Also in the same location, do you have the file namcoc71.zip? (required along with timecris.zip for Time Crisis to run)

To better help you, can you please share some screenshots of how it's setup in LaunchBox? Edit your MAME emulator and show screenshots of - the Main Details section - the Associated Platforms section Edit one of your Arcade games and show screenshots of - the main Metadata section - the Launching section - the Emulation section

Ya, rename it back. Now that you have the DB ID# associated with, you're good to go.

Try: rename the file to Dragon Fighter (USA).zip or just Dragon Fighter.zip

You need your escape sequence at the end of the script, as it essentially runs top-to-bottom. Also, Running Scripts 'start' right away. So you may want to sleep a little at first while the emulator is loading before attempting to maximize the window. Here I gave it 7 second just to be sure. Adjust it to your needs. Sleep, 7000 WinWaitActive, ahk_exe xm6g.exe Sleep, 1000 Send {RAlt down}{Enter down}{Enter up}{RAlt up} $Esc:: { WinClose, ahk_exe {{{StartupEXE}}} }

Try releasing Enter before releasing Alt Send {Alt down}{Enter down}{Enter up}{Alt up}

May want to start with what theme you're using/seeing this in. I know you said changing the theme doesn't change it, but let's start with one. (the theme I use doesn't have those effects) If you could also post a screenshot of "the image", that may help narrow things down.

Just keep in mind, this IS still in beta (beta-1 of possibly several) and is barely 24 hours old. And the purpose of doing this way is flesh out anomalies, quirks and questions like this.

Kinda, not really. Theme management between the 2 hasn't changed. Well, LB added "and Media Manager" to the menu title. Platform Clear Logos have always been managed in LaunchBox. It's just now you are able to pick-and-choose between image packs, on-the-fly. Before (and still) you could import individual Image Packs (Tools < Image Packs < Import). TBH, I never tried it so don't know how that all worked. But my guess is you import 'the pack' and "set it". And if you found a better (say, 'platform clear logo') pack, you import and set that one. Whether these ones will now get added to the new Media Manager, don't know. I agree a sample preview would be nice. And since we're only still in beta, the developers may have already thought about that and just haven't implemented it yet. Or have no plans to. I have no idea. (could always ask nicely to add that feature. ) There is the Get Support icon for each pack you can click that will take you where those images originated (the support page for the downloads). Since, i.e. platform Clear Logos sets, can [now] be set separately to apply to LaunchBox or BigBox or Both, it would seem that being able to change those on-the-fly for BigBox, in BigBox, could make sense. As above, could already be a thought, may have no plans to, could always ask nicely.

With v13.21-b1 installed, look in \LaunchBox\Images\Media Packs\Platform Clear Logos\ When you go into Tools > Manage > LaunchBox Themes & Media and select the Type: Platform Clear Logos, then select Legacy Conversion Logo Pack, it should say This is saying if you end up using a different logo pack, you can uninstall this one. Hope that helps [at least some].

No. Because it uses LaunchBox's API to get the actual launched emulator and game. To do what you're asking, it would have to be near-completely rewritten. Which would be quite major and isn't going to happen. For your other frontend, what you want is something universal/independent like RocketLauncher or Reshade. Both already exist, have been around for a while, are stand-alone apps (like how you described JoyToKey) and people say they work. I know this was just an example, but this plugin purposely ignores MAME [and RetroArch] because both of those emulators already have built-in capabilities to add bezels [and shaders] themselves. I do appreciate your enthusiasm and encouragement. But me rewriting this to be a plugin for a different frontend or as a stand-alone app simply is not going to happen.

Yeah, the problem is I don't use nor have a need to use that frontend. I only have one arcade cabinet, so only need one frontend. So, no interest in volunteering my personal time like I do here, creating a plugin for something I don't use.

Attract Mode, as I'm calling it, is in BigBox where you set it up under System Menu < Options < Attract Mode < Enable Attract Mode. I'm not aware of any other available in LaunchBox/BigBox. If you're asking to have a LaunchBox plugin work inside a different frontend (i.e. Attract-Mode [I had to Google it to see what it was]), that's impossible. You would need to write a new plugin specific for that particular frontend. If that frontend can even have plugins created for it.

I can't. Attrace Mode doesn't start the necessary emulator.

If you're adamant about having Webroot on your system and have LaunchBox v13.1 or newer, you can user the feature under Tools < Options < General < Startup Applications to run an application at LaunchBox and/or BigBox startup. In your case, the "Application" may be Webroot.exe (or whatever it is) and then some Command-line Parameters to disable it. If it doesn't have the option for parameters to disable it, you could create a batch file (or an AHK or Python [or whatever your flavor] script) that will kill the process. Then if you wanted, your script could then also "wait around" while LB/BB is still active, then when it's not (aka you exited LB/BB), have it restart Webroot. Or... just remember to disable it before starting LB. I'm not familiar with anti-virus type apps other than MS's built-in Defender (which in most all cases is plenty sufficient). But I do know you can create 'exclusions' for them so they don't "freak out" about certain (specific) apps. So if it's able to, create an exclusion for the LaunchBox folder structure (not just the app) and that should alleviate needing any of the above.

That was the fix for some on Discord. Another one to try is, edit MAME [again] and in the Startup Screen section, check or un-check (the opposite of where it's at now) Hide All Windows that are not in Exclusive Fullscreen Mode.

Try.... In LaunchBox, edit your MAME emulator and un-check Attempt to hide console window on startup/shutdown.

I'm not in-tune to what is or is not going on, but as a possible 'work around'... Edit the game (as it is) and copy the Application Path (ROM file) to your clipboard (Launching section). Close it Press Ctrl+N (to add a new game) Set the platform to MS-DOS Type in the name (Maniac Mansion) end press enter. See if that brings up the version you're wanting. If so... Go to the Launching section Paste in the Application Path [optional] Change the platform to 'whatever_you_want' [I don't have GOG, so I presume...] Go to the Emulation section and un-check Use an Emulator Press OK to save and close Remove the 'other one'

I trust you mean LaunchBox version 13.20. MAME release 0.197 is a pretty old release but was quite stable in its own rights. Is your MAME executable release 0.197 as well (to match your ROM set)? (have to ask) If you would, edit you MAME emulator (in LaunchBox) and share with us a screenshot of the main Details section. Is your LaunchBox setup and ROMs/Games all contained on local hard drives (vs some or all of it may be on a LAN connection)? I presume you're talking about BigBox. If so, this is a known issue which you can read about it here. The unofficial consensus is that if you switch your video player (in BigBox) from VLC to WMP tends to resolve it. System Menu < Options < Videos < Video Playback Engine If after switching you find it's still locking up, please add your comments with pertinent information (see 1st comment for details) about your setup, in the above link.

If you wish you add "Series" metadata to non-Arcade platforms, C-Beats has done a ton of work adding them to his platforms and has shared them in the link below. The metadata he's added [to approximately 30 platforms. So far.] include: Series Genre / Sub-Genre pair (similar to MAME) (All games have a SINGLE pair assigned) Custom Field: Based On (for games that are based on another type of media like a movie or TV series) Custom Field: Franchise In his description, he's included a link to a plugin that can add [copy] this metadata into your existing collection.