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    A "bug" indicates there's something wrong with the program. This indicates there's something wrong with your setup. Ahh... A "feature request". Now that's a different story. In a world of standing behind a wall of written words, semantics matter. I've been caught too many times wrongly interpreting what someone "meant to say" that I now take the words a face value. At the risk of "wrongly interpreting" your request, you want to: If a game has an associated emulator (the checkbox "Use an emulator to play this game" is checked) and that emulator doesn't exist (the field below the checkbox is empty) You want the plugin to un-check the "Use an emulator to play this game" checkbox That's outside of the intent and scope of the plugin. It's meant to be a viewer. Not a fixer. Going back to your initial post, v1.0.2 was supposed to have removed << Unassigned Emulator >> from even showing on the list of emulators. That would be a "bug". A different feature request could be: In the view Emulators and their Games, list out any errant emulator(s) (it would show only the emulator ID #) and then listing the games associated to it. This may be a bit tricky because it would need to scan all games, check their assigned emulator, verify that emulator actually [still] exists, then if not, start a list for that "emulator", find the next game that the emu doesn't exist, check if a list is started for that emu, then either add to it or start a new one. Or... scan all games and if their assigned emulator doesn't actually exist, add it to a single "<< Unassigned Emulator >>" entry. Or maybe better, "<< Emulator that doesn't exist >>" (or something similar). Still a bit of processing involved. But less clutter in the emulators list.
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    Email support@unbrokensoftware.com to get it resolved. All licensing questions/concerns need to (can only) go through there.
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    It's not a bug because the game does have an assigned emulator. That's why the box is checked when you open/edit it. The problem your build doesn't have an emulator with that ID assigned to it anymore. You can see it in the platforms /Data/Platforms/platform_name.xml file, which is where the API gets me the data from. I suggest adding an emulator and assigning it to "that" platform. When ask "do you want to make this the default emulator for all games in this platform?", tell it yes. Most likely those games can't run without an emulator. So adding/assigning one is an inevitable part of the process.
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    You're welcome. No. I never received one. The last one I received from anyone was in June.
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    Did you try the "last resort" script suggested in the other thread?
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    Didn't watch the video to see what all it covered. But this article from the LaunchBox Strategy Guide may help also. (It covers emulators and their portability, required dependencies and maybe some other goodies.) Moving Your LaunchBox Instance to a New PC - LaunchBox
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    Thanks. Glad it worked. As for using it on a different monitor/TV, sure. It'll just won't fill the screen. But should still be readable. When I tested it on my 32" 1920x1080, it looked fine on the middle of the screen. Didn't test on the 60 TV because I don' have 640x480 monitor and won't be using it.
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    The controllers on the cube are a nice touch!! Well done Mrs. Gill.
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    Man! You just want it all. Don't you? lol Looking at JayJay's code, the window contents are hard coded to a fixed size. Since I don't have a 640x480 display and can't even change my settings down that far, it's all a guessing game for me. With that, I present to my guess #2. MAME_Hi_Scores (v5.2.0-beta-2 640x480 edition).7z
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    (quick check) If you go to Menu < Help < About... does it look similar to this? You said you have premium. Just checking that LB knows that too as EmuMovies integration is included in the Free version, video play is not. (though not sure if that also disallows downloading videos) Just checked here and yes. Ms. Pac-Man does have videos. (as expected) Try force updating your local metadata and check it again. Tools < Download < Force Update Games Database Metadata...
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    Do you have it setup in Tools < Options < Integrations < EmuMovies? Based on "it says it's checking EMUMovies", I'll say yes. (Just need to cover the bases) Are you switching to the EmuMovies tab? (see image below) It's possible that they don't have video clips for that game. Are you using the Bulk Download Wizard? Or editing a single game? If the latter, Does the game have an associated LaunchBox Database ID #? When you go to the Videos section and click Download Media When you switch to the EmuMovies tab, (after it's done searching) does anything show? If 'something' shows but you don't see any Video - ... options, then that game doesn't have any videos available.
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    You can’t hide it because it’s a security feature. You can email support and ask them to change it if you’re streaming or something similar and have a personal security issue with your real name being displayed.
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    I went for the "quick" fix (not to be confused with a "cheap" fix). Hopefully this will work for everyone. Otherwise, I'll go back and actually 'spend time working on it'. v5.2.0 - unofficial release (unless it works. Then it'll be official. ) - Displayed window size should now be more autonomous. MAME_Hi_Scores (v5.2.0).7z
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    Sorry. I read it as 'without "reading" everything'. vs. "re-adding" everything (which essentially what you wrote). Was probably still on my 1st cup of coffee at the time. Go to Tools < Download < Update Metadata and Media for All Games... When you get to the screen Would you like to download images for your games?, increase the downloads limit. Continue through the prompts.
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    Yes Windows. When I get a chance, I'll take look at the code. JayJay did that screen part. I'll dig through and see if I can decipher what he did.
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    It should Just Work©. The emulator is a derivative of MAME and pressing Escape on your keyboard will exit it. Which is what "Exit Game" is 'pressing' via the controller. I presume the controller Exit works with stand-alone MAME? Make sure you're pressing/holding the buttons in that order. Last resort: add a Running Script $Esc::WinClose, ahk_exe {{{StartupEXE}}}
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    Can you share a screenshot of your emulator settings (in LaunchBox)? The main Details section and the Associated Platforms section.
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    NICE!!!!! Congratulations! What do you have the Scale and Layout for the display set to? Over 100%?
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    You'll have to read some things.
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    Someone earlier had that same error. Their pc was blocking all the dlls from the custom theme. The fix was to unblock the .dll files. https://forums.launchbox-app.com/topic/91595-big-box-not-opening/#findComment-494920
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    Lokk in the menu View < Hide Games and see if any of those are checked.
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    Not really sure what to make of that, but I'll go with 'if you went to YouTube and played a video, you'd hear its audio.' I asked about the MAME version because know there were some audio issues with release 0.278. The only reason MAME would stop having audio output is if a setting was changed (in MAME) or your speaker volume is turned down or muted, or your speakers were turned off. Since you indicated your sound is working fine with everything else, I'm inclined to say it's a setting in MAME itself.
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    Have you recently updated MAME? What version of MAME are you using? The potential issue would be with the emulator itself (not LaunchBox). Do you get sound from your PC otherwise. LaunchBox game video? YouTube video in your web browser?
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    At the top of this page.
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    My cab has a 16:10 monitor (pretty close to 4:3) and looks pretty good. That is, no glaring visual issues. For the Default theme at least, if you look in the /LaunchBox/Themes/Default/ folder, you can edit ThemeSettings.xml (any text editor will work. e.g. Notepad). In the lower half of the document, you'll find <Force4X3AspectRatio>. You can try changing "false" to "true" (without quotes). Save and close then start BigBox. I don't recall if I changed that on the cab or not (it's not on right now). But if I did, it was years ago. Also, not sure if that's an effective element or not. (as in it may be a left-over remnant from days afore) But wouldn't hurt to try. (And if you do, let me know how it turns out. )
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