JoeViking245

(This is useful information as to what exactly triggers the popup.) So the popup appears when you go to launch a game? Not before? Which LB Theme are you using? If you switch to a different Theme, do you get the same error popup? Can you share a screenshot of the error window. Have you looked at any debugging logs? Make sure it's on (Tools, Options). Exit LB, then restart it (to create a fresh log file). As soon as the error pops up, click OK on it and then close LB. (Doing it this way will create a smaller log file.) Then look at the most recent (just created) log file.

So LaunchBox loads? Looks normal? Then the popup shows with no other info? If you click Close on the popup, does LB then shutdown (close)? If it was a .NET Core issue, I believe it would say so. But there's more info here regarding that.

You need the .NET Desktop Runtime 3.1.xx version.

It shouldn't keep the shift key pressed. If it did, F3 would be staying pressed too. You could try instead... F1::Send {Shift Down}{F3 Down}{Shift Up}{F3 Up} This way you know Shift is being released.

The MAME Arcade Full Set [Import] Wizard will allow for combining parent and clone ROMs. I don't believe importing for other platforms will. No. If that works, it's just a coincidence. If they're not really name BLES and BLUS and are actually named the exact same, there's a couple ways to go about this. One is to edit one of them and change the games Title to something like BLUS-US to distinguish it from the other. Then combine. Another is to just combine them, then Edit the combined game(s). Go to the Additional Apps section and click the one you want to be default and then click Make Default (in the lower right corner of that screen).

You can use additional apps for this purpose. You'll need to create 2 additional apps (AHK scripts) to do what you're wanting. One that will Automatically Run Before Main Application (load the Sinden app) and that will Automatically Run After Main Application (close the Sinden app). Create the 2 respective AHK scripts and then add them to your game as outlined here. Check the appropriate box to run Before/After for each additional app.

I think what you're asking is to combine the 2 (or more) games into one [visible] entry and then be able to choose which region version to play. Click the EU version and then press and hold Ctrl and click on the US version. (Let go of the Ctrl key) With the 2 games now both selected, right-click on one of them and select Combine Selected Games... and follow the prompts. The 1st prompt is to select which game will be the 'main' game. This will be the one that is visible and the default one that will play. To play [one of] the other region(s), right click the game and select Play Version then select the version you want to play.

F1::Send +{F3}

I use a batch file to start BigBox almost daily. The batch file 1st loads settings to make the TV my primary monitor, then loads BB using the "start /w" command. When BB exits, the batch file then loads settings to make my arcade cab be the primary monitor again. My comment above regarding "not tested" was referring to if you shell your PC directly into BB, then attempt to start explorer.exe afterwards. If you're not doing the 'shell' thing and just want to start a program after BB exits, then I can say for certain this does work.

Look in Preferences, Configure Keys...., make sure Disable ESC Key is un-checked.

You shouldn't need a script to exit VPX. As your Default Command-line Parameter, use -minimized -exit -play Then make sure you don't have anything in your Running Script section for the emulator. Also check that your Application Path is pointing to the correct vpinballx.exe in case you have another install.

Maybe something in here will help.

Assuming you're using stand-alone MAME... Start MAME and check that you have HLSL turned on. You need this ON to see the slider for quadric distortion (see below). Go to Configure Options, Video Options, and set HLSL = On. Press Escape a couple time to get back to the main screen. Start a game, like Bubble Bobble (bublbobl). Once loaded, press Tab and select Slider Controls. Arrow down to Quadric Distortion Amount. Use left and right arrows to change it to how you like it. Write that number down because it won't [permanently] save anywhere. Exit the game and MAME. Next you need to save that number to an INI configuration file in MAMEs "ini" subfolder. Because of how MAMEs order of precedence works when loading configuration files, you want to put that number in the last INI file that loads. Which is the game specific INI file (#9 and 10 on the list) that you would need to create. In this case, "bublbobl.ini". You'd need to create that for every game you want the curvature. As an option, (a little less work) you can edit the Monitor type INI files (#6 on the list). vector.ini for vector monitors, raster.ini for CRT raster monitors. The 2 more common. These are located under ..MAME/ini/presets/. The value you want to change in those is distortion. Change "0.0" to the number you came up with earlier. Save and close the file(s). Play games.

If you're talking about wanting to rename your MAME's software list ROMs to their full name, I would recommend against it. Honestly, I think you'd spend more time renaming the ROMs than you would reimporting them. Then if you did rename them, you'd still need to reimport them, again. Even better, LaunchBox has a backup feature for all the Platforms you imported to and Playlists you've created. I'm not sure if it's on by default, so you may want to verify. Find it under Tools, Options, Data, Backups. To clarify, this ONLY backs up the "Data" folder under ../LaunchBox/. Not any of your ROMs or Emulators, images or videos. The Data folder holds your LB/BB settings and as stated, the Platforms and Playlists you've created. Then if something unfortunate were to happen and you "lose it", you can go to Tools, File Management, Restore Data Backup to recover your Platforms, etc. As I think about it, the Data folder is probably the most important thing you want to have backed up. (Re)downloading ROMs, emulators, images and videos is probably the easiest part. Setting up LaunchBox/BigBox with your platforms, playlists, keyboard/controller bindings and themes etc.... to-just-the-way-you-like-it is where a lot of the hands-on time consumption comes into play.

Glad RA and MAME are both working now. I've never heard of emulator_multicpu.exe. So look up how it works from the command line and check your parameters.

Start mame.exe go to General Settings go to Configure Folders go to ROMs go to Add Folder navigate to your "F:\Video Games\MAME 0.242 ROMs (non-merged)" folder press Tab press Escape twice double click on Save Settings press Esc, then press Esc again to exit MAME Try the Time Crisis script again. I'm not at my main PC now, but I believe with the rompath now set, your script can be shortened to ;if the script is in the same folder as mame.exe Run, mame.exe timecris ;if the script is NOT in the same folder as mame.exe Run, mame.exe timecris, "F:\LaunchBox\Emulators\MAME 0.242"

Put your "full/paths/to/whatever/folder/and/file/your/pointing/to" in quotes. You don't always need them, but it WILL save a lot of potential headaches. Run, "D:\Emulators\Retroarch\retroarch.exe" -f -L "D:\Emulators\Retroarch\cores\stella_libretro.dll" "D:\ROMs\Atari 2600\Adventure (1978) (Atari) [!].7z" "-f" is to open it full screen. If you don't need it, you can remove it. "-L" is to Load the core. You need it. Don't remove it. Run, mame.exe "D:\ROMs\Arcade\centiped.zip", "D:\Emulators\MAME" Here, after the last , (comma), we're putting in the working directory for MAME. This way we don't have to add another line for "SetWorkingDir" that will affect the entire script. LaunchBox doesn't accept command line parameters.

And then let us know if the plugin is still working (after being over 2 years old).

LaunchBox just downloads them for use with your emulator. From there, it's your emulator that uses the bezel files to make magic happen. Poor image crop on my part. But you get the idea. Also, the bezel (images on the sides of the 'playfield') shown may or may not be the one that gets downloaded. I got this one a l o n g time ago.

I'm really not sure what to say from here. I don't have a marquee but have setup dual monitors without issue. The only other idea I have is to check the rest of the settings in Windows. They should both be set to 100% and be 'extended'. Beyond that, I'm at a loss.

You'd be best off posting in BitBucket a Feature Request (if it isn't in there already). At the top of this page, click Help & Support, then click Request a Feature. Then add a link here to get others to vote on that feature request. If there's significant interest, the feature may get added to the next poll for the entire community to vote on. (Don't ask when the next poll will be as nobody really knows. They happen when they happen. ) In the meantime, you might look at using GameSave Managers' built in Scheduled Tasks Wizard and set it up there to have it done automatically for you. If you wanted to get a little more hands on, you could create a batch file that will start LaunchBox and then after it exits, run the command for GSM to do its backups. Another interim option is to add (import) GSM into LaunchBox. Put the exe in within an existing platform (kind of ugly) or create a new platform ("Utilities"?) and put it in there. This would give you direct access to its GUI for doing custom and/or full backups and restores.

I think "extra setup" is the key phrase here. (To iterate, what we're trying to accomplish here is to run (close, actually) an application After running/playing a Steam game that is loaded via its ID#.) Using the Additional App script technique works for you and will work for me and everyone else as well. Unchecking "Use an emulator..." and having the game point to "steam://rungameid/######". The key that makes it work is the WinWait line in the script. Plus, of course, having the Additional App checked to run Before the Main Application. However, that one script will only work for that one game because you have to tell WinWait specifically what to wait for. This is where the "extra setup" comes into play. You have to create a script specific to each game. But that's easy... copy the 1st script and change the game_name.exe on the WinWait line. Well, after you find out what the exe name is. Save the new (2nd) script then add an Additional App to your 2nd Steam game using this [2nd] saved script. Now do this for the rest of your Steams games that need to use JoyToKey. If you have 25 Steam games needing j2k, you now only have to do this 23 more times. If you only have 3 or 4 games that require J2K, this is the way to go. But I assume if [for whatever reason] you need to use JoyToKey for some Steams games, you need to use it for all. This is where (I feel) the "scenic route" is pretty, in nature. (pun intended ). * Create one script. Create one new emulator. Set it as the Default Emulator for your Steam games Platform. If only certain games require J2K, then the process will become a little more scenic. Don't set it as the Default Emulator. While holding Ctrl, click the games that require J2K. Click Edit to start the Bulk Edit Wizard. Set 'emulator' to the one-script emulator you created. Ideally, you'd not have to use J2K at all. Again, I don't use it myself and don't know the circumstances that it's required. *I'm not saying my 'emulator script' is pretty, by any means. If fact it can probably be considered a Hack. Which by definition, is ugly in itself. lol But it is one way to accomplish our desired goal. The per-game script is another. And setting the games to launch directly to the exe is yet another. But not ideal.

How did you setup the emulator in LaunchBox? Show a screenshot of the Details section.

Ya, what @skizzosjt said.