JoeViking245

2 people typing and responding at the exact same time, saying the exact same thing.. I think we're on to something here.

It's not "under" Handhelds, it's (alphabetically" "below" it. Not the Handhelds is collapsed. When editing the game, and then [attempting to] change the platform, manually type in "Arcade-Lightgun" and click OK to save. Then, now that you have at least one game in that platform, when you subsequently change a games platform, it will appear.

I can't attest to the file naming conventions 'changing'. 1st thought looking at the screenshots is that the ROMs region got changed (USA) from when the game was first installed (UE). But don't take that to heart as that's not why I'm butting in... On the left side-bar, you can select Games Missing Media. From there, you can sub-select from different media type.

It's saying 2 "new" games were found [and then subsequently attempting to download their respective images (media)]. When you click View results, what 2 games, and in what platform is LaunchBox saying it found?

@Reaper978 Un-check the box to 'Remove space...'. That's why when launching a game, it just going to MAME's UI. Everything else looks as it should. Let us know if that fixes the issue.

The : (colon) in a games Title should be changed to _ (underscore) vs. a - (dash) for its videos and images. Sonic the Hedgehog 2_ Pink Edition

You might think about removing all but 1 of your MAME emulators in LaunchBox. You can keep the physical files (for now?) in their respective folders (if you want). Just remove them in Manage Emulators. In LaunchBox, edit the one remaining "MAME" emulator. I'll assume it'll be the one that's "stripped down to the 'bare essentials'". Double check that the Application Path it's pointing to the correct "mame.exe" file, in the correct folder. Preferably the one you know for sure is showing the scanlines when launched from the MAME UI. Go into the Associated Platforms section and verify that the "Arcade" platform (assuming that's what you named it) is in there. Check the box for Default Emulator (only. No other boxes checked). Click OK to save. If prompted with [something like] "Make this the default emulator...", "Do you want to change the default emulator for all Arcade games...", click Yes. Test a game. If it's still not working, share some screenshots with us. Edit your MAME emulator (in LaunchBox). Share a screenshot the of the Details section and one of the Associated Platforms section. Now edit the game you know works (shows the scanlines) in stand-alone MAME but not when launched via LaunchBox. Share a screenshot of the Metadata section, the Launching section and the Emulation section. (5 screenshots total)

An option could be... delete you arcade platform. Then (re)-import the games using the MAME Arcade Full Set Import Wizard. Select the option to Import All Clones as Separate Games. Once completed, select your Arcade platform and select all games. Click Tools, File Management and select Export/Copy ROM files from Selected Games to New Folder. After they're copied to the desired destination, select all games again and click Tools, File Management, Change ROMs Folder Path for Selected Games. And finally, click Tools, File Management, Consolidate ROMs for Arcade. Note: This will ONLY work because you're using a Non-Merged set. This won't work if you have a Merged or Split set. You now have a curated set in its own folder. Your fullset is still intact in a 'safe' location. The games are imported into LaunchBox and pointing to the curated sets folder, including the clones that are additional apps.

If you're just relocating where your ROMs are stored, you can move them all to the new location in Windows Explorer. Then in LaunchBox, select your Arcade platform and select all games. Then click Tools, File Management and select Change ROMs Folder Path for Selected Games. That will change all the selected games' Application Path to point to the new location. Another option is, with the ROMs already in their new location, delete the Arcade platform (but don't delete the Media) and then reimport them. This way they'll be pointing to the new location, and you'll still have your images. There is a plugin that will import games using a custom created MAME xml file. It won't read a LaunchBox created xml file though. But it does have an option to copy the files to a new location when importing.

I didn't know you could have more than one emulator with the exact same Name ("MAME 0.261"). Granted they have different paths. Anyway... Looking at the one you have on the F: drive, you have it (the command-line parameters) stripped down to the 'bare essentials'. Good! Since you have 4 (2?) choices for MAME, edit (in LaunchBox) one of the games you know shows the shaders in stand-alone MAME [but doesn't show them in LaunchBox]. Go to the Emulation section and make sure the chosen emulator is "MAME" (and not "MAME 0.261").

In LaunchBox, edit 'the game' causing this error. Share with us a screenshot of the Details section, the Launching section, and the Emulation section for that game. Hopefully after seeing those, someone here can help determine what the issue might be. Pasting the Steam ID link "into Google" and having it run, sounds.... well, I don't know. I wasn't aware you could run Steam games from Google.

Thanks for verifying that it works in MAME first, outside of LaunchBox/BigBox! In LaunchBox, edit your MAME emulator. In the Default Command-Line Parameters, remove -nofilter.

That's a BigBox only option (Options - Game Startup - Show "Loading Game..." Message) that shouldn't affect what you're experiencing. My guess is that it's more on an 'indicator' showing that [at least] something's happening. In leu of displaying a Startup Screen. Are you running a relatively recent version of VPX? I recall in the past that sometimes when loading a new table, the DMD would be behind the table. I would need to Alt+Tab to the DMD, then mouse-click on the table to make it the active window. Exit the table and then time it loaded, the windows were all in the correct z-order. But that still doesn't explain why, when launching from LaunchBox it's fine. But when launching from BigBox, it's only intermittently fine. I'm usually in LaunchBox when starting a VPX table. But did just test a couple tables (one being Tron Legacy) through BigBox, without issue. I have Startup Screens disabled and the Show "Loading Game..." Message is enabled. Not sure I can be of much help. Hopefully someone will have some ideas of what's going on.

Filter Arcade Platform - post MAME Arcade Full Set Import Wizard View File Dilemma: "Oh snap! I used the MAME Arcade Full Set Import Wizard, unchecked all filter boxes and now I have a bunch of extra junk in my Arcade platform." Solution(s): Option 1: Delete the Arcade platform and re-import again (this time paying attention to the boxes you decide to un-check). This is actually a super easy and relatively fast process. And you won't need to re-download images again (assuming you downloaded some and didn't delete the media also when deleting the platform). Option 2: Run this plugin and check the boxes to have those filter types removed from your collection and click Delete. Plugin Features: Show you the number of 'games' you have in each filter type. (unplayable, bootleg, quiz, rhythm, mahjong etc.) Check the boxes for the filter type(s) you wish to remove and click Delete to remove them from your LaunchBox collection. Click the number next to the filter type to show a list of the 'games' included with that filter. (shows ROM name and game Title) (optional) Create a text file of "the list" (for whatever reason) (optional) Create a playlist from "the list" Notes: You don't need to have used the MAME Arcade Full Set Import Wizard to make use of this plugin. When launched, the plugin will attempt to load the platform "Arcade". If that's not found or you want to check a different platform that uses MAME ROMs, select the platform from the drop-down list then click Get Counts. "Total Games" only takes into account your Main Games. No Additional Apps (clones) are accounted for in that number. When clicking Delete to remove the games in the selected filter type(s), if a game being removed has Additional Apps, those will be removed too. No ROMs will be deleted from your system. Only the entries in your LaunchBox collection. It won't delete any images associated with the removed games. But most likely, the 'junk' won't have any anyway. If they did, it's nothing that a suitable application of Clean Up Media located in the Tools menu couldn't take care of. The Save to Text File option saves the file to ..\Plugins\FilterArcadePlatform\Output\[filter_type].txt The Add to Playlist option will name the new playlist "Arcade type-[fileter_type]" and place it under the category "Arcade". If your selected platform is named something other than "Arcade", it' will name the playlist and put it under the category using your platforms actual name. RE: Game Counts: Some games fall into multiple filter types. i.e. some (but not all) Fruit games are also included in with Casino games. So don't try to add the numbers up and have them make sense. "Remove Preliminary" refers to Emulation Status and only includes games that are marked as Preliminary AND are not included any of the other filter types. Example Usage: Using the Import Wizard, un-check Skip games unplayable in MAME Once done, from the Arcade platform Search for source:model3 Select all the resulting games Press Ctrl+E to start the Bulk Edit Wizard Select the Field "Platform" Set the Value to (type in) "Sega Model 3" (without quotes) Save From here, you can Do "Option 1" (above) and your Sega Model 3 games will [now] be safe. Or, using the plugin and have it remove the remaining "Unplayable Games". Have the Import Wizard include "Bootleg", "Hacked" and "Prototype" games Use the plugin to create playlists of those respective filter types Select the playlist "Arcade type-Bootleg" created in example (2) and... well, I don't know. Attempt to play them, I guess. Beyond that (if that), it's not very practical. But may have some merits. Submitter JoeViking245 Submitted 04/24/2024 Category Third-party Apps and Plugins