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JoeViking245
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For the ones that it 'doesn't work with': Is something (i.e. some other window) covering up the image when you start a game? Then Alt+Tab brings it back 'above' whatever covered it? Or is, when starting a game, the image seems like it's 'minimizing', and you see the actual desktop on the 2nd monitor where the image was? (At least until you Alt+Tab to 'bring it up') If it's the latter, for those emulators, are you running any batch files or AHK scripts along with them to help deal with your 'usual problems' that may be minimizing the plugins' image window? I'm not sure why the image window would be getting minimized. A game launching on the primary monitor (min, max, windowed or otherwise) should have no effect on a static window located on the 2nd monitor. And I have no code in there that minimizes the image window. Are you running any batch files or AHK scripts when launching games to help deal with your 'usual problems' that may be minimizing the plugins' image window? If so, you might have them only target the specific windows causing you usual issues. Like have it target only windows that are on the primary monitor. -
Do you also have Dolphin set as the 'Default Emulator' for Nintendo GameCube? I'd say uncheck "Default Emulator" for Nintendo GameCube in RetroArch and just use Dolphin.
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Well, it wasn't supposed to be a "just do this every time". So, "If all goes well" turned out it didn't go well. OK. That tells me it's still "on" the 2nd monitor [almost] like it's supposed to be. (...and you never needed to press Win+Right-Arrow.) Is something (i.e. some other window) covering up the image when you start a game? Then Alt+Tab brings it back 'above' whatever covered it? Or is, when starting a game, the image seems like it's 'minimizing', and you see the actual desktop on the 2nd monitor where the image was? (At least until you Alt+Tab to 'bring it up')
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Now you tell me! lol Open Settings.xml (with any text editor) and verify dontHide is set to True. (it should be) Start LaunchBox. Select Mortal Kombat. (Image should show on 2nd Monitor) Start MK If image disappears, press and hold the Alt key. Press the Tab key once. Keep holding Alt. You should see 'a visual list' all the windows that are open. Is one of them the 'missing' MK image? If so, [STILL holding Alt] press Tab (one tap at a time) until that image window is selected. Let go of Alt. Does the mk image appear on monitor #1 (aka not on the 2nd monitor)? (If you saw it when pressing alt+Tab, but not now after selecting it, that's OK.) Since your monitor #2 is situated (per Windows) to the right of #1, Press the Windows key and the Right arrow key. This will move it to Monitor #2. Alt+Tab (like before) back to the game and exit it. If all goes well, all should be well now. (aka, start a game with an image on the 2nd monitor and it should stay there when starting a game.)
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I'm not sure what to tell you. The part of the code that keeps/hides the image during gameplay wasn't touched with this latest beta release. The only thing I can think of is that it wasn't working before beta-4. At least not for you because it seems to be working here. Assuming it worked for you prior to beta-4, does it still not work if you change the image type(s) to something other than *Custom Folder? Maybe try beta-3 again.?. You'd need to delete "Setting.xml" prior to starting LaunchBox if you try beta-3 (or prior) and then re-run MultiMonitor Setup.
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To clarify, when you select a game (i.e. Mortal Kombat) it shows the image (\Images\Game Controls\Arcade\mk.png) on Monitor #2. But then when you launch the game, the image on Monitor #2 goes away? Does the image reappear (on Monitor #2) after you exit the game? Looking through the logs, I see that you had just LB 2nd Monitor turned on (via settings). Then later on, you turned LB 3rd Monitor on but set both of them to use your (physical) Monitor #2. And then later, turned off LB 3rd Monitor. Setting them both to the same physical monitor during runtime might have confused the plugin. Turning off LB 3rd Monitor (or assigning it to a physical 3rd monitor), saving, and then restarting LaunchBox should fix it.
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If you enabled it in MultiMonitor Setup, did you click Save before exiting? Can you zip up attach the Logs folder? (\LaunchBox\Plugins\MultiMonitor2022\Logs\)
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Mine is setup without anything in the Running Script section nor the Exit Script section. Then in Yuzu (v1510 2023-07-28), I set the Exit Yuzu hotkey to something OTHER than Esc. Mine happens to be Ctrl+W (only so as to have a 'something' in there). Exiting from the Pause Menu works without issue. Side note: If you're using the Pause Menu to actually Pause during gameplay (rather than just to exit it), in Yuzu you may want to check the box to Pause emulation...
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What is up with Retroarch Default Command-Line Parameters field?
JoeViking245 replied to skizzosjt's topic in Noobs
In that case (with the core having been left blank), LaunchBox is [most likely] still passing -L "". (the core_name.dll would have gone between the quotes) So ends up being: "D:\Emulators\Retroarch\retroarch.exe" -L "" "D:\ROMs\Atari 2600\Adventure.zip" Again, just for an emulator using retroarch.exe. So it does try to launch it. It just happens to return an error (fail). -
You want to choose that folder that holds all the platform subfolders. In your case, select Game Controls. Then, when you select a game in Arcade, it will look in \Game Controls\Arcade\name_of_game.png When you select a game in Atari 2600, in will look in \Game Controls\Atari 2600\name_of_game.png
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This beta release has had minimal testing, but what was tested, tested favorably. Beta Version 1.1.5-beta-4 MultiMonitor2022 (v1.1.5 beta-4) .7z New Option: Can set a Custom Folder to use for game images This will search for images in /your_custom_folder/game_platform/game.png (or whatever image file extension) Game images can be named the same as games Title (see below) or ROM filename. To Setup: Start MultiMonitor Setup Below the Default Game Images, click Set Custom Folder. Browse to and select your custom folder (containing the Platform subfolders) Click OK to save in either the Default Game Images, or in the datagrid containing your platforms select the image type *Custom Folder Don't forget to Save when you're done! Using the games Title: If the Title has 'invalid file name characters', those characters will need to be replaced with _ (underscore). The exact same way LaunchBox does with its image files. Example: Title = Disney-Pixar's Toy Story 2: Buzz Lightyear to the Rescue! image = Disney-Pixar_s Toy Story 2_ Buzz Lightyear to the Rescue!.png Invalid characters are: < (less than) > (greater than) : (colon) " (double quote) / (forward slash) \ (backslash) | (vertical bar or pipe) ? (question mark) * (asterisk) ' (single quote) Not technically invalid (post-DOS), but consistent with LaunchBox character replacement
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Filter any games that don't have a rom allocated
JoeViking245 replied to azorean's topic in Troubleshooting
There isn't a built-in way to 'filter' them for viewing. But you can do a scan for games whose associated ROM file doesn't exist [then optionally remove them from LaunchBox]. Tools - Scan - For Removed... It'll list the games and give you the remove option. But it'll only show you the 1st 25 games. It's not recommended to do this for Arcade (MAME ROMs) as it may break other games in the Platform. (If you have a non-merged set, you may be safe to do so.)
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Try to use citra-qt.exe as the executable (vs citra.exe).
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What is up with Retroarch Default Command-Line Parameters field?
JoeViking245 replied to skizzosjt's topic in Noobs
As you know, with all emulators, the Default Command-line Parameters get completely overridden when there are any Custom Command-line Parameters present in the Associated Platforms section, for that platform. In case of RetroArch, in the Associated Platforms section LaunchBox adds the [would-be required] field Core. Which in turn, automatically adds to the command-line parameter -L "core_name_from_the_core_field.dll". Most likely (guessing here), since the Association Platforms section is adding [something] the command line, the Default Command-Lines Parameters are ignored (overridden). Which will be the case with any platform using RetroArch. So you are correct. Though the developers had the foresight to add the Core field and auto-populate them with the most likely core (along with adding -f to the Extra Command-line Parameters) for our convenience, they neglected to disable the Default Command-line Parameters field in the Details section. But who would have discovered this other than a 'power user'? Sounds like a reasonable BitBucket item. Though not a bug, not sure it's actually a feature request either. But a 'something' none-the-less. -
Has anyone made a region flags set for launchbox
JoeViking245 replied to djweevil666's topic in Monkeys
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Interesting. I assumed those images appeared on bezels. I'm curious as to how many games actually have a separate sticker that's not incorporated onto bezels? Or is this more of a MK thing. As for adding an option for a custom folder into the plugin, anything's possible. What "would be nice" is if you put in a feature request on BitBucket to add another folder so as to distinguish between Controls Information Labels, and Controls Information Panel Layouts (or however it should best be named). Then I could just grab it from the API. I'll add the 'custom image - use custom folder for images' idea to the request list.
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No, that does not matter. Just be sure to grab the correct one.
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Gotch'ya. In fact, I believe your pause menu was part of my inspiration for my original 'proof-of-concept' plugin. I think that (folder locations) was something I looked and figured the "Arcade - Control Panel" folder was for the real arcade control panels. Not sure if these 2 folders had 'always' been available or [one or the other] was added later on.
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I'm not familiar with the custom pause menu nor the subfolder "Game Controls". I added the custom *Game Controls image option ("custom", as it is not directly accessible through the LaunchBox API) and used what seemed to be appropriate folder Arcade - Controls Information (which is accessible through the API) to allow showing a user's control panel layout (either generic images downloaded from EmuMovies or custom images). This came about from my proof-of-concept plugin Display game specific controls image on a separate monitor during gameplay. Though this folder is generically geared towards "Arcade", it is available for all platforms. Not sure why the custom pause menu is using a 'new' folder rather than one that's already available for the intended image type. To use those images with this plugin, you can copy them into their respective platform's Arcade - Controls Information subfolder. The plugin will find the game images using the methods built into LB/BB which looks for game_title.png and/or game_ROM.png. So either file naming convention will work. The innate methods may also have some sort of fuzzy-matching (for game_title), but don't hold me to it. Regardless, if LaunchBox shows the associated game image, the plugin will too.
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You're welcome. Ya, he didn't want to plagiarize this one. Besides, he's got me to help promote his awesome work. (Not that he needs it)
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First off, love the lights behind the monitors. No. It's not planned. But you might try @superrob3000's ThridScreen plugin. I know it can handle up to a gajillion monitors and has video support. Not sure if it supports [animated] gifs as they're not typically used in LaunchBox. But I do know that it's possible.
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LaunchBox won't do it for you, but here're a couple options like RocketLauncher and Reshade that can add the bezels to emulators. There's an easy to do it as well using the plugin below. But do read through all the instructions and especially the part about SuperModel under Emulator Settings (if you decide to go this route).
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No. As long as the path to the ROM is the/path/to/the/ROM.ext (either relative or absolute). But that 2nd prompt should still show. Even if it then shows a 3rd one saying 'file cannot be found'. I did find that you can't remove a game from LB via a Playlist View (w/auto populated playlists). Let alone, remove the ROM. But that's not related to your situation.
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With the "Allow Deleting ROMs..." box checked, you should, after clicking Yes in the 1st prompt ("Are you sure you wish to permanently delete..."), get the 2nd prompt to delete the ROM: Just verified it is working (13.11). (Here, at least.) I doubt that part of the code has been changed with recent updates. But can't say for certain. Not to be repetitive but do make sure the box is checked and try again. If it's still not appearing, at the top of this page click Help & Support then Report a Bug. Assuming everything else in LaunchBox is working as it should, I'm not sure reinstalling LaunchBox [over your existing install] will resolve it. But is always a possibility. Especially if the issue started with a recent LB update on your system.
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What platform are you attempting to do this on and what are the ROM file types? (.zip, .cue, .chd....) Are you getting the prompt after 'Delete game from LaunchBox...' asking (something like) 'Do you wish to delete the ROM file also?'? It should also state the warning that 'this is permanent and cannot be undone'.
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