JoeViking245

Correct. Literally as it's shown in green text.

The error indicates something is up with your license file. Email `support@unbrokensoftware.com` and they can sort it out for you.

You're quite welcome. It's a wonder that any (if any) of your previous requests made it through. jk They say that learning and doing something new each day is good for you. 😎

Like @C-Beats, I don't recall how the MAME installer was actually set up (compared to other less 'odd' or unique emulators). But with other emulators, when you see a message similar to that, it will also ask if you want "us" to install it. That aside.... Since you have your 30-40 classic Arcade games added to your LaunchBox collection already, at this point I'd suggest: Go to Tools - Manage - Emulators and click Add Type in "MAME" for the Emulator Name and it will auto-populate most of the settings At the right-end of the Name field will be an icon that is a link to the MAME download site. Click it. If your MAME ROMs are from the current 0.281 release, download the mame0281b_x64.exe file If your ROMs are from an earlier release, at the top of that page, click Downloads and select Previous Releases Scroll down to where you see the release number that matches your ROMs Click the file under Binary (Windows) for that release Once downloaded, run the executable from Windows Explorer If you get a Windows protected your PC popup, click More Info and then click Run anyway I recommend extracting it to your /LaunchBox/Emulators/ folder e.g. Choose: D:\LaunchBox\Emulators\MAME\ Be sure to add MAME on the end of the path Once finished extracting, back in your Edit Emulator window To the right of Application Path, click Browse and navigate to the folder you extracted MAME to and select "mame.exe" Right below Default Command-line Parameters, add to the end of what's there (if it's not there already), -rompath %romlocation% e.g. -keyboardprovider dinput -rompath %romlocation% Click on the Associated Platforms label and make sure Default Emulator is checked on the Arcade line. Click OK to save and close the Edit window.

👍 That's the "official" place for all requests. It gets electronically documented and logged. Forum and [especially] Discord posts tend to get "lost in the shuffle". Admin doesn't have to rewrite or copy/paste from here and "add it to the books".

Top of this page, under Help & Support, select Request a Feature. Once on that page, on the right side under Boards, click LaunchBox Games Database. Then click Create A New Post. Enter in your request.

To clarify, the N64 ROMs do work directly in RetroArch? If so, can you edit you RetroArch emulator (in LaunchBox) and share a screenshot of the main Details section and of the Associated Platforms section (with the Nintendo 64 platform showing).

Most, if not all imported Steam games should have a direct link to the game's web page in with its metadata. When it is there, it will show in the game's details panel. Mouse-over the Steam icon to see "Steam Store". Click it to open your web browser to that associated page. The page it opens will show the system requirements. At least it did on this game. Note the other possible cool links available that are directly related to the specific game. (LaunchBox Games Database, Wiki, YouTube) Also note you can add your own custom links. Shown in this example screenshot, I've added a link to IGN's Walkthrough page for the game. "recommended" is going to be subjective. But you can see community users' ratings for the game at the top of the game details panel. Though I don't think it's what you meant, there is also a section for recommended games based on the selected game.

To clarify, for Wii U, is there no startup screen then? It you switch startup screens, does one then appear for Wii U? If not, check that startup screens are not disabled for the emulator. If it's only certain games in the Wii U platform that don't show it, they may have an override set, disabling them.

You may want to [officially] Request a Feature. Top of this page, Help & Support - Request A Feature. Once it's been made public, be sure to post a link to it here so others can upvote it.

Under Tools < Manage < Plugins... Select the MAME Integration plugin and click Update. This will download the updated plugin and restart LaunchBox after clicking Close. Doing that will fix the error. @DMas @Madman_DE @AnAngryWabbit

Can you break down "some occasions" a little? Does the Default Startup Theme show on games in a certain platform? Do you have any other .xaml files in with your \Stagebox\ folder (ither than Defaul.xaml and Default Shutdown.xaml)?

Sorry, I do not. Just seems odd they're showing in Big Box (though lagging in updating) and showing "No Achievements" in LaunchBox. At this point, you can wait and see if one of the LB Team is able to respond here sometime this week, and/or submit a bug report (top of this page under Help & Support) and wait to hear something back form there.

The issue has been internally resolved. On your end, you will 1st need to force update your local database. Go to Tools < Download and select Force Update Games Database Metadata... Once done, you can undo any temporary fixes put in place and get back to enjoying your collection. 😎 @torgojones @Spydey @kb72 @Gaming.Zone

The login should be the same credentials as here.

lol Sounds almost like a quote from "Airplane". Nah, minor thing and a quick and easy [temp] fix.

Make the request official by submitting a Feature Request on the Feature Request page. (top of this page under Help & Support) When you do and it's made public, be sure to post a link here for other to go to and upvote it. Not sure what theme you're using on your pincab as there's nary a handful of vertical Big Box themes available.

Please see this post for details and a temporary fix:

Update: LaunchBox staff have narrowed this down to a possible ill-entered entry in the database. A "Date" more specifically in one (or more) of the games. (If you so desire) you can (re)enable the Possible Ports, Recommended Games and Similar Games under Tools < Options < Visuals < Game Details. The [temporary] updated fix is to un-check Include games not in my library under Tools < Options < Related Games for each of the 3 subsets. Similar Games, Recommended Games and Possible Ports. Thanks for your patience and understanding.

Try.... under Tools < Options < Visuals < Game Details, un-check: Possible Ports Recommended Games Similar Games

Since it's not crashing, sounds like it's starting in a View your theme doesn't have, giving the appearance of not loading that theme. Can check this section of the LaunchBox Strategy Guide and see if it sheds any light.. Big Box Themes and Where They Apply - LaunchBox

I'm not a LB developer and know only enough to be dangerous. But for the folks that are, using the Default theme will definitely help towards troubleshooting as will the other 2 "next" on your list. (back to me being dangerous) The (forgive the term) 'cherry picked' exceptions may not be as helpful as attaching the log file as some are better seen with their before's and after's. But suppose is a starting point. That said, don't start attaching a ton of different files because they're not really fun-reading. The #2 and #4 exceptions you show above I'm not sure would cause a crash. That is, the font would (should) revert to something default and the image would (should) just show an empty space. (all speculation) The #3 one (FileNotFoundException) is a pseudo false-positive. It's an old Visual Studio compiler thing that always brings up that error unnecessarily. Yeah, the file truly isn't there, but that stuff is a handled innately by other dependencies. (this one I know for fact) All I can say about this is, slow down, take your time and enjoy the ride. Marvel at your collection and play some on them games. 😎

First off, THANK YOU for the troubleshooting you did and the well detailed and formatted explanation!!! It's refreshing to see. Not being a part of the development team, a guess is that Big Box and LaunchBox (desktop mode) uses [similar but] different methods for obtaining the data displayed (or not displayed, as is the case for your LaunchBox [desktop mode]). You mentioned seeing "No Achievements", which indicates it's not (or at least shouldn't be) a theme issue. It's "showing" them but saying you don't have any for that game. (You mentioned trying multiple themes. I just tested with Default and the achievements appeared for games that have them.) Try forcing a scan for achievements for the specific platform. Select the platform, the Tools < Achievements < Scan For Windows... (replace "Windows" with whatever your platform name is.) Hoping that's different than your very first bulleted item. 😊 One other troubleshoot/test would be to run the LB installer from your /Updates/ folder (e.g. D:/LaunchBox/Updates/LaunchBox-13.24-Setup.exe) and create a clean install (with no leftover xml files) into a new location (e.g. D:/LaunchBox Test/). If you do this, before clicking the final Install button, check the path to make sure it didn't 'double up'. e.g. D:/LaunchBox Test/LaunchBox/ (it's a thing "that happens") Then add your Steam games and check for Achievements to show in LaunchBox.

Do you experience the same issues if using the Default theme? That would be best for baseline testing. e.g. The AmbiguousMatchException is a theme related issue missing theme image (Not Rated.png) may be theme related Of the LB themes I do have installed, Ricewind is the only one that actually has that image in its /Images/Ratings/ folder. BB themes "BannerBox" and "Neon Deluxe Arcade" have it their /Media/ subfolder It's not to be found anywhere in [my] /LaunchBox/Images/ folder(s) RE: the transport connection exception, I too get a bit of those in the log(s). But don't experience crashing. For LB, I mostly use the Omni theme and sometimes Default.

I don't have a definitive answer for this, but I do see on my test PC the yml file is in RPCS3's root folder and on my cab it's in the config folder. Since I can't even start RPCS3 on my [antique] test PC anymore (since a few years?), I can't test if it even works. That said (which probably didn't even need to be said), what happens if you delete (or rename games.yml e.g. old_games.yml) located in the root folder?