JoeViking245

May 14, 2022 New Feature: Information found inside parenthesis in a Games Title will be added to games "Version" (metadata) When downloading metadata and Media, choose Yes, download and replace all existing metadata and media to remove 'version' info from the games Title. To add Version info to an existing console (Platform) using this new feature, run the plugin and DO NOT CHECK Ignore games that only have a Title change (when updating) @Tomkun

When you launch a game through LaunchBox using this emulator ("MAME 0.243"), %romlocation% will be replaced with the full_path of where that rom [game] is located. So if the game/rom you're launching is "c:\users\<me>\LaunchBox\Games\Arcade\1942.zip", that segment of the command line that will be sent will look like -rompath "C:\users\<me>\LaunchBox\Games\Arcade\" In other words, LaunchBox will set the "rompath" for you each time you launch a game. This [video] part is beyond me. But it sounds like from the Windows command prompt you were able to launch a game using: "c:\users\<me>\LaunchBox\Emulators\MAME 0.243\mame.exe" -video bgfx -bgfx_backend d3d12 -rompath "c:\users\<me>\LaunchBox\Games\Arcade\" 1942 (this assumes your roms are in "c:\users\<me>\LaunchBox\Games\Arcade\" and the game/rom you are launching is "1942". Also I changed "Emulatores" (from your previous post) to "Emulators", based on the Application Path in your screenshot) So for your Default Command-Line Parameters:, (where your red arrow is pointing to) you could change it to -video bgfx -bgfx_backend d3d12 -rompath %romlocation% ...and it will work. But you probably should keep [at least] some of the other parameters in there and have it be: -skip_gameinfo -keyboardprovider dinput -video bgfx -bgfx_backend d3d12 -rompath %romlocation%

Short reply: You're right. This can be improved. I will try to talk my team into implementing this feature request for the next update. My plan is to copy the additional information to the Version field, ignoring Region. (more details below) Long reply: I ran a test on my MSX1 cartridges Platform. After importing, I have this: Verifying the Platform was set to Scrape As Microsoft MSX, I ran Tools, Download, Update Metadata and Media for Selected Games. I got this: Beautifil, ain't it? All games are now properly titled. But this will only happen if you select the 1st option (download and replace). If you select option 2 (do not replace any existing fields), the [existing] field Title doesn't get updated. The caveat of selecting 'download and replace' is when you have something like: it becomes this: From what I can see, users haven't added to the LB database any distinguishing characteristics for different possible versions/regions. At least not for all consoles. MSX doesn't. Sega Saturn does. So (as you tried to tell me in the 1st place ) it would make sense to copy the (additional) (information) to the Version field. I say "copy" because the titles get 'fixed' when downloading metadata. Selecting option #1 will only replace this [copied] Version info if there's actually information in the LB database for that game, in the Version field. Which in my several tests on a few different Platforms, that won't be an issue. I also say, copy them to [only] the Version field because determining/deciphering whether the additional information is meant to be Region(s), a Version, a combination or something completely different would be a pain. "(Jpn)" is pretty straight forward. Looking at ST-V, "Batman Forever (JUE 960507 V1.000)"... I'm guessing it's Japan, US, Europe, ?somthing?, Version 1.000 I will try to talk my team into implementing this feature request for the next update.

Thank you! I'm glad you find it useful. The game titles that get added come directly from MAME's hash files. I don't recall seeing any titles having 'brackets' (which I agree, are ugly) but many do have extra information in parenthesis. Though I could be wrong about the [brackets] part. This "extra" information is actually quite useful, especially if you import clones. Otherwise there is no distinction between games that have the exact same name (aside from what you might be able to see in the game details [unless it's an Additional App, in which you'd see no additional information]). As for being ugly to see, you can turn off seeing the game versions (the information found inside the parenthesis) on your games images/list by un-selecting View, Show / Hide, Versions. Just uncheck Versions (or press Ctrl+R) and anything in parenthesis (and brackets) won't show in the games list. Though it will still show in the game details. Regarding searching the LaunchBox database for games, I believe LB will 1st ignore anything in ( ) and [ ] when searching. And then if there're duplicate game titles in that given Platform, use the "extra" info to detect region. (but again, I could be wrong) Generally when an imported game can't be detected by the database, there's a discrepancy between the main part of the title that MAME has listed, and the title listed in the [user supported] database. An off-the-wall example may be "Aero the Acro-Bat" vs "Aero the AcroBat". Though if it's a commonly known game, I imagine the latter would be listed in the database as an alternate name, which would (should?) get picked up when scanning for metadata. Long answer, short... No. It would do more 'damage' than it would do good to remove the extra information.

Ok, so you're using a non-standard version of MAME. However loading/running a game should be the same as it is for regular MAME. Can you show a screenshot of your MAME4Rage emulator settings you have in LaunchBox. (Tools, Manage, Emulators, select your MAME4Rage emulator you have setup in LaunchBox). Show the Details section and also the Associated Platforms section. Also share a screenshot of your Primal Rage 1 games Launching section. (Edit the game and go to 'Launching')

Do you have it working in stand-alone MAME?

Sorry. I must have misread what you were trying to accomplish. I thought you were wanting to press the semicolon key, and have it type [have the output be] a colon. For me at least, @Kiinkyfoxx's code does the same as both of mine. That is, all 3 (when testing in notepad) on my US Keyboard output a : when I press ;

SC027::: Press semicolon to type a colon. Option B, escape the semicolon with a tick ( ` ) [left of the "1" on the keyboard] `;:::

I've always used the exe instead of trying to figure the class thingy. Try changing your WinWait line to WinWait, ahk_exe mashed.exe

Now that I've read through the full post... 😊 You do need to have that WinWaitClose in there. (srry 'bout that) if the previous scripts that @Your Friendly A.I Overlord wrote for you worked as expected (including exiting properly [closing the script]) and if the hotkey reassignments with the new script I shared work, but now it's not exiting correctly... my guess is that it's not finding what you've told it to look for. WinWait, Mashed Game ahk_class UnityWndClass So what's happening is the script is still waiting [WinWait] for that to appear, so that it can then wait for it to close [WinWaitClose]... and then close itself [ExitApp].

I haven't followed exactly what you're trying to do, but try removing WinWaitClose before ExitApp. It's doubling up the WinWait right before it.

You could just add those to the above script instead of having 2. #NoEnv #SingleInstance SetTitleMatchMode, 3 SendMode Input SetWorkingDir %A_ScriptDir% WinWait, Paw Patrol Configuration WinActivate Sleep, 500 ControlSend, Button3, {Enter}, Paw Patrol Configuration WinWait, Paw Patrol ahk_class UnityWndClass WinSet, Bottom, , LaunchBox Game Startup WinWaitClose ExitApp q::x w::y e::b $Esc:: { Send !{F4} }

The command line (in which you've added "-rompath %romlocation%") will supersede the rompath in an ini file. Be it mame.ini or arcadia.ini. I don't think console.cfg files even store the rompath location. But for MAME to read that particular cfg file, you have to set the cfg_directory in mame.ini (or arcadia.ini [if you have one]) to include the path you show in the image. But I really don't think you want to (need to) do that. The only reason you'd want to setup a cfg file for a console is if you're going to create save states for the game(s). Did you re-check those 2 boxes and try it again? Because it should just work. (assuming you still have the same command line you show a couple posts up) Here's what I have

Where those 2 boxes checked before? They should have been. My last comment was probably misleading. When using "-rompath %romlocation%" in the command line, you DO want them checked.

Which leads me to my next guess then. In the Details section for your MAME emulator, both Remove Quotes and Remove file extension and folder path are checked.

I'm guessing when you run it from the command prompt, your full command line has "the/full/path/to/the/romname.zip" at the end? (vs. just romname itself with no path and no quotes) Even if my assumption is wrong, try editing the Default Command-Line Parameters for Emerson Arcadia 2001 and add -rompath %romlocation% Also, you should be able to remove "-cart". So you'd have: arcadia -nowindow -skip_gameinfo -rompath %romlocation%

Can you provide a screenshot of the Details screen for you MAME emulator please. Tools, Manage, Emulators, select you MAME emulator (I trust there's only one listed). Make sure you're pointing to the correct mame.exe if you happen to multiple installs (it happens, on purpose and by accident ).

Thanks! Glad you're liking it. There's currently no option to automatically go to the next game when an error occurs. My thinking is: if there's an error converting, it's most likely you're using an older/outdated version of chdman.exe. (Other issues are possible, but this seems to be to most common one.) So you get the popup message and [optionally] attempt the next game. After seeing 2 or 3 of these error messages in a row, rather than attempting to convert [and failing?] the next 120 games, you can quit scanning and resolve the issue causing conversions to fail.

Oh ya, and if you want to use LaunchBox's Pause menu... well, you won't be able to. But beyond that, happy gaming.

This thread was originally talking about RetroArch, but sounds like you might be referring to standalone MAME. If that's the case, edit your MAME emulator in LaunchBox and remove from the default command-line "-keyboardprovider dinput".