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JoeViking245's post in Android版一生プレミアムプラン所有者のWindows版一生プレミアムプランの購入について was marked as the answer
Well, (2) is the "bundle" which includes both licenses (Windows and Android). So you would only need (1), the Windows [only] Lifetime Premium plan.
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JoeViking245's post in Import Roms issue - not working some arcade roms was marked as the answer
I don't believe any platform imports games based solely on the LaunchBox Games Database. Pretty sure they're imported based on the games filename. And in some (most? all?) cases, the file extension as well.
The Arcade platform (or Scrape-As Arcade) is unique to most all other platforms. It imports games base on the filename and extension also, but then looks them up (cross-checks) them against the MAME.xml file (located in the Metadata folder). This file is created by running mame.exe -listxml, as mentioned earlier. This will produce a "list" of all Arcade machines [available to MAME]. The 2 you mentioned were removed by MAME at the request of the games' developers. Note: not all games in the "list" are playable in MAME.
For the MAME derivatives, e.g. HBMAME, they generally use the same set of ROMs and are able to emulate some games MAME can't. And they may also add in those 2 in question (and others?).
I'm not sure if these other Arcade emulators have an available -listxml parameter or at the least, a definitive list of the ROMs (along with the machines game Title) they can emulate. If they do, you might want to put in a feature request to include a custom importing feature for games using those specific emulator(s). (Top of this page, under Help & Support)
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JoeViking245's post in Demul isn't running was marked as the answer
Assuming the games run in Demul standalone, check all 3 boxes.
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JoeViking245's post in Mame not starting was marked as the answer
If you let MAME know where the ROMs are, it only needs the filename (without extension). e.g. gradius (vs. gradius.zip)
That said, you have either
manually set the ROM paths in MAME itself (told it where they're located), you placed them in its /roms/ folder (default location for where it looks) or... in the Details section of your MAME emulator (in LaunchBox), the Default Command-line Parameters has the variable -rompath %romlocation% in it. %romlocation% is a LaunchBox variable in which it replaces that with the full path to the ROM with quotes "C:\Path\To\Rom" e.g. "X:\_RomArchive\__zipped sets\_Mame Roms\MAME 0.283 ROMs (non-merged)"
NEVER unzip MAME ROMs. That's just how MAME (and any emulator using MAME ROMs [e.g. SuperModel3]) works.
Some emulators need to have the ROMs unzipped to be able to emulate them. 90%+ of the cores in RetroArch for example.
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JoeViking245's post in Move MAME (or other emulator) into Emulator Directory? was marked as the answer
Depends on how you have MAME setup.
Where are (were?) the ROMs located? Did they get moved also?
When you edit your MAME emulator (in LaunchBox), does the Default Command-line Parameters have -rompath %romlocation% in it?
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JoeViking245's post in Won't Load Invaders? was marked as the answer
On a page (or a couple) prior to that last page, check the box Force import duplicates. If the last page now says 1 game to import, it was already imported somewhere. If it still says 0, exit that, press Ctrl+N and manually add it that way (in the launching section, point it to your invaders.zip file).
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JoeViking245's post in Problems with savestates in the pause menu and OpenMSX emulator was marked as the answer
These should be !{F8 down} vs. {!F8 down}
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JoeViking245's post in Golden Tee Live 2006 Teknoparrot was marked as the answer
You can thank me IF it actually works.
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JoeViking245's post in Game on Launchbox Database Not Showing Up on Search was marked as the answer
Go to: Tools < Download < Force Update Games Database Metadata...
When that's done, try it again.
I tried [close to] the same thing...
Pressed Ctrl+N to add a new game Manually typed in the platform Microsoft Xbox 360 Typed in the Title Ride Pressed Enter to have it search.. LB said the local database needed an update, so clicked Yes to downloaded it Got the same results as you did (everything except Ride) Closed that and ran the Force Update Add... Platform... Title... Ride was the only game that showed up Success! -
JoeViking245's post in Error When Clicking "Configure" Under "More Options" Menu on a ROM was marked as the answer
The "problem" is, Configure shouldn't appear there.
That is (I'm pretty sure) just for MS-DOS/DOSBox games. Edit the SNES game and look in the Launching section. Is there something listed next to Configuration Application Path:? Is whatever's in there, part of the game? My shoot-from-the-hip guess is, No. Remove it and click OK to save and close.
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JoeViking245's post in Launchbox crashing when searching for images was marked as the answer
This is a known issue, under investigation. Read here for more information:
LaunchBox Error When Attempting To Download Video Media From Steam - LaunchBox
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JoeViking245's post in Do I need emumovies to have videos and game music in Bigbox? was marked as the answer
To download videos and music directly from within LaunchBox, yes. You will need an EmuMovies paid subscription and have that account linked (Tools < Options < Integrations < EmuMovies).
In your license email you received, historically there's been a discount code for EmuMovies included in there.
Alternately, there are (I believe) a couple plugins in the Downloads section here on the forums than can (or at some point, were able to) find and download (YouTube??) videos. Thought I don't recall seeing one that does Music.
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JoeViking245's post in Issue with video preview: only sound available, video isn't anymore was marked as the answer
Good thing they give you options.
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JoeViking245's post in Not possible to run Ryujinx emulator: "Ryujinx is not intended to be run as administrator" was marked as the answer
How are you launching Ryujinx from LaunchBox? Direct to the exe file? or via a batch file?
Are you running LaunchBox as Admin?
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JoeViking245's post in Games show up in two places. was marked as the answer
Right-click the platform and select Edit. Go to the Parents tab and uncheck Root (leaving just the Consoles (Category) box checked). Click OK to save and close.
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JoeViking245's post in Unable to download metadata update was marked as the answer
Try force downloading the update. Tools < Download < Force Update Games Database Metadata...
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JoeViking245's post in Duckstation: prevent gui from showing when booting game? was marked as the answer
This is what I have and is working here.
Check that you have the startup screen enabled. That's the point (well, one of them) of startup screens. To hide the flash of potential UI's.
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JoeViking245's post in Help needed playing console games with standalone Finalburn Neo was marked as the answer
Run fbneo.exe. Click Game - Most Recent Games. Look at one of your MD games that you played. Look at the filename to the right of the Title.
On my test, I ran A Bug's Life using a MAME softlist ROM bugslife.zip. What FBN shows as the filename is md_bugslife.
In LaunchBox, I edited my FinalBurn Neo emulator. In the Associated Platforms section, I added to the Default Command-Line Parameters for my MD platform, md_%romfile%. And [for me] it worked.
In the Details section, Remove Quotes and Remove File Extension are both [still] checked.
This assumes you have your ROM paths set in the emulator itself. Which I imagine you do, because you indicated the games work directly from the emulator.
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JoeViking245's post in Bigbox always closes to a background process and I have to use Task Manager to end it. was marked as the answer
Note that both LaunchBox and Big Box after closing/exiting, by design, does do work in the background to save data (aka, save any changes and create backups of changes to your Data folder). Depending on the size of your build, what changes were made [and to a degree, your system specs] this may take upwards of a couple minutes. But typically, shouldn't take that long.
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JoeViking245's post in Autohotkey script mame was marked as the answer
Assuming that it works correctly as is (after having to click MAME in the taskbar), try running the command(s) minimized.
run, %comspec% /c echo m3.1 > com 3,,Min $Esc:: { run, %comspec% /c echo m3.0 > com3,,Min WinClose, ahk_exe {{{StartupEXE}}} }
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JoeViking245's post in Bigbox box art flipping? was marked as the answer
Yeah, it says "Board is in Keyboard Mode". But can't read what board is attached. I can read "PAC" and assume that's a "4" after it (though doesn't really matter). I only have an older I-PAC Mini that doesn't have any options other than Keyboard Mode. So what I asked before is about the extent of my knowledge. 😊
Hopefully someone who has an I-PAC 4 running in keyboard mode can chime in with their findings.
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JoeViking245's post in Enabling game save management was marked as the answer
Tools < Options < General < Save Management
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JoeViking245's post in Accidently deleted Windows Platform and can no longer add previous games was marked as the answer
You might try Tools < File Management < Restore Data Backup...
I personally haven't used this tool, but I presume the prompts should be fairly descriptive.
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JoeViking245's post in Using ancient Mame .139 with a functioning curated partial set of .139 roms was marked as the answer
With MAME 0.139, the command-line parameter -keyboardprovider dinput is not an available parameter. It was added in version 0.168. So you will need to remove that from the Default Command-line Parameters in BOTH the Details section, and in the Associated Platforms sections (if it's also in the latter).
If after removing that parameter they still don't launch, as @mikekim suggested, place (move) your ROMs into your ../Arcade Flag ship Gametron Mala/Mame/mame0139s/roms/ folder.
Then in LaunchBox, you can: Select all games in that platform (click one, then press Ctrl+A to select all), then go to Tools < File Management < Change ROMs Folder Path for Selected Games... and select the "roms" folder [above]. This will point the ROM paths to their new location [without having to reimport them].
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JoeViking245's post in Launchbox app critical error code was marked as the answer
The error indicates something is up with your license file. Email `support@unbrokensoftware.com` and they can sort it out for you.