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    Problem with latest tutorial by ETA PRIME for Philips-CDi

    in Troubleshooting

    Posted

    Hi all,

    This isn't an LB problem but thought I'd post here as someone may still be able to help me.

    I was trying to follow ETA Prime's recent video on setting up Philips CD-i.

    However, when I try and run a game (even directly from Retroarch) I just get to the menu screen.

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    If I click (i.e. press the "z" key) on Play CD-i then the game runs fine. However, it's not autolaunching the game?

    Does anyone have any ideas? I'm getting lost in myriads of old posts/threads about getting Philips CD-i to work in MESS / MAME etc and can't seem to find an answer to this specific problem?

    Many thanks 🙂

    Silver Ring - ClearLogo Set

    in Platform Media

    Posted

    On 4/14/2022 at 2:41 AM, Emurge said:

    Hey guys thank you for all the hard work. Been going through the nearly 60 pages and found everything i'm looking for that's in my current setup. Only thing missing is singe 2. I'm sure someone has made it. If not would someone be willing to whip one up for me? Thank you again!!

    Just as an alternative, here's a couple I made for my system. I've called them Daphne and Daphne Classics (Singe 2 and Singe 1). 

    I prefer @sundogak logos and will probably change my own to Singe and Singe 2 as they look better but just thought I'd post these here in case anyone wants to use them.

    PS. I'm just fiddling my way through Photoshop but was really proud of the fact that I got Dirk's legs looking like he's walking 'through' the "N" :) 

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    • Game On 1

    Pausing game crashes BigBox?

    in Noobs

    Posted

    13 hours ago, curtis-r said:

    I'm having the same issue with MAME.  Pause Theme works in LB just fine, but in BB brings up a black screen & freezes.  Task Manager or reboot is the only way out. 

    If I untick 'suspend emulator' in LB, The Pause Theme then works in BB but the game continues to run in the background.  I've tried using 'p' for Pause in BB and MAME, but also changing MAME to another key.  Also tried just unticking 'forceful' in LB but either same problem of not pausing MAME occurs, but also unpausing sometimes brings me back to the BB menu and I can still hear MAME running in the background.

    A basic question is that is it ok (recommended) to use 'p' in BB/LB but also leave 'p' as pause in MAME?  Also, why in options is there a Pause in Keyboard and Keyboard Automation?  I have them both set as 'p' but don't have Use Keyboard Automation checked.

    BTW, when I first started playing with Pause Themes days ago I had it working fine.  Not sure what I could have screwed up.

    I'm not sure about your issue - but, for me, unticking that Suspend Emulator Process While Paused seemed to do the trick.

    It sounds like the answer is in there somewhere (i.e.. a combination of those settings you mentioned) as you've had it working and now it's stopped. 

    If it was me, I would maybe just write out those different settings on piece of paper and put a cross on all the different combinations and then just rattle through them and tick-off whether it works or not on each combo?

    I'm assuming your MAME and LB is fully up-to-date etc... 

    Also worth checking if your Pause key works directly in MAME itself.

    Has anyone set up DICE in launchbox?

    in Troubleshooting

    Posted · Edited by Johnny T

    On 12/28/2021 at 9:26 PM, Dr_1911 said:

    Hey everyone,
    I know this post is a bit old, however, I've been fumbling around with adding D.I.C.E. to Launchbox on ver. 12.6. Here is how I was able to get everything imported and fully working. Get everything working in the D.I.C.E. emulator prior to following the steps outlined below (setup UI keys and game play inputs).

    1. Set up the D.I.C.E. emulator (tools, manage, emulators)........

    Thanks for those instructions. I found this post as I was looking for a guide on setting up D.I.C.E and your instructions were spot on!! Followed them and it worked a treat. Just wanted to say a big Thank You!! 🙂

    PS.. the list of games as per v0.9 of DICE is:

    antiaircraft
    attack
    breakout
    cleansweep
    crashnscore
    crossfire
    gotcha
    jetfighter
    hiway
    indy4
    pinpong
    pong
    pongdoubles
    quadrapong
    rebound
    sharkjaws
    spacerace
    steeplechase
    stuntcycle
    tvbasketball
    wipeout

    • Game On 1

    Best way to add instructions to the game?

    in Noobs

    Posted

    1 hour ago, C-Beats said:

    And if you use the new Steamy LB theme you can access those documents/instructions right from game details when using ListView. Use it for a lot of my MS-DOS games that have companion books that are referenced in the game. Open them before I start it.

    Thanks for the tip! I use Big Box though rather than LB as I have it running on a cabinet. Will take a look though as I've not seen the Steam LB theme 🙂

    Best way to add instructions to the game?

    in Noobs

    Posted · Edited by Johnny T

    Hi all,

    I've just set up a load of Daphne/Singe games. The instructions for some of them vary slightly (for instance, in Cliff Hanger you need a button for 'feet' and another for 'hands').

    What's the best way to add an Instructions file to the game? I know there's a Pause screen theme that will show instructions but I already have a Pause screen so didn't really want to change it if I can help it? Is that what people use? Or do people use the Manual functionality and put instructions there? 

    Or is there another way that I don't know about ?

    :)

    Future Pinball Screenshot

    in Noobs

    Posted · Edited by Johnny T

    5 hours ago, Gingerdilligaf said:

    Once I have future pinball setup neat & tidy I'm going to make a start on visual pinball. At the moment I have a few vp9 tables in a folder & vpx tables in another folder. Is it worth setting up a vp9 platform separate to a vpx platform or just stick with vpx & forget about the other? I've read that you can't run vpx tables through vp9 & vice versa?

     

    I'm looking at starting to set up FP next week. If you have anything that you could share that would help (media-wise) then it would be most welcome. I'm just working on Singe/Daphne at the moment and have nearly got it all sorted (created 3D boxes / marquees etc and shared these in the Downloads section last night).

    For the screenshot issue - I had a problem with some of the 'classic' Daphne games that the screenshots taken through LB were coming back as just black screens. I used the option in OBS Studio under Settings -> Hotkeys -> Screenshot Output. I set this to be "F9" key. Then ran the game, pressed F9, quit the game and LB asks if I want to store my video. I say "yes" and the screenshot appears where the videos normally do (Launchbox/Videos/...) I then just dragged them into Photoshop to crop them etc. :)

     

    4 hours ago, sundogak said:

    I stuck with VPX initially simply to keep the time suck (somewhat) under control. There were a few tables I had installed later on that were VP9 (Apollo 13) but those were eventually ported over to VPX and at moment I have no VP9 tables. You cannot run VPX tables in VP9 but thought someone mentioned you could run some VP9 directly in VPX, but I never bothered to try.  If you use the "all in one installers" (highly recommend if starting out) for VPX they come with the VP9 executables.  I just set up VP9 and VPX in LB as separate emulators.

    Pinball setups (particularly when get to media) are not quick and dirty like many of the other platforms. I initially started with Future Pinball and added VPX later when got a handle on all the pieces and parts (B2s backglass, PinMAME DMD, etc).  There are a couple threads here on how to setup things for those two platforms.  The main thing that got me rolling was when (contrary to FP and VPX setup guides which say things will melt if you do it) I found you can put tables in their own folders for both VPX and Future Pinball (including their main parts) as shown below for FP table. This keeps the file management under control, particularly when upgrading a table with a new version. Both VPX and FP look inside the folder where the table is located first for needed files, then to the central folders. One big exception is VPX you have to place music files in the central folder "Music", because the path is hard coded in the tables unless want to mod it.  Also, FP BAM cfg files must stay in central folder for BAM (it will autogenerate anyway).  Out of the +700 FP and +1000 VPX tables I have never had an issue of them running properly in folders.

    Also stick with consistent naming convention to make media a bit easier.  Most "media packs" will have the format of "Attack from Mars (Bally 1995) or Attack from Mars (Bally)(1995)".   LB ignores things in parenthesis so if your table is named "Attack from Mars" then it will auto pickup that media. The other is deciding how many versions of tables do you want to deal with.  I typically try to keep one version of table and for a few keep a couple mods if they look good/different than the main.  Otherwise, you go crazy with all the different versions.  

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    That's great information!! I thought all the tables had to be in the /Tables folder loose and all the scripts in the /Scripts folder etc.... your system is LOADS better!!

    Between various sources I've managed to glean lots of tables and pup packs etc but now need to go through and pick which ones I want to add and configure them. I know from past experience that VPX and FP aren't just a "import all" type of system. Each table needs setting up individually.

    I didn't realise that LB/BB ignores parenthesis - that's great information. In the past I've written software to strip out the parenthesis from names but obviously didn't need to!! :)

     

     

    Daphne / Singe media - Marquees (16:3), Box fronts, 3D boxes, Clear logos

    in Game Media

    Posted

    Daphne / Singe media - Marquees (16:3), Box fronts, 3D boxes, Clear logos

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    Hi all, I was recently setting up American Laser Games and Daphne (Singe and Singe v2).

    I needed to create some 3D boxes and marquees (16:3 which suits my stretched LCD) and box fronts, clear logos etc. 

    I found some of this stuff on the internet but created a lot too so there's new stuff and some improved stuff.

    I thought I'd just share them here in case they came in handy for anyone else? Just saves you doing the same work if you're trying to get some media for Daphne.

     

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    Is it possible to have videos on marquee for platforms/playlists?

    in Noobs

    Posted

    8 minutes ago, Huntsmiester said:

    I was just going to ask the same question. I will play in the theme creator and see if I can figure it out.

     

    Please let me know if you get anywhere with it. I'd started messing around with Camtasia last night and managed to take a 16:3 ratio section out of my Arcade Platform video snap which will play really well on my marquee (if I could get it to show videos). If I can get it working then I'll carry on making other platform/playlist videos. 🙂

    Is it possible to have videos on marquee for platforms/playlists?

    in Noobs

    Posted

    43 minutes ago, C-Beats said:

    It's possible but would require a theme to do it as LaunchBox currently does not have native support for Platform/Category/Playlist Marquee videos.

    Thanks for that. It's not something I'm desperate for but just didn't want to waste time trying to get it to work if it's not baked into the software yet. Thanks for saving me the time and trouble. Much appreciated 🙂

    Is it possible to have videos on marquee for platforms/playlists?

    in Noobs

    Posted

    Hi all,

    I know that from v12 there was the ability to have video marquees for games. I wondered if it's possible to have video marquees for platforms/playlists?

    And, if so, how I go about it? I wanted a video marquee for Arcade Classics (playlist). I made a "Marquee" folder in the \Videos\Playlists\ but no joy?

    So, I've so far tried...

    \Videos\Playlists\Marquee\Arcade Classics.mp4

    \Videos\Playlists\Arcade Classics\Marquee\Arcade Classics.mp4

    But no joy?

    Is it possible?

    Thanks

    Different retroarch cores for the same console

    in Noobs

    Posted

    19 hours ago, totoro said:

    This worked for me. Just called my entry "Retroarch Hotfix" and use it for games, that don´t work with my preferred emulator. That way you can also mount alternate game versions / translations / hacks with ease, since these can cause problems most likely.

    Yep, I've done the same. I was having problems getting Spectrum games set up - they would work - then I would tweak something for another platform and they wouldn't work anymore! 🙂

    So, I've set up a "Retroarch - Controllers" which is all the platforms that I use my controllers on and also a Retroarch - Handhelds and a Retroarch - Spectrum. 

    I know that I could probably consolidate them but I like it this way. More hard drive space but that's not a major problem and I can safely play around with controls / shaders etc without affecting another platform.

    Managed to get American Laser Games working...

    in Noobs

    Posted

    12 hours ago, mohanned85 said:

    i getting this error

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    how i change location as my old hdd was full so how i change location

    You need to get them working from the Daphne launcher first. Then check the Daphne-log.txt to see what files the software is looking for. From there you'll have a better understanding of which (if any) files are in the wrong place.

    Hope that helps 🙂

    Managed to get American Laser Games working...

    in Noobs

    Posted · Edited by Johnny T

    6 hours ago, mohanned85 said:

    when i try playing any game on this i get this error
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    these are setting i using to play game

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    and hear other
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    am i missing anything
    thanks

     

    Did you have a look at the Daphne_log.txt to see what that says? It's probably just a path error somewhere... ?

    I've not messed with American Laser Games in years (whenever this thread was created) but I remember seeing quite a few of those error messages before I finally cracked it.

    *Edit* - the first trick is to get them working with their own launcher before you start trying to get Launchbox to run them.

    How to show a category in the main Big Box list?

    in Noobs

    Posted

    Thanks Retro. Appreciate you clarifying. I'ts not a problem but would just be a "nice to have".

    My son has started playing with my arcade and unless you're "in the know" you're not going to know search for "Future Pinball" etc... (obviously I've told him about it - but it would make my arcade more intuitive if there was a Pinball category in among the Platform list...).

    Thanks again for your help 🙂

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