Johnny T

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 🙂

@faeran and @JoeViking245 those are great suggestions!! Just what I was looking for. I'll experiment with the Additional App suggestion. Thanks for posting back all the ideas. Much appreciated 🙂

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 ?

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. 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!!

I wasn't a massive fan of any of the light gun games Clear Logos I could find so I made this one. I have Sinden Lightguns so I prefer this one on my cab. Thought I'd share in case anyone else likes it....

Daphne / Singe media - Marquees (16:3), Box fronts, 3D boxes, Clear logos View File 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. Submitter Johnny T Submitted 03/02/2022 Category Platform Media Packs  

Yep, fingers crossed Especially with the new Marquee screen settings that have been released with LB v12.7

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. 🙂

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 🙂

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

Brilliant! Thanks for sharing 🙂

Excellent! Well done! Now the tricky part is playing the bloody things! I always struggle playing Dragon's Lair etc. Can never get the timing / controls correct 🙂 But, enjoy!

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.

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 🙂

If you can do American Laser then Daphne is just exactly the same. You shouldn't have any problems (fingers firmly crossed!) 🙂

Well done. Enjoy 🙂