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Hi there, Currently the URLs of the Games DB on the website end in a unique number that doesn't match the database ID of the game. For instance... On the Atari 2600 - "Bionic Breakthrough" is here -> https://gamesdb.launchbox-app.com/games/details/83243 You would expect the game ID in the database to be 83243 but it is 133243 I wondered if it would be possible to either (a) set up the URLs so they match the games OR (b) set up some redirect pages such as -> gamesdb.launchbox-app.com/games/link/133243 that redirects to the correct URL ? Is this feasible? Thanks ?

Yep, I've got them all working but know there's a lot of issues with them so the more things people can try the better

@Tutor good info. Thanks for that

Just to feedback... thanks to your brilliant advice I've now knocked together what I want - a bit of software that will let me know which games I'm missing from each system.... VERY rough and ready.... and still needs a bit more work but seems to be very useful even in it's current state. Just wanted to thank you again for letting me know about that database.

That's great info!! Thanks for that. I'll see if I can maybe write something in PHP to do some magic on that XML and compare it against the games I have in LB. Thanks again for your help

Thanks (again!!) - much appreciated. I really want to be able to 'export' the list into a 'dat' file and then I could import into a rom manager and (in theory) have quick visibility of all the roms that I haven't got that have full details available for them in the database. However, I'll have a play around with the audit tool and see what I can come up with. Thanks ?

Great advice. I'll give that a go! Thank you ?

I would like to put together a "definitive" list of games for the Atari 2600. I have the no-intro dat file but there's games missing from that (specifically homebrew games like Alien Greed etc). All the games seem to be in the Launchbox Database but there doesn't seem to be a way to add them all to a 'list'. Ideally - I would like to add all the ones with full details available to a 'list' (so ignoring the Unknown Activision #1 game etc). Is this something that can be done? Or, if not, would be something that could go on the 'wish list' to be implemented in a future update perhaps? Or is there another way of getting that data from the LB database - maybe some form of API or some way of using Launchbox itself to grab the data or a plugin or something along those lines etc? Any help much appreciated ?

I've got a strange problem at the moment. When I 'pause' a MAME game in BigBox then the screen goes black and I can't unpause the game. I've set the pause theme to 'default' in both LB and BB (previously I was using the instruction card pause theme). I've tested launching a MAME game from LB and pausing and it works correctly - it brings up the Resume menu with a graphic. However, in BB it just freezes and I end up having to restart BB? Anyone got any ideas on how I can diagnose what the issue is? Thanks ?

That looks REALLY good!! Thanks for the link Neil. I'm actually planning on getting my head around the Theme Creator soon so this will come in very handy. Thanks for creating this @Mr. RetroLust

Thanks for that. Makes sense. Cheers ?

I have a separate stretched LCD screen as a 'marquee' on my cab. I've noticed there are two image folders in each Platform called "Banner" and "Arcade - Marquee". From my testing it seems that "Arcade - Marquee" is the folder that holds images that will be put on my marquee screen. I just wondered what the 'banner' folder was for? Is it used for marquee images for non-arcade platforms for instance? Or something else? Thanks

Ref the above post.... maybe you need to run at ".bat" file instead of .singe file if you have crimepatrol.bat inside your folder?

Yep, I just run a file called American Laser Games.bat and it has the following: daphne.exe singe vldp -fullscreen_window -ignore_aspect_ratio -x 800 -y 600 -framefile singe/%1/%1.txt -script singe/%1/%1.singe My launchbox set up looks like this: The inside of my crimepatrol folder (along with the path etc) looks like this: Does any of that help? I don't have a crimepatrol.bat file? I just have a crimepatrol.singe file?

Looking at your log you have a ".singe" at the end of your path. So it's trying to find Games\crimepatrol.bat".singe which is invalid. You can see it here: --Command line is: daphne.exe singe vldp -fullscreen_window -x 800 -y 600 -framefile singe/"R:\LAUNCHBOX\Emulators\American Laser Games\crimepatrol.bat"/"R:\LAUNCHBOX\Emulators\American Laser Games\crimepatrol.bat".txt -script singe/"R:\LAUNCHBOX\Emulators\American Laser Games\crimepatrol.bat"/cdrom-"R:\LAUNCHBOX\Emulators\American Laser Games\crimepatrol.bat".singe

Okay, thanks for that. Apologies for the confusion. It was just strange that I could add extra folders to my Images folder to help curate them (for instance - Fanart - Box - Front/Ace/Big Break.png or whatever) but in the videos folder they all have to just be in one folder and can't be put in sub-folders. It makes sense though as you point out that it is just one big "pool" of games etc. Thanks again

It should be in LaunchBox/Data/Playlists/ once you've made your playlists. Or maybe LB/Data/Platform/ if it's a platform.

Hi Neil, This isn't working for some reason? I have Playlist called "Ace" (within a Platform called MFME). I have a machine called Big Break. Within \Videos\MFME\Recordings\ I have "Big Break-01.mkv" and this video shows fine. However, if I move it to \Videos\Playlists\Ace\Big Break-01.mkv then it doesn't show up? I've tried \Videos\Playlists\MFME\Ace\Big Break-01.mkv I've also tried a .mp4 (in case it was a problem with mkv files within the Playlist folder) But none of them are working?? Any ideas? Thanks

Excellent. Thanks Neil. Thought it would be something simple that I was missing

Maybe one idea would be to create your 3 playlists - Kids / Friends / All And then you could run BigBox via 3 different .bat scripts called kids.bat / friends.bat / all.bat. If you run kids.bat it will move the Friends.xml and All.xml to another location and then start bigbox.exe ?? So all you would need to do is run the relevant batch file? (the actual script would initially copy all three xml's from their temp location to the Playlist folder - and then move the two that weren't needed back to the temp location)

Hi all, I am using Launchbox to run MFME (Multiple Fruit Machine Emulator). There is only one platform (MFME) in my build. All my videos are within /Videos/MFME/Recordings/ However, I have several playlists (split by machine manufacturer) and I wondered if there was a way of putting associated folders somewhere and LB would grab the videos from there.... For instance - I have playlists called "Ace", "Barcrest", "Bellfruit" etc and would ideally like the videos associated with those playlists in their own folder so something like /Videos/MFME/Recordings/ACE/ and then all the videos associated with the ACE playlist in there? I've tried creating folders at both /Videos/MFME/ACE and Videos/MFME/Recordings/ACE and LB doesn't seem to find the videos? Many thanks for any help you can give me

Yep, that's a good idea. I'm planning on spending some time later in the year streamlining the software on the cabinet (making sure I have all the artwork/logos/marquees for every game etc) so might follow your lead on that. Thanks for the advice ?

Yep, I saw that. I downloaded it yesterday but waited to set it up in case I could use the new version of Singe? Although I've always struggled with Dragon's Lair as a game. I remember it from when I was a kid. It was a machine I always wanted to go on but could never afford to!! So I never actually played it when I was young. Although I still remember staring at it being amazed at the graphics. Now that I can play it as much as I want I don't have a clue what I'm meant to be doing. It seems that it goes soooo fast you don't have time to react to anything. The only chance I have is on the 'movement' rounds as it tends to flash something to tell you which direction to press. On the other rounds (where I presume you're supposed to use your sword or something) there's no flashing indicator and it's over in seconds! I'm going to hunt a YouTube tutorial out one of these days and have a proper crack at the game I think. Thanks for your advice re: Singe. I thought I'd be able to just port all the games over but no worries. I'll just have two platforms of "Daphne" and "Daphne v2". Cheers ?

Is anyone using the new Singe v2 for the old Daphne games (Dragon's Lair etc) ?? I'm not sure if this is possible and, if so, how you execute the games as my Daphne games don't have a .singe file? Thanks

Just wanted to say a massive thank you for your help and info setting up the new Singe v2 Headrush. Couldn't have got anywhere near setting this up without your help. I've just got my Sinden so will look forward to having a bash at some of these games at the weekend. Thanks again ?