[Making ScummVM portable]

Thanks @Klopjero, it's all setup now. I'm using ScummVM 2.0. Even have the Roland roms installed for Rolland emulation. Really makes the games sound richer.

Now I'm debating if & how I want to go about having the game manuals/copyright cheat sheets load with games like King's Quest IV (which has a manual based copyright protection), and the manual for King's Quest III, which is required for typing in the spells when you cast them. For normal Launch Box, I have the manual linked up in the info, and for King's Quest IV, I have the cheat sheet pdf (which came with my GOG version of the game) launched as an additional app. Is there a way to have the cheat sheet display automatically on the other monitor when I launch the game? I could just tell Launch Box that the image of the cheat sheet is the box cover, but that would mess up the box art.

Edit: I need to rewatch the video about adding additional apps. I remember there was some details in it that would help me figure that out.

[Looking to make Big Box have the proper artwork/movies/music without overdoing it on space]

Been using Launch Box for awhile now, but only just got the full version on the Black Friday sale. I'm LOVING all of the features that I wasn't full aware of, but that does meaning learning to get the most out of it.

 

So I downloaded a Mike Tyson's Punch Out video from Emu Movies, but it's 50 megs. Downloaded the SMB 2 music, but that was 8 megs. As much as I love the quality, that could add up very quickly. This leads me to a few questions:

 

1. Is there a way to add a video for a specific console that will play any time a game for that console is selected in Big Box mode? I.E. if I choose Contra for the NES, it will play a generic NES video.

2. I used the tool "download platform/playlist theme video" for all my systems, thinking that it would do what I was looking for in the first question. What does this actually do?

3. What image types would you recommend downloading for Big Box mode in order to avoid downloading images that it won't use/need, but that covers its basics (like backgrounds, for instance)?

4. I really enjoyed having the SMB 2 music playing when I select it, but again, I don't want to have an 8 meg file for each specific game. With thousands of games, that also fills up fast. Is there a way to have a playlist of music for each system that will randomly play instead of only for specific games? Obviously, this could overlap with videos playing, so I'd probably just choose one or the other, but I want to my options.

Edit: 5. Also, what is "attract mode"? I have it enabled, set it to 10 seconds, but it never kicks in. When is it supposed to work?

Anyways, I love all the work the community puts into making Launch Box filled with customization, so consider that a preemptive "thanks"!

[Making ScummVM portable]

So I'm trying to figure this out for myself. I already have a standalone copy of ScummVM installed, and when I launch the Launchbox version, it refers to the standalone version's of the ini file, so it populates Launchbox's ScummVM with the standalone version. This is handy, but like InfinityFox, I want to make it portable, and I also don't want it to interfere with my standalone version of ScummVM (there are some games on the standalone version that are too big for me to want to include in a portable version of Launchbox).

 

Do I have to specify the full path or is there a way to have it look in its own directory? In other words, my username folder is a different name on my laptop than my PC, which is where Launchbox is installed on both my desktop & laptop. So using scummvm  -c C:\Users\MyDesktopUserNameHere\ Launchbox\ScummVM \scummvm.ini would only work for my desktop, but not my laptop. Obviously, I could just change that on my laptop, but I want a truly portable version of Launchbox where I can just drag & drop, and have everything all preconfigured so that I don't forget each time I do it.

 

Any idea if there's a command line parameter that looks in Launchbox's version's directory?