DannyShane

Hey all. Just finished building an arcade. (big box of course). If anyone knows how to assign the second spintrak to the Y axis on a windows 7 machine, please let me know. currently the 2nd spintrak is a waste because both are on the X axis so both control the same things. I made a few mistakes... especially placement. Should have swapped the locations of the Flight stick and cup holder.. (cough cough I mean Jamo & ginger glass holder. lol). I want to add those sinden light guns (I think they were called) so I added two usb ports on top to plug them in If i ever get them. Under the control panel there is a slideout drawer with dropdown face (since the control panel will block me from really seeing inside the drawer). I keep the keyboard and mouse in it. Anyway just sharing. just finished it. I like the look. I made a quick video here:

Thanks man! I was only looking in Bog Box. lol. I should have thought about that. Thanks I appreciate it!

Hello, I'm using Big Box on a windows 7 machine. Im unable to upgrade to the latest version of big box because it didnt work with my windows 7. Is there a way to disable the "new version" popup that appears at the start of big box? so that i can skip that at each loadup. Thanks

Hello, I'm using Windows 7, big box/launchbox, two USB spintraks. (This is mostly about Mame). I just bought 2 spintraks from ultimarc and trying to use both at the same time (one for player 1 and another for player 2) in games such as warlord for example. Currently, both spinners control the same thing. Example, I can use player1 spinner or player 2 spinner when playing arkanoid. and as far as warlord goes, If I set spinner 2 to player 2 (in mame), then both spinners control both players. I assume because both spinners are being recorded in mame as "mouse X". How are you guys setting up two spinners to be used separately in mame? Thanks I appreciate any help.

Thanks for the reply. I was reffering to when in launhcbox and you set the "View > image group" to 3d boxes. Mine shows a lot of the back of boxes instead of the front of the 3d boxes. And I renamed my new 3d box file to ~01.png but it didnt change. so im still lost. lol

Hello, awhile back (1 or 2 years ago), I had did something to get rid of duplicate images etc.. I dont even recall what it was But it seemed to get rid of a lot of 3d box art. Alot of my games now just show the back of the box when i select "View > Image Group > 3d Boxes". Anyway, I didnt do much about it back then. So now Im wondering if there are any tips on how to get proper images back. So for example, I'm in launchbox, I click on asteroids (arcade), It is showing the 'back' of the 3d box (instead of front). I clicked on the EDIT>Imges>Downlod media and it downloaded the 2 images of the front of the 3D box. I also verified that it added those two image files to the directory : Launchbox>Images>Arcade>Box-3D. It added them as Asteroids-02.png and Asteroids-03.png. --> The back of the 3d box (i already had) is Asteroids-01.png. I assume Launchbox displays ~01.png as the image when selecting 3d boxes, so I will of course rename it. But just curious if there is another way? since I have entire collections with the wrong image. Would it be best to delete all of the images that are in the "Box-3d" directory and then download new media and it will name the new media ~01.png for each game? or am I going about this the wrong way? Thanks, just diving back into all of this fun

Very nice - I just found it and re-installed. all is working again. Thanks very much for pointing that out. Quick fix Have a good day and great new year!

Thanks man, I haven't been on here in a long time, any chance you know where I can get the prior version installer? and then I just install and all is good? it wont replace my file locations etc? I used to know BigBox inside and out (well maybe intermediately), but its been so long since ive messed with the files, that I dont recall much. lol.

Thanks, Yes my arcade is using a windows 7 computer. I will email support like you said. Is there a way to go back to my prior version without losing any of my settings etc? Thanks

Hello, I have used and played bigbox as recent as yesterday. Today, I launched bigbox and selected "yes" to upgrade. I got the following error: A procedure imported by 'B:\Emulation\Frontends\LaunchBox\ThirdParty\Chromium\CefSharp.Core.Runtime.dll' could not be loaded. I restarted my computer, but am unable to start big box (or launchbox). I get that same error each time. Hoping someone knows how to resolve the issue. Thanks for any help Hope all had a great Christmas or other holidays, and wishing all a great New Year!

Havent turned on my arcade (big box) for about 2 months. I turned it on and saw there was an update so I installed it. Whenever not in use and it kicks into attract mode, it will freeze in a few minutes. Im not sure if it has anything to do with the update, but thats the last thing I did so I just mention it just in case. has this happened to anyone? if not, is there a way to go back 2 versions that way i can see if it is the new version or not. ? thanks for any help Im using windows 7 PC.

Thanks you guys. I appreciate that! very much

Hello, this is embarrassing. lol. i accidentally cleared my "select" keyboard mapping in big box. so now i cant even go in and remap it because i have no "select" function. lol. yes i feel stupid. I looked at a couple of xml files thinking i could just manually enter the return key again but no luck there. It is a new build and i can just re-install it again but figured i would ask before i went that route thanks for your time.

nevermind. delete thread if you can. Not sure why it wouldnt work on my arcade cabinet pc, but i just tried on another pc and it worked fine. sorry about that

hey how are u. I have a big box license that expired in december 2019 and am trying to upgrade to 'forever updates" license but im unable. Im at this link: https://www.launchbox-app.com/renew Then i browse and select my current license file. it populates with my info. there's a section that says "renew or upgrade"; and a box that says "upgrade now for $30". but nothing happens when i click it. Theres also a box to pay with amazon pay. but i don't have that. In case something is down with the upgrade feature i just wanted to let you know.. and also i wanted to upgrade. :)

nice. definitely getting that. i appreciate it man

wow, great info! im writing that down so not to forget. So, if i made a 2 player bartop build next, I could technically just get 2 ultimarc joysticks and woudlnt need a usb encoder for my build at all (unless i wanted more than 16 buttons - which i dont). that changes a few things

Thanks I appreciate it. I really love it - mistakes and all. lol. and I really love big box themes . makes a world of difference!

thanks tatts4life. I cant even get it out of my basement. it's here permanently. lol its too big.

(replying to DANES Post) lol that is true though Thanks for the comment though. btw i finally got my marquee printed up, but i dont have it back lit yet because i bought white leds from china and its been 20 days and still haven't arrived. but i couldn't beat $4 or whatever it costed. P.S. i called it "big blue" because its a fuckin big blue box. lol. it will look ok with the marquee lit up.

thanks for the details. I think im going to get one on my next order from him. nice looking controller. what did you use inside for the buttons? a usb encoder or ipac? I used an ipac4 for my full size arcade build, but im working on a bartop one and ordered some cheap usb encoders from aliexpress. hoping they work good - little nervous being that they were so inexpensive (but it is china). but i think i got spoiled with the ipac 4 and the shift function.

i'll check and see. i saw a youtube video for space attack for mame. but it doesnt look like its the handheld. but i'll check through mame tomorrow and see if i can find it.

That's a cool feature. Since they can always move in all directions with no resistance, does it feel real loose or anything? not sure im explaining correctly. But I have an old usb controller for the pc. and i tried using it just for fun and i actually didnt like it at all. no resistance so it just felt flimsy. but maybe because it was old.

hey thanks for replying. I actually ended up going with the sanswa jlw joysticks. I like them. Its real easy to change from 8 to 4 player. Aftre using them i understand completely why you would use 4 way instead of 8 way on certain games. in 8 way, you get stuck going up ladders etc (donkey kong, etc). they are pretty clicky though but i still like them :)

looks real nice