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As the title says, on other platforms, I don't need to extract my ROM's and can leave them in their zip containers. I currenlty have two folders MAME/ROM's/GAME.zip <---ROM's MAME/CHD/GAME/GAME.zip < --- CHD Both have the zip files, however, I can only get MAME to work if I extract the CHD zip files. Is there anyway to allow Launchbox to extract the CHD when I play the game, so I can leave all my CHD zipped?

Gotcha, so if I'm understanding Launchbox should be able to work for any console without any need for RocketLauncher or Joytokey if setup correctly. I have a few consoles and they all run without Joytokey and RocketLauncher fine, but curious if I'm missing out on something

Just wondering, as I've seen some topics regarding Joy2Key and users using RocketLauncher. My assumption was Launchbox/BigBox can do it all. Are these needed anymore and should I take some time to download it and map my controllers?

I'll play with it more and report back in the next day or so with some more progress. To-Do's Adjust alignment for 2-6 emulators Allow user to select how many instances to run. 2-6 Enable taskbar toggle to auto hide without pressing CTRL+T each time. Bind an button to close all emulators and renable taskbar. Selecting multiple games or selecting the same game multiple times. Re-align windows upon player removal.

Yes, got that. But for the first (2) instances I changed the window height so they're side by side when playing (2) emulators - see the top how I commented our instances 3 and 4. With that said, if I do enable all (4) emulators from above, how do I ignore the screen height that I put in for the first (2) window instances.

I got all this man. I'm providing feedback on what you submitted and what I added The one you just submitted, has a small typo. RetroArch should be changed to "Visualboy" or w/e Here's what I have below, I am trying to adjust for if the user wants (2) emulators. I can get it to work manually. See below. The problem, is the WinCount, I think I need to create another WinCount and (2) IF statements seperatly if wincount is 1 or 2. Also, on yours, if WinCount ==1 should be switched with If WinCount ==2 to work with (2) emulators where they open side by side, instead of top and bottom, in case the user doesn't want (4). The issue I'm stuck at is, your If statements are adding "winCount" and I don't know how to stop if only (2) emulators. I modified the screen height for == 0 and == 1 to make them work side by side on opening (2) emulators. I need to create a separate if, when the user wants (1) or (2) emulators instead of (3) or (4). And when they want (3) or (4) emulators, it needs to ignore the (2) IF's I just modified and use another version where the screen height isnt adjusted. I also added a toggle to remove the taskbar. Not sure how to auto enable taskbar hide, but you can press CTRL + T manually SetTitleMatchMode, 2 run, %A_ScriptDir%\VisualBoyAdvance.exe %1% ;change visualboy.exe to whatever the exe is run, %A_ScriptDir%\VisualBoyAdvance.exe %1% ;run, %A_ScriptDir%\VisualBoyAdvance.exe %1% ;run, %A_ScriptDir%\VisualBoyAdvance.exe %1% sleep, 1000 ;wait for all windows to open, longer sleep? winCount = 0 height := (A_ScreenHeight/2) width := (A_ScreenWidth/2) WinGet, OutputVar, List , VisualBoyAdvance ;Visual Boy Or Whatever Loop %OutputVar% { Id:=OutputVar%A_Index% WinGetTitle, title, % "ahk_id " Id If (winCount == 3) { WinActivate, % "ahk_id " Id WinSet, Style, -0xC00000, %title% WinSet, Style, -0x40000, %title% WinMove, % "ahk_id " Id, , %width%, %height% , %width%, %height% winCount++ } If (winCount == 2) { WinActivate, % "ahk_id " Id WinSet, Style, -0xC00000, %title% WinSet, Style, -0x40000, %title% WinMove, % "ahk_id " Id, , 0, %height% , %width%, %height% winCount++ } If (winCount == 1) { height := (A_ScreenHeight) WinActivate, % "ahk_id " Id WinSet, Style, -0xC00000, %title% WinSet, Style, -0x40000, %title% WinMove, % "ahk_id " Id, , %width%, 0 , %width%, %height% winCount++ } If (winCount == 0) { height := (A_ScreenHeight) WinActivate, % "ahk_id " Id WinSet, Style, -0xC00000, %title% WinSet, Style, -0x40000, %title% WinMove, % "ahk_id " Id, , 0, 0 , %width%, %height% winCount++ } } ^t:: HideShowTaskbar(hide := !hide) ; Toggle taskbar show/hide HideShowTaskbar(action) { static ABM_SETSTATE := 0xA, ABS_AUTOHIDE := 0x1, ABS_ALWAYSONTOP := 0x2 VarSetCapacity(APPBARDATA, size := 2*A_PtrSize + 2*4 + 16 + A_PtrSize, 0) NumPut(size, APPBARDATA), NumPut(WinExist("ahk_class Shell_TrayWnd"), APPBARDATA, A_PtrSize) NumPut(action ? ABS_AUTOHIDE : ABS_ALWAYSONTOP, APPBARDATA, size - A_PtrSize) DllCall("Shell32\SHAppBarMessage", UInt, ABM_SETSTATE, Ptr, &APPBARDATA) } toggle :=0 return

I'm working on it now, but I'm not as experienced so I doubt I'll get far. The (4) is fine, but I it would be nice to have (2) if needed. Or even better, it would be nice to have the user selected how man from 2-6? I also don't know how to incorporate the selection of ROM's. Hopefully the ROM location wont have to be put directly into the AutoHotkey file. We can already drag and drop within the emulator. SetTitleMatchMode, 2 run, E:\arcade\emulation\VBA\VisualBoyAdvance.exe %1% run, E:\arcade\emulation\VBA\VisualBoyAdvance.exe %1% run, E:\arcade\emulation\VBA\VisualBoyAdvance.exe %1% run, E:\arcade\emulation\VBA\VisualBoyAdvance.exe %1% sleep, 1000 ;wait for all windows to open, longer sleep? winCount = 0 height := (A_ScreenHeight/2) width := (A_ScreenWidth/2) WinGet, OutputVar, List , VisualBoyAdvance ;replace retroarch with a word in the title window Loop %OutputVar% { Id:=OutputVar%A_Index% WinGetTitle, title, % "ahk_id " Id If (winCount == 3) { WinActivate, % "ahk_id " Id WinSet, Style, -0xC00000, %title% WinSet, Style, -0x40000, %title% WinMove, % "ahk_id " Id, , %width%, %height% , %width%, %height% winCount++ } If (winCount == 2) { WinActivate, % "ahk_id " Id WinSet, Style, -0xC00000, %title% WinSet, Style, -0x40000, %title% WinMove, % "ahk_id " Id, , %width%, 0 , %width%, %height% winCount++ } If (winCount == 1) { WinActivate, % "ahk_id " Id WinSet, Style, -0xC00000, %title% WinSet, Style, -0x40000, %title% WinMove, % "ahk_id " Id, , 0, %height% , %width%, %height% winCount++ } If (winCount == 0) { WinActivate, % "ahk_id " Id WinSet, Style, -0xC00000, %title% WinSet, Style, -0x40000, %title% WinMove, % "ahk_id " Id, , 0, 0 , %width%, %height% winCount++ } } ^t:: HideShowTaskbar(hide := !hide) ; Toggle taskbar show/hide HideShowTaskbar(action) { static ABM_SETSTATE := 0xA, ABS_AUTOHIDE := 0x1, ABS_ALWAYSONTOP := 0x2 VarSetCapacity(APPBARDATA, size := 2*A_PtrSize + 2*4 + 16 + A_PtrSize, 0) NumPut(size, APPBARDATA), NumPut(WinExist("ahk_class Shell_TrayWnd"), APPBARDATA, A_PtrSize) NumPut(action ? ABS_AUTOHIDE : ABS_ALWAYSONTOP, APPBARDATA, size - A_PtrSize) DllCall("Shell32\SHAppBarMessage", UInt, ABM_SETSTATE, Ptr, &APPBARDATA) } toggle :=0 return

Thanks for the help! I'm posting more in case someone jumps in or you have more time. I did find an error; if you modify the run commands to (2) instead of (4) emulators, it doesn't split the screen. Instead of 1 on the left and 1 on the right, they're both on the left. As for some code on my side to hide the taskbar, this may help. CapsLock & t:: HideShowTaskbar(hide := !hide) ; Toggle taskbar show/hide HideShowTaskbar(action) { static ABM_SETSTATE := 0xA, ABS_AUTOHIDE := 0x1, ABS_ALWAYSONTOP := 0x2 VarSetCapacity(APPBARDATA, size := 2*A_PtrSize + 2*4 + 16 + A_PtrSize, 0) NumPut(size, APPBARDATA), NumPut(WinExist("ahk_class Shell_TrayWnd"), APPBARDATA, A_PtrSize) NumPut(action ? ABS_AUTOHIDE : ABS_ALWAYSONTOP, APPBARDATA, size - A_PtrSize) DllCall("Shell32\SHAppBarMessage", UInt, ABM_SETSTATE, Ptr, &APPBARDATA) } toggle :=0 return

Exactly. I do the same thing with Pokemon on VisualBoyAdvance for my big screen TV. I just run the emulator 2-4 times and run the same ROM, or even other games. It's just a lot of manual work setting the windows to the right location. I have an AutoHotkey script that hides the taskbar and titlebar of each window, but it would be nice to auto align each window, whether its 2,4,6 or w/e. My kids can then play Pokemon at the same time but on their own version with their own controllers.

Anyone experienced with AutoHotkey and can load (4) separate instances of an emulator so I can play (4) players on the same game? For example: Game Boy - Color Pokemon. It would be nice to run (4) separate emulators and play with (4) controllers. This works, but I can only do it manually by moving each window.

I have a bunch of images that are named to match my roms, however, Launchbox continues to download images and has a different naming convention and adds a -01 to the end of the name. Is there anyway to have the images from Launchbox named after the rom name to prevent so many duplicates and clear up disk space?

I also agree for another folder that can scan for additional PDF's. I have a tons of Game Strategy Guides and it would be beneficial for an easier method. I personally access the strategy guides more than the manuals.

Hi everyone, I have some questions on how I can make this work. I live in a small apartment with a living room and my only computer is in my bedroom. My question, is there anyway I can stream my computer Launchbox/BigBox to my living room TV? I am currently using a 75 ft HDMI cable and manually unplugging my monitors. The downside is I use a wireless Xbox One Controller which is plugged into my bedroom computer and my controller signal goes in and out. Is there any work around to make this work or do I need to buy another computer for my living room? I have researched the SteamLink, however, it looks to be discontinued.

RetroArch has a setting to have separate key binds for each console. All this works perfectly if you load the core and change the settings for each console, however, I can't find an option to change the "Input Hotkey Binds" for each console. This setting is used to assign fast forward, save slots, etc. I need to change it for each console because on GB/GBC/GBA all have issues when I use fast forward with a key already binded.

Whats the best way to play multiple roms on the same monitor? I haven't figured out how to do this other than a time consuming way of not using LaunchBox and re-opening multiple emulators and changing all the settings. My BigBox is setup to my TV, and I would like to run up to 4 roms, and align them on my tv, without having to pull out my mouse and adjust the settings and what not. The reason for this, is sometimes my family wants to play different games and since my tv is large enough, I haven't found a way to play multiple games via BigBox with different controllers.

You rock, proghodet. Thank you for the awesome help. I will be using this for sure!

I think I would still need to have separate copies of the emulator and the game and just run each emulator and reference each game.

Prior to Big Box, I would play Pokemon (Game Boy) on my living room TV with my daughter. I would have two copies of the same ROM, and open both versions on separate emulators copies, split the TV screen and each controller would work on its own window. Is there anyway to do this within the Big Box interface, or do I need to continue to do it outside of Big Box? Here is a sample video of someone playing two games: