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2025-05-21T14:19:06Z

47 minutes ago, stigzler said:

Does anyone know how to add your own C64 games to this collection. I'm guessing you add it to the C64Dreams/Games folder, but given they all seem to follow a cutom format (with a folder for each game and also other bat files etc) - I didn't want to do this via Launchbox Import File process as it asks for an emulator etc. Search on this long topic wielded too many results to be helpful.

Just add a new folder in c64Dreams/Games with the name of your own game.
Let's say you added Zeppelin
For ease of use, download your zeppelin game, extract it...rename it to 'Disk1.d64'

Now in C64Dreams\Games\Zeppelin...

Put the Disk1.d64

Choose another game. For my example I choose Zatacka and Yie Ar Kung-Fu
You will notice Zatacka and Yie Ar Kung-Fu use slightly different ways of launching the game using the game.bat

You have to choose yourself which kind to use. Most likely both will work.

For ZATACKA example :
copy over all files that are in there (the .bat, the .cmd, the .vbs) and copy them to your C64Dreams\Games\Zeppelin folder

Just rename the cmd and the vbs to the name of your game.
Then in Launchbox just import roms for your C64dreams platform and add the game by searching for the vbs file : \Launchbox\C64 Dreams\Games\Zeppelin\Zeppelin.vbs

For Yie Ar Kung-Fu example :
copy over all files that are in there (the .bat, the .cmd, the .vbs) and copy them to your C64Dreams\Games\Zeppelin folder
Here also a manual is directly called in the bat file
..\..\Utilities\Cdisplayex\Cdisplayex.exe ".\Yie Ar Kung-Fu Manual.cbz"

And if u don't have a manual...u have to delete that line in your zeppelin game.bat

So I mostly use games which are configured like ZATACKA...to try and add games.

2025-05-21T13:47:23Z

correct.
And VITA3K also uses some storage directory which holds all that data (references to installed games/DLC's,...) which might not be the same directory on a different computer, so any files referencing to that folder on your laptop would not be on your PC

So do a search on your laptop to any of these folders...or check your settings in vita3k on your laptop.
And if you found it...then also copy over that folder to your PC

May 5

Anyone else experiencing errors in windows event-viewer with eventID 153 (nvlddmkm) on the latest nvidia drivers?

In Amstrad GX4000, amstrad CPC and several others Retroarch shows a black screen on startup... and the notification in eventviewer.

After I reverted back to 572.75 no errors at all.

Those drivers seem to be getting worse instead of better 😒

April 30

LB team...the new forum colors are a bit off.

Contrast doesn't quite seem to be what it should be.
The grey of the individual topics (dosbox, emulation, games, monkeys,...)....it's not dark enough.

Overall, OK...but I miss the difference between background and individual forum items.
Can you not make these whole horizontal bits a lot darker?

User interface wise, I just sense there is something not quite right with the colors and contrast.
I did not have that feeling with the previous styling.

Can someone look into this please? Or give a comment if you agree with me.

April 24

11 hours ago, mellowcf said:

Thanks worked like a charm. Never thought I would get it working.

Glad to hear it worked. I aim to please 😊

April 24

3 hours ago, mellowcf said:

How do you do that?

add an amstrad gx4000.opt file in config\cap32

cap32_advanced_green_phosphor = "15"
cap32_autorun = "enabled"
cap32_combokey = "select"
cap32_db_mapkeys = "enabled"
cap32_floppy_sound = "enabled"
cap32_gfx_colors = "16bit"
cap32_keyboard_transparency = "disabled"
cap32_lang_layout = "english"
cap32_model = "6128+ (experimental)"
cap32_ram = "128"
cap32_retrojoy0 = "auto"
cap32_retrojoy1 = "auto"
cap32_scr_intensity = "8"
cap32_scr_tube = "color"
cap32_statusbar = "onloading"

April 22

17 hours ago, Jammy said:

only the ones mentioned in the post.

snes

mega drive

gameboy advance

sega saturn

sony playstation

sadly not. it was all on my ssd and i did not have any backups. 😭

u can find pretty much every dataset on the internetarchive.
as to emulation, I think most can be run in Retroarch without much hassle.

April 21

which platforms did you all have?
and do you still have all your games?

April 18

@Zombeaver : Are there any status updates on C64 Dreams progress? Much obliged 🙇‍♂️

April 2

On 3/31/2025 at 1:21 PM, e2zippo said:

Hey! I'm still getting this error after waking up the computer from sleep.

Not sure if it's the same error as before?

I also experienced this error. Just from hybrid sleep.

March 15

are there any further progress updates on version 13.20?
I'm now kinda withholding from installing it after reading about these issues.

February 28

20 minutes ago, Fursphere said:

It just came out. I was just teasin' ya.

Unless you're crazy like me, there is no need to update MAME on a regular basis. If there is a new playable game you want, or a new core feature of mame that you're interested in, that's when you upgrade.

And as always, use clrmamepro to make sure your current rom set matches your current mame.exe

clrmamepro is more for the experienced user.
I've been using Romvault for upgrading pretty much the last 20 mame releases without any issues.
It is much more user friendly and is updated on a regular basis.
Once you set it up once, next times it's just a question of downloading new dat's, importing them, scanning and fixing the files.
All through the UI.

https://www.romvault.com/

February 19

8 hours ago, xokia said:

I don't have a (\RetroArch\config\MAME\supracan.opt)

All the files in \RetroArch\config\MAME\ are .cfg files

Can I just create a supracan.cfg file and then add mame_softlists_enable = "disabled" to it?

Here are my examples.
In the opt, you either change the mame_softlists to disabled.
Or you as JoeViking mentioned...you change your romnames to the required ones

supracan.cfg supracan.opt

February 19

these are the names it expects. (see screenshot

or u can try edit your opt file (\RetroArch\config\MAME\supracan.opt) and disable softlists

mame_softlists_enable = "disabled"

February 19

On 2/17/2025 at 7:54 PM, xokia said:

in retroarch.cfg this is the option that was preventing this from working. This was false in mine

game_specific_options = "true"

I appreciate you sharing your known good config. Everything works as expected now. Now on to mame
A lot of these emulators are pretty simple to get working but ...........some of these are a real PITA specially when they dont do what's expected.

just create a new post, and share which issues you are having with mame. Hopefully it will also solve your problems with mame.

February 16

My version is 1.19.1 and with the configs i added, the core I added and the settings everything works.

My advice,...to troubleshoot...start with a whole new retroarch (1.19.1 or 1.20) install on a new folder.
Put my configs in the cap32 config folder, the 4.2.0 core in the cores folder...
Don't use the cfg arguments in LB, just use the configuration I showed.

That way you can rule out any other settings you might have made in your current Retroarch install. And work up from there.

February 15

I will just share my settings...which do work by the way! (For Amstrad CPC and for Amstrad GX4000)

In Launchbox, I do not pass any config at all to retroarch as it is not needed. As you can see from my settings :

In the retroarch.cfg (from the main folder) I have global_core_options = "false"

In the \RetroArch\config\cap32 directory I have the files which I zipped in cap32.zip

In the RetroArch\cores directory I have the cap32.dll from before 2022 cause it is tried and tested and later versions of that core never seemed to work for me.
It is in the attached cores.zip
As you can see in Retroarch I have locked this core (cap32_libretro.dll.lck) so when you update your cores in Retroarch, this core will be left unattended.

Cap32 version :

Try this, and hopefully it should work for you.

cap32.zip cores.zip

February 6

The move to use SQLite indeed shows a lot of performance improvements. 👍👍👍

Is it not an idea to in a following build to also use SQL for the user/data files?

And a setting/option in LB to use/not use SQL for user/data files.

If a user chooses to use SQL...then in early stage...it always reads from the SQL database but still writes to both XML and Database.
(in later stage) If a user chooses to only use SQL....it only reads and writes to the SQL database.
If a user chooses to use only use XML...it will read and write only from/to the xml files (default setting)

That way you can implement a grace period and slowly start making xml obsolete and have an only SQL implementation for LB/BB

January 28

1 hour ago, oniotaku said:

Can I merge this c64dreams with my current launchbox build? When I merge it with my build the pictures will not display. How can I fix this issue. Thanks

Yes ofcourse that is possible.
All the details and how to achieve this are in the first pages of this forum thread.

January 28

10 hours ago, Cloudster said:

I have a 65" 4K TV in my living room which is in another part of the house and I use it as my media/gaming/entertainment space. I stream the games from my office PC using steamlink to the Apple TV 4K in my living room. I would like to know what's a good Big Box/Launchbox theme to use for C64 Dreams so that I can easily read everything and navigate easily and access all of its contents with ease? I'm currently using 'Colorful' for Big Box, and it looks very nice, but looks terrible with C64 Dreams.

I dont think this has anything to do with the theme you are using. This looks like you are streaming a spanned (1 and 2) screen.
can u not disable one screen and only show LB or BB on your second screen (65" TV)?
Cause that doesn't look correct at all.

Also, when u use a second screen, like a 4K TV, it is always best to set the scaling of that screen to atleast 250%

January 27

1 hour ago, Cloudster said:

I followed the instructions to import C64 Dreams into my existing LB setup. However, on the left side it shows duplicate entries for Demoscene, Diskmags, Games, Magaznes, and SID. Also, when pressing start+select (Button 7+8) on my xbox controller, the game quits. I would also like to change to another bezel such as Megabezel, TheNamec, Duimon, etc. How can I do this? I also notice that C64 Dream uses it's a seperate/self-contained version of retroarch. Which version is it and is it possible for me to update it to the latest version?

It uses version 1.11.0 of Retroarch.
Updating it to the latest version is I think not advisable cause it may (or will most definitely) break the working of C64dreams.
If I remember correctly, Zombeaver told us he is working on a next release which will include an updated version of Retroarch.

What kind of bezels it loads can be configured in Retroarch itself. I suggest you look for information on how to do that on the libreto forum
https://forums.libretro.com/t/duimon-hsm-mega-bezel-graphics-and-presets-feedback-and-updates/28146

Before you change anything, it's best to make a backup of the retroarch folder so you can always revert back when u break someting.

January 25

16 hours ago, Cloudster said:

I don't seem to have this file "Files and Data to Import.txt".

there u go,...now u have!

Files to Import.txt Parents XML Insert.txt Platforms XML Insert.txt

January 24

2 hours ago, Cloudster said:

Can someone please point me to the instructions on how to add the C64 Dream project into an existing launchbox setup?

January 8

much obliged dr Seuss 😊

January 7

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