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https://github.com/vvvv/VL.Video.MediaFoundation I have to test this out, iirc it was the vl video stuff that was a roadblock for my tinkering and i like how we can setup a portable proton environment free of steam https://github.com/Castro-Fidel/PortWINE as an example,. meaning we could make an install script that sets up the environment for the program with better control/access to proton releases and patches.

The tools will mature, it will just take time, no worries, everyone wants a version that runs on linux but not at the cost of throwing the baby out with the bathwater, just give it time things are always improving with compatibility solutions being developed and implemented in the Linux community.

@The_Keeper86 we are so much closer, even if the beta doesnt launch .net core is available on linux so this should bring us closer to a native build. You can launch native emu's from wine via wines "z:" but I'm not sure if LaunchBox's launch options are configurable enough at this time to let us get rid of the .exe extension or not and haven't really tested it out enough to get it working as I've mainly focused on just getting LaunchBox to run in wine. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/core/install/linux https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/desktop-wpf/migration/convert-project-from-net-framework https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/migrating-a-sample-wpf-app-to-net-core-3-part-1/ https://ccifra.github.io/PortingWPFAppsToLinux/Overview.html

@The_Keeper86 11.3 beta uses .net core and not .net framework, I'll test it out later and see if it helps, I have a feeling it will, I'll report back when I've had a chance to get it all set up. Edit: Crashes at startup after update to 11.3 beta 3 from 11.2 on 11.2 setup prefix, with LB installing the netcore dep backtrace.txt

@shodblitzkrieg That is how I plan to run it with proton Im just uploading things Ive researched and ran across here/tested so that others in the community can try things out and report back as well, Ive been mostly focusing on wine because its easier than dealing with the proton pfx folder and protontricks while Im breaking the wineprefix while testing out possible fixes (and having to revert changes etc). Everyone is welcome to post things they have tried here.

Debugging in Wine: https://wiki.winehq.org/Debug_Channels Something that may be relevant (Unsure, but interesting development for the linux kernel none the less): https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Syscall-User-Redirection-V4

0024:err:winediag:SECUR32_initNTLMSP ntlm_auth was not found or is outdated. Make sure that ntlm_auth >= 3.0.25 is in your path. Usually, you can find it in the winbind package of your distribution. sudo apt-get remove winbind && sudo apt-get install winbind https://askubuntu.com/questions/1090094/wine-missing-ntlm-auth-3-0-25 (Inner Exception) (Inner Exception) 无法载入指定的模块. App: Big Box Version: 11.2 Type: System.ComponentModel.Win32Exception Site: IntPtr (System.String) Source: Unbroken.LaunchBox.Windows at (String ) at Meta.Vlc.Win32Api.LoadLibrary(String lpFileName) at (String ) (Outer Exception) Can't load LibVlc dlls, check the platform and LibVlc target platform (should be same, x86 or x64). App: Big Box Version: 11.2 Type: Meta.Vlc.LibVlcLoadLibraryException Site: Void (System.String) Source: Unbroken.LaunchBox.Windows at (String ) at Meta.Vlc.LibVlcManager.LoadLibVlc(String libVlcDirectory) at () at Meta.Vlc.Wpf.ApiManager.Initialize() at (String , String[] ) at Meta.Vlc.Wpf.ApiManager.Initialize(String libVlcPath, String[] vlcOption) at (VlcPlayer , String , String[] ) at Meta.Vlc.Wpf.VlcPlayer.Initialize(String libVlcPath, String[] libVlcOption) at (VlcPlayer , EventArgs ) at Meta.Vlc.Wpf.VlcPlayer.OnInitialized(EventArgs e) at System.Windows.FrameworkElement.TryFireInitialized() at System.Windows.FrameworkElement.ChangeLogicalParent(DependencyObject newParent) at System.Windows.FrameworkElement.AddLogicalChild(Object child) at System.Windows.Controls.UIElementCollection.AddInternal(UIElement element) at System.Windows.Controls.UIElementCollection.Add(UIElement element) at (ImageVideoView ) at Unbroken.LaunchBox.Windows.Views.ImageVideoView.<.ctor>b__8_0() at System.Windows.Threading.DispatcherOperation.InvokeDelegateCore() at System.Windows.Threading.DispatcherOperation.InvokeImpl() --- End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown --- at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.ThrowForNonSuccess(Task task) at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.HandleNonSuccessAndDebuggerNotification(Task task) at System.Windows.Threading.DispatcherOperation.Wait(TimeSpan timeout) at System.Windows.Threading.Dispatcher.InvokeImpl(DispatcherOperation operation, CancellationToken cancellationToken, TimeSpan timeout) at System.Windows.Threading.Dispatcher.Invoke(Action callback, DispatcherPriority priority, CancellationToken cancellationToken, TimeSpan timeout) at System.Windows.Threading.Dispatcher.Invoke(Action callback, DispatcherPriority priority) at (Action , DispatcherPriority ) at Unbroken.LaunchBox.Windows.Threading.Invoke(Action callback, DispatcherPriority priority) at Unbroken.LaunchBox.Windows.Views.ImageVideoView..ctor() at Unbroken.LaunchBox.Windows.BigBox.ViewModels.MainViewModel..ctor() (Outer Exception) Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation. App: Big Box Version: 11.2 Type: System.Reflection.TargetInvocationException Site: System.Object CreateInstance(System.RuntimeType, Boolean, Boolean, Boolean ByRef, System.RuntimeMethodHandleInternal ByRef, Boolean ByRef) Source: mscorlib at System.RuntimeTypeHandle.CreateInstance(RuntimeType type, Boolean publicOnly, Boolean noCheck, Boolean& canBeCached, RuntimeMethodHandleInternal& ctor, Boolean& bNeedSecurityCheck) at System.RuntimeType.CreateInstanceSlow(Boolean publicOnly, Boolean skipCheckThis, Boolean fillCache, StackCrawlMark& stackMark) at System.RuntimeType.CreateInstanceDefaultCtor(Boolean publicOnly, Boolean skipCheckThis, Boolean fillCache, StackCrawlMark& stackMark) at System.Activator.CreateInstance(Type type, Boolean nonPublic) at System.Activator.CreateInstance(Type type) at Caliburn.Micro.BootstrapperBase.GetInstance(Type service, String key) at Caliburn.Micro.BootstrapperBase.DisplayRootViewFor(Type viewModelType, IDictionary`2 settings) at (Bootstrapper , Object , StartupEventArgs ) at Unbroken.LaunchBox.Windows.BigBox.Bootstrapper.OnStartup(Object sender, StartupEventArgs e) at System.Windows.Application.OnStartup(StartupEventArgs e) at System.Windows.Application.<.ctor>b__1_0(Object unused) at System.Windows.Threading.ExceptionWrapper.InternalRealCall(Delegate callback, Object args, Int32 numArgs) at System.Windows.Threading.ExceptionWrapper.TryCatchWhen(Object source, Delegate callback, Object args, Int32 numArgs, Delegate catchHandler) Recent Log: 2:08:28 AM Exception wine.bigbox.error.log Lets go ahead and get winetricks to reg d3dx9 WINEPREFIX=~/.launchbox winetricks d3dx9_43

crash log from wine when launching bigbox directly ttps://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/250719165227204608/733550696535818240/wine.bigbox.error.log crash log from wine when launching bigbox from launchbox https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/250719165227204608/733550755403005992/wine.launchbox.error.log not that I expect support but these may be useful to the devs bigbox from launchbox doesn't crash, it hangs with a black screen but you do get the audio and the splash starts and closes

dxvk-master != dxvk-1.7; master is not compiled https://github.com/doitsujin/dxvk/releases/tag/v1.7 We most likely need some more libs installed for bigbox (These throw errors): libvlc mscorelib I Tried out LAVFilters, didnt make a difference to launching BigBox, same with installing VLC with winetricks https://askubuntu.com/questions/219791/improve-gui-appearance-of-wine-applications #!/bin/sh # Quick and dirty script for configuring wine font smoothing # # Author: Igor Tarasov <tarasov.igor@gmail.com> WINE=${WINE:-wine} WINEPREFIX=${WINEPREFIX:-$HOME/.wine} DIALOG=whiptail if [ ! -x "`which "$WINE"`" ] then echo "Wine was not found. Is it really installed? ($WINE)" exit 1 fi if [ ! -x "`which "$DIALOG"`" ] then DIALOG=dialog fi TMPFILE=`mktemp` || exit 1 $DIALOG --menu \ "Please select font smoothing mode for wine programs:" 13 51\ 4\ 1 "Smoothing disabled"\ 2 "Grayscale smoothing"\ 3 "Subpixel smoothing (ClearType) RGB"\ 4 "Subpixel smoothing (ClearType) BGR" 2> $TMPFILE STATUS=$? ANSWER=`cat $TMPFILE` if [ $STATUS != 0 ] then rm -f $TMPFILE exit 1 fi MODE=0 # 0 = disabled; 2 = enabled TYPE=0 # 1 = regular; 2 = subpixel ORIENTATION=1 # 0 = BGR; 1 = RGB case $ANSWER in 1) # disable ;; 2) # enable MODE=2 TYPE=1 ;; 3) # enable cleartype rgb MODE=2 TYPE=2 ;; 4) # enable cleartype bgr MODE=2 TYPE=2 ORIENTATION=0 ;; *) rm -f $TMPFILE echo Unexpected option: $ANSWER exit 1 ;; esac echo "REGEDIT4 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop] \"FontSmoothing\"=\"$MODE\" \"FontSmoothingOrientation\"=dword:0000000$ORIENTATION \"FontSmoothingType\"=dword:0000000$TYPE \"FontSmoothingGamma\"=dword:00000578" > $TMPFILE echo -n "Updating configuration... " $WINE regedit $TMPFILE 2> /dev/null rm -f $TMPFILE echo ok seeing as LaunchBox setup attempts to install direct x, dxvk should probably be installed after setup Alternative to DXVK but only supports DirectX 9 you need a card that supports it (AMD) Gallium 9 Wine Standalone: https://github.com/iXit/wine-nine-standalone VKD3D should be in wine already https://wiki.winehq.org/Vkd3d VK9 is in DXVK having the script install wine and python isn't such a hot idea, Linux users should have wine set up prior to script windows is a bad name to use in the home folder .launchbox is much better it lets the user know what the wine environment is set up for (you can have multiple wine environments and should, it becomes unstable if you try to run everything in 1 prefix) instead of corefonts we could use allfonts (I havent changed it below, feel free to do so yourself) Z:/ should be the root folder in the wine environment meaning we should be able to set up Wine apps to open Native Linux apps (DosBox, ScummVM, RetroArch, etc) (example: z:/usr/bin/dosbox) https://wiki.winehq.org/FAQ#How_do_I_associate_a_native_program_with_a_file_type_in_Wine.3F #!/bin/bash WINEPREFIX=~/.launchbox winetricks corefonts # install .launchbox fonts WINEPREFIX=~/.launchbox winetricks dotnet48 # install .NET versions (takes a long time and requires clicks) WINEPREFIX=~/.launchbox winetricks -q d3dcompiler_47 # install Direct3D compiler wget -O mf-install.zip https://github.com/z0z0z/mf-install/archive/master.zip # download Media Foundation unzip mf-install.zip # extract Media Foundation cd mf-install-master # change to Media Foundation extracted folder chmod +x mf-install.sh # make the Media Foundation install script executable WINEPREFIX=~/.launchbox ./mf-install.sh # install Media Foundation cd .. # back out to parent folder wget -O mf-installcab.zip https://github.com/z0z0z/mf-installcab/archive/master.zip # download Media Foundation Cab unzip mf-installcab.zip # extract Media Foundation Cab cd mf-installcab-master # change to Media Foundation Cab extracted folder chmod +x install-mf-64.sh # make the Media Foundation Cab install script executable WINEPREFIX=~/.launchbox ./install-mf-64.sh # install Media Foundation Cab cd .. # back out to parent folder wget -O LaunchBox-11.2-Setup.exe https://www.dropbox.com/s/cg7fteljnwf0s9r/LaunchBox-11.2-Setup.exe?dl=0 # download LaunchBox 11.2 WINEPREFIX=~/.launchbox wine ./LaunchBox-11.2-Setup.exe # install LaunchBox 11.2 wget -O dxvk-1.7.tar.gz https://github.com/doitsujin/dxvk/releases/download/v1.7/dxvk-1.7.tar.gz # download DirectX Vulkan unzip dxvk-1.7.tar.gz # extract DirectX Vulkan cd dxvk-1.7 # change to DirectX Vulkan extracted folder chmod +x setup_dxvk.sh # make the DirectX Vulkan install script executable WINEPREFIX=~/.launchbox ./setup_dxvk.sh install # install DirectX Vulkan cd .. # back out to parent folder Woth looking into for the future, Valve Proton GE: https://github.com/GloriousEggroll/proton-ge-custom/releases/tag/5.9-GE-3-ST Remember to update winetricks sudo winetricks --self-update Remember you can also use WINEPREFIX=~/.launchbox winecfg to change things about the prefix as well (gives a GUI so you can set enviro settings, install some dependencies, register dll files, set gfx options, set windows version, etc.)

@purplebot I plan on working more on this when I get off work tonight, I am pretty confident I will be able to get BigBox working. I know a method to enable AA in wine that may or may not cause some issues with some emulators, I'll have to test it out, my main thing now is to figure out which codecs will be needed be it wmp, ffmpeg, LAVfilters, or others, as well as testing things like Gallium 9 standalone to see if it gets better dx9 performance. I also plan to test things with steams proton wine wrapper (both standard and GE). I am running Linux Mint 20 and wine-staging 5.12 personally.

Here is the link to the Dropbox repository! https://www.dropbox.com/sh/48hc6kwirjnksxm/AAC5gZbPUH1ztEK9shWiEqRja?dl=0 @Retro808 thanks for the reply, I was already tracking that info, but having it posted here is useful, I posted because I was hoping someone had made something like the above link. I also posted with a secondary motive that if smellbringer wasn't tracking that the files needed to be added on his local drive it would bring it to his attention. Have a good day y'all!

Got the same issue for Sony PlayStation, Sony PlayStation 2, and SNK Neo Geo Pocket Color and am looking for the files to manually install in the image folders