MuddyWaters79

Ok so after having issues with BigBox freezing up when using Attract mode with versions 13.19 & 13.20 I did the following: *Removed all artwork and videos from my collection by moving the images and video folders to another hard drive. *Redownloaded all images and artwork fresh from within LaunchBox only. --I figured maybe there was an issue since the database switched in the latest update. *Removed all installed themes but the default theme(s) included with Launchbox. *Uninstalled and reinstalled LaunchBox 13.20. --Attract mode ran without a glitch using the "Default" theme. Then I installed Unified Refried Theme as my "overall" main theme. BigBox froze and crashed within 20 minutes. *The problem seems to be with using other themes. I have only tried the Unified Refried theme at this point. My Computer: Windows 11 Home running the latest updates NVIDIA RTX 4090 with the latest graphics driver installed i9 13900KF processor Latest BIOS installed. *I hope this helps. Please let me know if any other information is needed @Jason Carr Best,

I have had the same problem with Attract mode locking up in BigBox when using VLC media player with the LaunchBox 13.19 update. I have 2 different builds (one in a cab and one on my main computer) both doing the same thing. The problem went away on both BigBox builds when switching over to Windows Media Player. A few things to note: I am using Windows 11 with the latest updates version 24H2 on both builds. Both PC's have Nvidia RTX graphics cards and Intel processors. Both builds are using Unified, Unified Redux, and or Unified Refried as themes in some form. Attract mode worked fine on both builds in LaunchBox 13.18 before the update. I will provide any further information to help resolve this issue if required.

I had the same issue when downloading bezels for Nintendo DS. I was able to use task manager to “end program” LaunchBox. Once I restarted LaunchBox the bezels downloaded and completed this stopping the endless loop.

Power settings are set to maximum performance sleep never. As soon as I launch BigBox about 10 seconds after booting in the screen goes black and my computer power button blinks yellow indicating sleep mode. I move my mouse and the computer wakes up still in BigBox and then I see the Windows shutdown screen come on then the computer fully shuts down. I completely created a fresh install of Launchbox / BigBox last night… imported Steam and Mame games .244. Launchbox was working fine but when I started BigBox the shutdown happened again. The computer does not go to sleep/shutdown like this any other time. Like I previously mentioned I can play Steam games and outside emulation without issue. It’s almost as if when I launch BigBox it’s triggering my computer to shutdown. That is why I wanted to try a fresh install as I am thinking there is a bug with the latest update 12.14. This began after that. I completely reset Windows the option that removes everything and reinstalled Windows 11. I complete created a new install of f Launchbox / BigBox brand new folder clean build and the issue remains. I can share a video if that helps…

I will try a fresh install next. And it is a normal Windows shutdown. Actually my PC goes to sleep after starting Launchbox or BigBox then as soon as I wake it back up Windows shutdown initiates.

I have an Alienware Aurora R8 running Windows 11 with the following specs: Processor: i9 9900K RAM: 32GB DDR4 2666Mhz GPU: Nvidia RTX 2080Ti w/VRam - 11Gbs DDR5 *Ever since the latest update of Launchbox/Bigbox v.12.14 my computer will automatically shutdown shortly after launching Launchbox / Bigbox... I have completely reset and restored Windows. All updates are good. GPU is updated. I don't have any issues running games in STEAM or even CoinOps. I am not sure what is causing this issue. I have never had this problem before. I have uninstalled Launchbox/Bigbox but the issue remains. The next step would be for me to try a brand new build of Launchbox / Bigbox but I was hoping I wouldn't have to lose my previous build. Nehemic services are disabled. I have been running this build for several months and didn't have any issues until the latest update 12.14. I am running this build on an external SSD. Other games which are installed on this particular SSD run fine outside of Launchbox/Bigbox. I am curious to know if anyone else has encountered this issue. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Muddy

@Vlansix Just use this AHK script in the "running AHK script section" tab under your emulator options in LaunchBox. ; This section closes Demul when pressing Escape MButton:: { Send !{F4} } Take note that I use the MButton to close out of the emulator because I have an X-Arcade Tankstick. If you want to use the escape button then just replace MButton with $Esc. ; This section closes Demul when pressing Escape $Esc:: { Send !{F4} } Hope this helps!

Yeah that’s a bios file... according to the video that is to be unzipped. Either way thank you for your help, I just got it working! I went back to my original Mame 2019 emulator and created a folder consoles in my roms folder. I placed the CDI CHD files in their own cdi folder and left the bios in the roms folder. Now it all works great!

On the console Philips CD-i, I thought people either have .bin and .cue files or CHD's. I have CHD's. They were never zipped. I have tried to run them both in Mame and Mame64UI and can't seem to get them to run.

I am still struggling to get CD-i to run. I just tried MAMEUI64, put the CHD files and the mono1.zip (extracted cdi200.rom, cdi220b.rom) all into the roms folder included in MAMEUI64. No boxes checked in emulator settings for quotations or anything. Also I have the command line parameter cdimono1 -cdrm. I am getting an error stating required files missing to run? Am I missing more bios files? I noticed in the outdated video there was also a cdi220.rom. When I unzip my mono1.zip all I get is cdi200.rom and cdi220b.rom. Or do I need empty zip files for the games and should I place the CHD's in their own folders kind of like arcade games in MAME? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Anybody have any luck getting Philips CD-i to run in MAME? I watched the Launchbox tutorial with MESS. I use MAME and I have the cmd line parameters set and bios in place. Although I only have the 200 and 220b.rom bios. Not sure about the 220.rom which was mentioned in the video. I am also using a newer version of RetroArch which does not have the mame core any longer... The oldest is 2003...

Thank you guys for this! I finally got Bally Astrocade working now thanks to this forum!

Also I just updated to 11.6 and everything is still working great!

Yes I use this version for college. Not necessary for others.

Good luck everyone! I hope all this helps! Thank you @Jason Carr for helping everyone out so promptly! I love LB/BB! Awesome job to everyone involved!

The .NET Core hosting bundle contains everything necessary but won’t install correctly if IIS is not enabled first...

If I had to do it all over I would try to make sure that the Windows feature IIS has been turned on via those instructions, then download the .NET core hosting bundle, lastly restart IIS in the CMD window. Verify Direct X and .NET Framework, restart computer then try...

@Jason Carr Update: I have fixed the problem! After some extended troubleshooting I decided to start fresh from the drawing board. Last night I completed all of the recommended steps including ensuring that .net framework 4.8, .net core runtime 3.1, ensured GPU driver was updated, Windows 10 was updated to latest version 2004, as well as reinstalling LaunchBox/BigBox several times. None of these steps seemed to fix the issues of graphical glitches on either LaunchBox or BigBox. These steps are somewhat lengthy but they completely resolved the graphical glitching problems in both LaunchBox and BigBox. (see attached videos) Here is what I did today which fixed the problem: 1. I reset Windows 10: All Settings > Update & Security > Recovery > Reset this PC. I kept all of my apps and reinstalled Windows 10. 2. After I reinstalled necessary apps such as antivirus, office, GeForce Experience, etc. I began the important stuff: * Update Windows via Windows Update * Update Graphics Card drivers via GeForce Experience 3. I then installed Visual Studio Community 2019 with the following components: >>ASP.NET and web development; >>>NET desktop development; >> Desktop development with C++; >>Data storage and processing. Here is the link: https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/downloads/ 4. I verified and installed .NET framework 4.8 (https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download/dotnet-framework) 5.I then turned on IIS in Windows 10 Windows Features: How to Install IIS on Windows 10. Right-click on the Windows button on the bottom-left corner and select Run. In the Run dialog box, type appwiz.cpl and press ENTER . As soon as a new window called Programs and Features is opened, click on the link Turn Windows features on or off . Click on the Internet Information Services checkbox. By default it will install all you need to host a website. However you might want to check some other components that you might need as well. Once done, click OK and Close when it says “Windows completed the requested changes.” Now open your browser and type in localhost and press ENTER . You should see a default web page is rendered in your browser. Here is the link for these instructions: https://www.itnota.com/install-iis-windows/#:~:text=How%20to%20Install%20IIS%20on%20Windows%2010.%201,web%20page%20is%20rendered%20in%20your%20browser.%20 6. Afterwards, this step is important, only after IIS has been enabled in Windows Features I was able to download and install the ASP.NET Core 3.1 Runtime (v3.1.8) - Windows Hosting Bundle. Here is the link: https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download/dotnet-core/3.1 It is on the right side of the page... make sure to select Windows> "Hosting Bundle" 7. After the .NET Core Hosting Bundle is installed it is important to stop and restart the IIS Feature in Windows. Do this easily by bringing up a "Run" command using the Windows key + R. Then type or copy and paste this into the command box: iisreset /start Now press OK. Here is a link for those instructions: https://tecadmin.net/restart-iis-via-command-line/#:~:text=How%20to%20Restart%20IIS%20via%20Command%20Line.%201,3%203.%20ReStart%20IIS%20via%20Command%20Line%3A%20 8. Finally, its time to make sure the LaunchBox dependencies are in order... Install Direct X and check the .NET framework: * Direct X web installer: (dxwebsetup.exe) see attached file * .NET Framework web installer: (NDP461-KB3102438-Web.exe) see attached file (*note: if you followed the above instructions this should be already installed. Just use to verify then cancel out.) 9. Double check all the above steps and ensure all updates have been completed. 10. Restart your computer 11. Launch LaunchBox or BigBox and you should be good to go! I am running v11.5. I did not have to reinstall LB\BB as I already did that last night. Also note that I did not install any extra third party apps or bloatware to my computer when I reset Windows. Here are my computer specs: Dell / Alienware Aurora R8 Processor: Intel i9 9900K GPU: Nvidia RTX 2080Ti w/11GB GDDR6 VRAM RAM: 32 GB GDDR4 Windows Pro version 2004 ** I hope this will help everyone resolve these problems with the graphical glitches** Thanks, MuddyWaters79 LaunchBox Big Box 2020-09-16 13-45-29.mp4 LaunchBox 2020-09-16 13-38-49.mp4 dxwebsetup.exe NDP461-KB3102438-Web.exe

I just did a clean install on my GPU driver and no change... I will try to kill background processes. I recently just checked core and .net... maybe I can uninstall and reinstall? Also do you think reinstalling LaunchBox/ Bigbox would help?

I’m running NTFS on the external HD.