EMUDL082

HI, I see this is an old topic, however after watching ETA Prime's video on Daphne and Launch Box, Reading lots of posts, and seeing this bat file, with some edits I got it all working! I had to make changes to the file to run different switches in the command for each game (though lordmonkus bat is more streamlined using common commands and just setting the bank switch as a variable, I couldn't get it to work with all the games for some reason): The top part of the file refers to the name of each framefile then branches to the launch command with options. I found that if you set all your options in the Daphne Loader, launch a game, then look at the log in the Daphne folder (daphne_log.txt) you can see the actual command the loader is sending, and you can copy that to your bat file. My Daphne folder is on my root (C:\Daphne) Here is my bat file, you would need to edit to your installation and preferences: Note: I found changing the resolution from default 640X480 did NOT seem to make any difference in the image screen quality (setting to 1080 generated an error in the log). The resolution settings only seemed to make a difference if you don't enforce the aspect ratio, and the difference being to fill the whole screen when using 16:10 or 16:9 monitor. Also setting the precache option seemed to make the games run to fast. Command line switches are similar across all the games, but are game and rom specific, for me it was best to run each game out of Daphne and get the correct commands to avoid issues. Space Ace only worked right with the enhancement rom. Last note - Launch Box miss-identified most of the games, I think based on the framefile text file name, so I had to edit each one and get the right art, and change the platform from arcade to Daphne, but after manually updating the the LB metadata it was fine. (DAPHNE.bat) @echo off Rem -fullscreen -x 1280 -y 960 Rem CD Daphne if "%1" == "lair" goto dragon if "%1" == "dl2-framefile" goto dragon2 if "%1" == "ace" goto space if "%1" == "rb" goto roadblaster if "%1" == "cobra" goto cobra if "%1" == "astron" goto astron if "%1" == "sdq" goto sdq goto end :dragon daphne.exe dle21 vldp -framefile C:\Daphne\vldp_dl\lair\lair.txt -blank_searches -min_seek_delay 1000 -seek_frames_per_ms 20 -homedir C:\Daphne -bank 0 11011000 -bank 1 00110110 -sound_buffer 2048 -fullscreen -x 640 -y 480 -opengl goto end :dragon2 daphne.exe lair2 vldp -framefile C:\Daphne\vldp_dl\lair2\dl2-framefile.txt -blank_searches -min_seek_delay 1000 -seek_frames_per_ms 20 -homedir C:\Daphne -sound_buffer 2048 -fullscreen -x 640 -y 480 -opengl goto end :space daphne.exe sae vldp -framefile C:\Daphne\vldp_dl\ace\ace.txt -blank_searches -min_seek_delay 1000 -seek_frames_per_ms 20 -homedir C:\Daphne -bank 0 10011000 -bank 1 01000110 -sound_buffer 2048 -fullscreen -x 640 -y 480 -opengl goto end :roadblaster daphne.exe roadblaster vldp -framefile C:\Daphne\vldp_dl\rb\rb.txt -blank_searches -min_seek_delay 1000 -seek_frames_per_ms 20 -homedir C:\Daphne -bank 0 00000000 -bank 1 00000101 -sound_buffer 2048 -fullscreen -x 640 -y 480 -opengl goto end :cobra daphne.exe cobraab vldp -framefile C:\Daphne\vldp_dl\cobra\cobra.txt -blank_searches -min_seek_delay 1000 -seek_frames_per_ms 20 -homedir C:\Daphne -bank 0 00000000 -bank 1 00011000 -sound_buffer 2048 -fullscreen -x 640 -y 480 -opengl goto end :astron daphne.exe astron vldp -framefile C:\Daphne\vldp_dl\astron\astron.txt -blank_searches -min_seek_delay 1000 -seek_frames_per_ms 20 -homedir C:\Daphne -bank 0 00000000 -bank 1 00000000 -sound_buffer 2048 -fullscreen -x 640 -y 480 -opengl goto end :sdq daphne.exe sdq vldp -framefile C:\Daphne\vldp_dl\sdq\sdq.txt -blank_searches -min_seek_delay 1000 -seek_frames_per_ms 20 -homedir C:\Daphne -bank 0 00010000 -bank 1 00000000 -sound_buffer 2048 -fullscreen -x 640 -y 480 -opengl goto end :end exit

Thank you so much!! I've been clicking around randomly for hours!!!!!

Hey I am new to Launchbox too, it did take over a full day to import my full MAME .219. In review, I think there were some problems at EmuMovies as well which didn't help. I had to re-start the process a couple times, but the last time worked, though as I mentioned, it still took over a full day, I think it was closer to two days.

So got launchbox about two weeks ago now - Imported my MAME (219 cause that's what I could find) and have 2000+ games, many that I don't want. I did do the filter on import, so got rid of a lot.... I see the option to delete by right clicking the game. Does that delete just from launch box, and my guess is it will come back if I re-scan roms right? Is there a way to "hide" the game without deleting it? My guess might be to make a custom list? Also, I've got all the default lists like publisher, Capcom classics, Data East, etc. Can these be edited or how do I make a custom list? One example is there are several "SNK" under publisher (SNK / Ambilo or whatever). I would like to consolidate all SNK to just "SNK." Is that possible? If you know of links to you tube videos and that is easier than explaining, paste a link and I'm happy to watch a video. Thanks!

I am having similar issues, 24+ hours to import Full Mame Set, plus errors. I think the problem is at EmuMovies.

I've noticed the same thing, I do not think you can change it.

Try a fresh install of LaunchBox on a different computer and see if you have the same issues with the menu. Might be a good starting point.

Is it normal for Launchbox/BigBox to take 24+ hours to download art from EmuMovies? (Importing full MAME set) Is there a problem at EMUMovies? Should I reboot? Seems to be really excessive, also getting occasional errors like -

OK, I sorta see how to do that, can I edit / combine the existing play lists, or do I have to make new ones?

I am new too, but guessing you haven't downloaded the art from emumovies, when you import it should ask you. However you must have a membership, and a premium membership to get the videos. Of course you can use your own and add manually. Not sure that what is going on, but that is my guess.

(Using BigBox) Only doing MAME, so doesn't make sense to sort by platform. I would like to sort by companies, like SNK, DataEast, IRem, etc. How do I do that? Alternatively, might add Daphne (MAME and Daphne), but still doesn't make sense to sort by platform, how should I set it up?

I would think a 4th gen intel i5 or newer based PC would be fine. Like dell 3020/7020/9020 i5-4590 8 GB Ram 1TB SSD GT 1030 should work for video with advanced shaders This is sorta a minimum. I use this config for MAME, SNES, NES, Sega with no problems. But my Main desktop is a lot beefier.