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I just finished my OpenBOR collection and can absolutely NOT recommend to merge paks into one build. While 70% of all games might run, a lot of games break if the used build is too new or too old when the game was developed. Remember, this is a game engine, not an emulator. Also, some games do not come in pak-, but in files-format. I used a very late v3 build, tested out if the game worked and looked alright without crashing, renamed the exe to the game title and imported all exe-files into Launchbox later on. If a build didn't work, it was ALWAYS because the OpenBOR build needed to be lower. So I worked through some older builds until it worked again - even then sometimes I had to use the OpenBOR exe provided with the pak-file instead. It's also important to create control configs for every OpenBOR option and rename the .cfg file in the Saves folder into "default", before you create new copies. That way you don't have to map keys everytime. Sadly those Default-Files are build-dependant, so you have to go through these for every OpenBOR option. I hope this helps anyone trying to get OpenBOR up and running.

Can you recommend a default controlling scheme for xbox gamepads when all buttons need to be mapped and which works for all games? Normally I would use the facebuttons, but sometimes there a too many actions... attack attack 2 attack 3 attack 4 jump special block I'd like to create a standard for every game and copy/rename the config files, as I don't want to go through every game/options menu.

Well, technically it's the same table with two different emulators/filetypes. But I guess the graphical appearance is quite different, so it's probably best to separate them.

Yeah, so how did you do it for your collection? Add an additional version for each table, choosing future pinball as emulator I guess? Maybe there is a bulk edit method to it instead of doing one table at a time, thats what I was wondering.

Thanks, I always download the backglass files as well to have everything ready for a 3-screen setup somewhen. After watching some Future Pinball videos I must say some tables look quite good, so I guess I will add this later on as a second option for some tables. I would like to import all table filetypes of both emulators in one run when everything is ready, to combine more than one table. Is it possible to tell launchbox "if vpx-Filetype, run with vpx" and "if future pinball-filetype, run with future pinball"?

Thanks for the writeup, this helps a lot. I did it like you guys and created extra folders per table to keep things organized. The only part I did differently: I've kept the version of the table in the folder name while renaming the vpx-file "Launchbox-Database-friendly". While the Baller Installer is a great option, I went the "hard route" as troubleshooting is far easier when you know how things are tied together. I guess I would use it on a cab though. While the whole software part is not portable... I guess if I run the baller installer on a new machine and copy the game-related folders (tables, roms, music, nvrams), it should at least boot up the table just like before, right? My idea is to make sure every table is running without errors, copy this game related stuff to a fresh install on a cab somewhen and "only" walk through the tables one more time to correct screen postions. Should this work or do I have to start from scratch?

Thanks. I was wondering about 2 things while setting things up: 1. What about portability of all of this pinball software stuff? I've installed everything into my Launchbox/Emulators directory but especially these additional DMD setups seem to write something into the windows registry. I try to keep everything portable in my LB built. Just changing the directory name from "Visual Pinball X" to "Visual Pinball" already broke everything and tables didn't run properly anymore. 2. Some games come with backglass files or media. I was wondering how your "tables" folder should look like? I mean is it better to just keep the .vpx and backglass files in the tables directory or did you create subfolders for each one including extrafiles like ultradmds or whatelse not. I noticed things get pretty messy if I just unpack every table in that folder if I don't check for extra files. Not sure what to keep. I think music files, if existing, are stored in the main directory, but some seemed to need subfolders whole others didn't. In the end most of the tables run but I'm a little lost whats the best folder structure to hold everything together nice and tidy.

It turned out VPforums-registration mailings do not work for some mail domains for whatever reason. Using a gmail-adress solved this.

How long did you guys have to wait for the account activation mail to get signed in properly to VPforums? I've been waiting for 12 hours now, admin-support didn't react either.

Ok thanks. Now before I enter this rabbit hole: is it possible to set this up for one usecase for now on my Launchbox built and copy all VPX related stuff to a virtual pinball cabinet and switch from one screen display to 3 screen display? I'd love to have everything ready for now, playing on the TV and somewhen with enough cash I'd like to invest in a full pinball cab and adress that one as well.

Thanks! Can I leave those vpx-files zipped? In the huge pack I found everthing in subfolders is tagged with different Visual Pinball versions. And another question, what about Future Pinball - would I miss some tables if I would skip that other software?

I don´t want to use Pinup Popper since in my usecase I will stick to single screen, landscape mode and want to simply import the bootup-files as games into Launchbox. Does this baller installer create files ready to import into Launchbox to boot the tables right up?

Same here. They were showing up in the side details bar before it broke. Still missing on 13.9. In RA everything is looking good.

I think this "game" causes the issue: https://gamesdb.launchbox-app.com/games/details/38157-players-edge-plus Launchbox imported 204 versions of it without merging it into one entry. EmuMovies has a hard time scrapping with every entry marked, it works fine without selecting those.

It didn´t continue the download queue. I´m going letter by letter now. So far this seems to work.

1 or 10 games worked fine for me.

Hello, I'm running my systems annually to refresh all media, but I´m stuck at the Arcade platform. 5562 games are adressed, my screen looks like this for 2 hours now with nothing happening: The blue bar is running like it should, but nothing happens. It says there are two errors though, looks like this: Sorry its german and says it couldn´t download 2 files since they already exist. I do not know if this causes the issue or what I should do to refresh my arcade media properly. Other platforms run fine.

Thanks, this worked. Yet I must say, Dosbox Pure is still flawed, lots of games still need manual setups and do not run as plug and play as with eXoDOS-installs. Having bezels, shaders and some added controller support is nice, yet in this state it´s far from perfect and a lot of trial & error. I would recommend to add a second MS-Dos platform called "MS-DOS DOSBox Pure" in Launchbox, add the zipped files and point the media to the default MS-DOS folders of the eXo-directories. That way it´s still possible to use good old eXoDOS if DOSBox Pure is giving too much trouble.

I use eXoDOS V5. How can I add those bezels? If I'm not mistaken, eXoDOS doesn't use Retroarch but standalone versions os Dosbox.

Since there are only 5 games for Supergrafx, I´ve fixed the bezels by myself. 1941 and Ghouls & Ghosts need so be set to 6:5 aspect ratio. SuperGrafx.zip

I´ve reached NEC Supergrafx. The mask files won´t fit those, would you be so kind and add a third mask file for Supergrafx-bezels?

https://emulation.gametechwiki.com/index.php/3DO_emulators

Hello guys, I would like to use my GPD WIN Max 2 as second screen, for example Wii U gamepad in Cemu, second screen in Citra or NDS. I searched a lot but didn´t find my exact scenario. Here is, what I would like to do: - Connect GPD WIN Max 2 as controller to my launchbox built on another system (including gyroscope) - Stream the picture of the Wii U Gamepad or Touchscreen of NDS/3DS to the GPD WIN Max 2-screen - default command in Launchbox to boot Wii U, NDS and 3DS games in this mode Has anyone tried this? I guess the same could be done with other Windows Handheld devices like the Steamdeck.

Alright, at least there is a pretty easy solution for Game Boy / Color 2player games: So you can add another emulator, name it to something like "Game Boy Multiplayer Option" and point it to Retroarch, select tgbdual_libreto core. I tried some games and it seems to work really well, exactly what I´m looking for - handheld multiplayer splitscreen action on one screen! Now, it supports only 2 players, but there were some 4 player games as well, which need to be handled differently. Also some games might not work, "Revenge of the Gator" didn´t seem to run the multiplayer mode, but I remember it was very picky on original hardware too. So the request is still open for: - 4 player Game Boy / Color games - Game Boy Advance Other handhelds come to mind, which would be cool on one screen: - Nintendo DS - Sony PSP So I´m still looking for some nice booting options.