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I got it working finally. For some reason my .dat was missing many of the roms that should have been included in each .zip. I created a new one and this time they were there. Now I'll see if these 4-way games play any better on my 8-way sticks with that enhancement in this RA core. Thanks @JoeViking245

Thanks! Yeah I still don't feel very confident that I'm using the program correctly, even after watching multiple tutorials. I'll take a look at the text of the dat to see what's different from my set.

I actually did not use the MAME.xml, only the dat download option and used that exclusively to rebuild the set in Clrnamepro. By creating the mame.xml would I just create a profile from that instead of using the dat? Or am I going about this all wrong and need to use both?

Posted on discord, but thought I'd see if anyone here knows how to help. I used the arcadeitalia's site to filter 4-way games and compile a .dat with the results from MAME 0.78, which is what it seems the mame2003plus reference set was based. I'm using this dat in Clrnamepro to try and rebuild the set by matching my source set as non-merged in the scanner. Even though the end result appears correct with the proper game names from my list, it always results in games with missing files that become unplayable (Pac-Man/puckman as an example). It doesn't seem to matter how I set the merge type for the destination either. I thought this method would be the easiest way to get my new set of only 4-way games, but I'm sure I'm doing something wrong. Any tips would be greatly appreciated! Thanks.

Thanks Joe!

Well, I tried starting from scratch and named my platform "Sega Naomi" and imported all of the games from the individual categories into one but I still didn't get the platform media and data to load. No big deal I suppose. I'll just have to look for the Naomi platform info manually.

Maybe I should start over, delete the games and use the demul importer again to correctly name Naomi GDROM and cartridge to a single "Sega Naomi", and maybe then my platform data will be properly imported to display as yours does? Just thought there might be an easier way since I already sifted through my games.

Ok so I'm getting the images and metadata for all of the games, but my "Edit Platform" window does not look like yours at all. I'm missing virtually every field and can't figure out how to import this data. I actually wish there was a way to clean up the platforms so it's listed like yours: Just one platform for "Sega Naomi" and another for "Sega Naomi 2". Here's my screenshot of the missing data:

Ok thanks. But how do I get the actual system media for Naomi to download automatically when I scrape? It looks like the game data/media went through ok but I'm not getting anything (clear logo, videos, etc) for Naomi. Do I need to rename the category for launchbox to see it correctly? Right now the platform is titled "Naomi Cartridge"

I imported several systems from demul using @JoeViking245 awesome importer plugin and created new platforms for the systems just as they are recognized by demul. For example I have separate platforms for "Naomi Cartridge" and "Naomi GDRom". The problem is I can't get any metadata imported because I think it's looking for "Sega Naomi". I don't know what to try other than possibly merging the two platform categories into a single "Sega Naomi" listing. I have "scrape as" set to arcade, although I also tried setting this to Sega Naomi and the platform metadata and media isn't there, but it IS for all of the games. What should I do or try to correct this? Thanks.

Actually, I tried the BB option to "hide mouse for all apps" and that seems to solve the problem. Although, I'm not sure yet if this will create a problem with other platforms that are lightgun games.

Hello, I'm running an AHK to launch a game that calls for nomousy.exe to hide the cursor. I have absolutely no issues running the game from Launchbox, but every time I launch from Bigbox the mouse cursor appears when I move the mouse. I've toggled some of the BB mouse settings and can't figure out what is overriding my nomousy specifically in Bigbox, since I'm having no issues in Launchbox with this script. Is there something I need to add to my AHK to make this not happen? Here's my script: https://pastebin.com/MDcL5iah

Yeah sorry, realized that I should have probably asked somewhere else....after I posted, lol.

Looks like another great plugin! My roms are not yet imported into LB and were all in zipped format. I just extracted them but they are now in separate folders named after each game, and the roms are GDI. How should I import these into LB so I can use the plugin?

No dice with that either...But, I checked the box in the additional apps that says "wait for exit" and it at least allows the game to load correctly, eventually: takes an extremely long time to load that game...like 15 seconds or so.

Was that checkbox even an option for you? Does it actually start it and send it to the taskbar (if checked)? Yes, it does start directly to the system tray, does not even display in taskbar with this checked. If you don't use the additional app, does your game start full screen and in focus? Yes, works normally. [With the additional app in place] try disabling the startup screen. Any change? No change When you have to Alt+Tab to the non-fullscreen game to bring it in focus, can you see what application you're Alt+Tabbing from? (The application that is stealing focus) It's almost like it's stuck on windows explorer, when I alt-tab the last displayed window of windows explorer is what I'm tabbing from (even though it's not showing on screen, just a black screen in bigbox or last screen view in launchbox) Is the Alt+Tab thing required in BigBox only? Or do you need to do that when launching the game from LaunchBox as well? I have to do it in bigbox as my taskbar does not display, but in launchbox mame will not go fullscreen even though I see it launched in the taskbar. I can alt-tab to mame or just select it from the taskbar below with the mouse. Can you show the script you're using to launch the Sinden software? https://pastebin.com/wq2PZ8GM In the emulator Startup Screen settings that you're using for the game(s) you load the Sinden software with, Is Hide All Windows that are not in Exclusive Fullscreen Mode box checked? Try the opposite. No change, although got excited when I saw this option!

Unfortunately it doesn't help in my case. So maybe it's more of an issue with the Sinden software. Was hoping there was something I could do in the scripting itself to force launchbox as the main window and keep in the foreground. Thanks Joe.

Do you guys know how to have an AHK run as an additional app to launch software in the background and keep it in the background? I'm running a script to launch Sinden software before games but Launchbox and Bigbox seem to lose focus on actually keeping those apps as background processes, and the game never launches Fullscreen, but I see it below in the taskbar. In Bigbox I have to Alt-tab my way out of a completely black screen, even though all processes are running, just not in the right sequence I guess?

Just got your bulk removal app too, thanks for making those!

Hah, good point, thanks for the tips!

Excellent, thanks! But can you use the plugin to open multiple apps? Sindens require 2 separate instances of the software to run for 2 guns. I'm guessing that's pushing the limits of relying on launchbox to startup. Maybe I need to learn how to create AHKs, lol.

Thanks Joe, just thinking out loud again, but I wonder if you can use the bulk edit mode to select all of the applicable lightgun games (in MAME for example) and use the additional app feature to launch the Sinden software? Haven't tried this yet as I'm currently at work, but if you can bulk edit + add additional apps I think I'll try that...

I'm wondering the same thing as OP. Isn't another option to use the windows task scheduler to start the Sinden software on boot? I also thought there was an "additional apps" feature in LB that you could use to start the Sinden exe?

Got it thanks. It's all done downloading, wasn't as bad as the progress bar made it seem. I'll explore some themes. Do you know if there is one similar to Hyperspin? That's what I had before, just made me switch

Scraping media now for MAME, and just got the lifetime membership for EmuMovies and have the lifetime Launchbox license. During import I left most everything checked for media scraping, but as I'm watching this huge download take place I'm wondering what the EmuMovies game video themes is actually for. Doesn't the video snap normally play to preview games in Bigbox, not the game theme video? I'm wondering if those are more for Hyperspin setups?