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hmm ok thanks it looks like it may be best to keep things simple and leave RA to read the .opt file. Thanks Headrush

ah thanks Headrush, that's created an .opt file just for the game which now has the different setting I needed! I wonder just for completeness is it possible to pass the filename of this .opt file from LB to RA, just to "formalise" it (I much prefer LB to run the show and spoon-feed RA what it needs to do, rather than letting RA recognise the incoming game filename and look for the .opt file itself). Even better would be if LB could override the specific parameter atari800_system = "400/800 (OS B)" just for this game but I doubt you can pass this low level of override to RA.

Thanks JoeViking, that's very useful to read. I think what might make this more difficult is it's the same core "Atari - 5200 (Atari800)" but two different options I want (the core lets you choose between different "Atari Systems" such as 400/800, 800XL, 130XE, etc.) so I want some games to use one option and some to use another, unless you were suggesting having two copies of the same core, but one core set to one option (400/800) and the other core set to the the other option (800XL)?

Some of the games in my Atari 800 collection need the 400/800 system, some require the 800XL system. I can swap from one to the other manually using the RetroArch Core Options but I wondered if there was a way of passing/overriding this setting from LB to RA.

Ach yes that makes sense. Quickly scrolling through all the default 3D Box images it doesn't look like much if anything has been affected, although for example EmuMovies has confused the two "Mystery" games and downloaded the same video clip for them both (one's a Mario-like game and one's a gem puzzle game) although the two LaunchBox IDs are different and correct, but I guess EM would have done this anyway as I believe it doesn't recognise LB IDs.

I'm sure you'll not be too annoyed if I post up and join the dozens of people who have said WOW, THANK YOU for such an unimaginable effort to curate and develop the C64 Dreams project. I've browsed through all 43 pages of this thread and the attention to detail and care you put into so many aspects of this project is astounding. And the unwavering support you give in problem solving, advice, and taking suggestions on board really is quite remarkable. I've downloaded the project and with a little shoe-horning have managed to incorporate it into my existing LB without too much trouble. Admittedly I'm not interested in the non-game aspects of the project, so the magazines etc didn't make it across and so I flattened out the Parent structure so "Commodore 64" appears normally as a platform in my list. Once it was up and running, a simple refresh media and the EmuMovies video clips and other media came straight down, where they were available. C64 also looks good in BigBox! So thanks once again and keep up the fantastic work and enthusiasm!!

I've added a few MS-DOS games and love the box images, however some of the games have a rotatable 3D box, but not an individual 3D Box image (for the "3D Boxes" image group). Long shot but is it at all possible to create a single 3D Box image from the rotatable 3D box? And in bulk?! Most of the rotatable 3D Box images look perfect for the "3D Boxes" image group!

It seemed to fix itself, still using the Default Plus theme. Happy days!

Thanks C-Beats. I didn’t think that different themes may/may not remember. I’ll experiment with a couple of others to see if they do remember.

I've just downloaded these amazing Lights Out overlays for RetroArch and notice that the shader preset used for the game screen itself is no longer supported. I've tried other slang ones which look ok but the scales/offsets are always incorrect due to each platform overlay having a different sized TV image. Does anyone use the Lights Out overlays successfully with slang CRT-style shaders? Also, is it possible to pass the platform-specific overlay config filename from Launchbox to RetroArch, e.g. in the "manage emulators -> associated platforms" dialog like you can with shaders (e.g. --set-shader)?

Just updated to 13.6 and noticed that the width that I drag both the left panel (platforms) and the right panel (game details) doesn't get remembered the next time I start up LB. They both go quite narrow when I start up again. Using the Default Plus theme. Can't remember if it used to do this or not...?

Sorry to resurrect this thread - I noticed that when updating to MAME 0.251 and 0.252, LB imports the machine bios files again (like "10R Rockwell" and "18R: Memory"). Just to make sure I wasn't missing anything I pretended to do another Import MAME Full Set and I couldn't see any option not to import bios files. What have I done wrong?

Hi - is there a way to only download certain media categories on a per-platform basis? What I mean is, in my Arcade platform for example, I don't want any cart images/disc images/etc. but I do want to have screenshots and box images, however in my Atari Jaguar platform I do want to have cartridge images. I know these are controlled by the tick boxes when importing media of course, but is there a way to fix different settings to different platforms, or do I just need to remember what to tick and what to untick whenever I do an image refresh? Many thanks for any help.

Hi - is there any way of keeping a record of your high score, other than an Excel spreadsheet or using pen and paper? I'm thinking across all platforms, not just the MAME highscore, or the retro achievements functionality. I was hoping there'd be something where you can just type in your high score to keep a record of it (being honest of course!) so you can try to beat it next time you play.

Thanks JoeViking - I think you're right, just excluding the folders from the backup is easiest. Thanks for your response

Hi everyone, my first post here. Loving LaunchBox and especially the community. Came to LB after abandoning GameBase due to sadly not being able to get it working with Windows 11. Anyway, all my LB is set up on an external USB drive, and I use SyncBackPro to mirror it onto another external USB drive for backup. When I did my first backup I noticed it had naturally copied over hundreds of megs of cached images from the Cache-LB and -BB folders. I thought it would be good if I could clear out all temporary folders/files from my primary LB installation before backing up, just to save time and a gigabyte or so. Is there an easy way to do this, other than writing a simple .bat file to clear out the \LaunchBox\Images\Cache-LB and \Cache-BB folders? Also are there any other temporary files I could remove? I realise I can exclude certain folders from the backup profile but I thought it'd be good to freshen up my primary system at the same time. Thanks for any help