Elmo80

Day 3 with premium and things are getting worse. The import wizard no longer provides the option to select whether or not the file is either copied or left in the destination folder, e.g. i've used tools/import rom file and drop and drag into the console category and the wizard skips the option that was once there. The only option for me to import bulk roms is to a) check the automatic imports box which automatically wants to import all these random roms i don't want and make a huge mess of my setup (as per the first post) or b) dump the roms in the launch game folder and try and remember the hundred i've saved amongst all the other roms which is simply rediculous. When you get to the import wizard download meta data box, if you click back, it does bring up the option to copy or move file but when you do click on move file it doesn't. It leaves the file in the destination. Surley this is a glitch? How do i now install bulk roms as per was allowable in the wizard prior to the update? This is really dissapointing and i don't seem to be getting much helpfrom LaunchBox. If i paid $15 or $20aud for life membership for something glitchy then fair enough but $115aud for what is honestly a bit of a car crash at the momment is a worry. I hope for a fast improve.

Further to the above. I opened up LaunchBox today and it automatically started downloading rom's i don't own for NES. In addition, wiped all images from the and started downloading everything again which was not prompted. I'm having a tough time, day 2 with premium.

I’ve recently been spending hours setting up several consoles and Mame on Launchbox. Apart from the bezels being mostly unsuccessful on rom imports probably because of mismatch rom names, everything has been really great, so on that basis I bought the full licence to take advantage of the extra Launchbox features and BigBox. The following day after purchasing the license, I opened up Launchbox and an automatic update for 13.13 started. I received an error message indicating Launchbox could not close all applications and the update failed. I could no longer open launch box after that, it would crash every time i tried to open. I’m using a new install of Windows 11 with all updates complete with decent hardware (I think). Could I have done something incorrect? I tried copying in the last saved backup but unfortunately that didn’t fix this issue. I had no alternative to uninstall Launchbox and start from scratch again. This sucked because of all the hours I put in setting things up. Given my limited knowledge I figured everything would be lost. The backup would hopefully help a new install. I appreciate things can get a bit temperamental with software and this program is continually improving/expanding. However, is this a common issue with Launchbox automatic updates? At $115, it does cost allot for an Aussie and the day one experience of premium was a rough one for me and suspect it’s a rare occurrence. Perhaps I’m too hopeful updates should always be seamless? But………….. when I uninstalled Launchbox most of the system folders remained and after installing a fresh Launchbox 3.13 all my setup was still in place and works great! Big relief to say the least! Well done if that’s a deliberate way of setting up the uninstall/install application.

Worked perfectly - Thanks!

Hi, i have limited understanding of how all things MAME work but have found Launchbox to be pretty idiot proof with importing a MAME full romset and getting it up and running successfully through the wizard. It's really impressive. I'm hoping someone can help me understand a couple things in relation to setting up Mame games that require CHD files: 1. Do i have to download the full Mame CHD set or is there a way or a source for me to simply pick and choose the ones i want to play? I don't really want to download the whole Mame CHD set which seems like it is one zip file via torrent given it's a significant size; and 2. Where do you save the CHD files? say i have all the *.zip Mame game files in lauchbox\games\Mame 0.265 folder, do i save the CHD file in that folder or do i need to insert within the specific *.zip game file. Thanks in advance

Thanks for the response. That suggestion worked perfectly! Hopefully ok to ask another question. Having only previously used Retropie the shaders are limited in the Pi version of Retroarch. There seems to be a significant number more at hand in the PC version. I’m outputting on HDMI to either a 60 inch led TV or 32 inch gaming LCD screen. Is there a preferable shader used by the majority for NES, SNES, N64 on larger screens? I opted for the Brzfast curve on the Pi. This is a great package very impressed for my first go at it. Thanks JJ

Hi, I’m new to launchbox and I’m having trouble getting NeoGeo games to load. I have version 13 of launchbox and all the YouTube videos and web searches refer to previous versions so not quite the same steps. I have a working set of Roms and Bios. They were working on Retropie using Retroarch. They also work on Retroarch installed on my PC so the problem is with launchbox specifically. I have installed the following cores in Retroarch FB Alpha 2012 CPS–1, CPS –2, CPS–3, FB Alpha Neo Geo, FB Alpha 2012, FinalBurn Neo. Ive imported the roms including the bios under SNK Neo Geo, using Retroarch as the emulator and the core being loaded is fbalpha2012_neogeo_libretro. When I click on a game nothing happens. Any suggestions?