OldSkool8bit

I actually couldn't do that bc the screen stayed black and even though it was open it wouldn't display. I ended up having to take the drive out and put it in another computer...navigate to drive and restore a backup from the backup folder

Encountered a new problem today and am completely lost. I built a mini pc dedicated to console games and have everything running off launchbox/bigbox. I have it set to boot straight into BigBox and when i started it today I was greated with "It appears that your LaunchBox\Data\Settings.xml file is corrupt. The loading video will then load but then it just go completely black. I can't access anything...I cant do anything except reboot the PC (using Cntrl + Alt + Delete on Keyboard) and then I run into the same issue. Is there any other way to disable it going straight into BigBox at each restart? Ive tried holding down as well as continually pressing the F8 key to try to get it to start in Safe Mode but nothing is working. Like I said 0 issue on what to do in order to get the PC to boot into windows and not BigBox so I can fix the corrupt xml file.

Sony Playstation 4 PS4 Platform Theme Video View File Platform Theme Video for the PS4 / Sony Playstation 4 Submitter OldSkool8bit Submitted 04/27/2025 Category Platform Theme Videos  

When I start my pc corsair iCue software loads up and fans on arcade change colors but as soon as I start bigbox iCue seems to stop working and arcade fans turn back white Any idea on what might be going on?

@JoeViking245 I actually just solved the issue by downloading and installing a fresh version of LB. This installed all the files i seemed to be missing and what ibtransferred from the removeable drive works now

I have never seen this issue before but I setup a new launchbox instance on a removable drive...connected it to a new pc...tried starting both launchbox and bigbox but the error in the attachment. No clue what to do or how to resolve this

@JoeViking245 thank you...Do I need to specify the drive of where the bigbox.exe is that I want to close or will it just search all drives/running programs for bigbox.exe?

Long story short I have a bigbox version that has all my arcade games on....I could not get the sinden light gun games to work well so I bought a drive which had all of them pre-configured The gun drive has another instance of bigbox on it and I can't just simply copy it to mine as it breaks alot of the configurations. I tried creating an ahk to open up the gun bigbox.exe when I want to play gun games but I get an error that a version of bigbox is already running. I need help with an ahk that will in a sense kill the version of bigbox my arcade games are on and then open up the bigbox.exe of the drive the gun games are on. I can't figure it out and would greatly appreciate any help.

BigBox Console Startup Video View File I didn't reinvent the wheel here but took a few different startup videos and made some modifications to them to give it a unique feel and then rendered it in 4k out of after effects. Hope you enjoy Submitter OldSkool8bit Submitted 06/22/2024 Category Startup Videos  

So quick clarifying question as I have seen conflicting information. I know I can use a 3mu file for games with multiple iso disks....but what about chd's? I have a few systems where some games have multiple chd's for them and my ocd only wants one icon in launchbox for the game. Can I follow the same procedures and create a single source (of multiple chd disks) using chd's and 1 3mu?

I was missing some bezels and ended up taking some bezels found on here and trying multiple ways to get them to work...however what I am noticing is the game appears to be sitting above the overlay. This is only happening with the test one I did for Air Galett. I know i can adjust the size of the screen in the Slider Options but the bezel has a sligh curve in it and the overlay should be sitting on top of the game. I have even opened the image in Photoshop and made sure the area where the game should be is transparent. No clue why this is happening and any help would be greatly appreciated.

Have redream premium and running into issues with VMU issues only while in LB for 2 games (Soul Caliber and MvC2). If I am in the redream emulator (outside of LB) I can load all the games fine, no issues. Also according to the Save menu in Redream I have plenty of blocks left. When I go into to Dreamcast in LB or BB and start either Soul Caliber or MvC2 I get stuck at the loading screen stating I need to create a save file and to press Start to do so...when I press start nothing happens, and yes I have verified the buttons are mapped correctly. Every other dreamcast game I have in LB/BB run w/o issue. I have even tried deleting the saves as well as exporting them to differrent VMUs but nothing helps. Just lost as to what is causing this issue in LB/BB and not in the emulator when ran standalone.

@skizzosjt @JoeViking245 I FINALLY GOT IT. I appreciate the help. Even if you couldnt help much with V2 the help you gave from a V1 standpoint helped me think of commands in a different light. I will leave the entire script here in case someone else has an issue/need for this. Again what this script will do...Load a game and your preconfigured keyboard keys mapped to xbox controls (which you have to do manually and reach out if you need help) in Keyboard Splitter, and then allow the AHK V2 script to continually run allowing you to play the game as much as you want with your arcade stick and buttons acting as virtual controllers. When you stop the game Keyboard Splitter as well as the script will automatically stop. I wanted to use Keyboard Splitter because it is DirectInput which allows my LED Blinky program to still light up buttons in LaunchBox/BigBox when playing through the FE as LED Blinky doesnt work with XInput. SetKeyDelay 200 Run("C:\Keyboard Splitter\KeyboardSplitter.exe") Sleep 4000 Send("{Alt}") Send("{Right 4}") Send("{Down}") Sleep 1000 Send("{Right}") Sleep 1000 Send("{Down}") Send("{Enter}") Sleep 2000 Send("{Tab}") Send("{Enter}") Sleep 35000 if ProcessExist("mk11.exe") loop { if ProcessExist("mk11.exe") Continue Sleep 3000 Send("{Tab}") Send("{Enter}") Send("{Tab}") Send("{Enter}") Send("{Enter}") ExitApp() }