Bucky

I see. heard about this a while back. I heard Launchbox had paid tiers where you pay and get enhanced features,. I saw there was one where you pay once and get everything including movie previews forever. Thought about picking that up at some point.

I assumed when it said they meant Big Box, don't you need to pay for that? EDIT: Yup! It's exactly what I thought, a paid tier. But don't worry. I'll be picking up Big Box soon enough. Skipping Premium.

Believe I've heard of this before. I may have even tried this though I can't remember. For Demul I'm currently using CRTGeoMOD.exe but it's a copy pasted build. 😅 I don't necessarily need the filters rn, so I'll try this. It won't nuke my existing setup will it? I'm thinking it's one of those things that gets added to the LB menu?

Oh lol I didn't know that's what it's called, huh, I thought it was just Edit menu from the Edit button. I learn something new every day! Either way we both had the same idea about the general area; you were talking about Startup Screen mine is still disabled. Won't let me uncheck any of those boxes.

That's with Big Box isn't it? My option is greyed out.

Got one for ya. Shoutout to @JoeViking245 ! This person did me a solid by getting me thoroughly set up with Demul. The tutorial Joe provided was concise and easy to follow. Well done! That said, though, I have an additional suggestion of my own! After initial setup ofc. Once importing is done, make certain there's a primary/single Demul emulator listed with all of the command-line parameters laid out like so: Check Default Emulator if you wish to make Demul your main, and make sure that Extract ROMs stays unchecked. In the Details section, make sure your (Demul) emulator is named, point the Application Path to demul.exe, Remember to check Remove file extension and folder path and Remove space before ROM. Now that we’ve finished installing Demul Prime, here’s my nuanced tip: Delete all other instances of Demul i.e. Demul - Naomi Cartridge System, Demul - Naomi GDROM, Demul - Atomiswave, etc. This reduces clutter, creates a cleaner UI for quicker access to your apps, and most importantly, your Demul ROMs will continue to run as usual while staying organized under the platform sections you’ve created using Demul Game Importer. I hope this helps—just my way of giving back to the community! ✌️

Yeah, no need to worry. I've moved on from this project and am now focused on the way easier RetroArch. Compared to Demul, adding bezels to RetroArch is a breeze.

This is for the latest Demul release designed specifically for Hikaru games, and it’s definitely a powerful platform! I’m looking for a concise yet efficient piece of code, if possible. Btw is Demul the only one that can run these games? I'm curious since I dabbled in RetroArch (Flycast) for Naomi roms.

Yeah, this worked like a beauty! Good shit. Many Thanks! I forgot to ask I'm skimming old posts and it had me wondering... I saw another thread after posting this one indicating Alt+F4 is the same as pushing "End Process". In other words, a violent intrusive way of shutting down the emulator. I thought it was more akin to pushing "X" at the top of the window or File>Exit but then again what do I know Is it true that process is the brutal shutdown method? If so, I'd ask for a script that mimics pushing the X button at the top right of the window or File>Exits Something tells me that this isn't the case and I could be overthinking it. Please, let me know if this is a normal exit procedure if it is, this issue can be put to bed. Once again, I appreciate the fix!

LB is set to read the bat file, but iit won't respond to the universal escape command I set for the emulator, I wind up having to hit Alt+F4 to exit. Would like to change that! So far my bat file says this: cd /d "%~dp0" IF NOT "%~1"=="" set rom=%~n1 DEL .\reshade-shaders\Textures\bezel.png copy .\Artwork\naomi\mvsc2u.png .\reshade-shaders\Textures\bezel.png START nomousy.exe /hide START /wait Demul07_CRTGeomMOD.exe -run=naomi -rom=mvsc2u START nomousy.exe EXIT I would like to add a line of code that enables me to assign the close/exit command Alt+F4 close to the Esc button.

I see, I appreciate you trying to help me. If an answer arises at some point in the future I'll post it here to help others.

I appreciate all your help, you've been great throughout all of this! I should clarify, what I meant was your code eliminates the repairs needed window. My theory was if there is a way to loop the app close command exclusively twice then maybe the first command closes repairs needed and the second will finish the job by minimizing the EA App. It's a guess though nothing more, I think what you're saying is it wouldn't work because the parameters are set one way and aren't meant to close more than once? Thanks, I definitely have both versions installed now, turns out I was using version 1. The EADesktop shenanigans persisted but at least I have an up to date autohotkey dash. Good looking out on the tip! Typing the games ID in the application launch window rather than the shortcut makes for less clutter.

It looks like we're getting closer! (EA App) On Steam I've done some extensive testing, created an ahk file, created a bat file all in the service of minimizing the app. The steam app still opens up a window and refuses to retreat to the system tray. Remember the goal is to get it in the tray after I exit any random steam game. As for EA Origin, good news is that ahk file you gave me closes the "Repairs Needed" window. But the app itself stays open. I feel like we're getting close! Is there a way to get the parameters to repeat twice within the ahk file? In other words whatever code is needed to minimize EADesktop, minimize EADesktop again. The repairs needed window is normal when mods are installed.

Hitting "All Files" when trying to select the ahk file worked. I remember doing it before but some how forgot, thanks for jogging my memory! As for Steam I did try turning off in-game overlay but the problem still persists. Wanna bet whatever is preventing EA Desktop App from closing is related to Steam being unable to close upon game launch? Me thinks we figure out one of these it solves the other. For the ahk file from your previous post, where do I edit in the file paths for MassEffect.exe and EADesktop.exe? The ahk file would need the directories/paths for where my files are wouldn't it? Sorry for the delayed response I got distracted.

My steam does, just trying to minimize it. Everytime I open a game the steam app comes up and when I close game it's still there. This a Windows 11 thing? Btw I tried to seek the ahk file again from LB application path however it wouldn't recognize the file extension. Again, I'm starting to wonder if it's something to do with the OS.