Jason Carr

That's interesting. How'd you pull that off, @Mute64? Can you screenshot us the configuration or something? :)

Thank you Amiga, it sounds great! :)

Yes, we can change it to the name of your YouTube channel. Email me at jason@unbrokensoftware.com and I can get a new license out to you. :)

Thanks, @GamingOldGuy. Good to know. :)

Thanks @Jazzphone. I agree that we need to display a message or something for when there's no results. I like your "Did you mean?" idea as well, though that would take some significant work so that probably won't happen soon. We should put in a ticket for it though. :)

Thank you @fromlostdays. Keep in mind that I've actually simplified this even further now. If you remove your Rocket Launcher emulator in LaunchBox, and then add a new one to replace it, you'll see that Rocket Launcher is now in the list with the latest beta. Selecting it will automatically populate all the right settings (saving you from having to manually add the path to LaunchBox, etc.). :)

Unfortunately additional apps don't support bulk editing for the moment. I am a bit confused why this is an issue with Retroarch though; on my Windows 10 machines the mouse is automatically hidden whenever I start up Retroarch in full screen. Are you not using full screen @Sithel?

Hi @Zombeaver, you're correct that this is currently the best method (though you shouldn't have to uncheck emulation iirc). To be honest, I usually start by importing everything as DOS games for use in DOSBox and only switch a game to ScummVM if it happens to play better there. Unfortunately the problem with ScummVM is there's no way to automatically identify which game it is from the folder using their automated command-line options, and ScummVM requires you to manually specify which game it is. So if you happen to have your ScummVM folders named properly with the name of the game, an import process would be feasible, but otherwise, there's no good way to handle it.

Hi @Domarius, I won't discourage you from writing your own frontend, but I would say that instead of writing your own you could re-theme Big Box to work better for CRTs. Big Box visuals can now be fully customized so in theory everything should work great that way. What features are missing from Big Box that you're looking to implement?

The hardware isn't really set in stone yet as I'll probably be upgrading some things after I receive the cabinet. It probably won't be anything too amazing though, to be honest, as it'll mostly just be for playing MAME and older console games.

Agreed, @Rincewind. I'll see if I can get a closeup of the cab.

Hi y2j, unfortunately I haven't added a setting for the default view yet, but that is on my list to do soon. :)

I agree, we should remove the ScummVM platform entirely from the games database. I think that's just a relic from TheGamesDB.net. ScummVM indeed is not a platform at all. Thankfully, removing the ScummVM platform won't do anything to prevent games from playing in LaunchBox. ScummVM is currently always manually configured (there is currently no ScummVM import process), so there's nothing to worry about there. Ideally we would change the platform for anything in the ScummVM platform to the correct one, and then I can delete the platform.

Hi @Falcon, my hunch is that it's related to the VLC video playback engine. Try changing it to Windows Media Player under the Big Box Video options and see if that helps.

Hi @djwar, yes, that is available. Just have to map a key or a joystick button to "Switch View" in the Big Box options under Keyboard Mappings or Controller Buttons.

Hehehe, thanks @Hamfighter. I'm glad overall everything is working out well. MAME can be configured to save states automatically (for most games) as well as use bezel artwork and the like. Unfortunately LaunchBox doesn't yet help you with that stuff, so it has to be configured in MAME. Same with controls. I think for the bezels it's as easy as finding the bezel artwork package to download and putting it in the right folder. Automatically saving states is buried somewhere in the MAME options. Sorry I don't have more detailed answers for you; my MAME configuration knowledge is a bit rusty. ;)

Thanks @bundangdon. I have more confirmations that RL is working fine with the latest betas in the beta testing thread. @dorr35, unfortunately I think this must be a configuration issue of some sort.

Hey guys, we'll be running with the genres on the LaunchBox Games Database as the official genres to use. We could definitely stand to do some genre conversions though for Wikipedia. To be honest, the Wikipedia scraper is somewhat of a mess and so I do not recommend using it. Your genres should be consistent if you stick with the LaunchBox Games Database for your scraper.

Hi Tonbox, what did you want to change it to? We prefer proper names but do allow changing it to other names for things like YouTube channels and such.

Thanks all. When I implement image and sound packs they will *optionally* be attachable to themes. So you'll be able to use the theme's defaults or specify your own theme packs.

That makes sense. http://gamesdb.launchbox-app.com/ If you go straight to that link, Add New Game is available under the search box. :)

Hehehehe, pretty awesome. Shall we take a collection? :P

Unfortunately I don't think there is @Zombeaver. I think we'll need to add an option Big Box to "force using platform backgrounds for games".

Something strange happened with that link lol. I'm seeing deja vu.

Unfortunately we still have some cleanup to do, and I'm not sure we've decided exactly how to handle NES vs. Famicom. For now I would say to put Japanese-only releases under Famicom and NES should have everything else.