SentaiBrad

Huh... really? That... is odd. I've updated through dozens of nightlies with it working every step of the way. If you edit your emulators and open the RetroArch edit, you associated the right cores to the right system correct? This is in Associated Platforms and it is worth noting that the name in Associated Platforms needs to match the name you used to import your games. So on the left if it says Nintendo Entertainment System (NES), which is default, RA's associated platform needs to say Nintendo Entertainment System (NES). For everyone who comes across this, I d also recommend to name your platforms to the defaults. They were chosen as the default on purpose, and that's because that is what most scrapers use. For example, I fight TheGamesDB constantly renaming my MS-DOS games to PC because they don't have a damn MS-DOS section. Grab a new nightly and see if it will load just fine without an upgrade. 1.3 does have some changes and updates though and that could be considered worth it but as long as your cores are updated you have half of the puzzle. Updating RA can help performance though which is why I do recommend upgrades every so often.

Yea, PC Parts Picker will try its best to tell you about compatibility between hardware, like if you have the wrong type or too powerful of RAM, and it will tell you a guesstimate on the PSU you'll need based on that hardware. Obviously you'll need to scale because its only seeing whats in that list.

Right, my suggestions is to spend a bit on the latest boards for room to grow, but I am unsure how much the OP is willing to spend. Looking at the price in the link I tried to keep it low. I also didn't go fantastic part scouring for best price to power ratio. That /can/ take several days. :P

Well I went to PCPartsPicker and built out a machine in there for you and it shows the price break down. I didn't go super crazy with the parts however. I went with 8GB of 1866 RAM (which I think is the max speed of that board...?) but its DDR3 RAM not DDR4 RAM because the motherboard is DDR3 (DDR4 is still pricey). As for the CPU its an LGA 1150 Socket motherboard instead of the LGA 1151 Sockets. Again, this will require you to buy the more expensive CPU just like the more expensive Motherboards. The prices on this tier (DDR4 RAM, LGA 1151) motherboard are coming down, but can still be up there. I also didn't pick out an ATX Full Tower, which are big. I went with a Mid ATX tower, modest PSU (but at least Gold rating) and I didn't go SSD for the storage or with an operating system. I went with what will be a good machine for even a lot of modern games. Though I would severely suggest doubling that RAM to 2x http://pcpartpicker.com/p/VdMZhM

Honestly, nothing lower than a 2.8Ghz i5 or i7, 6-8GB of RAM and a GTX 700-900 series. That will be a really decent starting off point. If you splurge on any part get a kick ass Motherboard. Make sure it has wings to upgrade with. My Motherboard is old, but the cpu in it was the max that motherboard could do for its chipset when I bought it... I've since put in max speed RAM (12GB) and a GTX 970 but my CPU is lacking and there is not a damn thing I can do about it other than buy a new motherboard, and at that point you might as well build a new PC honestly. :P

No, I personally would suggest against this. BigBox may run... but that CPU is abysmal in today's standard, but this PC is also not meant for what you're looking for. The ceiling for this machine would MAYBE be PS1 / N64 / GBA games too. If you are thinking price consciously, thinking under $400 this PC would get you to the ball game way better. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883798486 Edit: And do note, this is without a GPU too, just integrated graphics.

You know what WONT change your language to Russian, log you in to someone else's account and display all their sensitive purchase history, credit card, paypal and financial information to you then freak out and turn the whole system off attempting to mask that this is NOT a new feature of Steam.... LaunchBox Premium.

Use a different emulator. Zsnes is fairly inaccurate at this point. Bsnes Balanced, either Standalone or in RetroArch (and I suggest RetroArch) is the way to go. I would normally help you fix the problem, but it would be a lot of work for honestly an out of date emulator, and I used to use Zsnes a lot.

I thought that this was only the case for scraping.. hence my reaction was to Libraries. I thought this too but then told my self "no dummy, only for scraping" ... shows how much I know. Did i mention im tired...

My first instinct, never use Libraries, they are destructive and problematic. This being one of the potential problems. If those are all from a different location then you need to specify multiple locations. I am just going off what I see though. Go to where your games are actually on your drive, not in a library.

numbnuts said Needed a reason to get back into emulation and Launchbox was just what I needed to get sucked back in. Looking forward to getting to know this brilliant looking frontend... It's a damn rabbit hole...

averagejoe said Merry Christmas! The best time of year by far! My favorite games to play during the Holidays: -Space Quest series, especially 1 VGA and 4; -Xmas/Holiday Lemmings; -retro hockey games like Ice Hockey (NES), Blades of Steel (NES), Face Off (DOS), etc. -Jetpack Xmas special; -Jazz Jackrabbit Xmas special; -Marvin's Mittens; ...all of them gathered in one awesome platform, Launchbox!! @averagejoe I actually played Jetpack and Jazz Jackrabbit for the first time (knew about them before) for my channel. Jetpack went up Yesterday and Jazz Jackrabbit is going up to. I liked Jetpack more :P

Right now I don't believe this can be changed, but you can check the BitBucket page to see if someone has put this in there. If so, vote for it. If not add it. The BitBucket link is at the top of the page "report issue".

Holy shit, we just smashed our record for the Most Users Ever Online!

Great detail for new people, if anyone else finds this thread. It seems Jason and I need to repeat our selves a lot, so it is refreshing to see someone go through "The Trial" on their own for the most part. ;) That, I applaud you for. Default Emulator only makes a difference when you first import, otherwise yea it doesn't matter too too much. I also never got MESS to work in RA, I also never got it to work on its own either. I know its BIOS system is...... finicky and RA wants them in a specific place, otherwise the command's /should/ still work. I haven't been able to test anything with MESS, I avoid it like the plague. ProSystem is new to RA if I recall, and it fills a small void that was there thankfully. Atari's emulation just doesn't seem to be up to par. More popular systems get more attention sadly. Amiga also suffers.

I thought about this too, but the point still stands regardless of where Associated Platforms are, if games are not launching then there is a setting off.

Double click the first Box under Associated Platform and input it, you can click those boxes. Otherwise, click a platform on the left, Ctrl + A then right click an entry and edit. The Bulk edit will come up and you can change what Emulator the games are using. Handy for if you need to test another emulator but you don't want to change defaults (which only really matters as far as I know when you first import games).

scree said Hi trevor. Have you tried clicking on the wav files in the Sounds folder in your LaunchBox folder? WMP should kick in here and play the sounds. If no sounds then it looks like your issue is not with BigBox. We already went through this.

Just create a copy of your LaunchBox.xml, copy and pate in the same location then delete the non-copy version. This will boot LaunchBox with no games or settings. Try it this way first because then this will eliminate if it is an XML issue which I think is unlikely but possible. If you still have no sound just delete the LB.xml and delete " - Copy" off of the copy you made.

Sorry if these seems like a dumb question, but do you have Audio Drivers installed? What are you trying to use to play audio? Are they speakers, headphones etc. My feeling is that some Windows Audio settings are set incorrectly, but are you getting sound from anything else? Edit: Well I guess too another question would be do you have 4 audio files in your Sounds folder in your root LaunchBox install? That is another possibility.

For the video not playing right, yes. Otherwise video doesn't get downloaded through the Wizard as far as I can tell.

Except not that everyone has a No-Intro Pack. Most people just get the games they want, though I personally love the No-Intro Packs. Full packs are BS xD. Also, those packs from their FTP require EmuMovies Premium don't they?

Yes it can because I've gotten manuals and music. If you're not getting them then they may not exist. In my entire NES Library I only got 7 manuals out of hundreds of games for example.

Merry Christmas Clive! So the forums will stay at what it is, a place to discuss things. The Features section can still have threads related to current features or discuss new features in depth. The BitBucket page is to just keep track of everything, however "add feature a" isn't necessarily descriptive or even helpful. The forums can be to discuss features that are in the BitBucket, discuss new ones before adding them etc. The BitBucket link is being pushed because its new, and not a lot of people even know about it. It's there just so Jason doesn't have to take time to add everything. It still needs to be pruned every once in a while but this is a much easier task and most users can search keywords before adding this. Though... lets be honest, a lot of users wont. ;) As per format, the forums don't really have many rules other than don't be a complete and utter dick, don't be racist etc etc. I don't know how it will be handled, but I think something similar to what you propose is a very good idea. It's just getting people to know about the rule, know about BitBucket and then follow it. I think the Report Issue / Feedback button needs to be renamed, though most people probably ignore it as is. It's.... stupidly tricky. I like being able to have a discussion about anything, including a discussion on having discussions. xD I think that is a very good thing that is fostered on these forums and I still think that even though I get, lets face it, jerks. Sometimes people don't want to hear a truth, don't want to see another way other thinking (not that anyone here forces their way on to someone else) or simply be told no because they feel some sort of ownership and entitlement. So yea, the current sub sections of the forums still have meaning, all of them. They just need to evolve like the team behind this software evolves and like the software its self evolves.

Higan isn't needed though, RetroArch covers Super Nintendo more aptly then higan does. Not to mention between Zsnes, Bsnes (which is Higan) and Snes9X it's not like there isn't sufficient coverage for the platform. The bsnes Balanced core in RetroArch perfectly emulates everything except for 1 game which requires the Accuracy core. If higan was the only decent emulator out there I would agree that this could be useful, but the time it will take away from other things is honestly not worth it. Not to mention it would be harder to make the roms match the Higan libraries as there is no standard for naming.