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An alternative to using a game ini is to set a custom command line parameter for the game in LaunchBox like -nokeepaspect or -noka Of course, this will only work when the game is opened with LaunchBox.

Periodic price increases are a necessity for quality software that is constantly being worked on like LaunchBox. However, the period between announcing and implementing the increase (Wednesday and Friday) was a bit short.

Hi @mohanned85 So your two Platforms Amstrad CPC and Amstrad CPC 464 are now working ok using the parameters cpc464 -flop1 for each Associated Platform. You can leave things as they are, or you could merge all the games into one platform if you wish. I don't know how many games you have in your Amstrad CPC 464 platform and you may have many duplicates with your Amstrad CPC platform.

Then you should replace the meaningless parameters cpc -flop with cpc464 -flop1 I don't understand why you are using 2 separate platforms for your Amstrad disk games.

MAME supports the three Amstrad software lists cpc_flop cpc_cass and gx4000. Have a look inside one of the game zips in your Amstrad CPC platform and see what the game's extension itself is. If it's dsk then try the parameters cpc464 -flop1 If it's wav or cdt then use cpc464 -cass If it's bin or rom then use gx4000 -cart

There is no software system called Amstrad CPC as far as MAME is concerned and the parameters used are meaningless. Here is the full list of Amstrad machines supported by MAME (non Amstrad clones not included). Amstrad CPC464 Amstrad CPC464+ Amstrad CPC6128 Amstrad CPC6128 (France, AZERTY Keyboard) Amstrad CPC6128 (Sweden/Finland) Amstrad CPC6128+ Amstrad CPC664 Amstrad GX4000 Amstrad PC20 Amstrad PC2086 Amstrad PC2386 Amstrad PC3086 Amstrad PPC512 Amstrad PPC640 What games have you in your Amstrad CPC platform?

The Game Park 32 and the Hartung Game master both work but not great in MAME. The gp32.zip bios should have 5 bin files inside and, if your version of MAME is recent, it also should have a 6th file named x2c32.jed in order to work. The Game Master needs the rom gmaster.zip which should have the file d78c11agf_e19.u1 Your first Associated Platform doesn't make any sense as the software system Amstrad CPC and it's parameters cpc -flop don't exist. The Amstrad CPC was actually a collection of home computers such as Amstrad CPC464 Amstrad CPC464+ Amstrad CPC6128 (a clone of the CPC464 in MAME) Amstrad CPC6128+ Amstrad CPC664 (a clone of the CPC464 in MAME) and the game console Amstrad GX4000

It looks to me that MAME cannot find the bios, or the game rom is invalid, or LaunchBox is passing MAME a game path but the actual game is elsewhere. I keep all my bios roms in a subfolder named bios which is in my MAME roms folder and this is what my MAME ini rompath looks like. rompath roms;roms\bios;roms\chds;roms\device;roms\software

My mistake, I misread things haha. So it's the systems that use a bios that are refusing to work. If you have a full MAME games set then the bios files will have come with it. If not, they need to be sourced. Taking the Entex Adventure Vision the bios is advision.zip and it should have these 2 files inside b225_ins8048-11kdp_n.u5 b8223_cop411l-kcn_n.u8 See if you have this rom and check it's in a folder (normally MAME's roms folder) that your MAME ini file's rompath line is aware of. If all this is ok and LaunchBox is pointed to your Entex Adventure Vision games they should launch.

Your Associated Parameters look ok, and your Associated Platforms naming seems to be correct too at least going by the last three which also show in your Platforms Sidebar. It's very unusual to have so many MAME software systems not working. I have or have tested quite a few of them and they do work. Just wondering if it's a common issue. Some of those systems do not use a bios such as Casio PV-1000 Emerson Arcadia 2001 Funtech Super Acan Watara Supervision It might be worth getting those to work first. Do you have the bios for any system that needs one, and does MAME's ini file know where they are located? Is your MAME ini file in MAME's folder? Which MAME are you using? Also, can you post an image of the Details tab of your Edit Emulator window?

I've just updated from LaunchBox 10.9 to 10.10 and experimented with the Blur Amount and Blur Fade sliders. I notice that changing the Fade works straight off, but changing the Amount needs a LaunchBox restart in order to take effect. Is this normal or am I not doing it right? I'm using the original Bad Old Monkey theme.

@mohanned85 I'm not in discord. Regarding the Videopac+, I forgot to mention that a device is also needed called ef9340_1.zip Sorry about that.

Many thanks for your work @dragon57 That was quick!

For the Videopac Plus G7400 command line is g7400 -cart bios is g7400.zip Note that as this machine is a clone you will also need the parent bios odyssey2.zip For the Amstrad CPC 464 command line depending on game format is for cassette games with .wav or .cdt file extensions cpc464 -cass for dumps of games with .sna file extension (if -snap doesn't work try using -dump instead) cpc464 -snap for disk games with dsk extension cpc464 -flop1 or cpc464 flop1 -flop2 bios is cpc464.zip

@dragon57 I was just wondering if there are future plans to do the Neo Geo CD bezels?

You seem to have a space in your path between ZINCGUI and 1.9.5, so double quotes are needed as below (hope I typed your path ok). 63 --use-controller-cfg-file="L:\LaunchBox\Emulators\ZINCGUI 1.9.5\aquarush-controller.cfg" By the way, have you noticed any difference between how the games look, sound and play in Zinc as opposed to MAME?

That solved things. Many thanks Jason.

Neo Geo CD Custom Game Cases View File Note that these are not jewel case retail boxes, but custom ones (using Shenske's template) for those who prefer vertical boxes. I started doing these for my own use and thought I'd share for anyone interested. Meow! Submitter spycat Submitted 01/17/2020 Category Game Box Art  

Thanks Jason. I'll do that and try again later.

Make a copy of your controller.cfg and rename it to, say, controllerAqua.cfg You can then edit controllerAqua.cfg to suit your needs for that game. And in the LaunchBox Application command Line Parameters box for the Aqua Rush game use 63 --use-controller-cfg-file=put_your_path_to_your_zinc_folder_here\controllerAqua.cfg

I've just made three attempts to upload a file to the Downloads, Game Box Art section. On each attempt the zip, screenshots and text fields work ok and I'm still logged in. But, as soon as I click on Submit, the forums log me out and the file doesn't upload. I've uploaded many files before and never had this problem. Just wondering is it an my end or is it a LaunchBox issue?

I use the Winterblast Input Controller plugin. Extract winterblast_inp_controller.zip to a location outside of your Zinc main folder and copy and paste the two files controller.cfg controller.znc into your main Zinc folder, overwriting if asked. I use an old PS2 controller which works fine. Note that Zinc doesn't support the analogue sticks.

Your "Cannot open renderer plugin" is due to the absence of the file renderer.znc from your Zinc folder. You seem to have three renderers named d3d_renderer.znc ogl_renderer.znc glide_renderer.znc You need to decide on which renderer you want to use and rename it to renderer.znc The glide one was intended for computers with a voodoo card, so your choice will probably be between the other two.