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Thank you! That was very helpful. I assume that I put %romlocation% in the parameters and not the actual location? I then went and imported the handful of roms and it is scraping now for metadata.

So, I should install MAME first and then try to import those 26 roms?

I havent been able to try to play a game as I don't have MAME installed. I tried the process I mentioned, but it ended with "you dont have mame installed", and then I thought maybe I could do a full romset import but just use options to pare it down, but it says i dont have a full romset in the folder. So I havent actually completed anything at this point.

I tried the ROM Import, Single Platform, Arcade, but I don't have MAME installed and was hoping it would install as part of that process.

I think I tried that and was expecting LB to install MAME, but it did not. Should it?

I have about 30 or 40 classic arcade roms that I would like to import into LB. I don't have, or want, a full mameset. As such, though, I'm not really sure what would be the best way to do this? Any suggestions?

hmm, I think there is something wrong with that save. It crashes when I try to cast a spell in combat (D&D:WOTES) with that saved state but does not if I start a new game with default party to test.

Kind of a long title, apologies. I setup LB/BB on my htpc today and migrated over a Genesis saved state from my laptop. When I launch that game, F4 does load the state fine, and then in game I do a save, then exit the game but when I then launch the game again, I was surpised to see that I did not have the in game option to load that save. Any suggestions?

I can get there pretty easily if I forgo Windows Steam games. BigBox is by far the best front end for retro stuff. But this NUC has enough horsepower to play some decent Windows games after upping the RAM, replacing the system drive and attaching an eGPU. The tradeoff seems to be accepting some jankiness when switching between retro (BB) and Windows games. It's easy to feature only one vs the other, but to have both seamlessly swap between each other with no mouse or keyboard reaching seems like a lofty goal that is, mostly, unattainable. I can do it easily with my Shield 2019 Pro, but then Windows games become dependent upon Sunshine/Moonlight. Doable, but native is better. And BB for Android is great, but the Windows version is far superior and I can build it out such better hardware.

Same here. I've been chasing this white whale of a Windows based device that looks, feels and plays like a high powered console, on and off, for a few years now. I always end up in the same spot in the end. But then I get a new device to connect to my tv and I start all over again. There are always obstacles and headaches and it never really feels ready for primetime.

Thank you

I'm curious if anyone has a truly smooth, consistent experience with this, or is it a unicorn? I sometimes waffle between using BB as my primary launcher and starting my Steam games from there, or vica versa where I use Steam Big Picture as the primary launcher and add BB as a non steam game. It seems no matter which method I use, there will be issues more often than not. For example, games will exit to a black screen and will require me to reboot or any subsequent games will run slowly at half the usual FPS. Or in other cases, BB will minimize to tray and be unuseable, etc. Are there, perhaps, some tips or tricks or clues or best practices or whatever thtat maybe I am missing? At this point, I get so frustrated I just created a folder on the desktop and put all my steam games shortcuts in there and a BB shortcut. I run Controller Companion at startup, so I can use the sticks to act like a mouse (this is an htpc build, btw) Hopefully someone has a reliable setup for toggling between Steam games and BB and can maybe point out some common pain points or something. I feel it should be better than it is, but maybe it's the way I am doing, or not doing, something. Thanks For reference, my htpc build is: Intel Nuc13 (highly upgraded) Intel Core-i7 1360p (Windows 11 Pro) 32 GB of DDR55 2TB SN850X Radeon RX 7600XT eGPU

Fresh install of Windows and BB. When in BB the Dpad and the stick do double inputs. So if I want to scroll games, for instance, it goes up and down two at a time. I googled and found a thread here but it's from 2021 and it mentions options in Steam that don't seem to exist anymore. Has anyone here had this problem and maybe found a resolution? Thank you.

Hello, I have a NUC 13 with an egpu (rx 76600xt) that I am using an htpc. I have added Plex, Kodi, Controller Companion and Moonlight. All of them scrape into the Windows platform easily. But they kind of stand out of place sprinkled amongst my Windows games. So I made a custom platform and called it "Utilities". I can't seem to figure out how to add these apps to that platform. Am I doing it wrong? Should I use a playlist instead? EDIT: I'm guessing playlist is better. I created one and added the apps fine. A couple of follow up questions: How do I now remove and/or hide the apps in the Windows platform? Can playlists have cool icons like platforms, and if so, where would one find some? Thanks!

Yeah, I just checked and Retroarch is the only emulator in my install.