walter10h

Forgotten Emulator View File This is a recreation of what I seem to remember was a Snes Emulator. I remember playing with it as a kid, it didn't have any sound, probably dos based. Anyway, here's a theme made out of scrambled, possibly made-up childhood memories. I decided to add box art, just so it wouldn't look so empty, but the supposed emulator was too old for that. Also, this time I actually enabled notifications, so I can read your comments instead of forgetting about it for a million years. Files for the community theme creator are also available for download Submitter walter10h Submitted 01/14/2023 Category Custom Themes  

If you're a big time enthusiast when it comes to retro games, chances are you have been looking for or already have a 4:3 screen (Or some other aspect ratio). There are several themes that are compatible with 4:3 screens, but here's a bit of an issue. If you use Launchbox with more than one screen, it's a hassle to have to go to the menu and change the theme, so I came up with a simple solution. Make sure to go to .\LaunchBox\Data and make a backup of BigBoxSettings.xml! 1. Change your 16:9 theme to your 4:3 theme inside BigBox. 2. Make a copy of BigBoxSettings.xml and rename it to BigBoxSettings.43 3. Go back inside BigBox and select your 16:9 theme again. 4. This is where the magic happens. Create 2 new txt files and change their extensions to .bat, let's name them Default.bat and CRT.bat, open both with your favorite text editor (Notepad works). 5. Copy and paste the following in CRT.bat (Adjust the paths to reflect your Launchbox install!). @echo off rename "D:\LaunchBox\Data\BigBoxSettings.xml" "BigBoxSettings.16" rename "D:\LaunchBox\Data\BigBoxSettings.43" "BigBoxSettings.xml" D:\LaunchBox\BigBox.exe 6. Copy and paste the following in Default.bat (Adjust the paths to reflect your Launchbox install!). @echo off rename "D:\LaunchBox\Data\BigBoxSettings.xml" "BigBoxSettings.43" rename "D:\LaunchBox\Data\BigBoxSettings.16" "BigBoxSettings.xml" D:\LaunchBox\BigBox.exe You're done! Now, if you want to use your 4:3 theme, all you have to do is start BigBox with CRT.bat, then Default.bat for 16:9. There's probably a better way to do this that I don't know about, but this method ensures that your changes get saved to each BigBoxSettings.xml without interfering with each other.

I'm talking about games like 5 Days a Stranger or anything from itch.io. Do you create media for each individual game? Leave them out? Combine them under a single one? I used individual art and video for each game in the Chzo Mythos. For the VGPerson game collection, I just put them all under a single game with a bat file to run them individually. What about you guys? What do you find best?

There are many amazing engine ports already available bro. Don't you at least use GZDoom? I can't fathom someone who plays video games NOT having at least a version of Ultimate Doom on their PC.

What do you guys use for a box art when using source ports, mods or open ports of games? For instance D2X-XL which plays Descent 1&2 as well as Vertigo or GMDX for Deus Ex. I personally make my own covers or modify existing ones to match. Feel free to share yours if you're cool with that.

I second this request.

Did both and still same issue. Odd. EDIT: Solved it. For anyone with the same issue, make sure to unblock the file by right click, going on properties and clicking Unblock.

How do I use it? I put the files in the plugins folder and I don't see the more... option on my game menu. If I put the files in without a subfolder Launchbox crashes on boot. (Inner Exception) An attempt was made to load an assembly from a network location which would have caused the assembly to be sandboxed in previous versions of the .NET Framework. This release of the .NET Framework does not enable CAS policy by default, so this load may be dangerous. If this load is not intended to sandbox the assembly, please enable the loadFromRemoteSources switch. See http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=155569 for more information. App: LaunchBox Version: 7.10-beta-5 Type: System.NotSupportedException Site: Source: (Outer Exception) Could not load file or assembly 'AxInterop.ShockwaveFlashObjects, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null' or one of its dependencies. Operation is not supported. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80131515) App: LaunchBox Version: 7.10-beta-5 Type: System.IO.FileLoadException Site: System.Reflection.RuntimeAssembly _nLoad(System.Reflection.AssemblyName, System.String, System.Security.Policy.Evidence, System.Reflection.RuntimeAssembly, System.Threading.StackCrawlMark ByRef, IntPtr, Boolean, Boolean, Boolean) Source: mscorlib at System.Reflection.RuntimeAssembly._nLoad(AssemblyName fileName, String codeBase, Evidence assemblySecurity, RuntimeAssembly locationHint, StackCrawlMark& stackMark, IntPtr pPrivHostBinder, Boolean throwOnFileNotFound, Boolean forIntrospection, Boolean suppressSecurityChecks) at System.Reflection.RuntimeAssembly.InternalLoadAssemblyName(AssemblyName assemblyRef, Evidence assemblySecurity, RuntimeAssembly reqAssembly, StackCrawlMark& stackMark, IntPtr pPrivHostBinder, Boolean throwOnFileNotFound, Boolean forIntrospection, Boolean suppressSecurityChecks) at System.Reflection.Assembly.Load(AssemblyName assemblyRef) at System.Linq.Enumerable.WhereSelectArrayIterator`2.MoveNext() at System.Collections.Generic.List`1..ctor(IEnumerable`1 collection) at System.Linq.Enumerable.ToList[TSource](IEnumerable`1 source) at (String ) at Unbroken.LaunchBox.Root.LoadPlugins(String folderPath) at (String[] ) at Unbroken.LaunchBox.Desktop.Program.Main(String[] args) Recent Log: 10:39:19 PM Exception

Thank you guys for all your answers. In the end, I guess I'll stick with kodi for my movie needs.

The games database is a fantastic thing to have, but given the nature of Launchbox and how easy it is to get it to launch a player and watch any movie, would a movie database be possible? Or maybe a connection to The Open Movie Database API? Seems a bit silly, since Launchbox is mainly a game-focused launcher, but I want to know if there's any chance of putting movies into the mix. ...Or books...

Oh dayum! Awesome.

Went ahead and made a theme based on this and a little Sound pack to go with it. Hope you don't mind Jason.

PC-Beeps View File Sound pack to go along with my MS-DOS Theme. Simple beeps from a PC speaker to give some life to your minimalistic box. Submitter walter10h Submitted 01/21/17 Category Big Box Sound Packs  

[OUTDATED] MS-DOS BigBox Theme View File This is a simple MS-DOS based theme for BigBox. After the new release of Launchbox on MS-DOS, I realized "Wow... This simplicity just feels so much better!" So I went ahead and started making this. It is my very first Bigbox theme, so chances are there will be stuff that's not correct. If so, please comment so I can try and fix it. The design is based on (As in pretty much ripped off) Launchbox for MS-DOS. This theme is meant to be used with the view "Text list with details" for both Platforms and Games. Do away with all those clunky boxes, videos and logos, and just enjoy the simplicity the good old days. NOTE: Install the font included with the theme! Perfect DOS VGA 437 NOTE2: Goes best with my sound pack here: Submitter walter10h Submitted 01/21/2017 Category Custom Themes  

Good stuff right here. Thanks.

IDDQD Btw. Any chance of having the source code?