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lordmonkus said Could just be the hub is a piece of shit, it is an old one I had for a good number of years now. I'm using this... http://www.amazon.com/Anker-10-Port-Transfer-PowerIQ-Charging/dp/B00VDVCQ84/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1457059651&sr=8-3&keywords=anker+usb+hub It's probably a little pricey, but it's worked well.

lordmonkus said Yeah for PC use the Horis need to be set to PS3 to work. The only complaint I have is that I have to plug it directly into a USB port on my laptop hooked up to the tv. If I go through a powered USB hub Windows says it doesn't have enough power. That's weird... I have mine connected to a powered USB hub.

I probably won't sign up for Bitbucket... not because I want to be obstinate, I'm just signed up for so many sites that I have forgotten about most of them and I can already submit feedback here, where I can also talk to all you nice people. I try to brainstorm for ideas, but I don't expect you guys to use them if you don't want to. Feel free to use or disregard.

The newer "kidney bean" shaped Hori also has a PC setting that allows it to be used with xinput as well... although, honestly, I haven't found an emulator yet that mine doesn't work with if I set it to PS3. It wouldn't work with SSF if I set it to PS4, but SSF was fine in PS3 mode.

lordmonkus said This one ? link That one does look cool but after using the other "odd shaped" one I think I like the odd shape better, it is so comfortable. If only there was a pc version of these old Sega wireless 6 button controllers. link I have a pair of these from way back in the day and they are amazing in the hand and the d-pad is absolutely perfect. Yeah, that one... they have them cheaper on PlayAsia. There was an official Sega Saturn USB pad, but they only made them for a really short time so they are rare, and when there is one on ebay it's like $100. I use my old Sega Saturn pad with this adapter: http://www.amazon.com/Mayflash-Sega-Saturn-Controller-Adapter/dp/B0089O10BC/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1457057827&sr=8-1&keywords=mayflash+saturn

lordmonkus said @Drybonz Yeah, it's a really sweet controller for anything that doesn't require an analog stick. The d-pad an buttons just feel so right, quick and responsive. Yeah, I had seen them on Amazon but didn't want to pick one up without seeing the d-pad up close. When I saw it on sale I snagged it. After using it, I can't believe they aren't more well-known in the emulation circles. They have a weird shape, but it's really comfortable in the hands. I also saw that they have a newer model that has the classic Genesis kidney bean shape.

Found a pic...

It's wired... which is my personal preference, although I know some people like wireless. I have these 2 old Hori Dreamcast fighting joysticks that I want to get a Mayflash adapter for so I can use them for MAME. Not sure if you have seen these, they are a weird green color and pretty nicely made... heavy duty. I don't think I have used them since the Dreamcast days.

I really like the "open games folder" option on the context menu... it would be even better and more convenient if it opened the window with the file on screen and highlighted so you don't have to manually search for each one. This saves a lot of time if you are looking for multiple files to delete, etc...

I want to put in a good word for the Hori Fighting Commander. I just picked one of these up at Gamestop (on clearance $30, you might check your local store if interested) and this controller has really impressed me. It's got a comfortable d-pad with angle rotation so that you can skew the d-pad to make it more natural to your hand (I was skeptical but I love it), 6 button "genesis style" so you can use it for nintendo or sega systems, turbo that you can apply to any button on the fly, 4 shoulder buttons that you can use as the shoulder 1-2 or remap (with the flick of a switch) the L3-R3 to one set of shoulder buttons if you are using the L1-R1 as the 3rd and 6th (sega) buttons, angle sensitivity switch on the d-pad (in case your diagonal shots make you crouch too much in a game you can adjust the diagonal "dead zone" on the d-pad), and Windows 8 recognized it immediately. It's worked on every emulator I have tried so far perfectly. I can see this becoming my go-to controller for all the old systems that don't need analog sticks.

DOS76 said The 76 in my user name refers to when I was born Same here! :) SentaiBrad said F1 opens the Retro Arch menu It took me forever to figure this out. You can actually see a list of the default hotkeys if you go into Settings>Input>Input Hotkey Binds. That's a helpful place to look. *edit* Also, games going really fast can be related to monitor refresh rate and vsync too. I had my refresh rate set to 144 (my monitor's cap) at one point in RA and half the cores were playing in hyperspeed so I had to set it back to 60. *edit* Just noticed lordmonkus already mentioned the Hotkey settings... sorry about that.

I used to use Kega... in fact, I remember when it was released and it was a really big deal because it was so good (probably tells you I am older... lol). I can also say that RetroArch was the ultimate nightmare of emulation for me, as far as setting everything up goes. I have to admit, though, once I got it up and running, it is really sweet. I have a love-hate relationship with it. Mostly love once I got everything set up, but I remember that rough patch we went through... haha. I'm using the Genesis Plus GX core (Except for 32x I use Pico) and it is really nice. The graphics are really smooth on games like Sonic that move quickly as compared to Kega where sometimes the background would seem a bit blurred or hard to follow. The shaders look really great and overall I just like it better. Kega was definitely a legend in its time though.

Oh, I see... you aren't even getting to the point where you can try to run a game. So, it is only MAME that isn't working? It might have something to do with directories... sorry I can't help more.

I was marking some games as favorites today, and thought that it would be nice to have a heart button (or something) up by the search bar (or somewhere) that would give quick, one-click access to all our favorites. *edit* Now that I think about it... "mark as favorite" would be nice on the context menu when you right-click a game.

I would do an nvidia driver update with the option for a clean install checked right off the bat.

I remember, back in the day, when Final Burn came out it had a huge speed advantage over MAME... but now that MAME plays these games easily at full speed is there still any advantage to using Final Burn?

slashguns04 said where I find the configuration of retroarch? The Mednafen Turbografx CD core in RA can load game images without having to use Daemon tools... just open the cue file.

I noticed that sorting titles with ":" colons is not handled properly. One example... Ultimate Air Combat is alphabetized between Ultima: Quest of the Avatar and Ultima: Warriors of Destiny.

On the "Arrange By" dropdown, would it be possible to add "Missing Covers" so that you could sort the games that are missing front cover art together?

Why am I just now finding this tool??? Thank you so much.

I was thinking when you change the platform name the only thing that would change would be what appears in LB, but it would remember the original platform name "under the hood" for importing purposes.

Hopefully, they will kick out a new preview that fixes it for you soon.

Derek, I had so many irritating little problems with Windows 10 that I had to go back to Windows 8, which has always worked fine for me. I know that's probably not very helpful, and don't want to turn this into a battle of the Windows thread, but I feel your pain. Win 10 was just more trouble than it was worth to me.

SentaiBrad said Did you name the platform "Super Nintendo (SNES)" ? Along these lines, it might be helpful if you could change the platform name only as it shows in the LaunchBox sidebar, etc... without it affecting the platform name for metadata and image searches and folder names for image storage, etc... I sometimes like to change the platform name so that it fits in a more narrow sidebar or groups alphabetically with other platforms... but it's a pain to have to change it back and forth so that an image search will work.

I've been tagging files since the first beta went up tonight and I'm also noticing that it needs a more exact title to get a match than the old database. Just wanted to add my observations into what was said above. *edit* Overall, after my initial *ahem* confusion, I have not noticed any problems in the tagging or pulling images with the new database or EM at this point.