[How to automatically start a game with JoyToKey support in LB]

well, in my AppData path tehre isn't any useful file for configuration of Stem games. But in my installing Steam patch, i found this: D:\EMULATORI\STEAM\steamapps\common\vanguard-princess\game.ini.  Probably i could try to delete this file and re-create it again rebooting the game...?

thanks!

[How to automatically start a game with JoyToKey support in LB]

thanks!  Now I have solved the issue of not detected joypad in 2 of the 3 games on Steam: for these games it is necessary to disable the xbox one controller.  

Now i stil,have issue with one game, Vanguard princess: even if I deactivate the joypad, sometimes the game detect it as player 2 and it seems playable, but the left/right command in the characters select screen doesn't work. Other times the joypad isn't detected at all. It seems that my previous joypad is still considered in this game...but i don't know how to remove it   I Have uninstalled driver and unplugged the dongle...

[How to automatically start a game with JoyToKey support in LB]

i have another question: I have only one Xbox One controller. If i buy the wireless dongle in order to use it with my emulators/pc too, the joypad can be simultaneoulsy be used with Xbox One X and with the pc? I mean: can I perform pairing with both pc and xbox? Or does I need 2 joypad, one for xbox and one for pc?

thanks!

[How to automatically start a game with JoyToKey support in LB]

thanks, I deleted the 3 logitech configurations from the JoyToKey.ini file, not there is only the xbox pad, thanks!

[How to automatically start a game with JoyToKey support in LB]

thanks

1) I have unplugged the usb doggle and unistalled the driver, but the Logitech profiles are still present in JoyToKey.  And I still have the problem with the 3 games on Steam: the xbox controller is detected in steam, and before to start the game, I verified that it is present as default controller for each game. It seems that everything is correct, but when I start the games, the joypad isn't detected. In Melty Blood it seems that I'm detected as Player 2, but i can only configure the keyboard in the Option menu of the game... and in Crimson Skies and Vanguard princess, the joypad isn't detected at all...

2) i know that this is a really stupid question...  Now I'm configuring again every emulator, because I will use my Xbox One X pad, that it works really well.  But I would like to buy the wireless dongle in order to play wireless. When I will play wireless, the joypad will be detected, is that correct? I mean, it will not necessary to re-map again every emulator, am I right?

thank you very much!

[How to automatically start a game with JoyToKey support in LB]

well, now unfortunately i have to re-map every emulator...and game...  so it should be better to remove my previous setting from my pc. In this way every emulator will detect as primary joypad only the Xbox controller. Is it possible to remoeve the previous configuration from my pc? I can remove the driver, and ...?

For example, i have 6 steam games, and even if the xbox controller is automatically detected and mapped, only 3 of them works. The others 3 games doesn't detect the new joypad

Here my JoytoKey config: I would like to remove ALL the Logiteh (i don't know why there are 3 logitech,,,i have only one Logitech pad...). Is it possible? I would like to remove my previous joypad from the pc.

 

thanks!

EDIT: in any case, now Contra Evolution works also with JoytoKey and it correctly starts from LM, many thanks! I don't know if i can change the mapping of the 2 buttons (jump and fire) in JoytoKye: currently they are mapped exactly as they are automatically mapped even if I don't use Joy to Key... 

[How to automatically start a game with JoyToKey support in LB]

Thanks both! 

1) I have the xbox one X controller and it is perfectly supported! probably the issues with joy to key are related to this: i can't use both joytokey and original mapping supported by the game. Is it possible to change the default mapping in Contra Evolution? If it automatically support this joypad, i can avooid the JoytoKey configuration in LB

2) Koroth I have your config in JoytoKey and it seems that it is correct, so I don't know why i have the issues when i use JoytoKey. But it works without Joytokye, so it is ok   It should be perfect if it could be possible to change the defaul mapping in Contra Evolution

thanks!

[How to automatically start a game with JoyToKey support in LB]

yes, my controller is 1708 so i should be able to connect it via bluetooth to my pc without any dongle..?!

[How to automatically start a game with JoyToKey support in LB]

yes i have it, and it works!   Later I will buy this https://www.amazon.it/MICROSOFT-XONE-Wrlss-Ctrl-Adapter/dp/B074QMN4YW/ref=sr_1_14?__mk_it_IT=ÅMÅŽÕÑ&dchild=1&keywords=Xbox+One+X%3A+Adattatore+Wireless+Xbox&qid=1613828091&s=videogames&sr=1-14

even if I still have a bluetooth usb dongle (TP-Link), I will try it.

Well, now first of all I have to correctly map this new controller with JoyToKey: I'm trying with the existing congiuration but it has some issues, for example even if i don't push the right button, the characters continue to run...

I don't know why but there is Joystick 1 and Stick1 in yellow...

the joypad is correctly detected so probably I have to correctly enter the mapping...?  As soon as the mapping will be OK, i will try to launch it with LB. DO you know if there is any issue in my mapping?

 

[How to automatically start a game with JoyToKey support in LB]

i could use xbox one X controller? I don't have the specific wireless dongle to connect the xbox joypad to the pc, i have to buy one..  Do you use the xbox one controller?

[How to automatically start a game with JoyToKey support in LB]

ah ok thanks! sorry

well I have configured in LB as I said above. And joyto key in this way:

but i still have the issue with my joypad...i isn't detected anymore in any emulator, not only in LB. In Steam too...nothing, it isn't detected by any application     I tried to reinstall the driver and in the button configuration test, at the end of the installation, any button isn't detected. I also tried to reboot the pc, but i still have the issue

[How to automatically start a game with JoyToKey support in LB]

unfortunately i don't have that option...

I also tried to uninstall and install the driver of my joypad, but it isn't detected anymore...during the installation of the driver, it is necessary to test the button, and any button isn't detected...:( I don't know if my configuration of JoytoKey has an impact on that...until yesteday it worked perfectly...

[How to automatically start a game with JoyToKey support in LB]

thanks!  Well, I have a problem: it seems that JoytoKey doesn't start correctly now...if I double click on the .exe file, the application is minimized but I'm not able to open it in order to change its configuration...if I click on the icon, it doesn't happen anything... I tried to launch the game (double click on the .exe file but the joypad isn't detected even if JoytoKey is opened...

In the meanwhile I follwed your guide:

and 

Is that correct?

But I can't try if it works because now I have another problem: my joypad isn't detected anymore by LB!!!!! I don't know why!  The mapping is still present:

but LB doesn't detect any command, in any game and any console...!!!!   And it isn't detected anymore to any emulator even if i don't use LB!!!! But is seems that it works perfectly, the input command are detected (I have a Logitech Rumblepad 2), i don't know what is happened!

thanks!

[How to automatically start a game with JoyToKey support in LB]

thanks. So, the script should be:

#NoEnv
#SingleInstance
Run, "D:\EMULATORI\GIOCHI per PC\Contra Evolution HD\Contra Evolution\JoyToKey_en\JoyToKey.exe" Contra HD.cfg
Process, Wait, AMContra.exe
Process, WaitClose, AMContra.exe
WinClose, ahk_exe JoyToKey.exe
ExitApp

and I configured in this way: I added an Application Name, then I entered the path of the JoyToKey.exe file and at the end I copied all the script in the "application COmmand-Line Parameter":

is that correct?

And here my JoytoKey configuration:

Is everything correct?

 

many thanks!

[How to automatically start a game with JoyToKey support in LB]

Hi,

I have a little problem with Contra Evolution: this game can be played with joypad only if I use JoyToKey application. 

So I have configured JoytoKey and now if I want to play this game, I have to start JoyToKey and then double click on the .exe file of the game and so it immediately detect the joypad. 

So, I added the game to LB, in my WIndows platform section:  but even if i start JoyToKey, when i launch the game with LB, the joypad isn't detected...I don't know why... 

1) is it possible to use games with JoytoKey from LB?

2) Is it also possible to automatically start JoyToKey when I launch this game from LB?

Thank you very much!

[Big box: how to enter into the games wheel]

yes it works now!!! I don't know why, but yesterday it was not possible, i don't know for which reason...but it was impossibile to enter to any wheel....

many thanks!

[Big box: how to enter into the games wheel]

HI

i have a really stupid question about Big Box: currently I still have the default themes. When I enter, I have the wheel with all my systems and i can see the recent games for every system. But I don't know how I can enter in eash system and see ALL the games related to that system, I tried in several ways but i'm not able..

I would like to see all the games of each system, and each games with ist covers, theme (when available) and screenshot.

thank you

[How to add Teknoparrot to Launchbox?]

hi

1) King of fighters 98 Ultimate match final edition: yes I have already removed that files (there were only the GAME Loader RH files) , but when i load it, I have the black screen:

I tried The King of Fighters 98 and it works correctly.  Only Te King of fighter 98 Ultimate Match Final Edition Nexiva Live doesn't work...  Probably I need a better version of this game? Please can you tell me via PM where you downloaded your gmae?

2) Daemon Bride: i had same issue, but i solved, there was the antivirus that deleted the game.exe file as a virus! Now it perfectly works.

 

3) Battle Fantasia: i'm using the Logiteh Rumblepad and it perfectly works with every game, but it is necessary to set it as "Direct Input".  If I choose "Xinput" it is not possible to configure the button mapping

thanks!

[How to add Teknoparrot to Launchbox?]

ah, I solved the issue in antoher way: when I import the game, LB associates Taito Type X platform:

but if I change it to Teknoparrot:

and it is ok

Now I have solved all the issues with LB   Many thanks!

I still have to solve some issues with 4 games in Teknoparrot. Can you help me?  Here the issues, we can try to solve them togheter? We better deal with one problem at a time

1) King of Fighters '98 Ultimate Match Final Edition for NesicaxLive and Daemon Bride: when i start the game, there is a black screen in the top left corner and the game doesn't start

2) Battle Fantasia: the game runs perfectly, but the control input aren't detected. It seems that it is a known issue but i don't find the patch..

3) Chaos Breaker: this game has a lot of issues. It start only in windowed mode and if I don't apply the CRT patch. But in any case it runs with a high speed and then crashes. If I apply the speed patch, it works correctly, but in windowed mode (the screen is really little) and in really low resolution. If I apply the crt fix, it seems that it work, but the file of this patch overwrite the files of the "pseed patch" and so the game is still unplayable. In addition, the game isn't correctly displayed:

https://postimg.cc/yD7Y71pY

I tried several ways but i don't find how to fix them

[How to add Teknoparrot to Launchbox?]

yes, confirmed, it works with your method too

And it works also with these 2 different configurations:

or

 

many thanks!

Now I have to solve the other problem. And I see that i have exactly the same problem also if I add additional games in Teknoparrot, for example Melty Blood Actess Again Current Code: if I don't search a match in LB, the game, without any metadata and extrafile, is correctly under Teknoparrot platform:

but if i try to link it to a LB record, like this one:

LB associates the game to another emulator:

and even if if i changed the emulator, adding again "Teknoparrot", tha game isn't moved under Teknoparrot platform:

It means that if I want the game under teknoparrot platfom, it is mandatory NOT to link it with an existing record in LB...but it is really strange!  See also my previous post where i reported another example..:(

 

thank you!

[How to add Teknoparrot to Launchbox?]

Well i solved the issue of launching games in LB with teknoparrot in this way:

I created a blanck txt file named as the xml file of the game (from GameProfile folder )  

and here I copied the xml name of the game from the UserProfile folder (sometimes the xml file isn't the same both in Gameprofile folder and Userprofile folder, for example Goketsuji.xml in GameProfile and PowerInstinctV.xml in Userprofile folder)

NOw I need to solve the issue related to the game that is under TaitoType X platform...but i don't know how...:\

[How to add Teknoparrot to Launchbox?]

1 hour ago, Koroth said:

 

 

Although you have posted screenshots, for me it's hard to keep track of what all your relevant settings exactly are. Headrush69 asked you to tick the "Use filename only without file extension or folder path", which you should. But lets take the game Blade Strangers as example. If you import BladeStrangers.xml as your rom, LaunchBox omits the file extension and only passes BladeStrangers to TeknoParrot. I have gotten around this by copying BladeStrangers.xml out of the TeknoParrot folder to another folder and renaming it BladeStrangers.xml.txt and import that .txt file as my rom. Then, if LaunchBox omits the file extension, it still passes BladeStrangers.xml to TeknoParrot.

 

In the emulator settings for TaitoTypeXtra > Associated Platforms tab, check "Associated Platform" name. It must exactly match. You can also try unticking "Default Emulator".

 

To both Lukeyboy67 and legolas119. One advice I can give: As there are several way to configure Launcbox for TeknoParrot, pick a setup guide and do exactly what the guide says. If you combine settings from different guides (different ways of setting up LaunchBox for TeknoParrot) it won't work.

Thanks.

I tried to copy my BladeStrangers.xml file to the ROM folder where I have the games folder of Teknoparrot and I renamed it as BladeStrangers.xml.txt. But i still have same problem: when i click on the game, it opens the Teknoparrot interface...I followed 3 different guide on youtube, but still have same result  I tried everything, but it seems that the games can't start...

Speaking about my 2nd problem, i'm sorry but I haven't understood: currently, for TaitoTypeXtra games, I was force to creat a single emulator for each game. For Goketsuji Ichizoku - Matsuri Senzo Kuyo I created "Taito Type X19" emulator and I associated to this game the Taito Type X platform:

And the game works (see game N.2 in my previuous post).

When I import in LB, under Teknoparrot Platform, the game (but it is not the same folder, i downloaded a different version of this game!), the game is correctly moved under teknoparrot platform, but as you can see, it isn't correctly detected:

So i found in google that the right name for LB is: Shin Gouketsuji Ichizoku: Matsuri Senzo Kuyou  (https://gamesdb.launchbox-app.com/games/details/51861). So I rename it correctly and i choosed this:

and LB automatically associates this emulator:

but it doesn't make sense, this emulator is associated to another game, En-Eins Perfektewelt in my Taito Type X platform!

and so LB move the game from Teknoparrot platform to Taito Type X platform... 

Even if I change the the emulator, the game still stays in the Taito Type X platfom:

 

I don't know how to solve this stupid issue

[NEW Fast Teknoparrot configuration method]

hi, @Mr.Miguardi I sent you a PM, thank you!

[How to add Teknoparrot to Launchbox?]

I have another problem: i'm trying to import a game (Goketsuji Ichizoku - Matsuri Senzo Kuyo) and I already have this game for Taito Type X platform too, launched with TaitoTypeXtra emulator. But during the import process, LB move my game under the Taito Type X platform and automatically change the emulator (from Teknoparrot to TaitoTypXtra), I'm not able to keep it under Teknoparrot platform, even if i manually change again the emulator:

the N.1 is for Teknoparrot, N.2 is for TypeXtra platform (I have 2 different game version, i'm not using the same!).

How can I move the n.2 under Teknoparrot platform?

[How to add Teknoparrot to Launchbox?]

2 hours ago, Headrush69 said:

In the Add Emulator window, you have to check the three options below the default command line options. (See your second screenshot or Korth's example above)

thanks. Done:

now when I click on the game cover, it appears the Teknoparrot window:

but the game doesn't start...

here my Emulator configuration ( also tried to uncheck the check for updated option, but i still have same problem):

Is there anything that i can change?

many thanks!