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will the Bezel Project integration allow you to see the bezel first or have one bezel per system. if not i would prefer
that launchbox has its own version with all the options the other media has in launchbox also have artwork in the online database
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Thanks for reply
have added link as suggested. Just in case you wanted to vote for it
I was thinking of a automatic system just global folders like manual, ie artwork folder with system/games subfolders the rotate through images until exit. Additional Applications is more of a personal selection.
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cant see this in bit bucket so have to search for 6672
then it shows up
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Please read, then let me find out others want this feature
or improve on this request. If by chance you like this idea please vote for it on bitbucket
bitbucket can be found by left clicking on 3 lines on top right of screen then help & support
feature request
In the pause menu you can access the game manual.
but would be nice for other menu items (optional dependent on pause theme)
such as
Other pdf,s (walkthroughs, game history etc)
Images (maps, controls etc.)
videos (game adverts, reviews etc.)
just put folders in pause data folder or images ie pause custom 1 ,2,3
or even have a supplementary images folder in root with subfolders
manuals, artwork 1, artwork 2, video, documents 1, documents 2 etc
can then be added to game view screen in big box at a later date if wanted
link added so if you want to help vote for this
https://bitbucket.org/jasondavidcarr/launchbox/issues/6672/add-more-options-to-pause-menu
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I was told it works on windows 11, but unable to test as im using a 4th gen cpu (2013)
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Most if not all features are nice, but none have that wow factor
Might be not many users use bitbucket. At lest on a forum you get input and a chance to refine options
please don't get me wrong but as a long time user the continuing development is the very best.
just getting the felling the poll has less user input than in the past.
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It's great to hear about the marquee options. Especially as my bitbucket request was such a
failure ( hate bitbucket . apparently i also forgot to vote for my own request as well ) .ps tablet rocks as second screen
I do miss the old pre-poll developer chats with Jason as I find it hard to put my thoughts into text. Used to take secondary
It text to get to a “i think i know what your trying to say”
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boohoohoo
lost all roms on my nas
hackers used my cloud z7 programme on the qnap to alter my filers in order to blackmail me
i have all my old files backed up but the currently being sorted stuff is more of a problem
so if you have a Qnap nas turn off the cloud app now
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Sorry, just replying to post and forgot about it being beta sub
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when adding types of controls please dont forget about the arcades ie trackball , spinner ,wheel
New Document Fields for Hintbooks, Cheats, and Maps sounds great
the ability to add to second screen as a alternative to marquee would be even better.
Better still would be the ability to allow theme creators to create zones for multiple Document Fields on one screen
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Last night i had my Launchbox database error ( nice backup system, it works) and on trying to find out why
came across lots of people having BSOD after latest windows update (17 April ) so the instability of windows, might be having a negative effect on launchbox. Just a thought.
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i think you might be looking at a DAS and not a NAS
the 5 bay ones that are around £100 have a 10tb per drive limit
it works the same way as a powered external hard drive with a usb3 lead
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I use a Qnap 4 bay nas, but only for roms. The main program and media are on my faster internal hard drives.
also you need to consider the question of what type of raid. All drives will fail in the future and larger drives are more susceptible to this.
a couple of points to think about are
the maximum size of hard drive to put in (my qnap is 16tb per drive max max)
do you need a NAS that can take different size drives , not all can.
do you need a NAS or will a cheaper DAS system work (connected to pc via usb only)
It is best to know what type of raid you think suits your need and check your NAS supports it.
if i got this right it goes like this 4 x 10tb drives
raid 0 will give the fastest and most space. but if one drive fails all data is lost. only use if you have a reliable backups
raid 0 40tb and faster as writes to both drives simultaneously, but if one drive fails lose data from both drives
raid 1 20tb two copies of all data so if a drive fails it can be rebuilt
raid 10 20tb with the speed of raid 0 and restore abilitys of raid 1
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Ok found a solution
I just wanted to use my tablet as a marrquee screen, (in my case this is a android a7)
I found a programe called Spacedesk
to use
run a windows driver and a app ( android or ios ) also works with phones
then just enable marrquee in big box options. Will probberly do custom banners to show controls or notes to bypass game protections, maps or loading commands etc. ( more for computers than consoles).
This would be nice if this was a baked in option, but have no idea how complicated this would be. Just thinking it must be more simple than launchbox for android and would be a unique feature that no other front end has.
one last point not everyone has a second monitor but most people have a smart phone. so when dealing with so meny games a contextual quick reference guide would be most helpfull.
Am i alone in this view or am i not explaning it in text as is in my head.
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First thanks for reading
I have 2 sets of front end 1 is coinops for visiters and llaunchbox for my never finish setup
so coinops uses bat files a lot
so how do i convert this
mame64.exe cpc6128 -snapshot ".\roms\BruceLee_AmstradCPC.sna" -cfg_directory ".\cfg\BruceLee_AmstradCPC" -joy
I'm thinking import the game1.sna but how to write parameters and pick up same game1 name
Any help would be most wellcomed and will inprove my understanding in future setups as well.
I can do this to every rom 1 at a time, but do feel ( or hope) theres a better way.
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24 minutes ago, EgoBizarro said:
@drphobus if I don't understand you in a wrong way, you can just import those using 'None of the above' on the first window of the import wizard for bat or exe files.
yeh can kinda get there but it like selecting roms then saying only joking not realy not a rom. Launchbox is about making things easy to add in a very stratforword way. Same argument could have been made for Origin, Epic etc.
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also need a option to import bat files for the other pc games that slip through the net
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thanks now done
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just added a Feature request on bitbucket
https://bitbucket.org/jasondavidcarr/launchbox/issues/5670/feature-request-use-android-tablet-or
Here below is my bitbucket request
Now that a android version of Launchbox is no longer on the cards, would it be possible to use the android screen as a second screen. I have used a tablet as a remote desktop in the past as well as a remote control for pc based music software,so might be possible. It would be a shame to let all that programming knowledge from the android version of launchbox go to waste. And as most people have a smartphone or tablet it would be unique and I think well appreciated.
would like other thoughts on the idea. So far it has no votes on bitbucket but i think that if it can be done it will make a great addition to cp wizard.To be honest i don't know if it's achievable.
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20 hours ago, maschine said:
Hi all,
I am struggling to get a particular game working. Actually it was my favorite game in those days, called Oil Imperium or Black Gold. It can be found on whdload.de http://whdload.de/games/OilImperium.html
Yet, I did not find the right parameters to launch it via FS-UAE. Any help appreciated! Thanks
if i can remember in my amiga days if all else fails use kickstart 1.2 (that was on the real amiga ,but might be worth a try)
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also Atari 2600 core has no paddle support. This only affects people who love breakout, kaboom and other bat and ball games.
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6 hours ago, Jason Carr said:
Eventually I'm planning on adding controller-specific configurations (different bindings for each controller). When we tackle that, I'll make sure to cover this. As for right now, though, doing that properly would require tracking controllers separately, and currently they're all combined, so I can't really make that happen until we do that restructuring.
Trackball support is completely separate code than game controllers, so unfortunately no, it's not something I can slip in right now. I actually have a version of the code in progress for trackball support for Big Box, but it proved to be more extensive than I had originally thought, and sadly it hasn't seemed to garner a whole lot of interest so I haven't been back to it as of yet.
thanks for the reply. I can wait
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Just asking but would this be a good time to give the trackball option for arcade cabs
The LaunchBox 2022 Community Poll
in Features
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also compare names with launcbox database before importing, would be nice