VACRMH

I'd rather have more room for game details and screenshots myself. I don't believe there's any option to toggle, but is there any keywords I can look for in theme XML files to try and edit to my liking? Thanks!

I wouldn't mind something like this. Currently I have a few categories for each system such as USA, Japan, Translations, Beta/Prototype and so forth. But it would be nice to choose the platform and see something like a default category. In most cases I want to play something from the USA list, so being able to choose a platform and not have it load up every single game from all the categories would be nice.

Are you saying that when you use the method @C-Beats gave, that when you go to pick a folder that folder shows as empty? That's normal.

I'm good at long rambling posts FYI. So I've been wanting to set up an older PC of mine to store all my larger files (Mostly disc based games, movies and TV shows). I've dabbled and read up on NAS setups, RAID, all that kind of stuff. Thing is, I'm the only one accessing the files and I don't need it available 24/7 with drives constantly spinning. I do own plex and being able to pull up a show on my phone sometimes was fun but not completely necessary. So what I'd ideally want is this... 1. Be able to access the files when I'm on my main computer, and stream from it. Such as pulling up Plex and choosing a show to watch. 2. Have a backup in case of a drive failure. I know having it all on one system isn't a true backup, but I'm fine with that for now. 3. Only backup certain files or folders. This may change if I have more space, but something I could easily download again are ok not to have a backup. (Like the movies I own on rifftrax.com, I can always log in and download them). 4. Automated backups. Like if I download something to a folder that I want to have backed up, it'll make sure there's a copy of it every so often. Doesn't need to be daily, weekly maybe? 5. Compression? It would be nice if I could save some space by having the files backed up and compressed, as long as it's not something I'd have to worry about if I ever need to get them back. Tall order I think so not too concerned about it. 6. Lower power/wear and tear. I'm not constantly accessing things on this computer, so having it only turn on/spin up as needed. I think this is where wake on LAN comes into play? I think that's everything. I know a few users here use NAS and other types of backups so I thought I'd see if anyone had suggestions. Right now I'm leaning towards something like a windows based system with something like Acronis True Image. Thanks!

Not a bad idea! I've yet to mess with the Pause Screen feature as most of the time I just pull up the Retroarch menu with a hotkey I mapped to the PS button on the controller I've been using. I'll have to look into it. I could also just keep something on my phone to reference, but thought it would be fun to use more features of LaunchBox. And now I get to learn and tinker with the Pause Screen Thanks!

TL;DR - I want to be able to keep track of where I am in a game, and read it when on the now loading screen before hitting a button to continue. I have a bad habit of starting games, usually RPGs and never finishing them. A friend of mine said he keeps notes of where he's at in a game to jog his memory when he gets a chance to start playing again. So I was thinking of trying to find a way to use it along with LaunchBox. The idea I have in mind is that when I launch a game, the startup screen would show whatever notes I have for that game. Instead of setting how long the startup screen would display, it wouldn't disappear until I hit a button to make it do so. Not really sure how to go about this, maybe .txt files with the same file name as the matching rom that could get displayed on the startup screen just how an image would?

Thanks! For this part, would it also save the subfolder layout I have? Currently it's set to something like D:\Launchbox\Games\Sony Playstation\USA and so forth

Just built a new system and I want to get things more organized. Currently I have everything on one HDD under a folder called "Launchbox". But what I'd like to do is move the LB install along with images to my main OS SSD. As for the games and emulators, I wanted to keep them on the drive they're currently on, but in their own directories to keep things organized. Such as D:\Emulators and D:\Games\Sony Playstation\USA and so forth. Would there be an easy way to do this inside LB itself? I was thinking if not I could edit some of the XML files with find and replace. I know that might take awhile to go through everything but I'd rather not have to start from scratch, as I have lots of platform categories and playlists (Each console is broken down by USA, Europe, Fan Translations, Japan, Homebrew/Unlicensed, Beta/Prototype and so forth for example) Thanks!

I made a playlist called "Now Playing", which I have at the top of all other categories. Now when I choose a game to play I can right click the game, add it to the Now Playing playlist, and be able to go back to see what games I'm currently playing through. Also, I always collapse all the other categories and bring up now playing before I close launchbox, so it's the first thing that shows up when I open it back up next time.

Emulation General Wiki (gametechwiki.com) I usually use this. It shows which emulators are suggested for the system, and if it has a RetroArch core.

Awesome! I'll have to get this installed soon, thanks!

Would I need to go through all of that if I was just plugging the arcade stick in via USB? I could see if I was going the HDMI>Blissbox route that I would need to do that. However, I do have a ps360+ in my stick as well. I wonder if just forcing it to boot as a PS2 controller would work with the blissbox. I have to unplug it before booting my PC anyways because it's detected as something else on bootup and screws my mame config.

Interesting! My overall goal would be that every emulator has 2 configurations. One for my arcade stick and one for that systems controller. So if I'm looking to play SNES, I could plug in the SNES controller to play some Final Fantasy, or my arcade stick with Killer Instinct.

I'm interested in this. So that means you can configure each controller, and then plug in whatever you want whenever? Like if you configure both SNES and an arcade stick for the buttons you want, just plug in the controller or arcade stick into the same port and just...go? That's something I'd love to have! Can you link to more details? Amazing setup BTW, love the safety toggle switch. Edit: I'm also wondering how the padhack classic controllers work. Where does the hdmi port on that you added plug in, and where does the black cable on the left go? Lots of cool ideas here, just trying to digest them all!

I did forget to mention in my post, that I agree with others that older generation rom sets are very small. So I do keep a full set of many systems as a backup on another drive. This way I can always grab a game someone suggested, or in the case of a new fan translation, have that readily available.

I've fixed the problem, and while there may be an easier way I just wanted to post here in case anyone else had the same problem. I play Playstation games with the Mednafen core, launched through RocketLauncher. I kept getting an error every time I tried to run the following game... Arc the Lad Collection - Arc the Lad III (USA) (Disc 1) Looks like it was the 2 sets of parentheses that was giving it trouble, changed it to... Arc the Lad III - Disc 1 (USA) And it booted up fine. Just don't forget to update your cue file!

Well done. I need to take the time to get a setup I like. I have a bunch of converters hooked up for authentic game controllers, but I also want to have the ability to grab my arcade stick when a game needs it.

Personally I like to get the No-Intro sets (Which are usually just one rom per game, save some revisions), delete anything I know I don't want, and then play the ones I'm not sure about for a few minutes and delete what I don't like. I've gotten a few systems down to 15-20 games that way (Game Gear for example)

Dark Ambient is great, perfect with headphones. I've been listening to a lot of Coil lately. A friend of mine makes dark ambient, usually mixed with rhythmic noise, check him out. https://wormsoftheearth.bandcamp.com/

Pretty sure I'm VACRMH on steam. Don't use PSN or XBL that much these days but I'm "TheSuperSadist" on PSN and "RottenToTheGore" on XBL

Another good place to check out is the shmups forum http://shmups.system11.org/ But if you can get your hands on a Super Emotia, try that too, a lot easier to use IMO.

Odd, and you did the part where it scans MAME and adds the various resolutions? Wish I could be more helpful, it was a pain for me to get set up as well. Try posting on that forum there too.

I like a bit of everything here and there. Metal (Death and Black), Industrial, EBM, Synth Pop, ect Guess I should throw a few artists I've been listening to lately... David Bowie, Velvet Acid Christ, Skinny Puppy, The Smiths, Carcass, Darkthrone, Nitzer Ebb, And One, Coil, Klaus Nomi

It seems like each method has it's ups and downs. I ended up just getting the Super Emotia cause it was much easier for me. There's a step by step guide to get crt_emudriver working, maybe this will help? http://geedorah.com/eiusdemmodi/forum/viewtopic.php?id=298

Just glancing at your post, have you tried CRT_Emudriver? Or you could always use an Extron Emotia, which will downscale to a resolution your CRT can use - http://retrorgb.com/emotia.html