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yeah, for me it sounds like i'm better off with nomousy then (even though i prefer to not use utilities other than ahk if i can help it). it would be cool if LB had that, but if it ever gets it i hope it is only an option to use. because if LB were to crash, and that happens sometimes, then the mouse pointer would probably stay hidden causing a lot of grief. i say this because i ran into that a lot with RocketLauncher when I used to use RL. it was so frustrating when things would go awry with RL and you were left with no possible way to use the mouse. with nomousy a LB crash can still cause a problem, but you can at least use keyboard to access the Run dialog and type in the nomousy command to bring it back. for many users this ill event would just result in death and they would hard power cycle the computer or press the power button to shutdown and power back up.

@lordmonkus , what happens if you move your mouse in game after the the ahk moves the mouse? does it reappear? i'm asking because i use Synergy to move in and out of my gaming PC screen, so I think if I go to move the mouse back into that PC, it may spring the mouse pointer back up. if it doesn't I may have a go with this and see if it stays hidden. does anything ever spring the mouse pointer back out that you've seen? with nomousy, i don't have to worry about that or move the mouse back out to the side.

The only thing I do is add two ahk lines to the ahk tab for the emulator(s) I want to hide the mouse for. You may or may not need the other lines. But for the nomousy part, it's only two lines (plus the lines for $Esc:: and { } ) Example: Run, R:\LaunchBox\Games\Tools\nomousy.exe /hide $Esc:: { Run, R:\LaunchBox\Games\Tools\nomousy.exe WinClose, ahk_class window ahk_exe demul.exe }

nomousy just works. it doesn't care if an emulator or game snaps the pointer back to the center or somewhere else at any time. i prefer the mouse pointer totally invisible so i don't have to care about any potential issue from an emulator or game. use any method that works for you. just my two cents...

i like nomousy.exe . it has always worked perfectly for me. n case you want to hide the mouse pointer and have nomousy.exe, you can add this ahk code to your emulator's AutoHotkey Script tab (example is for Demul since that one often needs this): Run, R:\LaunchBox\Games\Tools\nomousy.exe /hide $Esc:: { Run, R:\LaunchBox\Games\Tools\nomousy.exe WinClose, ahk_class window ahk_exe demul.exe } Just change the path to where you put your nomousy.exe file.

Just so you know, this method also leaves a process running in the background as well. That process is cmd.exe for the batch file. In any case, glad you got things working!

i think i can create an autohotkey script that will solve this. you would add it as an additional app. i would need to know what game process runs along with the steam for one game. i would also need to know your exact start and exit vjoy commands including the full path to vjoy the script would just wait for the game process name to stop running and then it would run the command to exit vjoy you would need to install autohotkey on your computer first Edit: but again, if you run the game's exe from Launchbox instead of using the steam shortcut, you most likely wouldn't even need an ahk script and you can use your batch files to start and exit vjoy

ok, steam games are a real trouble for additional apps sometimes. you can run the game exe in the LB field instead of the steam link. if that is the actual exe that stays running while the game is up it should work. but i've seen games where the exe changes and then that is a problem for this LB feature.

I've never seen or heard of this issue. Can you describe in detail the exact steps to make this happen?

Post screenshots of you additional apps and their settings, and the main tab when you right click edit game. Also check if the application path field where it specifies what process will launch the game, matches what is running in task manager when the game is actually playing.

thanks, that did the trick!

yeah i think i hear this too.

because you are a mod pushing for the little things that make using LB better

@letstalkaboutdune , did you try this? it helped for me anyway: update: it got quite a bit better after i disabled BB setting Mouse->'enable mouse' and Controller->'use all controllers'but it still has a minor stutter if you stop on a platform and let the video barely start to play and then try to change platform againbut at least its much better than before

yeah, on my less beastly system (but it's still sort of beastly), I have more BB wheel stuttering in 7.11 than 7.10. edit: @letstalkaboutdune , i was able to reduce the 7.11 stuttering by doing things like disabling mouse and the setting to not use all controllers. i might have tried a couple other settings too, i can't remember now. i think it's in my thread on 7.11 stuttering. it reduced the stuttering and freezing quite a bit, but it still has a minor stutter that i can now live with.

i just want to say thanks @Jason Carr and @lordmonkus for the nicer PC drag/drop import and saving last media selections. it is AWESOME!

looks like something changed here. the game name in LB is "Battle Chasers: Nightwar". For game names with colons i have always simply removed the colon for the image file and it always has worked that way. since @GunerX mentioned underscores, I decided to replace the colon with underscore like this "Battle Chasers_ Nightwar" and now it works! This would have always worked before but not now: "Battle Chasers Nightwar" @Jason Carr, did anything change that could cause this new behavior?

that's not it. the names are right.

i also can't seem to use 2 gameplay screenshot image files I added for a PC game in Windows "Screenshot - Gameplay" folder. i used the same naming convention I always do with game name-01, game name-02, etc. they just won't show up for the game when i click on it. i have tried refresh selected images and close and reopen LB.

i upgraded from 7.11 to 7.12 beta 3 and have these two jason carr files as well. assuming it's safe to delete them so i will. LB still seems to run ok without them.

I would guess it's this.

You can put your favorites in a Playlist. To make some not show in LB, you can either mark them as Hidden or just delete them from LB (not deleting the rom files).

i would think both ways would work. i tried (.*) on my xml file and it worked.

I think this notepad++ find/replace using regex option for search mode should work: find what: <ConfigurationCommandLine>(.*)</ConfigurationCommandLine> replace with: <ConfigurationCommandLine /> make a copy of the xml file and test it first.

yeah, you'll need to figure out a regex to use which will match that whole line for each game (so, you know what each line starts with and ends with. you need to get anything in between as well)