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Ok. I think you could pretty easily reproduce this by trying a batch file similar to how I described.

I love it. I'm wondering one thing. Can it skip landing on games that have no video?

I think when I first added my Steam games to LB with the steam import wizard there was no option to download the steam trailer videos. I don't see how I can get them now that this LB option exists? I try the 'download metadata and images' but the steam video trailer option is not in that wizard. i tried the steam import but it won't get anything because it says it already has all my steam games. do i have to delete a steam game from LB and then run the import steam game wizard in order to grab the steam trailer videos?

i just tested this to be sure. i add this to the end of the batch file: echo %time% > r:\test.txt the only time test.txt gets created is when i exit the game by keyboard escape key. if i use xbox360 automation escape, the file never gets created. it's possible before 6.9 i was just using keyboard or Xpadder escape on xbox360. so this issue may exit before too. @Jason Carr, is it expected that the automation escape/exit would not return to the parent or the batch file to run the last or remaining lines?

ok, it seems now this only works when pressing the keyboard escape key. i use xbox360 and controller automation to escape out also. the xbox360 will indeed escape out of the daphne game but it seems to do it in a way that does not return back to the batch file to run the last line. was something changed here?

This stopped working since I upgraded to 6.9! I run daphne games with a batch file. the first part launches Xpadder, then i launch the game with the emulator, and finally i run taskkill to exit Xpadder. This was working great as a platform level tweak, but now it seems the taskkill part never runs anymore with 6.9 .

back to Rocketlauncher for now as it can exit the emulator fine with escape key. edit: 6.9 fixed this issue for me. batch file is no longer needed.

batch file no longer needed for demul dreamcast!! 6.9 fixes this issue! woohoo!

Seems that this issue has been fixed in 6.9. Issue gone! Thanks! Using VLC again.

Maybe that fix requires 6.9 to be running and we won't see that popup on the NEXT release.

Just got this popup upgrading from 6.8. However, I waited some time to see if launchbox.exe would close on its own and it eventually did. Then I clicked OK to continue. Then I got a UAC prompt asking me to allow dxsetup.exe to make changes, I allowed it, and the install finished fine. Looking forward to trying this version!

I see there is a new released version of LB today. Is there a way to know what's new and fixed in it before I upgrade?

bummer, i think my version doesn't support this individual pinball launching

Thanks @spycat . Oh wow, I didn't know multi image games didn't just work seamlessly. I guess I haven't yet tried a game that requires the second image. I'm not sure what I will do if that happens because I haven't faced it yet. I'm fairly new to emulators.

As luck would have it, I did not have to manually add an additional before and after app to my Daphne games. Since I'm using a batch file as the emulator to launch these games, I just added the start command and after command to this batch file and it works platform wide.

thanks @spycat , i don't get it...

Thanks @Jason Carr, but any idea how far out that is? If it's not very soon, i'll probably just do it manually for one set of games. Thanks! By the way, in the add additional apps setup window, what in the world does it mean to check the box for "Use Emulator"?

ideally i want to add a before and after "additional app" platform wide, but that currently does not exist in LB. the alternative is to set per game which works awesomely, but i do not want to manually add my before and after app to every single game in my platform!! ugh! i don't see a way using the bulk select all edit either. is there another way? please say there is

@lordmonkus, not at all. why would i mind??

i added a little tutorial here:

Download the attached batch file and put it inside your Daphne folder where your daphne.exe is. Open the batch file with notepad or other text editor. Make sure all the quoted games (such as "astron") match the file names of the .txt files inside Daphne\framefile folder but not including the .txt extension. Change the names in the batch file if any don't match your files. At the end of the last line is the resolution setting. It is set for 1920x1080. Change that to match your monitor if you like. Save the batch file before closing it if you made any changes. Create a new platform for Daphne. Create a new emulator called Daphne. Point the Daphne emulator to the attached batch file called daphnebatch.bat Put a checkmark on these two emulator settings: "don't use quotes" and "use filename only without file extension..." Add platform Daphne in the Associated Platforms tab and set to Default (if you want). Import your Daphne games (as rom files) into LaunchBox using the game .txt files inside your Daphne\framefile folder, choosing the new Daphne emulator and platform. That's about it. Try it out! I hope this helps some people. daphnebatch.bat Or copy and paste text below to make your own bat file. @echo off if "%1"=="ace" set bank= -bank 0 00000010 -bank 1 00000001& goto :start if "%1"=="astron" set bank= -bank 0 00000000 -bank 1 00000000& goto :start if "%1"=="badlands" set bank= -bank 0 00000010 -bank 1 10000011& goto :start if "%1"=="bega" set bank= -bank 0 00000000 -bank 1 00000111& goto :start if "%1"=="cliff" set bank= -bank 0 00000000 -bank 1 01000000 -bank 2 00000000 -bank 3 01111011& goto :start if "%1"=="cobraab" set bank= -bank 0 00000000 -bank 1 01001000& goto :start if "%1"=="esh" set bank=& goto :start if "%1"=="galaxy" set bank= -bank 0 00000000 -bank 1 00000000& goto :start if "%1"=="gpworld" set bank=& goto :start if "%1"=="interstellar" set bank= -bank 0 00110001 -bank 1 00000000& goto :start if "%1"=="lair" set bank= -bank 0 11011001 -bank 1 00100111& goto :start if "%1"=="lair2" set bank=& goto :start if "%1"=="mach3" set bank= -bank 0 01000100& goto :start if "%1"=="roadblaster" set bank= -bank 0 00000000 -bank 1 00000001& goto :start if "%1"=="sdq" set bank= -bank 0 00100001 -bank 1 00000000& goto :start if "%1"=="tq" set bank=& goto :start if "%1"=="uvt" set bank= -bank 0 00000000& goto :start set bank= -bank 0 11011001 -bank 1 00100111 :start daphne.exe %1 vldp -framefile framefile\%1.txt -blend -ignore_aspect_ratio -blank_searches -min_seek_delay 1000 -seek_frames_per_ms 20 -homedir . -fastboot%bank% -nocrc -noissues -noserversend -sound_buffer 2048 -fullscreen -x 1920 -y 1080

ok, i have created a single batch file which also sets all the games with correct dip switch banks. you don't need to set your home directory. just make sure you match the quoted txt game names in this batch file to the same as your txt game files. if you don't want 1080p screen resolution, then also change the resolution. @echo off if "%1"=="ace" set bank= -bank 0 00000010 -bank 1 00000001& goto :start if "%1"=="astron" set bank= -bank 0 00000000 -bank 1 00000000& goto :start if "%1"=="badlands" set bank= -bank 0 00000010 -bank 1 10000011& goto :start if "%1"=="bega" set bank= -bank 0 00000000 -bank 1 00000111& goto :start if "%1"=="cliff" set bank= -bank 0 00000000 -bank 1 01000000 -bank 2 00000000 -bank 3 01111011& goto :start if "%1"=="cobraab" set bank= -bank 0 00000000 -bank 1 01001000& goto :start if "%1"=="esh" set bank=& goto :start if "%1"=="galaxy" set bank= -bank 0 00000000 -bank 1 00000000& goto :start if "%1"=="gpworld" set bank=& goto :start if "%1"=="interstellar" set bank= -bank 0 00110001 -bank 1 00000000& goto :start if "%1"=="lair" set bank= -bank 0 11011001 -bank 1 00100111& goto :start if "%1"=="lair2" set bank=& goto :start if "%1"=="mach3" set bank= -bank 0 01000100& goto :start if "%1"=="roadblaster" set bank= -bank 0 00000000 -bank 1 00000001& goto :start if "%1"=="sdq" set bank= -bank 0 00100001 -bank 1 00000000& goto :start if "%1"=="tq" set bank=& goto :start if "%1"=="uvt" set bank= -bank 0 00000000& goto :start set bank= -bank 0 11011001 -bank 1 00100111 :start daphne.exe %1 vldp -framefile framefile\%1.txt -blend -ignore_aspect_ratio -blank_searches -min_seek_delay 1000 -seek_frames_per_ms 20 -homedir . -fastboot%bank% -nocrc -noissues -noserversend -sound_buffer 2048 -fullscreen -x 1920 -y 1080

i think each game may have different bank settings, so it's probably best to go back to the individual batch file option. i think Rocketlauncher provides a daphne.ini file that contains all the correct settings for each game so that's how RL deals with it. if i have time, i'll update the batch file to set the correct bank settings for each game.

i found one game where the controls didn't work with the same bank settings. i have to run that one by batch file using : -bank 0 00000000 -bank 1 00000111 bummer

This single batch file should work for everyone with 1920x1080 screen with NO modifications whatsoever, not even for your home directory path: @echo off daphne.exe %1 vldp -framefile\%1.txt -blend -ignore_aspect_ratio -blank_searches -min_seek_delay 1000 -seek_frames_per_ms 20 -homedir . -fastboot -bank 0 11011001 -bank 1 00100111 -nocrc -noissues -noserversend -sound_buffer 2048 -fullscreen -x 1920 -y 1080 If you don't use 1920x1080, just change that part to match your resolution.