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Sorry to dig this up, but I was hoping if maybe I put a couple videos of my issue into the post, someone may be able to help me with my issue. Desktop Mode Example BigBox Example

So, I'm currently trying to use the WindowCast core for Retroarch. For those who don't know what that is: https://forums.libretro.com/t/official-release-thread-for-windowcast-core/40464 Simply put, it's a core for retroarch that allows you to launch stand alone emulators through retroarch, so you can enjoy the shaders that retroarch uses. The thing is, it's a bit finicky, and seems to have stopped development. That said, I was wondering if anyone had had a lot success with it? Right now, the big pain I'm having is with PCSX2. I found a python wrapper that makes it "more" simple to use in front ends, but my specific issue is with it not being able to launch a game directly. Here's the wrapper here: https://github.com/AmateursPls/wincast/ Now, I am totally uneducated when it comes to scripting/ahk/etc. But I feel like I'm so close to getting this working how I'd want it to, but I just don't have the knowledge to get me over that last hump. The main problem being WindowCast grabs the emulators by using the title in the windows. This works for a lot of emulators, but the issue here is when you launch PCSX2, the title of the window becomes the game title, and WindowsCast is looking for the name of emulator itself. So, if you wanted it to work properly, you'd have to manually input every title of every game so that WindowCast finds it. This is also true for the Wincast wrapper as well, except for in this case, you'd have to manually input the full path to each rom in the running script. So in launchbox I set up the wincast wrapper as an emulator. Then in the running script for it I put something akin to this: Run, "...\Emulators\wincast.exe" --emulator "...\Emulators\PCSX2\pcsx2-qt.exe" --retroarch "...\Emulators\RetroArch\retroarch.exe" Now, this script will use wincast to launch PCSX2, and Retroarch with the windowcast core running. And as far as that goes it works great, but I can't get it to run a rom, it just boots up the gui, which you can't really do much with. However, wincast does have a command you can add to the end of this. --rom "...\ROMS\PS2\Game title.chd" Which when I use this, it works great, no issues, other than the obvious fact that I'd have to do separate launch conditions for every single rom if this was how I want to go. So, to sum it up, what I guess I'm looking for is if someone knows a way I can either fool the wincast wrapper into "knowing" what rom I want it to use, so I don't have to make separate launchers for each game. OR does anyone have perhaps a script that would launch the windowcast core/PCSX2/rom, without the need of the python wrapper at all?

Title kind of explains everything. Having a strange issue where after choosing my startup screen, it stays as the default. The thing is this only happens in BigBox mode. If I turn on the option in normal desktop mode, it uses one of my installed startup themes.

Yeah, exactly. But my thinking was, if it has an "arcade" platform that it uses for MAME, then perhaps there's a way to also point that towards the other arcade platforms as well. Basically telling Launchbox/Bigbox to "see" the other platforms besides MAME as a unified "Arcade" for the purpose of themes. I figured this would be the solution, but I was hoping maybe there was a way to get Launchbox/Bigbox to see the other platforms under the big "Arcade" umbrella and just unify it for the purpose of themes or whatever. I hope what I'm saying makes sense. Thanks for the responses!

Hey guys, I was just curious about something. So, I have my Arcade platforms split into the following: Daphne, MAME, Atomiswave, Sega M2, Sega M3, and NAOMI. I'm using a theme that sees MAME as the default "Arcade" platform and has a special theme for that, but uses a basic theme for all the others. Is there any way for me to get Launchbox/Big Box to "see" the other Arcade platforms as the same as MAME or something so they can share similar themes?

I'm not sure I'm missing something, For some reason in the overview section, it only shows me 3D box art, but no screenshots or videos or any other media?

I wish I could find one! I was looking for something like 4700G but I know they're still sort of restricting those to OEM PC's (which is why I was looking into pre-builts anyway) For the most part my storage isn't a problem, on my current system I have Launchbox running off an SSD, but the games are on a big ole HDD. I guess my post was built more out of frustration at the current market, and just was wondering if anyone was having any kind of miraculous luck or knew a product to point to.

Wasn't sure where exactly to post this sorta thing, figured this would be the best place. Obviously right now is the worst possible time to build a pc. Especially for emulation where it's not really necessary to make the biggest baddest machine to run most systems, yet it seems every part, no matter how old is some ridiculous price. So, has anyone here had like any luck or suggestions or anything really? Seems like every search leads to another dead end, and I'd just love to have a machine dedicated for emulation that isn't like some overpriced thing.

Hey! Just downloaded this, and the backgrounds for the systems aren't coming up. And yes, I have the Unified theme installed. Just wondering if maybe an update borked it? Image below to show you what I am experiencing.

This is more of an FYI, than any real help, but I use RocketLauncher in conjunction with LaunchBox. There is an issue I've ran into where if you are using the Atari800 core, you're unable to use bezels and well... basically all the stuff that makes RocketLauncher worth using. This is because RocketLauncher will always seek out the config file from the config folder instead of .atari800.cfg. And even if you move the file to the config folder, then RocketLauncher will still ignore it over retroarch.cfg. Not looking for help, just putting it out there for educational purposes.

I swear that at some point there was an option on Launchbox that prevented it from renaming your media. I cannot find it for some reason, and I just wanted to make sure I'm not crazy.