Fursphere

Not sure how much work it would be, but one path could be to update the LB installer / updater to ask the question: Include Pre-made playlists? Yes/No (default yes) if 'yes' Display pre-made players in BigBox by default? yes/no (default no) if 'no', check "hide in bigbox" checkbox on each playlist by default And then maybe if the original ones have been modified, rename them or move them to backups?

There doesn't appear to be a way to 'un-hide' them from BB in the LB GUI, or any indication that they're hidden at all. (unless I missed something???) Maybe that's the 'ask' here. Update the LB GUI to indicate what's going on. I mean, there is a setting for "Hide in BigBox" that could be used to accomplish this (checked by default in this case).

I'd accept this, but they do show up just fine in the 'Platform Categories" view by default. (Platform Categories is a whole different subject...)

I think I have this figured out, but I don't understand why. I've been trying to get one of the included playlists to display in the BB "playlists" view. "Arcade SNK Neo Geo MVS" (one that comes with the default Launchbox install) No matter what I did, it would never show in BB. I originally assumed it had something to do with the parent catagory relationship - but no matter what I changed nothing worked. Finally I decided to go XML hacking, and found this to be the solution: If that's set to 'true', it'll never show in BigBox. Setting it to 'false' solves the issue. Is there a specific reason for this?

Ya.. I remember that hell when I had a T300RS wheel.

You can use the D-Pad and A/B buttons on the wheel for BB navigation instead of the analog controls. (Unless you've got a button-less wheel)

For MAME, I have a full import platform, then a "All killer No Filler" playlist that I normally use. I've been thinking about using the AKNF approach to all the platforms, and then just showing playlists primarily. If you want the full platforms, they're there, but the playlists are the primary source that filter out all the noise. Like the 1000+ Nintendo Wii titles with it being like 95% shovel-ware.... lol

Oh, I'm totally a data horder too. I just don't import them all in to LB, as I want LB to be somewhat usable. lol

Got it. thanks. This helps. But still has a gap as I don't know what the themes are pulling.

Where can I find this tool? I was just looking around in Launchbox and its not listed in any of the pull down menus.

Let me explore missing media sidebar again. I was hoping something theme related in bigbox though. I don't care if i'm missing media i'm not using. And its not always obvious what themes are exactly using. Like. How awesome would this be? Load a new platform/playlist. Download zero media. Open Bigbox, set theme I want for that platform/playlist. Let it run for a minute or three. Then go look at the logs. "oh, this theme needs xyz" - go back to launchbox and start scraping. Then re-review as missing items show up.

Is there a log file that records missing artwork / media based on what BigBox is doing? For example - User navigates to a SNES game SNES game is missing: "Video, Marquee, clear logo" Is there a log file somewhere that says "this theme tried to load these images/videos - not found" ?

I have played with that button. On/off. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. "inconsistent" is what I would call it. I don't blame BigBox. I blame the crappy drivers and software that come from the wheel vendors, and then the crappy USB device handling from Windows. Before I switched to Fanatec, I had a Thrustmaster T300RS wheel, and before that a Logitech G27. I remember having problems with the Thrustmaster. The Logitech just worked though. Logitech makes great software, too bad the force feedback on their wheels is garbage by comparison.

How many HBMAME titles are worth playing at this point? I was under the impression it was only like a dozen or two at most. And anything 'worth' playing (subjective, I know) is also included in the FBNEO rom set at this point. Like Final Fight 30th anniversary 3-player hack (assuming you have a need for a setup that supports 3 players). Then the Rotary Games to Dual Stick conversion hacks, so you can play those without having a proper rotary stick. What I'm getting at is that it might be a lot faster to figure out what games you care about from HBMAME, and just import those specifically. Because there is a lot of noise in that set.

I've copied LB files to other systems many times. I usually just exclude the image cache folders, and then any systems I don't plan on running on the destination PC. (1 system for console games on my television, systems in my standup arcades just for arcade platforms, then systems in my sit down driving cabs just for driving games). If anything is miss-matched on the controls, its super easy to just adjust it once you get it running on in the new place. LB/BB is very portable. Thank the DEVs for that.

I had the same problem with my Daytona twin build. Fanatec DD wheels would work inconsistently in BigBox, so much so that I gave up on it. My solution was to just put a Elegato Stream Deck Mini just behind the shifters on each seat that has front end controls. I got the stream decks used off ebay pretty cheap. You can see where I mounted it here: https://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,167512.msg1768325.html#msg1768325 I'm not sure how your cabinet(?) is setup, so this may or may not work for you. You could do something similar with arcade buttons and a simple encoder like an ipac.

I've been playing with the HyperSpin 2.0 beta for a few hours now. Unfortunately, the beta is super buggy, and doesn't work most of the time.

I know almost nothing about TrueNAS, but a quick google search seemed to indicate that you can create NFS or SMB shares. I would expect Android to support NFS shares, as its based on Linux.

Feature flag it. If beta version flag = true; show change log else = show new features

Why isn't the full changelog just posted in the launchbox 'welcome' message? Seems like an appropriate place for it.

@faeran It might be something with my file structure. I did it again, but this time just choose "NES" (under NES I have separate folders for each region). This time it had the expected page with 'folder to platform' alignment (however, no dropdown choices, manual entry only). Is it intended to only select a single root level folder?

What I did: Import Multiple Roms (next) Selected three folders - NES, SNES, PS1 (next) This page was blank. No options. Nothing to choose. (next) This was the media download page. I canceled out at point. In the single rom workflow - You choose folder(s), then next page you associate a platform. for multiple, I was expecting you'd choose folder(s), then the next page you'd have a grid with the folders (or individual files), a drop down for each to associate a platform, and then a third drop down option for "scrape as"

Maybe I'm not understanding how its supposed to work, but the "Import Roms - Multiple Platforms" doesn't appear to work in the current Beta 4. (never tried it before). It never gives the option to align "imported thing" (rom/folder) to "platform" Should it?

While its still possible to run a local account on Windows 11, Microsoft is sure pushing to make everything cloud connected at all times. My main cabinet is on Windows 11 now, and it occasionally on reboot tries to get me to convert to a Microsoft account. So far I've been able to skip it - but it sure is annoying. Its making me think about converting my cabinets over to Linux again.... (which is a whole different nitemare)