Retrofrogg

Really keen to get this sorted so would appreciate any pointers!

It's looking good. I'd like to see a list of platform organised by platform category, for reference

exo - I just tried opening the hintbook (in LB in "additional apps" for KQ3) - though it couldn't find it. It seems to be in the Meagre extra folder but not in LB? In LB it points to eXoDOS\Games\!dos\KQ3\Meagre\Extras\Kings_Quest_3_Hint_Book.pdf for this item. Also, after installation, all the games remained zipped - is this correct? And - I have all the media in the LB folders, but the games themselves are on a different drive. How do I set the games location for all the games (rather than having to do it one game at a time)? Sorry for all the questions! Edit - just for clarification: my method of install was to run setup on my network drive, then copy across/merge the relevant folders into my Launchbox install on my local drive. I plan to leave the games on the network drive for space.

Thanks exo. Another query - when running the setup, it seems to put all the artwork etc into the appropriate launchbox folders. For example, if I go into the launchbox/manuals folder, then I see the manuals for the dos games. However, I have found that there is further artwork/manuals withing the exodos/games/!dos folder. What is this folder, and should I move the stuff out of it into Launchbox as well?

exo - are there any plans for a win3xo update? I am currently working on adding the 2 new exodos v3.1 packs to Launchbox. I have a separate folder with the old versions plus the win3xo combined. I'm working whether to add my win3xo stuff to LB or to wait for an update. Thanks!

OK, well it sounded similar to me and I thought others might want to know how I solved it. Hopefully you get to solve your issue too.

Solved - at least for me - you have to tick the box that says search for game information from the Launchbox database.

I'm having the same issue. Currently working on Nintendo Entertainment System. I sucessfully downloaded all the game descriptions and some other artwork. Now i am trying to download the front boxes. I previously had front boxes in the folder, though these were small and from emumovies. The Launchbox ones seem to be bigger. So I deleted all of the contents of the front box folder from the NES media folder. I then selected all NES games and told LB to scrape the front box images from the Launchbox (not emumovies) server. LB shoots through all the games in a few seconds, says it has successfully updated the metadata for 700 items, though it didn't download the covers!! If I edit each game manually then I can download them that way - though this method is of courese untenable! Edit: could it be because I deleted the images through file explorer rather than in LB - so LB think that the images are still there, maybe? Maybe some sort of datafile/cache issue?

How can I change the order in which the images are shown in LB? When I go to edit a game, you can flick through the images in the tiny box and change the image "type", but I see no way to change the order of these images. When I am looking at a game's images, it is very unintuitive to have the back of the box appear first, then the flyer, then perhaps the front of the box, etc. Thanks!

Thanks - I tried that software and it looks OK. I cannot figure out how to get the picture just on the front of the case, and not the spine. Is this possible?

I too would like to know how to change a 2D box into a 3D box.

Love the built-in PDF reader, but how do you access the controls for it (including the zoom level)? All I can seem to do is scroll up and down. Thanks!

Tried this and just can't get it to work. It shows my game list, though won't show any of the media. It doesn't rely on the media being in the LB subfolders does it??

Sorry if this has been covered before - but how do I add the new exoDOS packs (versions 3.1) to an existing Launchbox install (i.e. without running the setup file which installs a new instance of LB)?

I think that just adventure and RPG new packs (3.1) are on PD so far.

When I resize the game details pane, then close LB, then open LB again, it doesn't remember the resize - it has the pane back to its (slimmer) original setting. Is this expected behaviour?

Yes you're right, the Lightspeed tool is no longer recommended. It would be nice however to have LB use the history.dat and similar files, just like MAMEUI does!

The history.dat and mameinfo.dat files in MAME provide loads of useful information regarding the machines - much more than just a game review. I can't see any way to use these in LB - am I missing something?

Set a symlink in Windows? But wouldn't the link just point to the other folder, rather than incorporating both folders?

Thanks Neil - that's the workaround which I am using right now, though with limited HD space it's not a very elegant solution!

My MAME media for the Neo Geo systems is in separate folders to that of the main MAME folder media (in other frontends I have the Neo Geo MVS as a separate system instead of under Arcade). How can I get Launchbox to check those other folders as well as the MAME media folders? As far as I can tell, I can only set one folder for media item. Mainly, I want to add a second folder for manuals.

So an observation - I moved all my video media (around 170GB) from my network drive to my local drive, and now LB and BB run fine with no delay. So the problem was definitely the network access. The funny thing was, when the video folder in LB was pointing towards the network drive, browsing in LB would be slow even if the videos were disabled from the game details pane. So does LB read the video folder even if it is not selected in the game details options? And with the source of the issue identified - is there any way to fix it? My laptop HD is full and I'd really like to move the videos back!

This is really confusing me. I decided to look into the game videos for my DOS games. It used to work a few weeks ago. Tonight, even with videos turned on for the game details panel in LB, no videos play. I then checked the videos folder in the platform (MSDOS) settings, and it is pointing to an empty folder (D:\game videos\microsoft MS-DOS). So that makes sense. HOWEVER, when I switch to Big Box mode, the game videos play! How is this possible!!?