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  1. On 10/27/2021 at 11:46 PM, JimboJambo86 said:

    Did you get any progress on this?

    I'm trying to get a second mame install with save states enabled working on big box for the games that don't save highscores on exit (Time Crisis mainly!)... Is this a no go if I also want Launchbox community high scores enabled? Or is there a way around it seen as Time Crisis doesnt work for high scores anyway?

    hey, no I never found a good solution for this. I have turned off LB high scores since my kids also play a lot and like to save games. I do have high score enable in mame just not for LB. And running 2 installs is just not doable for me.

  2. I just removed all games from windows to other platform but even though Windows platform is now empty is still shows up in BB with the message it doesn't have any games. So to get rid of windows I have to actually delete the platform from LB. 

  3. I could hide all my windows games and it would get rid of the windows platform right, the problem I see in this is that I am hiding the game and therefor it will also disappear in the custom playlists I've created.

    I would like to hide curtain platforms from showing but not the games as they are added to various playlists.

    The only way it can be done now is by (I guess?) changing the platform of the game to one of the other platforms, so I would have to add a windows game to like the arcade platform and not the windows platform, which ideally is not something you want to do.

  4. I had the same problem and I couldn't figure out what the heck was going on, but now it all makes sense, the weird thing is though other games are working fine, I had this issue with just one game as far as I know.

    I like the high-score function it's great, it's a fun community feature. Since there will always be people that will try to cheat, I support every kind of measures against it!

    Is there a way to turn high-score of in BigBox? Because my kids also play these games and a lot of the times they want to continue where they left of, specially when playing with friends.

    It would be cool if you could launch a game with or without high-score enabled or if one could enable/disable it with a hotkey.

    Anyways, thanks for the clarifying things up! Finally know where this error is coming from!

     

  5. Hi Everyone,

     

    i’m having issues with save state which maybe is somehow connected to LB. 
     

    Weird thing is I can save state other games but not “tmnt turtles in time”. If i try to save game i get mame error message saying “error: failed to open file for save operation”. If i start the game in mame outside of BB it works fine.

    Anyone any ideas on where to look? I can’t seem to figure out why this is. 

  6. I am modding my Arcade1Up right now with an older Intel NUC I had, running Win10 and BB. Guess a new NUC would be quite expensive, but maybe that's an option if you can get your hands on one cheaply.

  7. On 2/28/2020 at 4:39 PM, Retro808 said:

    @Bamak Perhaps you could try using AHK to create a launcher for troublesome games like this. It is what I use with SFV with a remapper I use and finally got it to run without closing before the game launched.

    Create an AHK that contains code to launch your UCR, then Launch the game exe and then upon close of the game exe it closes UCR. Compile the AHK as an exe (Name it what you want) and then point to that for the game instead of the actual game exe file.

    Below is an example. You can just replace my paths and .exe file name's with yours. The script was compiled and named Street Fighter V Launcher.exe.  Be sure to place the Launcher you create in the same folder as the game's actual .exe.

    May be worth a try. I am not an expert in AHK, this was help provided to me on our forum. I cannot remember if it was JayJay or JoeViking that helped. So if it works for you as well props to either of those two.

    
    #NoEnv  ; Recommended for performance and compatibility with future AutoHotkey releases.
    ; #Warn  ; Enable warnings to assist with detecting common errors.
    SendMode Input  ; Recommended for new scripts due to its superior speed and reliability.
    SetWorkingDir %A_ScriptDir%  ; Ensures a consistent starting directory.
    #SingleInstance, Force
    #Persistent
    
    Run D:\Arcade\LaunchBox\Additional Programs\Arcade XInput.exe
    Sleep, 5000
    Run, StreetFighterV.exe
    Sleep, 1000
    
    SetTimer, ProcessCheckTimer, 2000
    Return
     
    ProcessCheckTimer:
    Process, Exist, StreetFighterV.exe
    pid1 := ErrorLevel
    If (!pid1)
             {
    	 Process, Close, Arcade XInput.exe
             ExitApp
             }
    Return

     

    thanks this is of great help! got sfv working great

  8. I have similar problems.

    I have created an additional app to start keyboard2xinput before main program (which is working)

    the problem is the additional app to close key2xinput after main program just doesn't work, it looks like it's also executed immediately.

    I've put the additional apps within the PC game Street Fighter V.

    Anybody any ideas on why it doesn't work this way? Should I create a AHK to achieve this? (never fiddled around with AHK script before though)

    Thanks in advance!

  9. On 2/5/2020 at 10:32 PM, Headrush69 said:

    That is just a copy and paste of the instructions from the Ultimarc web site.

    From my testing I was able to see some of the issues you stated as well. Without going into great detail, seems to me that's it's best to pick a mode (keyboard, Dinput, Xinput) and stick with that.

    I don't think mode switching is a good idea when using from a front-end like LB. The issue is Windows can take time to see the changed device, which doesn't make for a good end user experience. Having said that, loading a gamepad profile using the command line works, and the iPac will change modes, but often I'm left with gamepad controls that do not work. (They do appear as Dinput or Xinput controls though)

    I'm sticking with staying in Keyboard mode. Loading profiles from command line while in keyboard mode still seems to work perfectly. As noted above, I found using AHK remapping easier than needing to change profiles though. Is there a specific emulator you HAVE to use gamepad or keyboard mode only?

    I'm trying to get Street Fighter V Arcade Edition to work on my Cabinet with the IPAC2. Is it true that if you use it with the IPAC2 you will only be able to play with 1 Player? Because SFV only allows keyboard mapping for 1 Player. If you want 2 player experience you do need some kind of gamepad connected.

  10. 1 hour ago, fromlostdays said:

    You can (you're not changing the reigion directly, you're changing the Launchbox ID number). Right click on the game, and click "Edit". In the top of the window you should see a launchbox ID number in blue. X that number out, and that space will turn into a button called "Search for Metadata". It will search according to the title. I just tried it, you should be able to delete the title Gryzor and change it to "Contra" and select the contra arcade. That will give it a new Launchbox ID number, which is the number that tells LB which media to download, so you can then go to the bottom of the edit page where it says download media. You might want to delete the other media first. :)

    Cool! Thanks for the tip! I didn't know it could be done like this, will try it out asap.

  11. Hi Guys,

    I did a new import of the latest Mame arcade rom set and now I have pac-man listed as puck-man and contra listed as Gryzor and I'm sure others will have alternate names as well. How can I fix this? Has this anything to do with region priority in the import manager? I think I picked World this time instead of North-America but not sure... Is there an easy fix for this?

    Thanks

    Kevin

  12. I've found a workaround, in Launchbox I selected all the games I favorite and put them into a custom playlist. Then I backup the playlist xml file. After a fresh install just put the playlist back select all the games and bulk edit them to favorite.

  13. First I like to wish everybody the best for 2020!

     

    Is there a way to backup/save your favorites list for your mame games? I want to do a new fresh new mame import but then I will need to favorite all my favorite games all over again.

    Thanks

    kevin

  14. hi,

    how can I get the time to show in 24H format? Is it a theme, launchbox or windows setting? my windows 10 display time in 24H and I couldnt find any LB setting in the preferences so can I set this within this theme.

    thanks, love the theme!!!

  15. On lastest BB 9.4/9.5 it still worked but When I updated to the lastest CityHunter it broke it.

    I might have been using the plugin version of CityHunter theme which now is no longer available. I don’t know the difference between the two but it worked fine for me.

     

  16. Just discovered that when I wait after initial boot-up and then browse to a platform games list or enter/exit BB setting the video isn't playing from the beginning, so it seems the video was actually playing all along but just doesn't show. Platform category background just stays black.

  17. On 2/18/2019 at 8:17 PM, keltoigael said:

    What playback engine are you using? I have been using VLC.

    I have checked. it's on VLC. Also in CriticalZone it doesnt work.

    But why would it work after i enter/exit bigbox settings menu? could the startup video still have an lock on VLC? but that more of an bigbox issue then a theme issue i guess.

  18. 1 minute ago, keltoigael said:

    Can you confirm this also with CritcalZone? It uses the same playback code. Also is the included background video being used? I just recently edited it and used h265 as a codec to save file size. Try another background video just in case.

    I am using the h265 verion right now and also tried another h264 video from your downloads which gives me the same result. Have not tried CriticalZone but I'll give it a try. It used to work just fine with the previous Cityhunter theme (I might have used the plug-in version not 100% sure).

    It's just odd it does play the background just fine after I enter/exit bigbox setting menu or when I browse all the way to a games list. 

  19. When I boot up in Bigbox using this theme the background video does not play. When I enter and exit the Bigbox menu, only then, it starts playing or when I browse to the games list it also triggers the background video and after that it plays throughout the theme as normal.

    Has anyone had this problem or knows what could be wrong here.

    Thanks

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