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Random question... How does LB/BB know a game is "completed"? What does it base the criteria on? For example I have beat 1 SNES game and one Sega Genesis game... by beat I mean I made it through the game and defeated the final boss. Under both systems it shows zero for games completed.

Awesome thanks for the help!

1. That is simple enough... does size matter for this or does it automatically adjust/scale? 2. I understand that part, I meant on the actual sega page where it shows the system and all the box arts in one big image... i wondered if he had one with Genesis instead of MD. 4. Thanks, I will give that all a shot and see what happens

Awesome work!!!! This is incredible! Downloaded and now using! I have a few questions. In the wheel; I wanted to replace the SNES logo with the US version is there a spot here on the forums to download the logo? Also, is it possible for me to change the image of the actual SNES from the PAL version to the US (the gray and purple version). speaking of. Is it easy to change the background game box tiles for Sega/Mega Drive from Mega Drive to their Genesis versions? is this theme just the consoles pages? For example when I click a system and it goes to the games list have you made pages for that? Also I'm using the version with the mini TV's on the bottom left...how do I get those to play? They are just black... and do I need to download anything extra? thanks in advance to anyone that can help! This theme rocks great job and thanks for your hard work!!!!

You rock, thanks for the fast response as always! Appreciate it greatly

Awesome, thanks! One more thing while I am messing around. I really love the idea of those retro achievements. I found out snes9x2010 is the best supported for this. How can I switch that to be the default core in RA and have that one open when i click a game in LB/BB? I thought I did everything... * Download that core in RA * Change settings to what I prefer and save a new configuration * Then in LB I hit tools - manage emulators - Retroarch - Associated platforms. From here I added a new line, a second super nintendo line, typed in the correct path/parameters and made sure the snes9x2010 was checked as the default and unchecked the other SNES line so its NOT default... Also added my custom config parameters... what gives?

and while I am on fire... is there a way to update all cover to USA versions? I notice a LOT of my Sega Genesis are using MegaDrive... (I did set the priority but it doesn't do anything since everything was imported prior).

I mean as in exit a rom back to BixBox - I am able to set that in BigBox or that needs to be set in RA?

So I just purchases BigBox... now to set up and configure all the settings on that... one thing that just came to mind. Is there an way to configure these controllers to quit a game back to BigBox mode? I don't want to have to use mouse and keyboard for anything

Well good news. I did what you said Monkus... I loaded up a PS1 game, F1 to go to RA, I turned off my SNES controller and made sure my PS4 controller was on (wireless) and I changed pad 1 to Dualshock and boom! It works So I will just configure the controllers in each specific core! ... hopefully the N64 one works out nicely. I think I am going to purchase a bluetooth one that I linked a page back! Will report back once Amazon delivers it.

Thanks guys that makes sense and I can give that a try to see if it works out easier for me. That leads me to one question for the time being until I try this... under my just default config I will need to at least assign a controller right? For when I have BigBox open, or do I do that in BigBox and has nothing to do with RA? Thanks Brad about the tidbit on the themes I will make sure to follow the user specific directions on whichever one(s) I download!

Awesome, probably give BoxBox a shot later this evening or tomorrow afternoon once I am off work! As far as the config file goes, I found it ok and this is what it shows when I open it with WordPad: So it looks like it was auto set/configured. Just really strange why it wont work... unless I need the inputmapper like Brad mentioned?

I dont necsarlly have friends, but different wireless controllers for the different systems. I like being able to play them with the accurate controller for each console (as long as the make wireless replicas ie. Playstation, N64 and NES/SNES) I be you are right though with RA auto detect. Now while I wait for the RA forums to come back online.. is big box easy to set up and get a nice sexy theme going? I did watch Brads video at work on "how to make your launch box look like ours" but I don't necessarily want the exact same theme

I can't believe this isn't a common problem... maybe I am the only one who loves the idea of all bluetooth wireless controllers. I hope its something that RA can fix and is on the software side of things.

Thank you for the reply! Maybe I will monitor their forums and when they are back up and running I will try and see if anyone over there has any suggestions. I do know from when I first installed the nightly before I did my restart the PS4 controller seemed to just "work". The issue in that build I had too was once setting up controller two, controller one didnt work. These dang controllers Hmm... to purchase BigBox and set that up while I wait... decisions decisions...

My whole goal is to play all wirelessly with controllers... from your statement is that not possible with the PS4 controller? Another odd thing I seem to keep coming across is I turn off my bluetooth SNES 8itdo controller and then when I turn it back on to "game" again the config did not stick in RA.. which I have saved 10000 times... what gives? This is literally the only thing dragging me down right now is this dang controller section

Hmmm sorry you had an issue with the input mapper I have not tried it yet. Just was seeing if it "just worked" with RA but I cannot get it to do so. I will give the input mapper a shot and if not I will certainly try out what you've supported! I do have a bluetooth dongle in my PC right now , which seemed to pair just fine with my controller but RA just will not recognize it. So by downloading input mapper and then pairing that with my PS4 controller it may help out with working in RetroArch? Also, today again whenever I seem to add or attempt to add a second controller to the inputs my #1 input bind (8bitdo SNES bluetooth controller) stops working. This is the only frustrating thing so far is these dang controllers!

Dang, PS4 controller over wireless/bluetooth still doesn't want to play nice. I am on the stable build 1.3.6... I selected "wireless controller one" like Monkus has mentioned and it is on and paired to my PC... but nothing happens. I tried to manually set the binds through RA, no buttons still work after that. Should I get the input mapper? What is that going to do essentially in this case?

Awesome thanks; I'm going to try this later tonight once I am home. I'll report back if it works!

Hey thanks a lot for the detailed response CTRL-ALT-DEFEAT. Much appreciate it! That all does make sense and I totally understand. With that being said, do you know is it possible to somehow convert or change my files into something that the RA Mednafen uses so I can continue my saves? Or is this impossible to do and I am out of luck and will have to start fresh...?

Hey thanks a lot for the detailed response CTRL-ALT-DEFEAT. Much appreciate it! That all does make sense and I totally understand. With that being said, do you know is it possible to somehow convert or change my files into something that the RA Mednafen uses so I can continue my saves? Or is this impossible to do and I am out of luck and will have to start fresh...?

I did try the .mcr file and then when I went into LaunchBox and opened up Spyro under the continue game or whatnot my save did not show up. So IF it is possible I only need the .mcr file then I must of not placed it in the right location..

I noticed that as well within Mednafen PSX within RA on my PC. My Mac on OpenEmu its just called Mednafen... not sure if theres a difference there. But it looks like for whatever reason I only have the .mcr files on here and not the .srm files... hmm weird. However it does look like it creates two .mcr files for each game which is odd.

So I have a general "noob" thread where I have been asking all my questions with wonderful support from Brad and Monkus but figured this was a little more specific. So I hope this is the right spot to ask this... I did several google searches and searched here specifically and I cannot find a direct answer so wondering if anyone else has done something like this... I have recently got into setting up Launchbox and setting everything up to my liking, then I will be purchasing big box. I am currently working on setting up PS1 in LaunchBox/RetroArch and using the core Mednafen PSX. My question is...I am doing this all on my PC however on my MacBook Pro I have OpenEMU... the core they use for PS1 Emulation is "Mednafen" I am not sure if its exactly the same or different? I have previously in the past done a little retro gaming with OpenEmu and this "Mednafen" core. I wanted to transfer my saved games from the original Spyro the Dragon PS1 game as well as Tony Hawk's Pro Skater. However after I attempted this it did not work. On OpenEmu when I navigate to where the saved games are they are located within the Mednafen folder, then under "battery saves" as shown in the attachment. It looks like these saves are in the .mcr format. Would they be the same on my windows PC version of Mednafen PSX? I did locate the saved games location and dropped them in there... but they did not work, I also tried renaming the save file to the title of the game also which did not work. Has anyone successfully done this, and if so do you mind explaining how/what I am doing wrong?

Awesome, thanks monkus - Appreciate your fast responses and great support!