[Incorporate New Launch build into years old Launchbox build]

hi CBeats - Yes this is kinda what i did, carefully.. i did back up my main drive first just in case. I replicated exactly the other build and it worked but did take some time, as expected of course

 

[Incorporate New Launch build into years old Launchbox build]

Hi everyone.

So I have a solid arcade build i have been working on for years. Over the weekend i have managed to get an equally solid Light gun only build. I would like to incorporate this light gun build into my existing blood sweat and tears build but of course a little scared of messing up my main build. Anyone have any advice on the best full proof way of merging the 2 without causing havoc!?.. thanks muchly for your times in advance

[Nightmare setting up HOTD2, please help!]

19 minutes ago, k_rollo said:

By the way, Demul has long been discontinued. If you want to play Atomiswave/NAOMI/NAOMI 2 arcade, it is strongly recommended to use Flycast instead. Personally, I prefer the standalone. And yes, I have HOTD2 set up using mouse as lightgun.

thanks Rollo - I did try Flycast, however the problem i had with that is i could map the Trigger to left mouse and reload to right, however i could not map the sinden side gun button to "B", or anything to "Start"... the "waiting for input" message came, counted down, and nothing. I opened note pad and pressed side button or anything on the gun and it entered the given characters fine so its not the gun buttons. Odd

[Nightmare setting up HOTD2, please help!]

On 4/12/2024 at 5:01 PM, JoeViking245 said:

Check the box "Don't use quotes".   Otherwise, you're sending the command demul.exe -run=naomi -rom="hotd2" 

What want is (as you noted) demul.exe -run=naomi -rom=hotd2 

Ah ok thank you i will give that a shot when i get chance after kids gone bed later.. I have all day tomorrow too! thanks a million for your time

[Nightmare setting up HOTD2, please help!]

What i find very odd is - When i launch the Bat file i talk about earlier outside of Launch box then it loads, and the P1 start works as it should.... However when i simply get Launchbox to point and load that bat file it loads fine however P1 button does not work on my arcade machine.. Its peculiar

[Nightmare setting up HOTD2, please help!]

HI Neil thanks - Well, because its the only instance on the machine that uses Demul (only for HOTD2) ive assumed there is no need to name them independantly. All my dreamcast games use redream

[Nightmare setting up HOTD2, please help!]

Hi guys

I have my build sorted for lightguns and all i am trying to do is add house of the dead 2. I have started using Demul, and set it all up so when i open Demul indepentantly of launchbox, then select HOTD2 it loads, fine....

I have added it to Launch box, when i double click it it simply launches Demul and sticks there. Nothing on my build uses Demul, ONLY HOTD2 and these 2 screens shots are how i have the emulator set up :

I have also seen a topic in here where someone suggests using a Batch file with this command inside "demul.exe -run=naomi -rom=hotd2" - If i turn off "use an emulator" and point the launchbox title to this Bat file it starts Demul and then loads HOTD2 fine!..... However......... i cannot use ESC to exit the game like normal because the Emulator had a running AHK script within it(which is now turned off).... Also, an odd thing but my Player 1 no longer starts the game when going this way (P2 works fine however).

It seems i keep getting so close but just cannot get it 100% - I also added DemulShooter as an additional App but thats not linking but i can deal with that once its running and closing properly. Please help ! I just need HOTD2 running with Sinden on here for a party in a couple days. Sounds crazy i know, it means a lot to the chap.

thanks

[Time Crisis 5 teknoparrot issue with pedals (cannot emerge from cover)]

Hey did you ever find a solution to this? mine is doing the same.. thanks

[Transfer arcade high scores and system favs?]

Hey guys. I have a back up of my 3TB build for obvious reasons. If i implement this build on a machine for my son for his birthday how do i :

1) keep the same favourites that have been added throughout all the systems within the main wheel? (Do i just copy the entire Data folder over to the back up?)

2) how do i transfer over the arcade high scores that we have battled against on the main house cabinet?

thanks alot

[Read only of DATA folder - any implications?]

yes will do, think i am going to do some testing... Main thing is, if you are saying Favs wont save with it read only then its a non starter anyway as that is essential

[Read only of DATA folder - any implications?]

Hmm ok thanks - so, what if i kept all as read only apart from the file which stores the adding of favourited games? - I don't give a monkies about play time or anything else being stored

[Read only of DATA folder - any implications?]

ok so for clarity - if i read only the data folder i would no longer be able to add and remove favourites. thats annoying. Any other repercussions other than that?

[Read only of DATA folder - any implications?]

If i were to tag the DATA folder as Read only, what implications could arrise from doing so?.... Note, i wont be adding any new systems, games to the build. Would it impact adding / removing favourite games within various systems?

cheers

[Stop fading the systems wheel out?]

Thanks Garrett! what a handy thread, also solves my need to remove the date/ time also! Great

[Stop fading the systems wheel out?]

Hmm - i did a VB5 course back at college.........

[Stop fading the systems wheel out?]

Hi guys - I am using unified - is it possible to stop the Top systems wheel from fading out after leaving the joystick for a few seconds? i want it to remain on the screen. Have looked through a few of the bigbox settings and cant seem to find it.

thanks

[Sinden border appearing BEHIND Mame - help]

Ah a reply!  - thanks for that, it is the road i went down actually in the end and works fine... 

[(Bulk) Add Additional Applications]

On 5/6/2021 at 5:08 AM, PiperCalls said:

Sure. With some help over at the Sinden Discord (they're very helpful) here is what I have. It IS working, with 1 exception. For games that require DemulShooter. For those games I have (2) Additional Apps...(1) that launches DemulShooter with the correct parameters for that particular game and (2) this AHK which laounches the (2) instances of Sinden software.

#NoEnv  ; Recommended for performance and compatibility with future AutoHotkey releases.
SendMode Input  ; Recommended for new scripts due to its superior speed and reliability.
SetWorkingDir %A_ScriptDir%  ; Ensures a consistent starting directory.
#SingleInstance force

;AHK Script to Launch Sinden P1 & P2 prior to game/rom launch

Run, "C:\Sinden Lightgun\Sinden Gun 1P\SindenLightgunWindowsSoftwareV1.04\SindenLightgun\Lightgun.exe" -autostart,, Minimize, pid1
sleep 100
Run, "C:\Sinden Lightgun\Sinden Gun 2P\SindenLightgunWindowsSoftwareV1.04\SindenLightgun\Lightgun.exe" -autostart,, Minimize, pid2

~ESC::
Process, Close, %pid1%
Process, Close, %pid2%
ExitApp

 

 

Using this script when in Bigbox it puts bigbox out of focus, so if on an arcade machine you are stuck and need to ALT +TAB back to Bigbox.. Tried adding an ALT TAB type line but gave an error. Any idea?

[(Bulk) Add Additional Applications]

On 5/6/2021 at 5:08 AM, PiperCalls said:

Sure. With some help over at the Sinden Discord (they're very helpful) here is what I have. It IS working, with 1 exception. For games that require DemulShooter. For those games I have (2) Additional Apps...(1) that launches DemulShooter with the correct parameters for that particular game and (2) this AHK which laounches the (2) instances of Sinden software.

#NoEnv  ; Recommended for performance and compatibility with future AutoHotkey releases.
SendMode Input  ; Recommended for new scripts due to its superior speed and reliability.
SetWorkingDir %A_ScriptDir%  ; Ensures a consistent starting directory.
#SingleInstance force

;AHK Script to Launch Sinden P1 & P2 prior to game/rom launch

Run, "C:\Sinden Lightgun\Sinden Gun 1P\SindenLightgunWindowsSoftwareV1.04\SindenLightgun\Lightgun.exe" -autostart,, Minimize, pid1
sleep 100
Run, "C:\Sinden Lightgun\Sinden Gun 2P\SindenLightgunWindowsSoftwareV1.04\SindenLightgun\Lightgun.exe" -autostart,, Minimize, pid2

~ESC::
Process, Close, %pid1%
Process, Close, %pid2%
ExitApp

 

 

Hey Piper. Not sure if youll get this but this is exactly what ive been looking for. One question, the first additional app above to launch Demul shooter. I cant see anything here that closes it afterward? So if you jumped from hotd, to vc1, to vc2 would t you start to build up multiple instances? 

[Ending an "Additional Program" after exiting game?]

Hi guys - so i have added the sinden light gun software to start as an additional program, however i need it to be stopped once i end the game or every gun game i then go on to load tries to add another instance of lightgun.exe and bigbox loses focus, breaking the cab. Thanks all

[Sinden border appearing BEHIND Mame - help]

an update - So i had to use the Sinden Mame bezels which had built in sinden borders.. now all my mame games are perfect.. however, tackling Sega model 2 and suprise suprise, whenever it is loaded through there the border stays behind the game and not seen. But when i load say House of the deaddirectly through sega model 2, outside of launchbox, when i press the sinden border button it overlays nicely on top!!.... Its obviously a LB issue somewhere but i cannot see where

 

[Sinden border appearing BEHIND Mame - help]

More info for you - its Launchbox / Bigbox causing this. I have just tested Area 51 in mame totally outside of LB / BB and the border appeared fine. 

Any ideas guys??

[Sinden border appearing BEHIND Mame - help]

Hi guys - testing a pair of sindens and when i load bigbox, then say Area 51 in Mame it loads fine, however when i press the border button on the gun it looks like it isnt working. When in fact it is working if i alt tab out it is clearly there surrounding the desktop... How do i get it to appear on top of everything?? Does anyone know? - thanks very much

Edit: All my games are in 4:3 ratio and the borders are filled with the bezel packs (if that makes a difference) 

[Bigbox start into specific game?]

Wow thanks Neil - a very new addition from December eh!!. Awesome thanks again

[Bigbox start into specific game?]

hi all - as above - is this possible? Say I wanted to turn my PC on and it goes straight to Windows > Bigbox > Bubble bobble (arcade)

thanks