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    CONGRATULATIONS LB 7.7!!!

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    Just wanted to stop in and give credit where it's do, first off this is an amazing forum and community and the admins are beast at response times and assistance always! The work you all are doing here is beyond and Brad personal shot for all your dedicated hard work and compassion you put forth in all this.

     

    Congrats on updating to 7.7 I am now adding Dos games thanks to another one of Brad;s awesome video tuts. Even if I never get commodore 64 working lol I am quite proud of the setup I have thus far [video demo coming soon] Launchbox/Big Box are 2 of the most iconic creations in the gaming world hands down! [wipes drool]

    I hate to say this has taken over my entire life... I mean if I didn't work from home I would be in retro-gaming withdrawal elsewhere... My fiance though gets no-more of my attention she is quite understanding at what I am trying to accomplish! 

    Again amazing job, thank you all for all that you do, contribute, create, assist with etc. I will make some themes as soon as I can catch my breath!

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    HOW TO EMULATE FAMICOM DISK SYSTEM GAMES

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    Video removed because it contained links to copyrighted material.

    1) Download FCEUX, it's an emulator that supports all forms of the 8-Bit Nintendo console including the Famicom Disk System.

    2) GO TO THIS LINK - LINK REMOVED - Download the zip, extract it, you'll get DISKSYS.ROM. The ONLY file that works is DISKSYS.ROM (8kb). Put it in a folder (named something like "FDS Bios")

    3) Open FCEUX, go to "Config" and click "Directories...", hit the Browse button next to FDS Bios Rom, choose the folder you made.

    4) NOW you will be able to open your FDS game rome and it WILL WORK!

    IF THE LINK TO DISKSYS.ROM (8KB) ENDS UP BROKEN ONE DAY, CONTACT ME AND I WILL RE-UPLOAD IT RIGHT AWAY!!!!!

    GO HERE TO GET YOUR FDS GAME ROMS
    LINK REMOVED

    REMEMBER THE BIOS THEY HAVE THERE IS NOT THE CORRECT ONE. USE THE LINK IN STEP 2!!

     

     

     

    right after I set up Nestopia I found this! hope it helps!

    RPCS3 PS3 Emulator for PC with Launchbox?!

    in Emulation

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    1 hour ago, SentaiBrad said:

    So, that user, if it's even using footage from the emulator, chose a game that is EXTREMELY light to emulate. So it's probably one of a handful of games that even plays, but if that's the sound I hear in the back, I can hear tons of clipping, meaning audio isn't even working. They could also have an extremely powerful PC, brute forcing their way in. Even then, they could just be using editing tricks and replacing the video. It's also not running good by any means, lots of suttering. Just because this person didn't call it Alpha or Beta software though, doesn't mean it isn't, and you don't need to be a Sony person to know that an emulator of very powerful hardware doesn't happen in less than a year. PS1 and N64 are still struggling, an OG Xbox emulator pretty much doesn't exist, a 360 emulator doesn't exist, and the PS3 emulator is only this far ahead because of very very passionate people. However, it also helps that people have direct level access to the PS3 hardware, making it easier to reverse engineer. That's why 3DS emulation is progressing faster than expected too, they have kernel level access. Wii U emulation is progressing fast because it uses the same architecture as a Gamecube and Wii, which are also both blown wide open, and so was the Wii U. Browsing their websites or posts on the subject do reveal that compatibility is super low and that most games don't even boot, let alone be playable.

    thx for all the input i am quite happy with retro games over new school any day

    bigbox startup video stuck looping?

    in Troubleshooting

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    4 hours ago, Maozem said:

    I had the same issue crop up on me. To fix it I had to set the delay back to zero and work from there. Having a high end computer the 18 seconds shown in the tutorial was way too long and gave the appearance of continuous looping. Starting from zero I worked up until I got close at 6 seconds. This however wasn't quite what I needed for the video I was using, but I didn't see a way to select anything but whole numbers. The trick to fine tuning it turned out to be opening the xml file that controls bigbox. You will find the file "BigBoxSettings.xml" in the Launchbox\Data folder of your install. At the very bottom of the xml file is the following line. 

    
 <MinimumStartupVideoPlaybackTimeMilliseconds>6500</MinimumStartupVideoPlaybackTimeMilliseconds>

    You will notice that you can set the delay value in milliseconds allowing you pretty much infinite control over the delay. Just remember to save the file each time you edit the value, and to exit and restart BigBox.

     

    I hope this helps. :)

    Maozem

    too funny it's exactly what I did to fix the issue

    RPCS3 PS3 Emulator for PC with Launchbox?!

    in Emulation

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    38 minutes ago, lordmonkus said:

    A usable PS3 emulator is several years away.

    By usable I mean an emulator that doesn't rely on a $5000 PC and runs more than a small handful of games at a shitty framerate.

    Then you have to take the games into consideration, they are on Blurays and they are quite large to download if you can even find them.

    I recommend anyone wanting to play PS3 that badly to go buy one and buy the games second hand, it's extremely affordable right now with everyone selling theirs off for PS4s and XBones.

    im all microsoft! just thought it was neat to have in launchbox...

    How to Setup ROM Collection Browser Kodi

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    Here is a guide to setup the ROM Collection Browser on your Kodi device.
    Before doing this you need:

    Emulator on your device/computer
    ROMs
    Without the above this guide is useless, but I will presume you have them as that is why you have landed on this page.

    The ROM Collection Browser is, as the name suggests, just a browser. It scans your ROM library and allows you to pick which ROM you want to launch in your external emulator.

    First we need to add some sources to your Kodi File Manager. These are local sources for your Emulator and your ROMs. If they are located in the same place then you will only need to add one source.

    Select SYSTEM > File Manager
    Select Add Source
    Select Browse
    Navigate to the folder that contains your emulator and press enter or OK. Then name the source Emulator & select OK
    If your ROMs are in a different location repeat the process but in the final step name the source ROMs. This just makes it easier to locate the emulator and ROMs later.
    Go back to your Home Screen
    Select SYSTEM
    Select Add-ons
    Select Search
    Type rom collection & select Done
    Select the Script - Rom Collection Browser result
    Select Install
    The Rom Collection Browser Script & Rom Collection Browser Service will now install
    Everything you need is now installed. Now we need to move on to setting up the browser so it knows where the ROMs and emulator are located

    Go back to your Home Screen
    Select PROGRAMS
    Select Rom Collection Browser
    Select Yes when asked if you want to create a Config File
    Select Scrape game info and artwork offline
    You must now select what type of ROMs you have. Mine are SNES ROMs so I will select SNES, choose whatever is suitable for you. You can create more of these later if you have ROMs for lots of platforms
    Your File Manager will now open and you have to navigate to the directory containing your Emulator, this is why I named the source Emulator to make it easy
    Navigate to where your Emulator is located and select it. If using Windows the file will end with .exe
    Select Done in the next screen that appears, do not make any changes
    We now need to tell Kodi where the ROMs are located. Select ROMs if you created a separate source for your ROMs
    Navigate to the location of your ROM files & select OK
    You now need to tell Kodi what type of files to look for. For SNES it is *.zip, *.smc, *.sfc. You will need to find out what it is for other platforms
    Your File Manager window will open again, select Cancel
    You will now be asked if you want to '..add another Rom Collection?'. If you have ROMs that are from a different platform you would select Yes and repeat the process until finished. We will select No for this example
    The Import Games games window will now open. You can leave it on the default settings & select Import Games
    The add-on will now start importing the games. This can take a long time if you have a lot
    When finished you will now see all your games listed. Select any game you want to play and it will launch in your external emulator (if you have set everything correctly). I recommend setting your emulator to launch in full screen as it looks better
    Hopefully this guide was easy enough to follow. If you have any issues leave a message below.

     

    credits: MJD

    commodore 64 issue in Launchbox

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    5 minutes ago, DerHof2007 said:

    Are any games working for you at all?

    Does the emulator work without Launchbox?

    It's been my experience with C64 roms when I used to have a huge sized collection like that... that very many games do not work.

    I've since stripped my rom collection to under 100 games that I know I will actually play....and that they actually work.

    All of my files are T64 and D64... I don't recall doing anything special to get any particular type of file to work.

    If you have the emulator running in Windows you could simply drag a rom file into the Winvice from Explorer.

    From Launchbox there should be no issues....

    i have launchbox on my laptop and my console il test it on both

    commodore 64 issue in Launchbox

    in Emulation

    Posted

    9 minutes ago, DerHof2007 said:

    What tutorial? What problem are you having? I've never heard of Hox's.... I'm using Winvice with no problems....

    i tried winvice... idk how to load the different types of roms i have like tapes, taps, and disks but i have 17k games tho

    RPCS3 PS3 Emulator for PC with Launchbox?!

    in Emulation

    Posted

    18 hours ago, SentaiBrad said:

    It's very alpha and not something that is supposed to be daily use or even consistent use. Hell, Wii U emulation is much much farther than this currently and still considered Alpha, so this is even technically worse off. To get it fully up and running is very hard currently and most games don't work.

    best tut i found on the web and the fact he got it running makes me more anxious... he has no alpha version so idk how i got one... 

     

    bigbox startup video stuck looping?

    in Troubleshooting

    Posted

    5 hours ago, DOS76 said:

    have you tried to remove the video and then if it starts without the video go into the options and change your video playback engine. Then drop the video back in and see if that fixes it for you. 

    will do and get back to you... just freezes now doesn't open at all and when does is stuck on stupid freezes! @DOS76

    RPCS3 PS3 Emulator for PC with Launchbox?!

    in Emulation

    Posted

    1 hour ago, SentaiBrad said:

    It's very alpha and not something that is supposed to be daily use or even consistent use. Hell, Wii U emulation is much much farther than this currently and still considered Alpha, so this is even technically worse off. To get it fully up and running is very hard currently and most games don't work.

    damn another  cintra! ok thx

    RPCS3 PS3 Emulator for PC with Launchbox?!

    in Emulation

    Posted

    I have googled, I have researched, have studied,  have watched tons of tuts, I have tested etc... If anyone from this community has this emu successfully running I'd love to know how the hell you did it!

    Off topic: my sega dream cast emu works fine just one small issue... days ago it started up only  booting GTA 2? no matter what game I launch from LB it only plays gta 2 why and how do fix this issue...

    fyi for those few always complaining and moaning about google etc... unlike most ppl if I have a fix for someone I am going to share it with them! I am not going to send them elsewhere when myself can assist them.

     have thousands of video tuts and tens of thousands of written tuts teaching and sharing what I know and learn to keep people from going through the chaos I went through to get to that point.

    20 years ago I would read/watch tuts and it was always jumbled or missing small but damn important info. That's why I started doing tuts. Mine are dummy proof and very detailed. Again if I can help IM not going to send you elsewhere to get it.

     

    Back on topic: each of the video tuts i watched about ps3 emulation are well done just different outcomes on my end, so maybe someone is not adding or saying something I need to see or hear to fix it. tuts are how got each emu running perfectly.

    only defeat was commodore 64 and playstation 3 emus... well dreamcast if can't get it to boot all my games not just GTA 2

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    YU GI OH failed boot.jpg

    FFS! how the heck do I use commodore 64?????

    in Emulation

    Posted

    4 hours ago, Zombeaver said:

    You'll get out of it proportionately to what you put into it, like anything else.

    I've already done the actually hard work of researching, testing, experimenting, more researching, more testing, digging through obscure multi-page forum posts and Github and Amiga programming wikis until the wee hours of the morning... and then assembled all of that in a precise, step-by-step package that walks you through everything you need to know and do, including all the things that you might need to know and do even if you don't realize it yet. Short of me coming over to people's houses and setting it up for them, there's not a whole lot more I can do. If watching and following instructions in a video is too much work, then by all means don't. Only you can determine whether or not it's worth it to you.

    i just need to stop doing so much at once..  research is how i evolved to begin with... i'll come back to commodore 64 once i find a break.. i haven't slept in a week trying to get this console ready for today.

    FFS! how the heck do I use commodore 64?????

    in Emulation

    Posted

    37 minutes ago, Zombeaver said:

    That all sounds fine although... how are you planning on handling the Amiga stuff? Those aren't as simple as just dumping everything in like the other platforms.

    If you need help on Amiga, take a look at the tutorial I did over here.

    i have over 2500 amiga games and 17k+ c64 i at least wanted all my amiga on lb and 6k of m c64 as well. this sounds ugh man... i did better when i made emus to run amiga/c64/tbfx16 etc on my xbox... wasn't this difficult at all actually just came to me... just now tamed Mame! and got it working gah...

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