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    COLORFUL resources

    in Third-Party Applications and Plugins (Released)

    Posted

    16 hours ago, viking said:

    I'm using an old version, CS6. (No need to pay a subscription to keep up to date) So I'm surprised that there's a compatibility problem with a recent version. Especially since I've taken care not to use any third-party plugins, precisely to avoid compatibility problems.
    In my “old” version, the final rendering of the video is managed directly from AE.
    I believe that in the latest versions, the rendering part is sent to an Adobe satellite app that handles this. Maybe that's your warning? If so, I imagine the rendering will be fine?

    For this short video, I used a small .AEP scene found on internet. (For the VHS effect)
    For the artwork I created, I don't have the PSD. But it's a very simple image. (If you want, I can make a new template for this)
    Here's the archive containing the web template + my 2 images: VHS Overlay for After Effects.zip

     

    Great idea! I'll add it 😃

     

     

     

    In general, I know it's been a while since I've posted. But I haven't given up! 
    The major renovation work on my house isn't finished and I'm still waiting. Hopefully soon! 

    Thank you for your patience 😃

    Thanks Viking,

    I try After Effects CS6 and rendering based on your .aep works like a charm. 

    The short video works too. I could work on this without psd template.

    Cheers.

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    COLORFUL resources

    in Third-Party Applications and Plugins (Released)

    Posted

    On 5/10/2024 at 11:22 AM, viking said:

    Very very cool!!! Thanks for the work!
    Just 2 comments: 

    1. mac: Maybe take the latest one. With a background matched to the hardware color. Your visual will age better I think!
    2. PNG: can you remove the white halo from the backgroud on PNGs? The whole series is really transparent. It's going to mismatch with the rest of the series.

    Hi Viking. I have three questions:

     

    1. what version of After Effects are You using? I use the newest one (2025) and when I import Your aep file for Category Favorite, there's an info about program version mismatch and rendered video have has shifted videosnap in relation to the background with monitors. I try to make Category video for Collections and genres but I'm not an advanced user of After Effects and my only option is to edit existing aep files.

    2. Could you please share the psd and aep resuorces of Favorite video (screenshot below). I think you are using static picture with additional effects (old crt, vhs glitch) in After Effect. If I have the resuorces I could swap the static picture with genres picture (platform, adventure, etc.) and make a videos for Category Genres easly.

    3. Could You add to your ToDo list the category video for Virtual Machines/Game Engines (ScummVM, OpenBOR, Pico-8, MUGEN, etc.)? There's so much of them and it would be great to keep them separated from Consoles/Computers/Handhelds category. 

     

    Thanks for Your hard work. This theme is brilliant.

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    COLORFUL resources

    in Third-Party Applications and Plugins (Released)

    Posted · Edited by vahacris

    4 hours ago, Stevie Mac said:

    @vahacris sorry mate been really busy.
    Not sure what you need?
    After I found out you can't change the background colour of the Theme to match the vids easily, I gave up really waiting for the new version of the theme that hopefully allows this.
    Can you change or have a way to change the colours of the theme now?

     

    Hi Stevie. I just need the purple video highlighted by red cirlce on below picture

    aaa.thumb.png.6dfbd83af311e0343b3b1a7770d336cc.png

    To change the background color (light blue) I download psd source of playlist category and change the background layer. Then I add videos (videosnaps). I just cant find the small collections video u used in your theme video.

    Link to sources is here:

     

    COLORFUL resources

    in Third-Party Applications and Plugins (Released)

    Posted

    On 4/10/2024 at 10:27 PM, Stevie Mac said:

     

     
     

     

     

    Category Collections
    Category Computers Retro
    Just because Launchbox adds all Steam, Epic etc games into the same folder so I split Amiga C16 etc into Computers Retro to keep it all separate. 

     

    Hi Stevie,

     

    Could You please upload this purple collections video alone? I would like to make my own collections video but i would like to change background color because i dont like the same background color in all the category videos (playlist, favorites, computers, arcade, etc.). I make my own videos with different background for categories and the collections is the only one i do not have.

    thanks in advance

    Amstrad GX4000 in retroarch

    in Emulation

    Posted

    Solution for future generations:

    1. use cpr file not .bin file (I use TOSEC set)

    2. set in core  options:

         a. model - 6128+ (experimental)

         b. autorun - ON

         c. advanced > color depth - 24bit

    3. most important -> U need to zip the cpr file and use zipped rom

    4. that's all folks, now ypu can play amstrad gx4000 roms in retroarch using cap32 core

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    Amstrad GX4000 in retroarch

    in Emulation

    Posted

    Hi guys, im trying to run amstrad gx4000 games using cap32 libretro core and cant solve this puzzle. first of all - i know i can run it thru mame core in retroarch or in mame, but im looking for cap32 solution as this core is on every device i use for emulation (android phone, android tv, ps vita, etc) and mame core (for sotware) or mame app is not there. so i tinker on the platforms on my pc and then configure it on other systems.

    So i search the web and find out that i need to use .cpr format and change the core option to 6128+ but:

    1. in newest cap32 core there is only "6128+ experimental" and when i choose this setting game do not run - the screen shows standard basic screen like for amstrad cpc

    2. in older cap32 core I can set system to 6128+, basic v4 starts, but there is only a menu with f1 - basic and f2 - burning rubber to choose. i i do not select anything burning rubber game stars.

    Burning Rubber is playable so the core works with amstrad gx4000 but how to play other games. i even see a video tutorial (for android) where after chenge to 6128+ game stars without asic screen. i try with the same retroarch and core version but still failed. 

    anyone find the sultion for this?

     

    Duplicate platforms

    in Noobs

    Posted

    On 11/27/2024 at 6:34 PM, C-Beats said:

    Right... so you don't actually want duplicated platforms. You want two separate ones. Select the games from the one that needs to change (can hold CTRL and select multiple) and then press CTRL+E to open the edit window and change them to the new platform. Doing so will change the platform they are associated with and move the media accordingly.

    Thanks for the info man. It hep a lot... but not solve the problem completly ;]  There are a few games that I want to duplicate as they are on both platforms, so they should stay in one platform and should be also copied to another. Any idea how to obtain this?

    Duplicate platforms

    in Noobs

    Posted

    What is the easiest way to duplicate a selected platform from a collection?

    I wanted to separate PC Engine from TurboGrafx-16. In my collection I have TurboGrafx-16 with games from PC Engine and TurboGrafx together. All descriptions and categories manually edited and refined, all media selected and completed.

    Now I would like to duplicate this platform to have two separate ones - PC Engine and TurboGrafx with the same content (games, descriptions, media, etc.) and then manually remove games that are not from a given platform.

    What is the easiest way to do this? Any ideas?

    Change delay in bigbox themes

    in Noobs

    Posted

    I try to tweak my bigbo build after I saw CoinOPS frontend. What I mean is when I scroll thru the games list and I stop on specific game there is a delay before game video appears. I would like to shorten this delay so the Video appears instantly. Is there an option for this? I use colorfull theme right now but from what I check its the same with other themes.

     

    Any comments?

    COLORFUL platform video set

    in Platform Media

    Posted · Edited by vahacris

    Hi! No love for Commodore? Where's Commodore VIC-20 and Commodore Plus 4? Lol I'm kidding but it would be nice if someone made below videos that I'm missing in my collection:

    Commodore Plus 4

    Commodore VIC-20

    Acorn BBC Micro

    Amstrad GX4000

    Microsoft MSX Turbo R

    Nintendo Sufami Turbo

    Philips Videopac+

    Pinball Arcade

    Pinball FX3

    Sega Genesis MSU

    Texas Instruments TI99-4A

    Thomson MO5

    Thomson TO8

    Zaccaria Pinball

    Who has the largest collection currently standing in Launchbox?

    in Collections and Builds

    Posted

    13 hours ago, fromlostdays said:

    Dude that is awesome! It's too late for me though haha. I already went through the entire process the long way haha. However, I encourage you to upload this to the downloads section of launchbox for people coming after as it will be a huge time saver and perfect for multi disc systems. Does it work for same name different extension as well?

    Like

    Chrono Cross.bin

    Chrono Cross.cue

     

    Yes. Program do not look at extension at all. If there is no "(" in name folder name is the same as filename.

    If I know before that you work like that i would send you this program earlier. I thought im the only one stupid enough to spend so much time working with files before addin them to LB :)

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    Who has the largest collection currently standing in Launchbox?

    in Collections and Builds

    Posted

    On 3/31/2020 at 8:55 PM, fromlostdays said:

    I've got a full 8 terabytes of just games, which is actually kind of small from what I hear other people have. I think the biggest collection I've heard/read about is 22 terabytes. For disk based systems I use a regular 1g1r set because a full ps1 or ps2 set with all regions and revisions is enormous. When I have enough money (or storage gets cheaper) I fully intend to go full lists on those too, but I have to factor in backing all of this up. For systems like snes, you're only talking about adding maybe a couple gigs or less per set to get it all.

    I don't really know how to make videos :D and the process is all over the place depending on what kind of set it is. Working with no intro is the easiest. The general workflow is:

    1. Create a 1g1r set using Clrmamepro and dats from dat-o-matic.
    2. Use program file2folder to place each game in the 1g1r set into its own folder named after the rom
    3. Use program Bulk Rename Utility to remove all of the regional tags from the folder names - basically tell it to delete everything after the first ( in the folder names and then replace " (" with "".  This basically leaves you with a folder for each game that is named ideally after the correct title of the game with no extra info. Example:

    Folder name: Super Mario World

    Rom inside named Super Mario World (USA).sfc

    Now leave this set alone and go back to your full set. (Also, the below is how you get all of the disks in disk based systems like Amstrad CPC for instance into the same folder named only after the game and no regional tags, disk numbers or revisions.

    1. Use program file2folder to place each game in the full set into its own folder named after the rom
    2. Use program Bulk Rename Utility to remove all of the regional tags or disk numbers from the folder names - basically tell it to delete everything after the first ( in the folder names and then replace " (" with "". This time, because there will be multiple games with the same name but different region tags and/or disk numbers and revisions, you wind up with folders named like this:

    Super Mario World

    Super Mario World_1

    Super Mario World_2

    etc.

    Whats in the folder with the _1 at the end might be a revision or a different region or disk.

    1. Search the directory for all folders with _1 in the name in windows and move into a separate temporary folder. Do the same for _2, _3 etc.
    2. Now go into each one those temporary folders (containing all the _1 items, and then the temp folder containing all the _2 items etc.) and use Bulk Rename Utility to remove the numeric ending to the folder name. So just replace "_1" with "". Now, all you have to do is drag those folders back into the main full set. Since they are folders and they don't have any kind of region tags, or disk numbers etc. they will be named exactly the same as the ones in the main full set and windows will automatically merge them into one folder. At the end you're left with something like this:   

    .../Super Mario World

    ......Super Mario World (USA).sfc

    ......Super Mario World (Europe).sfc

    ......Super Mario World (Japan).sfc

    I took it a step further and added fan translations and hacks that I like to the folder by amending their names like this

    ......Super Mario World (Infinite Lives) (Hack).sfc

    ......Super Mario World (Japan) (Translated English).sfc

    I took it a step even further than that and manually changed all of the Japanese and European games to the USA title (obviously excluding the exclusives). Be warned, if you skip this step, when you start merging these folders you can wind up with a different folder for Castlevania and Akumajo Dracula which are regionals of the same game. You can solve this in two ways.

    1. what I did was I manually changed the latter to just be Castlevania (Japan), and then by the end of it it was in a folder called Castlevania and it merged fine with the Castlevania folder that held the USA game.
    2. When you have your full set that has been completely merged with all the revisions and regions etc. into one folder each, make sure its on a separate drive from the 1g1r set you made initially. Now drag the entire 1g1r set into the full set, but be very careful not to click anything afterward. Because they are on separate drives when they merge all of the items that merge will remain highlighted. Drag those highlighted items back into the first folder. You basically took the 1g1r set and merged it with anything in the full set folder that had the same name and then pulled it back out. You'll get A LOT of the revisions and regions this way, but you'll miss any game that has different titles in different regions, such as the above game Castlevania. These are mostly Japanese games, but also a surprising amount of European games have slightly different titles.

    Anyway, that's the general workflow haha. If you're really interested I can do a step by step but basically all we're doing is using Bulk Rename Utility and File2Folder to let us manipulate what Windows already does with folders with the same name, e.g merge them. I've always kept my games in separate folders because I like to tell the emulator to save savestates and saves in with the rom files. So I always had folders named after the entire rom like Super Mario World (USA). This is basically just a couple tricks to delete all of the tags from those folders and merge them, and as a bonus merge them with a 1g1r set.

    At the end I'm left with a 1G1R folder set. As in there is a folder for each USA game and then a folder for each regional exclusive. But within those folders is every possible revision, disk, region, and hack (I hand pick hacks.) Though I'm sure its not perfect (for instance, I was surprised to find that No Intro titles are changed over time) its the most satisfactory set I've personally had. 

    So once all that's done, I just tell launchbox to prioritize US and when I import the entire folder, I get one instance of Super Mario World (the US one) and all of the rest including the hack and translation are automatically imported as an additional app. :)

    Like I said, it was a lot of work, but I must have enjoyed doing it because I'm done now with over 200 systems. :D   

    I'm working with the same pattern. I could speed up a little Your work. Times ago I made file2folder alternative called files2folder. By using it You will get one folder with all the roms that varies by what is after (.

    So basically it will put in one folder called for example: Metroid all below roms:

    Metroid (USA)..

    Metroid (EUR)..

    Metroid (Hack)...

    Metroid (Beta)...

    I add this program as attachment. feel free to check it and good luck with Your collection.

     

    Files2folder.bat

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    eXoDOS v4

    in DOSBox

    Posted

    a lot of stuff is going on on forum but from what i see nobody notice that eXoDOS v,4.0 is already out !!!

    great work eXo. thanks a lot for that  

    ExoDOS Import

    in Features

    Posted

    On 5/9/2019 at 11:37 PM, eXo said:

    Put all 5 volumes together, but not in your original launchbox folder.

     

    Then run setup.

     

    After setup is complete, you can follow the instructions above.

    Thanks for the info man.

    ExoDOS Import

    in Features

    Posted

    On 1/6/2019 at 12:06 AM, eXo said:

    It's easy, but it takes a few steps. Specific instructions are posted on my discord channel.  Here is a quick copy paste:

     

    To merge your eXoDOS launchbox files into an existing launchbox installation, do the following:

    copy .\data\platforms\MS-DOS.xml from the exodos folder to your launchbox folder
    move .\Manuals\MS-DOS*.* from the exodos folder to your launchbox folder
    move .\images\MS-DOS*.* from the exodos folder to your launchbox folder
    move .\eXoDOS*.* from the exodos folder to your launchbox folder 

    Hi guys. Please clear that for me a little bit. After downloading I end up with separately 5 volumes. Do i have to setup.bat all of them and after that move and copy folders to my original launchbox folder? Or first move files and then run setup.bat?

     

    Maybe someone could give me a little help?

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