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    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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    Sega CD 32x problem

    in Troubleshooting

    Posted

    Hi. I see many of you guys had SEGA CD 32X in your collections, but I wonder if you play those games or just have them? I have question how to change disc in those games? I use retroarch to emulate SEGA CD 32X but can't find option to eject disc 1 and insert disc 2. Four of sega cd 32x games had multiple discs so its a problem. I wonder if any one can help me.

     

    Another problem is controller setup for Corpse Killer game. All other games work well but in this game gamepad not responding. I can go to retroarch, fastforward key is working but d-pad and buttons are not working and i can't leave the menu.

    I read in orginal instruction that the game can be played with light gun or gamepad, so i config lightgun in retroarch too but it still don't work. Any help will be aprrciated.

    Importing the Win3xO and eXoDOS Collections (Now with Win3xO+eXoDOS images!)

    in DOSBox

    Posted

    Oh. If you said many changes i understand we should wait for it for a while... I dont know if i can ? all those games really seduce me. 

    Please let me know if its a matter of weeks or months before droppin it? Im not bitchin for accurate date, just want to know if i can wait that much ?

     

    Again big props man. If you ever conduct your plan with win 95 games collection you should get some official medal or something. 

    MAME problem (not with starting games)

    in Troubleshooting

    Posted

    Hi all. I've got some problem with MAME recently. Maybe someone have the same experience and can help me with this. 

    I can't start MAME exe file. When I start specific games from LB MAME works correctly - games starts without problem, but when I try to run MAME64.exe only black screen occurs and after 10 seconds it dissapear and nothing happen.

    So emulating games works perfet but I can't run MAME to change options. I try with other versions of MAME from internet but all of them behave the same.

    I made two changes recently - one of them is that i change graphic card - from XTX radeon r9 270 to MSI radeon r9 270 (the old card stop working). I change drivers to the newest.

    Second change is that I start running old platforms like coleco, rca studio II, etc with MAME and in one tutorial (to coleco) there was a suggestion to change video options. so i change video mode to opengl. that was the last time i run MAME exe file.

     

    I think it is some problem with graphic card but the strange thing is that arcade games works correctly. I think it is not problem with opengl video mode because when i download other version from internet it should start with default options. or MAME had some ini files with settings somewhere on the drive c?

     

    Please let me know if there is some command lines that i can start MAME with default setting or maybe i can go to mame options from game (when i push tab i know i have options but only for this game). Maybe someone had the same problem and can help me?

     

    ps. sorry for my english ;] 

     

     

     

    What systems are complete in the DB?

    in News and Updates

    Posted

    you should first decide what is ''complete''. US and EU official releases? JAP releases too? other releases (Brazil, Korea. Taiwan, Germany, France, etc) ?

    What about protoypes, what about beta and prototypes that also got full release? Unlicensed games? Homebrews? Hacks? Public Domain? 

     

    Its very hard to define ''complete'' - everybody got they own rules. I got every platform twice in LB right now - one with EU and US official releases only and second with prototypes that wasn't release later, good unlicensed games, notable hacks and different countries releases (Japan, Taiwan, German, France, etc.) that you can easly play without knowing they native language (or in english).

     

    what is your definition of ''complete''?

    Who has the largest collection currently standing in Launchbox?

    in Collections and Builds

    Posted

    4 hours ago, kiddanplay said:

    What’s up man! Your not bothering at all...honestly I am still going through the build process and tweaking a bunch of stuff...initially I had a final burn set imported due to size then went with a full MAME set including CHDs and haven’t removed FBA yet thanks for the catch on that though! As for Naomi I did scrub my MAME setup to remove the Naomi games. MAME itself is a tricky animal to scrub and clean and separate per system...although with the new LB/BB 8.6 update I’m probably going to remove my arcade set completely update MAME and get the new rom pack and import again using the new features. 

    As for other systems, there would be a significant time investment to scrub all duplicates from every system as the same game may have released on multiple platforms and some have different features or playability styles so you may have 5 duplicates of a game spanning multiple systems but without playing through each version you wouldn’t know which one to keep. Therefore your numbers will be inflated by 5 technically. 

     

    Thanks for the answer. i see your point of view. and to be clear i do not talk about different version of the same game for different platforms (like the same game for genesis and snes). I was talking about the exact same game, even the same file on hard drive - one in fb alpha collection and one in arcade collection.

     

    but its all good. everyone had their own ish. i personally edit all games individaully, add covers, and other media, correct genres, add extended game info, etc, etc. thats my style ;] 

     

    and i only collect official europe and usa releases only. i had like 30 000 games in collection (commodore 64 and amiga collection was the biggest ones) but i catch myself that i never had chance to play all this games so i install fresh copy of lb and starts again with official releases only.

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