Retro808

Yeah, I honestly doubt you will find any tutorials on LB, BB, or truthfully any other software that is going to tell you everything you need to know. That is why a forum is helpful. So I would not dwell any more on being lost and just ask the questions on things you want to know or cannot figure out. When you add a theme if the look is not what you see in the video or the download thread change the view and see if that helps.

What region of the world? There are plenty out there that do custom arcade cabinet graphics from full sets to individual pieces. You can even find sellers on Etsy and Ebay that ship worldwide.

Yes, but like everything else with software you have to change settings to your liking. Its never just one an done. I recommend you spend time looking at all the settings in BigBox.

You have to change the view. In your pic with the text and black background that is the TextListView. Coinops does not have a dedicated TextListView so it defaults to the BigBox Default theme for that view. In order to get to the view that has clear logos on the wheel you need to change the view. In an earlier post I told you how to do that. Here it is below again in case you missed it. I get that you say your lost, but you have to at least do what you are being advised. Here is Coinops Redux in TextListView. You background is black as you likely do not have a background image for the Playlist category you have highlighted.and then using my mapped button to change the view to the wheel specific view.

Its a small forum sometimes help is not instant especially when it is all volunteer work. Only reason I could see it not showing is if your license is not valid and we confirmed it is. Even if the folder was empty the name of the theme would still show. Try going into your \Launchbox\Data folder and remove your Settings.xml. Do Not delete it. Just move it out of the folder. Do this with LB closed. When you reopen LB it will generate a new Settings.xml. See if it works then. I would also try downloading another LB Theme and see if it works.

There likely will. But it is not announced until the day of.

That view is a Text Lost view. It is supposed to look like that. If you want logos you need to change to one of the Wheel views.

Do you have your license in the main LB folder? Also is the theme unzipped in the folder. I see you say you have a license just confirming that with the free version you cannot change themes and the custom theme will not show in the drop box.

Can you post a pic inside of LB showing the platform panel on the left hand side and then a pic of what you see in BigBox?

Is there anything in the Exit AHK Script tab?

Can you share what scripts you are using (a pic of you setting would be best). Pause working fine for me and as far as I recall there are no default scripts for exiting from Pause (the Exit AutoHotKey Script tab is the one used for the Pause Menu exit).

Do you have Attract Mode turned on in the BigBox settings?

No. The change is instant. I could not tell you why it is not working for you. I tested on several builds and all worked as designed.

Just tested with NES. Did the name change, said yes to the prompts, but I did not change the Associated Platform name. Game did not run. Changed the Associated Platform Name and game works again. So the process works as designed. Not sure why when you changed the Associated Platform Name it did not work. Maybe Jason can add a prompt reminding users to change the Associate Platform name is he does not automate that part.

Yup. Even changed a second time to NGCube and all media was moved to new folder name. Kept the rom in it's original place. Now I tested only with Dolphin since that path is set in the emulator as well that may be why it still ran. I will test a NES game.

OK so I just tested this process changing my GameCube to NGC. I did not even have to change the Associated Platform. LB kept the roms in the /Games/Nintendo GameCube folder and that remained the path showing visible in the game edit screen. All media did get moved to a new folder called NGC. The game was still launched.

I used to use that controller with no issue connecting to either BB or RetroArch. However, I did not use the 8bitdo wireless adapter. I just connected it directly to my pc's bluetooth connection. I also made sure to connect it in x-input mode (Hold X + Start). What input mode are you using?

Check your \LaunchBox\Data\Platforms folder. Do you have any platform xml backup files in there? If you look in that folder you should only have 1 file with a platform's name in it.

What version LB are you on? This was reported by other users and there was a recent beta that fixed it for them. That fix should be in the current LB stable version of 11.8.

If you change a platform name you also need to go into the LB emulator set-up and make sure the Associated Platform name is changed for the emulator running the games.

Can you post a pic of the exact error it is giving you? Check you antivirus to see if it is blocking anything. Another user a few days ago had access error and it turned out Norton was the problem.

Your specs are enough for it to run smoothly. I have a couple builds using the Ryzen 3 2200G and 16GB with no issues. Like Neil said I would force populate the image cache. You will find the option in BigBox settings. Also shutdown all other programs just to make sure nothing is interfering.

Does the platform show up in LaunchBox? What version is your Mame and Mame roms? Are you using standard command line Mame or an offshoot like MameUI? In LB go to >Tools>Manage Emulators and edit your Mame. Post the following pics: 1. Pic of the Details tab. 2. Pic of the Associated Platforms tab. Then Right Click and Edit a game. Post the following pics: 1. Pic of the Launching page. 2. Pic of the Emulation page.

What’s your pc specs? Some themes can be heavier on resources than others. If you use the default theme is there any difference? You can take a look at this post for some tips.

There really is not much needed. Since the stock setting for the Tankstick replicates a keyboard you just go into BigBox settings and in the keyboard mappings set the buttons to the commands you need. Keep in mind BigBox mappings do not do anything in the emulator when playing a game. For that you have to go into each emulator you use and map your in game controls.