Retro808

Is it just Mame in BigBox it is not working with? Does Pause work with other emulators?

If the old named folder still has images in them just rename that folder to the exact new name of the platform. Then go into the platform highlight all games, right click an refresh images.

That's not a bug that is how it works. If you change the platform name LB does not rename folders. It creates new ones based on the name you changed it to. The reason it does not change folder names is for users that might point LB to folders outside the LB structure. Like those that use images for multiple frontends.

Do you mean when you first import them they do not download? Then you have to edit each game manually to get the images? Can you right click a game and edit than share and image of that edit screen. Do this for a game without images.

Do you have all 3 check boxes unticked in the updates section of LB settings? Just wanting to confirm because I believe if you have the Check for new updates unchecked but still leave the Background updates ticked it will give you the prompt. I would make sure all 3 are off.

Drag and drop the exe (or shortcut if you prefer) into LB and in the first prompt choose the 3rd option in the image below. It is asking for an emulator as you are likely choosing an option that makes LB think you are importing an arcade or console rom.

Please do not ever pay someone for roms. Search The Archive . org. You should be able to find a mame .220 merged full rom set. That should get you going with mame.

If you have image priorities set for those images it is counting them. I actually already mentioned this to the team. As far as an easy way to mass delete duplicates that is relative to the user. To me it is easier to open Windows folder and visually look at all images in one pane and ctrl click the dups to delete. Sitting in a UI single game edit screen and deleting dups then going to the next games is too slow for me. The media clean up tool is supposed to delete duplicates. Two images may look visually the same but can be different in the most minor of ways. So it matches checksums to confirm the file is a dup or not.

You can actually accomplish what you need in this scenario easily. 1. Import the roms and select 3D box for all games. 2. Once import/download is complete run the audit option on the platform. 3. Sort the 3D box column so you can see all games missing 3D box. 4. Highlight only those games then run the media wizard on only those games and select Box-Front. Now the wizard will only download box fronts on those games you selected that were missing 3D Box images. I know you are making recommendations, but there is an existing way to do what you want.

The text spacing such as in the box is easily remedied on user setup by adjusting the spacing in Launchbox's options. >Tools>Options in the Boxes >Spacing section you can adjust as needed.

There is no real documentation on theme creating. In the themes folder there is a documentation.pdf file but it only discusses data and bindings. Not how to alter or create themes. There is a user created Theme Generator you can use to make your own themes. https://forums.launchbox-app.com/files/file/2115-community-theme-creator-for-bigbox/

In the edit game screen you can right click the image and choose remove to delete an image from there.

Looks right although the path to your retroarch.exe I have seen be an issue before. I would try clicking the browse button and searching for the exe path again so it shows the full path and see if that helps. Do your games play if you launch them directly in Retroarch without using Launchbox?

In this pic if you click on the Emulation tab what does it show? Can you post a pic? Also in this pic can you pic a pic of the Details tab.

Will do. Looking forward to checking it out.

Even the default theme does not look good on 4:3 as you have to minimize much of the data/images on the screen to fit. A LB theme to look good would need a relocation of views to really work well on that aspect ratio. My 4:3 cabinets usually run BigBox, but I usually test things on that 4:3 as well just to provide any feedback if possible.

Still working here. Check and make sure all the relevant files are in the \Launchbox\plugins folder.

Click on the arcade platform and run >Tools>Audit Arcade. When it is done sort the rom path column and you will see which ones are different.

Correct. If a software list game in Mame shares an arcade name it may show the arcade hi-score in the game details.

No. It is up to the theme to be coded to make it show. The theme will likely specify what folder you need to put marquee images in to work so it does not pull non marquee images to fill the void. That is not something that is an option or setting in LB/BB.

Those backgrounds are driven by the theme. In order to have a playlist show a custom background you need to add a background image for it to the theme's folder in the \Images\Theme\Background folder. The image needs to be named exactly as your playlist is named. You can do the same with the logo and instead of BigBox have it show a logo for the playlist. The logo would go in the theme's folder in the \Images\Theme\Logo folder.

Not sure where you got your roms from but imported the wrong files. You need to delete them and import only the zip files. How did you import your files? Did you drop all the roms into that folder and then have LB scan an import the folder?

You post is a bit confusing as you say you click on them and the info show xml not zip, but you say you have zip files for the games. If you right click a game in LB and choose edit what does the rom path show you are pointing to? An xml file or a zip? If xml then that is your issue. You need to point to the zip. Maybe some pics would help see what is up. Right click a game and share that main screen.

Do not worry. If you choose to put the time into learning to do all the emulation set-ups yourself LB and this forum will get you to where you need. LB is very user friendly and the forum members are just as friendly and helpful. Lots of great knowledge here. I dabbled in emulation years ago when I built my first cabinet. When I revisited this scene 3 years ago I struggled finding a frontend I like. I came across LaunchBox and now I am stuck tinkering regularly and playing games just as much. LB even got me to learning just a wee bit of coding. Best pro tip I can give if set up the emulator first, test your games and your controls then import the games into LB. If the games work directly in the emulator first it makes troubleshooting easier if the games for some reason do not play once you import into LB.

The theme is not coded to do that. It has been a while since I messed with it, but I think Unified Refried might have been coded to do that.