Retro808

In Launchbox right click the playlist and edit. Go to the Parents tab and there you can set where you want a playlist to show up by ticking the box. I think there is also a tick box on the main tab to show playlist in platform. Not at home so cannot confirm and it has been a bit since I messed with playlists.

That is the file that is in the ggxx.zip rom file that is needed for the game. Do you have that zip file as well? You need both the zip and chd for that game and you need to make sure Demul knows where they both are.

There are several threads addressing this. Mame versions that old do not work properly with the latest version of Launchbox due to Pause themes being implemented. There is a command line for keyboard dinput needed to use Pause themes with Mame. This is something that was changed in Mame around version 172 or so. You can edit your Mame emulator set-up in Launchbox and in the Default command line delete the portion showing "-keyboardprovider dinput" to get it to work again. Problem is that means Pause menu will likely not work in Launchbox. So you lose that function. Or you can update your Mame and Roms to a more current version. Something I recommend since as new features get added to Launchbox it will be tested against current versions of emulators.

Are you using the stock Arcade1Up lcd? Tested on 2 of my cabinets (1 with a 16:9 and 1 with a 4:3 monitor) and no issue with some of the games you mentioned. So I wonder if something in your Mame setting may be messing with it.

\Launchbox\Data\Platforms\ Then edit the platform name xaml for the game you want to edit.

Yes, this does similar to what we mentioned you are just saving a custom config. Which as you see requires you to make sure you enter the -c command line in Launchbox so it knows to use the custom config. This is useful if two platforms use the same core (like Sega systems) and you want one to have certain settings. There are some older threads on the forum about this.

Thanks @neil9000 keep forgetting you can just do Core remaps if you only need to do controls. I usually do override since I set all the controls, shaders, overlays, and other misc configs.

Yes. Just launch a game with the core you want to use. Hit F1 to enter the menu system. You can set your controls and then in the Quick Menu section scroll down to overrides and choose Save Core Override. Now when you launch a game using that core it will use those controls you set. You can do these same steps to save core specific overlays and shaders. (This answers your 3rd question) You can even do this per game. Yes. Just name them differently (The name you give the emulator when you add it to Launchbox) and be sure to add the platforms that will use them in the associated platforms tab. Should be a rare case you would need to do this since you can do per core overrides even per game. But if you want to do it it is possible. See the answer to #1 above.

Do you have the box checked in BigBox to allow Separate views per platform?

You can also map a key/button in BigBox setting that will allow you to change the view for each platform. In the Keyboard mappings and Controller Buttons settings there is an option for "Switch View" set a key/button for that and you can switch views on the fly while in a platform.

Not sure if Demul requires this like Mame does but you may need each chd for a game in its own folder named after the games zipped file and the chd unzipped inside. So for Guilty Gear XX you should have a folder named ggxx and then the chd inside. [Your Rom Location]\ggxx\gdl-0011.chd

Yes. I just added the Pinball FX3.exe as the emulator and used the same command line that would be entered if it were the steam. The code request is just a weak way for Zen to check if you are using the cabinet to make money off of.

Are your chd files unzipped and in the proper folder?

Non-steam version. PBFX is pretty easy to get up and running. Just point to the .pxp for the table and there needs to be a command line to run the table directly. But, I think it was mentioned earlier you do need to have a cabinet mode code from Zen to launch tables directly.

Can you give an example of a game you are trying to run that is not working?

@Juzzotec Honestly I am not to sure I ticked any settings. After initial download I opened VS. I selected to start a new project and under Visual Basic chose WPF User Control. It opened with the views needed.

Keep us updated if you don't mind. Would be interesting to see if you found the issue. Odd that you have it on so many machines.

You said it happens in Retroarch directly, if that is correct than likely not Launchbox related and seems like a driver issue. Are you sure all drivers are updated? You mentioned DX9 but you are on a Windows 10 machine. Latest version should be DX12.

I definitely have not seen that, but then again I do not use pause on every game I have played. Can you name a few it occurs on?

If you have not done so there is a debugging option in Launchbox. Try turning it on. >Tools >Options you will see the debugging section.

Oh and there are some good tips in here.

I am entry level on all this so happy to share what has been shared with me as I learn. First, I would recommend downloading the free version of Visual Studio. This way you can copy in a theme's code and see the grids/columns to make editing easier. Otherwise, just editing on Notepadd++ you are shooting in the dark as to exactly where things may land on the Full canvas. The theme views the layout in exactly that, Grids and Columns. So you dictate how wide, tall and how many there are. One thing to note though is when you are listing the Row or Column an element appears in the count starts a "0" and not "1" So if you have 7 rows and want an item to show up on the second row you count 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. So the second row is actually Grid.Row="1". I kept making the mistake thinking I want in on the second row that that should be Grid.Row="2". Nope, the first row is 0 and so on. Same with columns. The span just tells it how many rows or columns you want it to take up. You want an element to appear in the 3rd column and take up 3 columns you would have Grid.Column="2" Grid.ColumnSpan="3". This is all from my fundamental understanding of it. I am sure our more resident experts would have better tips and hints.

Do you have the plug-in selected in Demul settings? Also can you run the game directly in Demul without trying to launch through Launchbox?

You likely do not hear more people complain because this may be a pretty unique issue. Emulators run pretty well for most users. When you are trying on other pc/laptops are these all fresh downloads and builds on each machine or are you copying over the same set-up to each machine?

I do not think it was ever together and then changed. I think that is just how Jason put them when he created the child playlist features. Anything that is not available automatically in Launchbox can be downloaded from our downloads section. Here is a direct link to playlist clear logos. You should fine a few styles there.