Retro808

@Mr. RetroLust good looking theme!

I recommend also sending an official feature request using the link at the top of the forum. Under Help & Support there is a “Request a Feature” link.

Can you provide some more details? Does this happen with certain emulators or all? If certain one or ones can you advise which? What version Launchbox are you on?

Are you using Launchbox only or BigBox as well?

Hmm not sure. It should work. I know in your other thread you said you got a code from Zen Studios as well. Just want to confirm you need 2 codes from them. 1 for PBFX2 and a separate code for PBFX3. You did get two correct?

Did you get a cabinet support code from Zen Studios for Pinball FX3?

The area highlighted if you click and hold on the gray line you can drag it down. Like resizing a window.

The Dreamcast cores are right there in the drop down. In the pic I added the Dreamcast platform then clicked the drop down and there are the two Dreamcast cores showing. Sames as the two cores in RA (redream_libretro and reicast_libretro).

Were these the steps you tried?

As long as you are on a version from 7.12 to current, videos should play full length. The video (or videos as it will randomize) simply need to be put inside a folder called "Startup" located inside \Launchbox\Videos folder. If you do not have that folder there create one. The videos can be named anything. Just place them all in that specific folder. BigBox should then play them in full.

Thanks @Kondorito glad my feeble coding skills is somewhat useful in the community. ?? If the simple version of the theme is at all useful to you please do so. Thanks again.

Yeah it should be fixed at least I remember Jason putting a fix out for something with playlists and auto-updates not happening. I am on the latest beta and just tested adding a new game to a manual playlist and the count updated. I think the other machine is still on 9.3. I will check and if so test on 9.3.

@Sithel Thanks for the heads up. I tested with several themes and see the same as you. I will let Jason know. Glad the edited theme is what you wanted.

@Sithel Test this and let me know if it will work. If you want random platform art it has to have all the images in the backgrounds folder. You can remove art for any system you do not have to reduce size more. I tested with quite a few systems and no issue, but let me know if you have any. Simple.zip "Simple" has no game images, cart/disc images. Just Unified backgrounds, Platform clear logo, Game clear logo, and Now Loading text.

What version Launchbox/BigBox are you on? This was an issue before, but Jason did update and it was fixed.

I would recommend the AHK below instead. The original code will work, this one just properly closes the emulator instead of forcing it closed. This is better to also use with emulators that have save states that will require the game/emulator to be exited properly to create the save state. This was identified from an issue with Higan and the original code. It did not close Higan how it wanted to be closed and was not properly saving games on exit. You can use it with any emulator. Just simply change the "Jnes.exe" to the name of the emulator's .exe. $ESC::WinClose, ahk_exe Jnes.exe

I am actually in the process of simplifying the theme. Jason provided an update and it will allow less artwork now. The theme will still require the platform background artwork as that is the basis of it. Do you want to use just one background image for all platforms? If so I can make a version for that. Also you would not need to make any more xaml. I would make just a default and it will work for all since you do not want disc or cart images. Let me know and I can get an edit over to you.

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Just go to the one you posted in the downloads section and edit it. You can add more updates to any downloads posts. You can also preview of the files as well.

If you run a game inside Mame outside of Launchbox will Mame still run?

Very true. Game Loader RH does this as well.

I had issues with a couple versions I found. I eventually found one that worked without issue.

I've never selected a device in that section since I have used LB. Just checked the box to Enable Gamepad/Joystick Input and then go into the buttons and automation sections to configure my buttons.

It would require a little bit more code than that. Also I do not believe videos are supported right now in the startup themes. Not too savvy on coding so not 100% sure.

Part of the issue could be if you allow the importer to download from both the Launchbox DB and Emumovies. Launchbox may not be able to tell the difference between the two images. You could probably run a checksum on the images to confirm they are in fact duplicates. Though the image looks the same a slight variance would in fact make it not. Running checksum on my arcade 3D boxes here is an example of Alien. Same image, one ending in 01 and other 02, and you see the checksums are different. I am not saying this is the cause for all duplicates, just something to take into account.