Retro808

Though this is true I can say without even an ounce of coding knowledge I was able to modify one of the themes. It does take some trial and error and some frustration, but it is doable. This may likely not be something most want to do, but I just want to say it is possible with no prior knowledge. Maybe future LB will have a GUI way to do this with ease.

Startup and Shutdown are themeable. So it is possible, but would require the theme be coded that way.

@RetroHumanoid You're welcome. Looking forward to what you add to the Startup Themes options.

I got it to work just by creating a Backgrounds Folder and changing this area of the code. I pretty much just copied it from the xml codes from you and Jason's BigBox Unified themes. Just FYI the startup theme name in the code below was just me making a test to see if it worked. I copied your background images into it the folders to test. Probably pretty basic, but hey it works <Canvas Name="Canvas"> <Image Source="{}pack://siteoforigin:,,,/StartupThemes/Refried/Background Startup/Nintendo GameCube.jpg" Stretch="UniformToFill" RenderOptions.BitmapScalingMode="HighQuality" Height="{Binding ElementName=Canvas, Path=ActualHeight}" Width="{Binding ElementName=Canvas, Path=ActualWidth}" /> <Grid Height="{Binding ElementName=Canvas, Path=ActualHeight}" Width="{Binding ElementName=Canvas, Path=ActualWidth}">

@neil9000 Same here. Strange that BB was set to default but was using the Center Logo theme which I only set in LB. I was able to choose the other themes in BigBox though and it still worked. Having fun trying to learn xml stuff so messing around with another theme. I just made overlays that get pulled per platform to show the system logo and the grid lines. I am sure there is a code that can do this, but like I said...I do not know this stuff so just going about it in an elementary and likely a longer way than is possible. But I am having fun trying.

Hmm. Not sure what would be wrong. I have it working on a few set-ups. The different views for a platform do require your platform names match the names of the platform xml files in the themes folder. If the do not you can just change the xml file name to match. I used pretty standard naming for systems. Take a look at the xml platform names and compare how you have your platforms named. The alternate is only for disc based systems to show spinning discs. So anything else would use the default.

Oddly enough I just tried and cannot get it to work either. Not sure what might have changed. I use the regular command line mame. But have MameUI and Arcade64 set up for testing. MameUI is no longer working through Launchbox even with the .ini in the main folder. For several games I tried. Demon Front launches fine with regular Mame and Arcade64 through Launchbox.

Can you confirm it is actually the mame.ini. Only reason I ask is there is also a MameUI.ini and some people confuse that with what Monkus talking about. it is not that it is a mame issue moreso it is a MameUI issue. Mame reads the mame.ini from the main folder so Launchbox looks for it there. For some reason a while back MameUI versions started putting the mame.ini in the Ini folder. With that change Launchbox had trouble working well with MameUI and Arcade64 offshoots of mame.

It's in the game startup options.

This already exist in a limited form with the Games DB. You can link Launchbox to the Games DB and it will sync your collection. It is limited in the data it shows and the breakdown for genres, but what you mentioned is basically there.

Custom backgrounds for the genre and play modes the prior member asked about (2-player, 4-player, etc...). Since implementing those playlist types in Launchbox Jason has not added new custom backgrounds for them to this theme's downloaded content. The user can of course create their own.

Center Logo Startup Theme View File So took a stab at editing the default theme to tinker a little to learn and see what I can accomplish. It was pretty fun attempting and the trial and error kept my up late a couple nights. Here is what I came up with. Remember I am not a coder so if anyone peaks at the xml file and sees some fixes or a better way please let me know. I am all ears. Thanks @neil9000 for the inspiration as it was your 3D version I modified. Thanks to the other theme developers as it was your codes in your themes I looked over to see how things work. Thanks @Jason Carr for giving me something to tinker with on a daily basis. I claim no credit to any artwork displayed or included in the theme. Any images included were taken from Google and if you know the creator please mention so I may credit. IMPORTANT: Launchbox 9.2 Beta 1 or higher required for Startup Themes. Version 1.0 Startup theme moves the clear logo to the center with the "Now Loading..." offset to the left. 3D Box, Screenshot, and Cart or Spinning Disc (for CD based games) are in the main view. Shutdown theme uses a static image in its current default state with the words "Thank you for playing..." displayed. You can use any static image you want. Simply choose your image and place it in the Launchbox/StartupThemes/Center Logo/Background folder and name the file Default.jpg You can edit the shutdown text and color by editing the Default Shutdown.xml and looking for the following section: <TextBlock Text="Thank You For Playing..." Foreground="Aqua" HorizontalAlignment="Center" VerticalAlignment="Center" FontSize="80" FontStyle="Italic" FontWeight="Bold" Typography.Capitals="AllSmallCaps" /> If you prefer use the game specific background and games images in the shutdown simply open the Alternate XAML folder then copy the Game Specific.xml and paste it into the root folder renaming it Default Shutdown.xml. In the Alternate XAML folder is the Game Specific.xaml and the Static Image.xml to keep as backups. Installation: Download the Center Logo.zip and unzip it into the Launchbox/StartupThemes folder. In Launchbox go to Tools>Options>Game Startup and choose the appropriate named theme. If you need to add other disc based systems to the startup theme simply copy any cd based xml file in the theme's folder and paste into the same folder then rename the file exactly as your platform name appears in Launchbox. Submitter Retro808 Submitted 12/14/2018 Category Startup Themes  

Might be helpful if you shared a picture of the internal contents of your Launchbox folder. Make sure the image also shows the drive path so we can see the structure.

Copy and paste is the only way to export it.

I am getting this same issue with Sammy Atomiswave and Naomi in Demul. Dreamcast and Hikaru work fine. So I am opposite when it comes Naomi from what Rullur reported.

For what specifically? For using the BigBox UI and moving around in BigBox directly there really is no correct button layout for BigBox. What ever keys your buttons are mapped to when you use BigBox just go into the keyboard mapping setup and map your buttons to the BigBox functions. Keep in mind this is only for moving in BigBox. The emulators you have to set-up directly in them. I have been using the Xarcade default map.

In the Default Shutdown.xml you can edit the wording in following section. I am not skilled in code and I was able to change the text, color, size, and add an italic easily. <Grid Grid.Row="5" Grid.Column="0" Grid.ColumnSpan="5"> <TextBlock Text="Thank You For Playing..." Foreground="Aqua" HorizontalAlignment="Center" VerticalAlignment="Center" FontSize="80" FontStyle="Italic" Typography.Capitals="AllSmallCaps" /> For my son he wanted a standard exit image of Sub-Zero so I was even able to edit the theme to use a default image only. This is for his minicade in his room.

If you are trying to run Mame directly in Launcbox without RocketLauncher check to make sure you have the platform name in the associate platform tab of the mame emulator. Go to the edit emulators option in Launchbox. Edit the mame emulator you have set up and make sure in the Associated Platforms tab you have the name of the platform for those games exactly as you have it named in Launchbox.

You cannot manually add games to a playlist set to "Auto-populate". You have to edit the playlist and convert it to manual.

Startup screens looking good Jason. Considering this is still in its infancy and you still have a good bit of troubleshooting and development I am happy with how things are starting out.

You can back up the .xml files in your Launchbox>Data folder. There will be a platform folder with each platform's xml in there. Those files will hold the notes. So if you back those up you will have the data. Also just a good idea to back-up the full data folder anyway.

If your video is shorter than the length of time it takes BigBox to open you will need to lengthen the startup video. So if your video is 35 seconds and BigBox take 55 seconds to open you need a longer video. If your video is 55 seconds and BigBox takes only 12 seconds to open BigBox will not show until the video ends or you can assign a key that you can press to show BigBox at any time before the video ends.

I just do not use it, but just downloaded and set up mGBA and it did not take anything special. Just make sure you have the platform name in the associated platform tab and it should run.