Retro808

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.

Also forgot to ask, do the games run in Retroarch directly? Outside of Launchbox if you run Retroarch can you play the Genesis and SNES games?

Can you share a couple pics? In Launchbox go to Tools>Manage emulators and edit the retroach. Share a pic of the Emulator Details tab and the Associated Platform tab. Then choose a game from the platform you are having issues with and right click and edit the game. Share a pic of the Launcher tab and the Emulation tab. Also what is the exact name of the platform as you see it in Launchbox you are having an issue with.

@MoonKnightFTW You renamed the theme folder. It should not be renamed. That is the issue.

Vert Wheel 3 is the view for spinning disc. Do you have your cart front priorities set in Launchbox images setting in tools? Maybe share a pic of your view settings in BigBox and what the game list view looks like.

Do you have a key or button mapped to "change view" set in BigBox?

It is should just be dropped in the same folder as the game and should be named the same as the game file just with the .sbi file type.

It should be >Options>Sound>Enable Onscreen Music Display

Good to hear. Glad you got it going.

Setting it directly in Mame is really the easiest way. I do not really use RL so not sure what affect anything you have there will have on it.

Which mame are you using? If using command line mame just open mame and go to "Configure Options" "General Inputs" and set the option for UI Cancel. No cash needed LOL.

In Mame just bind the exit hook directly in their UI. Works perfectly with the Tankstick. Even if I add RL (I do have it set up just do not use it) it works. In the Mame UI when you set the key for UI Cancel you can hit two buttons at the same time.

Right click the specific game and edit. In the edit window you will see a button on the bottom left to download images/media. If something is missing it will typically place a check mark in those specific media categories.