Retro808

I fixed your post. Not sure where you copied the text from but it came over all white. Under 20K in games is not too big a count to bog down LB. What would matter is having a large number of auto-populated playlists. On startup LB has to process those lists. However, once in the UI it should not affect anything. Do you get any sort of errors when this occurs or does LB just close out? Do you have logs turned on in your LB settings? If yes, post one of the latest log files. If not, we recommend turning it on.

LB does have logic to deprioritize things like beta, protoype, etc. Assuming your roms use naming convention like No-intro and has beta in brackets (Beta). What version LB are you on? Can you provide an example: Platform and Game and also how the file is named. I am going to assume no-intro.

Well if it works in 113 and not in 268 this goes back to what I mention about roms sets matching the Mame.exe version. Between Mame.exe version 113 and Mame.exe version .268 something changed in Mame that makes that version of rom you have no longer playable in a more recent versions of Mame. It is not uncommon for a change in Mame to occur and a rom no longer work right. Looks like if you want to keep playing that game in cocktail mode you may need to keep a Mame 113 version in your LB build and point that game to that version of Mame.

Not sure on the exact steps you took to do the initial import, but I just tested a new load of Mame .268 roms against Mame version .268 using the LB Full Mame Rom Set importer and there was no issue with the speed hack rom being imported. The only option from the default I changed was to uncheck the "Skip Hacked" option.

Does that game play correctly in version 113? If not then it may be a setting that needs adjusting or just it does not play correctly in cocktail mode. Unfortunately I am not familiar with the game enough to know and I have not set up anything to test games in cocktail mode.

Just to reiterate, I cannot truly confirm why it is not working in cocktail mode, only that one reason could be your rom is too old to work with newer Mame. One easy way to test is download MAme version 113 and see if it works in the old version. It is always best to use roms from a set matching (or at least very close to) the Mame version to ensure the best compatibility. If you plan to run Mame 268 I recommend downloading a more current rom set from Pleasure Dome. I cannot link to roms due to forum rules, but the thread below can help guide you.

I am not sure on the error, but your categories are not showing because you have LB set to “Platform” view. Where it shows “Piattaforma” in the area above the platform names change that box to “Platform Category”.

Not 100% sure why it would not work in cocktail mode. I do not have a cocktail cab to test with it. However, on issue may the rom could have been updated since v113. Your roms are from a set created in 2007 it is not almost 18 years old. It is possible a better dump was made and with changed to the Mame.exe you may need a newer rom. It is always recommended to use rom from a rom set matching the version of Mame you are using. So you may need to update your roms to a version from the Mame 268 set.

Did you rename your main Launchbox folder? When LB runs the installer is names the root folder Launchbox. So typically your games would get copied to \Launchbox\Games\Sega Megadrive\. I notice in your Windows folder image you have yours named LaunchboxLG. Doubt that would cause an issue, but it is the only thing odd I see in your images/steps. Just tested following your steps and it moved the games to my Launchbox\Games\Sega Megadrive folder without issue.

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I would suspect then something during the Retroarch update. Are your screenshots and save states normally located within the Retroach folder? As mention LB does not touch any of those files when an update occurs. It definitely would not touch save states since that is not even a function of the program.

LB updates do not touch any media files or game import data. So it would not delete any of those. Also LB does not have anything to do with save states, that is an emulator specific file. There is a new feature to help manage launching game save states, but again updates do not touch actual files. Are the save states and screen shots stored in your \Launchbox folder structure or are both of those stored in emulator folders?

Can either of you provide the full error you are getting. Being able to see the stack trace could provide an insight.

Yeah definitely seeing the same. Its not 100% consistent. Maybe 1 or 2 out of 10 times it works correctly but majority of times it does exactly what your video shows.

Ahhh. I see the glitch now. I was focusing on the color swap. What verison LB are you running?

I do not think that is a bug, it's what it is designed to do. If you have the option checked in your LB Game Details settings to show Star Rating LB will show either the Community Rating or your personal rating as long as one exist. The only time it will be greyed out and show 0.0 rating is if there is no Community Rating and no Personal Rating.

LB is more for a pc/desktop style use. For using mouse and keyboard to move around the frontend. It is also where all the import/metadata work is done. BB is the functional UI for cabinet style builds. Graphical interface to give you more of an arcade cabinet experience.

Just to complete the thread for anyone who may have future questions... No. If you do not link those storefronts in the Manage Storefronts settings in LB they would not show up. How could they? LB would not know you have any games from those store fronts to import. Nah, it's a truth.

They are there for the numerous users that do want them in their set-up. Do not log into those storefronts in the LB UI and make sure "Enable Automatic Imports on Startup" is not checked. (>Tools >Manage >Storefronts)

This is a Launchbox forum which is not the same product as Launchpass. So your best bet help with that program is joining their Discord and ask for help there.

BB does do that. If you are talking about the blank spaces above and below the platform list in the left that is a designed spacing layout by the theme creator. You would have to edit the theme's code to make the space there smaller or less obvious. Since it is text view you would have to make space adjustment so it looked like it was starting over. You can see BB does this in a different theme using Clear Logos. The wheel layout is almost top to bottom and it starts right back at the beginning with no gap.

What version LB are you using and can you post a pic off all the contents in your \Launchbox\Data\Platforms folder?

Not sure. Maybe something up with the translated LB version. No other users have reported any such issues and without really seeing the entire process you are doing its hard to speculate what it could be. Would be nice if you can record a video showing what you are doing so we can see the steps. Even be useful the original Windows folder path and the new one. I will ask one of the devs in the meantime.

Threads merged.

You do not have to use Manage Themes section to set a theme. In BB setting go to >Options >Views and in the first line item change the theme. Use this option if you manually downloaded or copied a theme.