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1 hour ago, matsrats said:
This doesn´t work!
Can you provide some pics. Just tested several platforms and no issues with it changing.
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How did you file the theme?
The theme needs to be unzipped and the main theme folder (the named folder) should be store in \LBThemes folder.
So it should look like
\Launchbox\LBThemes\Airy
then inside the Airy folder is all the theme files and folders.
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1 hour ago, jetbootjack said:
Really love the new Discovery Center - loads of fun finding games hidden away I have not seen or played in ages!
I have one issue however, games that are marked hidden show up in the Discovery Centre - it would be more useful if that flag was taken into consideration for the games being displayed.
If a platform or game is hidden by the user having show up in the Discovery Centre is confusing I find.
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Been discussed in several threads and the recent 13.10 release has a fix for that.
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This would depend on if your arcade stciks/buttons mimic keystrokes or gamepad inputs (xinput or dinput). If it is keyboard then there is a specific "Keyboard Automation" mapping section in BB. If it is gamepad (controller) than you just need to go to the "Controller Mapping" section.
Of note: In either mapping section you want to map to the option called "Close Active Window".
In controller automation you can map 2 buttons together in the "Close Active Window" by just hitting both buttons.
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6 hours ago, dacstyle said:
In my case it is not related to CHD files. If I understand correctly, if that were the problem, they also wouldn't run by opening them from MAME.
I installed LAUNCHBOX and then imported a ROM pack, so I also installed MAME from Launchbox.
There are games that don't run from Launchbox, but if I open MAME and then the game, it runs without issues. I go back to Big Box, run the game, and after the black screen, I return to the menu.
You say you imported a ROM pack. What method did you use to import and was it a full Mame Rom set or a ROM pack that was created by someone with select roms?
Can you give an example of a game that does this. Also Share a couple pics related.
1. In LB right click and edit that game. Share a pic of the Metadata tab, Launching tab, and Emulation tab.
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@RuHRoW If you need an older version please email support@unbrokensoftware.com and request a copy of 13.8 and advise you are on Win 7.
@vince16 Please do not supply download links to LB that are not directly from our website. It is preferred users get it from the source to ensure it is an official copy.
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5 minutes ago, BigGman46 said:
I am using standalone, should I use something else?
No. Standalone is best.
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3 minutes ago, BigGman46 said:
I am having the same problem with my launchbox software. Although it seems to only be happening to games that require chd files. I am wondering if those need to be downloaded separately and placed in different files or something else. Some games that transition straight to a black screen can include Simpsons Bowling, NFL Blitz, and Golden Tee. If anyone can help on the subject I would greatly appreciate it.
Yes, CHD need to be downloaded separately. They do not come in the full Mame rom set.
The default location is to place the CHD file inside of a folder that is named exaclty as the rom (the zipped rom) for the game and then that folder is place inside your roms folder.
Example: NFL Blitz 2K
Let's say your Mame rom are get in. \Launchbox\Games\Mame
The file and structure for the CHD would look like: \Launchbox\Games\Mame\blitz2k\blitz2k.chd
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7 hours ago, dacstyle said:
Hello friends,
I am new to the forum, I am from Argentina.
I want to see if someone can help me with a strange problem. It happens that when trying to launch a game in MAME from BigBox, the game seems to start loading, but only a black screen appears and then it returns to the BigBox menu.If I run MAME and open exactly the same game, it works perfectly. It doesn't happen with all games, but it does with quite a few.
Does anyone know what might be happening and how I can solve it?
Are you using Mame standalone or Mame in RA?
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5 minutes ago, Drybonz said:
Sorry if this was already discussed, but is the discovery center BB only, or is there a way to access it in LB?
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If all you want is Arcade which would include Neo Geo go to Pleasuredome. Google Pleasuredome io and their git is the first result. Get the Mame rom set from them. Import those and let LB create the arcade playlists and it will make the SNK Neo Geo playlist for you. Don’t mess with a separate Neo Geo rom set. Easiest way to get things going.
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What is going on is you can never edit any of LB or BB Default themes. They will always return to original code. This is done to ensure LB/BB always has a working theme.
What you need to do is copy the Default theme and rename the copy whatever you want. Then you can edit that new theme. You need to then change BB to use that new theme.
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9 minutes ago, hawkfanz said:
It sounds like they don't want to support Windows 7 anymore. Definitely frustrating because I prefer a few things that 7 can do which 10 can't for my arcade setup.
It is not a case of not wanting to support. Here is Jason's response from a thread with the related error Win 7, 8, and 8.1 users are getting.
22 hours ago, Jason Carr said:I'm sorry guys, but Microsoft (and other third party libraries) are making it near impossible to continue supporting Windows 7 (or 8, or 8.1) going forward. Eventually we have to update third party libraries to make sure that they don't have security issues, and sometimes it does break older versions of Windows, which is apparently what happened here. We updated to a newer version of Chromium (we didn't really have a choice on that one).
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Glad you are sorted. As much as we would love for LB to "just work" out of the box for everyone there will always be some outliers due to the huge parity difference in Windows pc builds. Those command lines are the most common ones used that can get a majority of our average users up an running with little fuss.
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7 minutes ago, sersoft2008 said:
Windows 7
Please see Jason's responses in this thread.
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Possibly a user could create a plugin or an AHK script, but as it sits now LB does not have a binding for this.
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@sersoft2008 What version Windows are you on?
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46 minutes ago, nrukbs13 said:
Is there any way of turning game videos off in discovery center, id still like them to show in actual games lists, but not in the discovery center as they really look out of place
this would likely need a custom theme made to turn them off in Discovery Center's current state. There is not a specific setting that was implemented.
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4 hours ago, Jabb3rJaw said:
I will try this thanks! I personally think it looks cleaner with 1 version of game and not confuse people playing the arcade. Thanks again!
You could also keep the other versions and just combine them together (In LB select both games and choose "Combine Selected Games). You can then set the non-cassette version as default that way it is the version laucnhed when clicked on. Then should you ever desire to play the other version it is available as an additional app via right click in LB and in BB is it available in the Game Details screen.
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Locking thread.
There is another thread for this same concern and Jason has already responded about LB and Windows OS that have reached their end of life support.
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4 hours ago, vince16 said:
Please tell me there is a fix coming to let us users of Windows 7 upgrade to Launchbox 13.9 and the rest at some point, pretty pleaaaase.
Not according to Jason's post about an hour ago.
You will just have to reinstall the last version that worked for you then make sure you uncheck the box in your updates setting for “Automatic downloads in the Background”. This way you stay in that version.
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18 minutes ago, vince16 said:
That's precisely the problem: my "Launchbox" folder, which contains all the folders, the Launchbox.exe & Bigbox.exe and my license and stuff, is in a folder called "Launchbox - Bigbox", but I don't remember if I created it or if Launchbox created it, so when I double-click on Launchbox 13.8.exe I don't know how to write over the existing Launchbox 13.9... I'm afraid it's just going to create another instance of LB/BB.
Isn't there a simpler method?
LB has always defaulted to \Launchbox when it installs. At least in the 7 years I have been using it. So if your main LB folder is called something else it was not LB originated.
Maybe rename that main folder Launchbox and then run the installer. When done name it back to what you originally had it as.
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9 hours ago, Jabb3rJaw said:
I finally updated my Mame emulator and rom set from 220 to 261. I used the Mame import from Launchbox and left everything checked. On my wheel I noticed quite a few of the same wheels showing. They are slightly different rom names but the same game. I guess I’m just curious if there is a xml file like hyperspin that filters out more of the fluff like these and the mega touch games etc… I know people would share theirs on Hyperspin just curious if it can be done in Launchbox/Bigbox or could I use a hyperspin xml instead?
If you use LB Full Mame Rom set importer there are options to select to leave out specific types of files/games. Additionally one of our devs created a plugin to convert an xml to LB formatted xml that might do what you want with Hyperspin data.
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Just an FYI, LB would only force the update if you had the option for "Automatically download updates in the Background" checked. Otherwise, with that off, LB would alert you an update it available either via the bell icon at the top or a pop-up notification depending on which option you chose for LB notifications. It would then only download if you click to see the notification and then click the download button.
Importing CPS Games & Metadata
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Yes. If you are importing them into a CPS platform make sure you set the “Scrape As” for the platform to “Arcade”.