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@C-Beats I do not believe newer versions of Mame have the Mame64.exe anymore. Looks like it is just a mame.exe. At least in 228 and 229 versions I have that is what is showing. Have not updated to 230.

@Kiinkyfoxx I was not sure if it would as the error was a bit different than the others. I will tag @C-Beats and see if he can chime in.

Try forcing a Games Metadata update. In a few posts with a similar root error when importing game this fixed it. In the "hamburger" menu you should find the force update option under "Help".

You can get LB to recognize them by importing the zipped file that would normally come in a Mame set. Also be sure to set the Scrape As to "Arcade" for the metadata. Looks like you are trying to import the contents from the rom zip.

You have to edit the theme. Depending on the view you are using you would need to edit that view's xaml file and comment out or just delete the line of code for the time. In Unified it should be easy enough to find as each of the data sections is pretty well labeled.

All that is to do with coding a theme. So not sure if there will be a simple tutorial done on coding. FlowVideo is a control the devs put in for better video control when creating a theme. WallView is just one of the different view types a creator can design in the theme.

Only if you check the box to “Skip Game Details” in the BigBox menu. This does remove it from showing from when you select a game, but if you ever need it you can simply map a button in BB menu to being it up.

Check the Platform.xaml. I believe there is a BigBoxTheme and BigBoxView listing in each platform there.

You could probably go into your \Backups folder and find one of the prior backups and copy over the BigBoxSettings.xaml into you \Data folder. That file contains your global BB settings. Which I believe houses the per platform stuff.

If you are on current version of BigBox it has Theme Specific Options that save your settings for each theme you want. So if you change a theme and in the new theme make changes it would not affect the other theme when you go back to it. Any theme specific setting you have is saved in that theme's folder in the BigBoxSettingsOverride.xml One things to make note of: If a theme has an override xml and you go into the BigBox settings menu UI and try to change the global theme settings it will not affect that theme. The only way to make a change to a theme that does have the override xml is to be in the live view of the theme and use your mapped buttons/keys to make changes. Or you would need to delete the BigBoxSettingsOverrride.xml to be able to make changes in the settings menu UI.

This is a quick tweak, but gives you what you want. It looks the way it does with all that empty space because those arcade controls pics do not have image centered in the canvas. Great idea by the creators to make all of them, but bad layout choice.

The sub folders are because the images are tied to the games region so LB will download it to the region folder if metadata is available. Were you trying to modify the default theme or the Game Controls FS one? You cannot modify the default. It will always revert to its original code to ensure LB has a working theme. You have to copy it and rename it. Then you can edit the theme.

This is interesting. Without using Eatkinola's plugin video on a marquee made BigBox laggy, the video playback was not smooth also muting was an issue. At least it was when I messed with it a while back. I remember mentioning it to Jason in our discord and he mentioned a plugin might be needed. What's the new video control?

What folder are you storing your control images in (Arcade - Controls?) ? I can edit the Game Controls FS pause theme to work how you want if you let me know.

You have to uncheck that playlist box the import wizard. Uncheck the box at the bottom that says "Create Playlists for Mame..."

We appreciate the passion, but there is no fear BigBox will be left behind. We have two devs that actively keep developing the software. Active marquees and 3 monitors are still pretty niche when it comes to the user's requests. Do not get me wrong, I am not saying it has not been asked for by a good bit of users over the years, just more users are not using 2 and 3 monitors than are. So when it comes poll time the request for marquee typically gets beat out by other features. Upgraded marquee support is one I have been actively looking for over the years. You can already do a lot with marquee support as it is. Multiple images, custom images such as controls, metadata, videos work with a plugin.

That is currently not an option. Playlist removal is done in LB so would require you to keep handy a keyboard. On all my cabinets I keep one of those small wireless keyboards for random maintenance when needed.

Sure. Top of forum site under “Help & Support” there is a feature request link.

If you have multiple Box - Front images for one game in your Box - Front image folder you cannot specify which one is default. LB will only randomize them. You can dictate whether you want Box - Front or Box - Front - Reconstructed to be priority over the other, but as with my first comment if in either one of those image types you have more than one image for a game you cannot specify which of those images is a default.

BigBox does not control what goes on within an emulator. So if the emulator does not support the vertical view adjustment you need BB cannot change it.

In BugBox you map it to the option called “Close Active Window”.

Or, if coding something, you can use Eatkinola's Ao.BigBox plugin and code a GameMarqueeView.xaml and PlatformMarqueeView.xaml that can be put into any theme. The video looper in it works in a marquee view. I have not messed it in a while, but should still work in latest versions of BB. I know a couple theme creators also mentioned using it.

In your \Videos folder place a new folder called Startup. Inside it place any video you want to play. Naming of the video file does not matter. BB will then use a random one at startup.

Likely not something high on the list since most people use randomized startup videos instead of startup sounds. It definitely would be a useful feature to have it randomize. If you want them to consider a feature request all feature requests are done via the “Request a Feature” link found at the top of the forum under Help & Support.

I do not believe you can randomize the startup sound. You can change it though. In your \Sounds folder you can create a new folder named whatever you want. Then drop a sound file in there and name the file Startup.wav. In BigBox>Options>Sounds set it to the folder you created with the startup sound. It will then use that audio to override the default BigBox one.