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Hey everyone, I've been slow in updating Launchbox recently and just noticed this awesome new feature. Unfortunately I haven't been able to get it to work (high scores are not displaying) even after reading all the info in this thread. I'm using a pretty old version of MAME (.184) but I think it's an official version. I saw my mame.ini and plugin.ini were in the .ini folder, not the primary folder. I've moved them, but the high scores are still not displaying. Anything else I might be missing? I haven't done anything with MAME config files in years so I'm a bit slow with all this. Thanks!

Looks great!

Thanks for the opportunity to vote on new features. Great stuff.

Would this also work for individual game videos?

Hey @Jason Carr, would it be possible to add "Improved Auto-Populate" options to the new poll? Seems there is some interest in it.

Request: David's Midnight Magic. Thanks Zomb, loving this collection! R

If a Platform Category or Platform doesn't have a video, is there a way to show a picture in the window instead? Thanks! R

Place them in the Data - Playlists folder while Launchbox is closed. When you re-open they should appear.

I think it would be really helpful to have a hotkey to go straight to the options screen, rather than having to backspace multiple times. Ideally, it would take you to the specific options screen you were previously on. If you press again, you'd go back to your current platform or playlist screen. That way, you could quickly toggle between game list and option screen to make tweaks. As it is now, it's quite a lot of keypresses to make multiple changes in the options. I created a bitbucket item here: https://bitbucket.org/jasondavidcarr/launchbox/issues/4842/feature-request-bigbox-hotkey-for-options Thanks for considering! R

Do you mind updating the theme on the forums as well as the theme manager? Unfortunately I can’t use the manager since it would delete all the special artwork I have installed. Thanks again for this great theme!

Is there any code that would force a theme to use gameplay video over the theme video, even if Bigbox settings has "prioritize Theme Video" checked? There are certain themes that look much better with one or the other, but it's a pain to switch back and forth in the settings menu. Thanks for any help! R

How big is the monitor on the arcade machine?! Moving sucks, hang in there Retro!

Gotcha. I can see how moving specific parts would be difficult. Thanks for letting me know!

This is a amazing! Thanks for sharing. I was already using your C64 Dreams list as my C64 favorites in Launchbox, but I'm inspired by the work you put into this, and am trying to port your improvements into my existing system. I've been using CCS64 as my emulator, but am interested in getting it to work in Retroarch. So far so good -- I installed your .cfg file and games seem to be loading properly, screen resolution is correct, etc. (and it's nice to have a working pause menu via Rocketlauncher). I figured out using the * on numlock to access the function menu, etc. The biggest issue I'm having is figuring out how to get your control system working with the joystick. I'm not sure how to import the input remap, etc. Also, where would I put the AHK files, and finally, how to I install Antimicro so it's working properly? Hope this all makes sense. Thanks again! R

Would it be possible to have a view with box art but no cartridge/disk below it? Also, playlist question. I have one playlist (playlist A) that, when viewed in the text view, it changes the background to the platform of the selected game. Which is great! On another platform (Platform B) this doesn't work. I wonder if the difference is playlist A doesn't have a background made for it (so it uses the generic background) but the other does. At any rate, my question is, is there a way to have a playlist of different platform games switch to the background of that platform's game? Hope this makes sense. Thanks! R

Fixed! Thanks for the solution! R

Love the update! Thank you! One question -- I'm curious how the new version should work in a playlist with different platforms. Is there a way that the background would switch depending on the selected game? I feel like that happened before, though I could be wrong. Right now, it picks one platform background to display for all the games in the playlist. EDIT: It does work in some playlists, like "All Games" for example. But not in others. Thanks! R

Thanks for the update -- it's working great and has solved my issues with freezing in playlists! One question -- do you think it would be possible for .flv video files to work properly? They seem to play okay in most other themes. Thanks again! R

Anyone have any luck getting the startup screens to stay up longer on FS-UAE? Played with the settings which don't seem to change anything, which I guess means it's an exclusive full screen issue.

Create a new playlist and then use the auto-populate function in the playlist edit window. Select "Genre = Fighting" and it will populate the playlist with any fighting game regardless of platform, assuming your genre metadata is filled in.

No worries if it's that complicated. I was hoping it would just be changing a number.

I don't remember using the options menu to change, but I'm thinking I must have and forgot about it.

I was wondering, is it possible for me to adjust in the settings files the time the platform/game list stays on the screen before it selects the game or platform? Sometimes it feels too fast and it chooses the game before I'm ready, which means it has to pause to load the next video. Thanks!

FYI, it doesn't reset the associations each time I change the main theme through the pop-up menu. So I'm not sure what caused them to reset before, since that's the only method I use. It would be nice to know exactly when this happens so I can try to avoid it in the future. : ) Also, that would be great if Retro's theme could use only one, looking forward to it!

Thanks for the reply and suggestion to backup the data folder. I still feel this isn't the ideal setup. There are many reasons one might want to change the main theme for a time, either to have some variety, or that themes occasionally break with BigBox updates. (For example, I currently can't use Retrotastic since it's hanging on some playlist categories.) In those cases it's a real pain to re-associate everything. But if others disagree I understand.