MartinC

Hi there, I was doing some testing with both alternatives and I found the following: About to use joytokey profiles, it definetely works. BUT the problem is when you use an emulator for more than one platform. For example, I use RetroArch for all the Atari consoles, NES and so... and it that case it won't work since the profile is linked to the app name (the one you see in Task Manager), so no matter if you use different directories or even exe file names... it will always be called RetroArch in task manager, and JTK will load the first profile available in the list. So it is useful when you have different emulators but if you share one with different platforms, you have a problem. The second one about to add Additional Apps (AP) manually in the XML file... when you add an AP for a game, that info is added to the platform XML file. I see every AP info has an ID field and the corresponding GAMEID field. I will add manually some lines there, leaving the ID as it is (it will be duplicated in every game for the platform) and replacing the GAMEID with the one corresponding to that game. @Jason Carr, do you think it can work? I assume LB will search for the GAMEID field, and since the other fields apart of ID are exactly the same, I think it should work... am I wrong? It is not the best solution at all, but maybe I can use it while you add some new feature to LB (like AP for platforms or something similar). Thanks a lot, Martin

Oh great! thanks @proghodet and @jayjay for the info. I will check both alternatives and I think I will be able to get it working for what I need. Thanks again guys. Martin

Hi @proghodet and thanks for your reply. But what do you do to change the profile depending on which emulator is running? That is what RL does, actually, and what I can't do without it. Well, I can do it, but for a single game... I have thousands of games and I would need a way to do it by platform at least, so I can run the joytokey profile related to a specific emulator and that way all the games will run well. But I don't think we have that chance on LB right now, so I am looking for an alternative. @Jason Carr, that conf is not saved in conf files, right? just to confirm. Because if it is so, I could script something as a workaround to modify all the games automatically in few seconds. Thanks! Martin

Hi @Jason Carr and all, I was reading old posts about to use additional apps for games under a particular platform instead to having to configure game by game. Is that implemented yet or do we have a estimated date for that? I moved time go from HS to LB, and I am keep using RocketLauncher as a way to manage my joytokey profiles since I could not find a way to use Joytokey + LB directly yet. But honestly LB + RL is veeeery slow, and the most part of it is due to RL, so I really need to discard it ASAP. So... is there any workarounds to edit additional apps for platform or at least a way to edit games in bulk? I edited one and searched for that change in the conf files, as an oportunity to script something and do it in a bulk that way, but I had no luck, it is not updated in a file but in the DB, apparently. Well... any help to get this is veeeery appreciated guys. Thanks! Martin

Hi @Retro808! Yes, I will do that. With a lock code will be enough I think. I was just thinking that it could be something more "aesthetic" preventing to exit from the BigBox main menu. But not a big deal Thanks guys! Martin

Hi @Jason Carr! Me and my strange whishes, LOL. Your solution is great and works that way, thanks. About the second one, if you think it can be done in a future (with 2 different keys, I think), that would be just great. For now, I will keep working that way. Thanks again! Martin

Hi all, I am still working in my personal cabinet only managed by joysticks and buttons (no keyboard at all), and I have the following problem here: In the past, not remember which LaunchBox version, I used the same button for launch games and also to move into BigBox. I mean, Start button to go from Platform list to games list (into that selected platform), and also to run a game from the list. Right now, I have 2 buttons, one to Select and another one to Play. The question it... how to get the previous situation again? I tried to use the same button for both actions, but Select has some priority over Play and when I click the button over a game, I see a window to add the game to a reproduction list. And the other problem is related to Reverse button. When I stay at game list, this button will bring me back to platform list, which is great. But if I click it again, it will go directly to BB options, which is not so good. Is there a way to fix that? I have changed the Escape key to Q letter to not conflict with emulators which use Escape key to exit the game. But I need the Reverse key to exit games list to platform list while I am under BB, but if I click it again... well, that is a problem to get my cabinet working with buttons only. I hope not to disturb with all this, I am just trying to configure BB as much as confortable for me and my friends using my cabinet. Thanks! Martin

Perfect! That will be my fix then... LOL Thanks @Jason Carr. Have a great weekend!

@Jason Carr That is the file used before the error, I know it because I rename it after to do make a copy. Maybe it was modified when I restored it to try to get LB working again. I think the best thing to do now is to reinstall and add every console again. Once that is done... do you think that backing up the complete Data folder will be enough to restore and get everything working again? I will need to find something like that to work safety and avoid working with to entire LB folders and duplicate several GB. Thanks a lot Jason for your help on this.

@Jason Carr oh ok. I have written a little script in PHP to read the XML line by line and only update the Notes field. I have checked the XML file syntaxis and it seems to be ok too. But I don't understand why the error is still there even when the original xml file is restored. It has no errors. I assume that it because the DB already have the empty value which is invalid. How could I reset that situation at that point? I can't just to delete the console and add it again from the begining since I can't get LB started. Is there a way to remove the console manually?

Hi @Jason Carr... wow, it does not seem to be so simple. Which is the DB field? Just to know. Is anything I can do to help on the fix? I appreciate your help on this. Martin

It is weird... LB and BB are always closed while I work in the file (I change only the Notes field, I have it done on platforms.xml with no issues, and now I am working on Arcade.xml). The weird thing is that when the I restore the original file (in english and with no modifications at all), the error is still there and LB won't start anymore, it ends completely broken (BB does not work either, of course). Is there a chance to check that? I know it is a particular issue for a particular user, but I think it will be useful for more people when it is finished and translated to spanish. I attach the screen so you can check the full error shown. Thanks a lot @Jason Carr! Martin

Hi all, I am working on translating the platform XML files (in this case Arcade.xml) to spanish. It is tedious and slow, even when it is all scripted. But my problem is another one, as follows: If the file has any errors, LaunchBox will fil to start, which is fine. But the problem is that when I restore the original file, LB won't start anyway. I assume it is caching the files or something, but I couldn't find the place where it is. Can @Jason Carr or anyone else tell me how it works, so I can keep trying without breaking anything? The only workaround is to restore the whole LaunchBox folder with the original version, but in that case I need to do a full copy everytime (I tried to copy only main files and nothing) which takes a lot due to it has several GBs with the info for all the configured systems. Thanks a lot! Martin P.S.: @Jason Carr, I have opened a bug about this the last weekend thinking it was a LB issue. You might to close it up since it is something else apparently (caching or something else).

Hi all, I am sorry if I am asking something not new, but I could not find anything googling or in the forums. I have several systems running and I need to disable a couple, but not removing all the info and media, just disable it or hide it. Is there a way to do that? Thanks a lot in advance, Martin

Oh great, thanks Retro808. I will try that and see if that works for me too. Regards, Martin

Hi all, I am having a recurrent issue and I want to know if someone else had it too. I usually use BigBox and let the machine on, with the attract mode actived every 10 seconds. It moves between the consoles and games and everything is fine... but sometimes, never after X time (it can be after 2 hours or 20 minutes) it hangs over a game (not a particular game all the time) and the video and the attract mode just freezes. It is not the machine since I can use it normally and everything is fine after re-open bigbox. But for some reason it just hangs and it seems not to be a problem related with used memory or something else that normally can be the problem. I have installed a RetrOS 2.0.3 (Windows 7 64bit) over a quad core AMD A8 7600 and 4GB RAM. Last version of BigBox and using the default theme. Anyone else had this issue before? Thanks! Martin

Wow! I did not know that... ufff. Anyone has tried to follow the tutorial written by Syntax_X and can help me a little with this? I am trying to add the eXoDOS collection to BigBox. Thanks! Martin

Hi syntax_X, I am trying your tutorial but I am stuck at the beginning since I can't find any .bat files in there. I have downloaded the eXoDOS collection 2.0 and the only folder called !dos is into Games/LAB folder, and I can see only subfolders with dosbox.conf files there, not .bat files. Can you give me some light please? Thanks! Martin

Oh great, I was not able to get that, I was not sure if that was possible. I will try, thanks a lot guys for your help on this. Martin

Hi there, I have built a cabinet at home, and I am trying to use it as arcade only, I mean with no keyboard and so. The problem is that the Escape key is used to leave a game (thru a button in the cabinet), but also to go thru Options in BigBox, so if I push the button again once I left the game, it will go to BB options and THAT is what I don't want here. So this is my question: Is there a way to avoid going to BB options or at least to reconfigure the keys to use something different than Escape key to leave the games? Thanks a lot in advance, Martin

That's even better! Thanks a lot @Neil9000 for your help on this, you really helped me a lot. Regards, Martin

Hi again there! I am new with LB/BB and I have a question about the games menu... you know that it has a lot of items by default (play, configuration, open folder, etc) that can be hidden. In my case, I just want to see Play item, and hide all the rest. But one of them is still there and can't be hidden from the BigBox options: Add to Reproductoin List (or something like that, I see it in spanish here). Is there a way to hide that one too? Thanks a lot in advance! Martin

No, that's ok. I just wanted to be sure that the only "sensitive" info there is my name and email. Even when the file will be in my PC only, it is not a good feeling that any sensitive info is in there. I am a little paranoid in this kind of cases, sorry Thanks a lot for your answers, guys. Martin

Hi all, I have purchased the premium license to use BigBox (which is awesome, btw!), and I am worried about which info is in it. Even when it is for personal use, I want to confirm that sensitive info like my credit card info is not there. If only my name and other info is there, it is ok... but please confirm that my credit card info is not. Thanks a lot, Martin