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Hello @Chadmando Yes I have the delay start as you mention at 10 seconds. If I have it right, this doesn't work because it is telling SPM to wait for this delay but SPM has already closed? Thanks for the params list, now I understand how SPM works, I thought it was SPM pulling the metadata from LB by platform and romname, but you are passing the path and some metadata, e.g. publisher and SPM then pulls the images etc 👍 I am using Duimon screen reflection shaders,,,,looks so good I have pin-pointed the issue down to the screen frequency changing, with UK at 50Hz <---> US at 60Hz. If it changes SPM closes. I discovered this while I was testing my AHK running script when I thought...I couldn't have got this right first attempt its working!......removed my script and your SPM works and can be seen in task manager and task bar. Thanks Once again 😁

Hello @Chadmando Thanks for your quick reply. No need to apologise, its a great plugin 😁 Yes I am aware of your bat file workaround. I hope the following helps with your testing..... When I use. for example, retroarch to run Atari 2600 stella core, I can see in task manager LB launching SPM and it remains running until I exit a game.....as expected When I use Atari ST HatariB core, SPM launches as expected. The core does resolution / frequency adjusting before the game loads. During this period SPM shuts down and disappears from task manager. So I decided that I could use AHK to re-run SPM in the "running script" section with all relevent game parameters. This is where I was stuck as I cannot seem to get the parameters passed to SPM correctly and thats why I get the non game linked SPM screen. I've spent a couple of days trying ☹️ and thats why I posted. I presume your code uses AHK to detect if the game window has closed and therefore shut down SPM? With this HatariB (Hatari) core, if I use the LB startup/shutdown screens with a minimum screen time that is too short (5 seconds default) I get the shutdown screen appear while HatariB adjusts the screen and before the game appears. I cured this by extending the minimum screen time to 8 seconds and it now works as expected. I think this is the same problem with SPM, its not waiting long enough for the game window to fully load. Thanks in advance for your time and effort, really appreciated. 😁😁😁

Hello @Chadmando Thank you so much for SPM. I have managed to get it working with BigpEmu, Dolphin, RPCS3 and Retroarch and it really enhances the front end 😁 However, I have an issue with Retroarch and Atari ST core HatariB.dll (also hatari_libretro.dll) with SPM 4.2.0 SPM works perfectly with other Retroarch cores but I notice in task manager that with the HatariB core LB loads SPM and then as the core adjusts the game window, SPM disappears from task manager. Almost like SPM thinks Retroarch has closed so it shuts down. I have created a new Retroarch emulator in LB specifically for HatariB. I am then running an AHK "running script" to re-run SPM shortly after the core has completely loaded. When I hit the pause key SPM now loads, however I cannot work out what parameters SPM needs to link the game to the menu. All I get is the default SPM screen not linked to any game. Could you help please? Thanks in advance

Thanks for the quick reply, I starting to think it was at my end LOL!

Hello When I download the metadata.zip update it is very very slow and then errors with a webclient exception error. Is there server issues today? Thanks in advance

Hello friends I have been looking everywhere for a Big Box MP4 theme. Could someone kindly point me in the right direction? Many Thanks ?