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Ah, Of course... I forgot about the "Auto Populate" function. Cheers.

Just wondering if there is a way to have BigBox display multiple platforms as a single one? The reason I'm asking is I'm currently using FBA as my arcade emulator but there are a handful of games I would like that it doesn't play so I have put MAME on my system as well. The problem is I then get two "Arcade" platforms in Big Box (Or a Final Burn Alpha and a MAME). I would like to have them "merged" in BigBox for display and usability reasons, but keep them separate in LaunchBox for organizational and auditing reasons. I know I could probably add the MAME games into the Final Burn Alpha platform and then change the emulator it uses, or have an "Arcade" platform and manually select the correct emulator for the different roms, but as more games get added its going to start to get tricky keeping track of what rom goes with each emulator.

Thanks for the offer. I'm in NZ though so any shipping is likely to be a little expensive. A mate hooked me up with a 600x700 sheet from his glazing company today so I should be sorted now.

Have you had a look in "Event Viewer" just after the crash happens? It will often give you an indication as to whats causing the crash.

USB LED strip turned up today. Printed off a temp marquee image on 2 bits of A4 and stuck them together to test it out. Really helps bring it all together. Should do until I can find some Acrylic/Perspex for a decent price.

Saving "Alternate Name" name in a games meta date and the ability to use it to search. While I have been throwing together my library I have noticed that there a quite a few games that are named differently depending on the region... It would be nice to be able to search for say... "SWIV" in the SNES and have the results show "Firepower 2000". Maybe the ability to chose what name was displayed as well.

Its been way more fun than expected. I'm probably going to invest in a table saw (just a small cheap one) if I ever attempt anything like this again though.

I have just set up volume control in the controller automation and for some reason when I'm playing Metal Slug I press the two buttons to turn the volume up or down and it activates the second player and then stops the second controller from working at all as well as effecting the controls for player 1 (They still work but seem to be getting interrupted). The automation for "Show Launchbox" doesn't do this and I don't believe the "Exit" one does either (but its hard to tell as its quitting the game). This happen in both Launch Box and Big Box. If I load RetroArch on its own without Launch Box loaded and press the key combination nothing happens so I don't believe its a key mapping issue in the emulator. I also tried the media keys on my keyboard and they function correctly without causing the controllers to act up. I'm running the latest beta (16). The Emulator is Retroarch with the Final Burn Alpha core and the controllers are generic USB ones I got from Aliexpress (https://www.aliexpress.com/store/product/Arcade-Joystick-DIY-Kit-Zero-Delay-Arcade-DIY-Kit-USB-Encoder-To-PC-Arcade-Sanwa-Joystick/2813007_32789820812.html?spm=2114.12010608.0.0.2995e5c0hf5yCd)

Lol, yea. I'm trying to keep the costs of the build down so went for the monitor speakers over an extra $20 for something else. It seems to be doing OK for now, but the option to upgrade in the future is always there. I haven't looked at getting adhesive vinyl prints for the rest of the cab. Maybe in the future, but for now it's not on the cards.

Just a few more bits to finish now, like screw the back on, print off a marquee, tidy up the internal wiring... but its up and running and I'm pretty pleased with the results.

Touch of paint. Primer and 1st coat. Will see what its like tomorrow and most likely do a second coat in the morning.

Kinda already made the front door now but I'll keep it in mind if I ever do another. Got the monitor mounted today. Ready for painting tomorrow and then I can throw the buttons in. Getting close now.

Not a lot to report today. Decided to remove the front panel (it was screwed on) and attach it with hinges and a magnetic catch instead. This will give me easy access to the front of the computer for the power and USB ports (if I ever want to use a controller) as well as adding a small gap that should help with airflow.

Another progress update... Got the control panel cut out and most of the cabinet screwed together. added some holes to the side for pinball (in hindsight they might be a little low but it should still be all good). Just need to cut out the hole for the monitor and build a bracket for it, sand it up, give it a coat of paint and then throw in the joysticks and buttons and I should be done.

Its still extra steps. May as well spend the time to write a batch file to automate the tasks. Using Windows search also wouldn't work with something like the "FB_Alpha_2016_Reference_Set_-_FBA_v0.2.97.39_ROMs" for example.