[I cannot exit Demul using ATOMISWAVE - help?]

On 6/16/2019 at 1:16 AM, Retro808 said:

Should not need any tricks. If you cam close demul in the other systems the same should close when playing Atomiswave. It still demul that is running. Maybe you have a weird mapping conflict?

Try putting the below AHK in the Running AHK of demul

$Esc::
{
        Process, Close, {{{StartupEXE}}}
}

or this one which closes it a bit more carefully

$Esc::
{
        WinClose, ahk_exe demul.exe
}

  

Hey I am just starting to map controls to one of my cabs, Im using a xin-mo usb controller which shows up as gamepad. I tried using automation control and mapped a 'hold key' and 'close active window' key to my start and coin buttons. Demul not exiting, what am I doing wrong

[Image priorities for lcd marquee]

2 hours ago, Retro808 said:

Yes, there currently are no settings we can adjust to get marquee images a certain way. I have tried editing a theme to get it to work, only partial success. I could get the clear logo shown, but never a static background image. It would always default to the marquee image or the next priority. So, we have to wait until Jason is ready to take on updates to marquee images and priorities. He did say it will be coming.

Ok that's what I needed to know.. will just have to wait. 

[Image priorities for lcd marquee]

Looks like I got LB to display the marquee image I want across all games, image view 'background', with the image placed in the 'fanart' folder. But when in big box the game's boxart is displayed on the marquee rather than the marquee image as seen in LB. Is this not possible in BB?

 

 

[Image priorities for lcd marquee]

Ok I see, yah it would take forever to create marquee images for each and every game for the consoles, I know there are some sets out there but a static background with a wheel over it in the front end is the answer. For now I will play with the priorities, trying to just display a static marquee image while scrolling the gamelists, its ok not seeing the wheel as it will be on the main display. Not sure if that's possible?

 

 

 

[Image priorities for lcd marquee]

I have a 2nd monitor for my marquee on my 4 player cab. I do have hyperspin along with hyper marquee and EDS running pretty good along with LED blinky. I have been getting to really like BigBox and will eventually make it my main FE, right now I have both. I am using 'Unified' theme.

Is there some documentation or instructions on how image priority works for BB. Right now I am just testing 1 system, Colecovision... I have an image for 'banner' which will display when the platform is highlighted. When I go to game menu I will see the clear logo displayed with only a black background. Is there anyway to just show the 'banner' image when scrolling through console games? Quite a few of my wheel logos are low quality. Or is there a way to display a default background and have the game logo displayed over it when scrolling? For game titles that don't have a marquee image. (this is how hypermarquee is setup, would like to be able to do this like in pics below, static background pic, then clear logos when scrolling)  

               

[Pinball Arcade - Launching Individual Tables]

Thanks for sharing, wish I knew about this awhile ago.. looks like it is a free roaming camera mod NoEx created to view tables at any angle. But apparently it will allow table selection from what you are saying. I will try it out sometime. I'm sure someone else will find this useful as well. Only other system I use RL for,  so far, is OpenBor. If there is a simpler way please share!

[Pinball Arcade - Launching Individual Tables]

Yes I got it working, you need to use rocketlauncher and have it setup properly there first. Coming from Hyperspin this was pretty easy, but if you are new to rocketlauncher there is a somewhat high learning curve. I personally have the non-steam version. First step importing Pinball Arcade into LB, default location for my set is 'Pinball Arcade\PC11\Resource'. All tables have extension of *.rez. Once all imported open Rocketlauncher UI and setup LB as your default front end. Once that is done RLUI will load any LB system xml's you have setup. Go to Pinball Arcade and set default emulator to the executable, choose pinball arcade module. Test games by using game audit and selecting a table. RL will press enter a couple of times to get to table selection and scroll to the correct table and launch it. Now there may be a lot more to this depending on what version PA you have and might need to setup the module in the correct order of your table names etc. RL forums covered this awhile ago... metalzoic I believe. 

Also I had to name all my media the same name as original tables names for easier setup with LB. Maybe I will try to write up a detailed tutorial when I have time...

[Problem with pause screen =(]

3 hours ago, sundogak said:

@drewjbx See this link to working emulators and/or notes on issues.  I assume you are talking about the PPSSPP standalone rather than Retroarch.  That is known issue with standalone. If you use the RA core for PPSSPP seems to work fine. 

thanks for link.. I am using the standalone and resolved the issue by adding this line twice in the pause settings 'on resume' tab. Brings it back to full screen.

sleep, 50
send !{Enter}

[Problem with pause screen =(]

Any one having issues with PPSSPP, I have save and load game saves working fine. But resuming from pause the emulator goes into window mode, a double click with the mouse or 2 presses of Alt-Enter brings it back fullscreen. How can this be fixed.. a script of Alt-Enter after resuming from pause... where would that script go?

 

edit - running latest version 1.8.0

[9.9-beta-1 Released]

3 hours ago, pinda said:

Yup, I understand that always there is a workaround or a different way to configure something, but I noticed that it may be simplier or easier for some systems configure it that way, so if LaunchBox could handle the folders avoiding the romcheck, I guess it will be positive.

Just wanted to chime in...  as far MUGEN goes I did away with rocketlauncher by creating shortcuts to each games' executable. Time consuming but works fine. You could actually import the exe itself but I had a little too much to drink that evening. I do however use RL to run Pinball Arcade for individual table selection and OpenBor.

So take OpenBor for example, just make sure it is setup and runs in RLUI first. OpenBor set as emulator along with OpenBor module, rompath, etc... (skip checks set to 'Rom and Emu')  Each game has its own folder but also a matching empty text file with the same name (if not create them). Import the txt files as roms in launchbox, set rocketlauncher as emulator and you are good to go.

[Auto Hotkey Scripts]

Anyone know if controller companion will work with joystick controls in a cab setup. Particularly xin-mo controllers…. or is this only for 360 gamepads.

[Auto Hotkey Scripts]

Will give controller companion a go...  haven't heard of it until now, thanks for the info!

 

[Auto Hotkey Scripts]

Hey all I'm finishing up my LB build.. coming from hyperspin I used xpadder for various PC games for button mapping but also exiting, like Alt+F4.

The AHK scripting in LB is a nice feature. How can I add a exit AHK script to games that don't use an emulator... so I can map an exit button for PC games.. (or any executable without an emulator)

[Pause Option Breaks Mame]

Thanks... in the screen shots of edit emulator --  'Attempt to hide console window on startup/shutdow' was checked. 

I unchecked it now I am seeing pause screen...

[MAME Trackball Playlist]

Thanks for the link, I discovered that when I dropped that xml into the db playlist folder and try to launch LB.... it crashes and that xml gets deleted. I assume it must be specific to your own system setup with paths etc....

I went ahead and got a list from my attract mode build and manually made my own. Here is a list of trackball games in MAME, pretty sure there are some missing but its a good start. 

American Horseshoes (US)
AmeriDarts (set 1)
Atari Baseball (set 1)
Atari Football (revision 2)
Atari Soccer
Back Street Soccer (KRB-0031 PCB)
Beezer (set 1)
Big Event Golf (US)
Birdie King
Birdie King 2
Birdie King 3
Blades of Steel (version T)
Bomb Kick (set 1)
Bowling Alley
Bowl-O-Rama
Cabal (World, Joystick version)
Capcom Bowling (set 1)
Centipede (revision 4)
Championship Bowling
Cool Pool
Crystal Castles (version 4)
Dunk Shot (Rev C, FD1089A 317-0022)
Eagle Shot Golf
Extra Bases
Free Kick (NS6201-A 1987.10)
Gimme A Break (7/7/85)
Goalie Ghost
Golden Tee 2K (v1.00)
Golden Tee 3D Golf (v1.93N)
Golden Tee '97 (v1.30)
Golden Tee '98 (v1.10)
Golden Tee '99 (v1.00)
Golden Tee Classic (v1.00)
Golden Tee Golf II (Trackball, V2.2)
Golden Tee Fore! 2002
Golden Tee Fore! 2003
Golden Tee Fore! 2004 Extra
Golden Tee Fore! 2005 Extra
Golden Tee Fore! 2006 Extra
Gridiron Fight
Guided Missile
Indoor Soccer (set 1)
Kick (upright)
Krazy Bowl
Liberator (set 1)
Major Havoc (rev 3)
Major League
Marble Madness (set 1)
Millipede
Mini Golf (11/25/85)
Missile Command (rev 3)
Pound for Pound (World)
Quantum (rev 2)
Rambo III (Europe)
Rampart (Trackball)
Reactor
SegaSonic The Hedgehog (Japan, rev. C)
Shoot the Bull
Shuffleboard
Shuffleshot (v1.40)
Shuuz (version 8.0)
Simpsons Bowling (GQ829 UAA)
Slither (set 1)
Snake Pit
Spiker
Strata Bowling (V3)
Strike Bowling
Super League (FD1094 317-0045)
Syvalion (Japan)
Tee'd Off (Japan)
Tehkan World Cup (set 1)
The Irritating Maze / Ultra Denryu Iraira Bou
Tri-Sports
U.S. Classic
Vs. Soccer (set SC4-2 A)
Wacko
Wally wo Sagase! (rev B, Japan, FD1094 317-0197B)
World Class Bowling (v1.66)
World Class Bowling Deluxe (v2.00)
X the Ball
 

[Pause Option Breaks Mame]

Can anyone tell me how to get pause screen to show in MAME, I have .177 romset. Pause screen shows up in Retroarch and other emulators ok. I tried turning of and on options under pause tab in emulator settings in MAME. Pause just darkens the screen, no options are visible.

[What playlist have you guys setup?]

On 1/14/2019 at 1:39 PM, cleverest said:

This is how my much smaller, but highly curated collection is laid out so far, with one example of how I lay out playlists in each platform too.

wow, you put in a lot of work, how is big box running for you having to load all the xml's?

[MAME Trackball Playlist]

Anyone have a MAME trackball games playlist they would like to share? 

[FAVOURITES CLEAR LOGOS]

thanks for sharing!

[Launchbox 9.8 Change Log]

3 hours ago, drewjbx said:

Since updating.... Daphne games launch then lose focus, have to click icon on taskbar to bring it back. I tried turning off pause feature in Daphne emulator with no luck. Is there a simple fix for this? Anyone else experiencing this?

Windows 10, using batch file method (Daphne.exe %1 vldp -fullscreen -x 640 -y 480 -framefile "D:\Hyperspin\Roms\Daphne\framefile\%1.txt")

(posted this in troubleshooting)

I did fix it by simply checking 'Attempt to hide console window on startup/shutdown' 

This was not checked before the update and didn't have a focus issue, all in all simple fix. Will continue to test... I'm really trying to make LB my main front end of choice... coming from hyperspin/rocketlauncher, will see how it goes. Would love to see a music player in pause...  similar to RL pause (great for game music for any particular system, also there is a ton or RL pause media/music out there)

[Daphe broken after 9.8 update]

Thanks for replying and the helpful links for future reference. I am new here... coming from hyperspin/rocketlauncher

I did fix it by simply checking 'Attempt to hide console window on startup/shutdown'

This was not checked before the update and didn't have a focus issue, all in all simple fix. Will continue to test... I'm really trying to make LB my main front end of choice, we'll see...

[Launchbox 9.8 Change Log]

Since updating.... Daphne games launch then lose focus, have to click icon on taskbar to bring it back. I tried turning off pause feature in Daphne emulator with no luck. Is there a simple fix for this? Anyone else experiencing this?

Windows 10, using batch file method (Daphne.exe %1 vldp -fullscreen -x 640 -y 480 -framefile "D:\Hyperspin\Roms\Daphne\framefile\%1.txt")

(posted this in troubleshooting)

[Daphe broken after 9.8 update]

Well not all the way broken,  since updating.... Daphne games launch then lose focus, have to click icon on taskbar to bring it back. I tried turning off pause feature in Daphne emulator with no luck. Is there a simple fix for this?

Windows 10, using batch file method (Daphne.exe %1 vldp -fullscreen -x 640 -y 480 -framefile "D:\Hyperspin\Roms\Daphne\framefile\%1.txt")

[Playstation MINI's with PPSSPP Emulator]

I have 7z iso's for my minipsp romset. I setup the stand alone PPSSPP emulator to 'extract rom' which places the extracted ISO in the 7-zip/Temp directory. Loads up and plays just fine.

When exiting the emulator the ISO's remain and do not get deleted. Demul, Dolphin... etc delete the iso's when exiting. Is there something I'm missing, How do I tell LB to delete game after PPSSPP closes?

[Pinball Arcade - Launching Individual Tables]

Hey I'm a hyperspin user giving launchbox a go.... I got most my systems working without the use of rocketlauncher, except in a couple of cases I need it.... like with pinball arcade.

So I am trying to use rocketlauncher as an emulator in LB to launch pinball arcade tables. In hyperspin it works flawlessly as the program will launch then rocketlaunch will scroll to the table you chose and launch it (AHK using correct number of keystrokes etc... )

In rocketlauncher… pinball arcade is setup as a 'virtual emulator'...… a rompath is not needed. When importing roms into LB, I just imported the table names with a .rez extension. So when rocketlauncher pulls LB's xml the game tables come up as 'TAddamsFamily.rez' or TAttackFromMars.Rez for example (actual file names).

Launch box requires roms to have an application path to the filename... so this wont work as the pinball arcade AHK module looks for properly named games like "Addams Family, The (Bally)' or 'Attack from Mars (Bally)'.

I obviously cant edit LB's xml rom entries to the game name that is required from rocketlauncher's module. Maybe have to change each table name (which I don't think will work), batch files? or is there another way?

 <ApplicationPath>..\Hyperspin\Roms\PC Games\Pinball Arcade\Resource\Tables\TAddamsFamily_Enums.rez</ApplicationPath>