Mr. RetroLust

I tried what you suggested, turned off X-Mouse and Dual Monitor Tools, unchecked DPI scaling, set the default Big Box theme back and rebooted (still have fore mentioned third party software disabled). In Big Box settings when I switch the monitor settings it only shows activity on screen 1, nothing is happening for screen 2, even when I choose main monitor to screen 2 the image is only displayed on the main monitor, I do see a resolution switch of the main monitor from 3840x2160 to 2560x1080 (which is the native resolution of screen 2 the marquee monitor) so it does recognize the right res but on the wrong screen. As for the mouse pointer I narrowed it down when the pointer starts changing, this is at the moment the startup screen kicks in, the pointer changes quickly to a more blackish like loading icon, hard to explain the looks of it but when it changes it seems to be stuck on this change after and during big box.

I tried what you suggested, hiding/unhiding mouse but this didn't make a difference, I turned off X-Mouse and another program called Dual Monitor Tools which locks mouse pointer on main monitor (seeing as they both do something with the mouse pointer) after closing these I tried Big Box again but it made no difference. I found something of the core of this problem though which makes matters worse for me personally as I used to use a work-around solution for another issue, I'll try to explain it as best as I can: I have set Override high DPI scaling behavior for Big Box (using right click menu for Big Box icon) some time ago as my marquee monitor doesn't work otherwise. I am running this on a Nvidia Geforce GTX 1050, connecting main 4K monitor with HDMI and marquee monitor (2560x1080) from DVI to HDMI, in case it helps the analysis. 1. When set to: "System or System (Enhanced)" I have it set at this option normally, it causes the main 4K monitor to run Big Box in 1080p but with marquee monitor working, since the new 9.2 version the mouse pointer problem occurs while using this setting. Note: Big Box does actually run smoother in scrolling and text scrolling in 1080p on my system than 4K does at the moment. 2. When set to Application: When using this setting the 4K monitor runs in 4K but the marquee monitor is not being used by Big Box, I can see the marquee window minimalized when alt-tabbing in the taskbar on the main monitor but it won't activate on the marquee monitor, no matter what I do, I have tried several suggestions and logic but it doesn't work for me. This setting does not cause the mouse pointer issue. All in all I much prefer situation 1 where Big Box runs in 1080p but the marquee monitor is working, although it's a real pain now with the mouse pointer problem as the few pixels off have become even bigger now (I think it's 200px off now) and I have to use the keyboard to navigate to the mouse options in order to revert it back. Situation 2 is a solution for the time being but I love the marquee screen as much as I love Launchbox/Big Box itself and that is a lot of love! Hope this problem doesn't give you a headache after all the hard work you've just done recently.

I do have a weird thing going on with my mouse pointer after having used Big Box and closed the program, the mouse pointer changed to a more pixelated pointer (as if the pointer itself has changed to a lower resolution) with a bigger shadow outline on the right side, when clicking things it is off by a few pixels, when going to mouse options and selecting the default pointer theme it is back to normal again. Note: I do use the program; X-Mouse Button Control v2.17, on 4K monitor and windows DPI settings are at 200%, I haven't seen this happen in the previous version though.

Thanks, I always forget lol

True but I'm deleting mame games all the time as they are self contained (always forget out the top of my head what they call it, non-split?) so it's no problem at all Really like the start up and shutdown themes as well while I thought I could do without these beforehand, now I think I can't anymore lol

Wonderful work like always! @Jason Carr I asked you about this extract/copy function before (about selecting .cpp files) but it does work as I hoped, I might not have explained my question in proper english I think as this IS what I was waiting for as I can select and copy the roms from different arcade systems to other folders so I can split them for other platforms/emulators. Thanks brother! \m/

Sounds great Jason! Does the new Export/Copy Rom files function also mean we could extract roms from a mame set based on selection of .cpp like Naomi for example so we can separate roms to different platforms/emulators? That would be really awesome! \m/

Thanks guys! I've been off in calculating how long something is going to take me before but I hope I have it right this time; next week or around christmas for the 0ABCDE pack, I have to gather, process and place around 80 different company logos on the set and then check if any games in this range have missing boxes & clear logos still, plus a final check up on the colors and contrast.

Thanks bro, good to hear

Glad to hear bro thank you, without you this project would'nt have happened!

Working to finish the "0ABCDE" pack, definitely not complete yet and I see I still have to correct a few grey levels and saturation within these but consider it as a preview of what the end result will look like, hope to release the pack next week or around christmas. It also includes logo's and artwork previously unavailable, alternative, rare and custom artwork. 0ABCDE_-_Preview.zip

Oh hell yes, Faxanadu! Loved that game and it's soundtrack \m/

This soundtrack blew my mind back in the day, I was especially glad the Megadrive had a headphone jack so I could listen to it without the TV turned on. So many other amazing soundtracks (still discovering them) but this one keeps a special place for me. ps Top Gear on the SNES was quite special.

Thanks man, good to hear! I was thinking of a solution (could be a stupid thought though as i'm a bit blurry atm) but an option in the download media option to scrape media from a secondary platform as in "scrape as" or something, although this could mess up ones media collection when not used properly and the fact the games are linked to a database ID. Meanwhile I'll try to upload missink logos and flyers I collected and cut out in the process.

Meanwhile I added the clear logo to the entry of above example in the database, to keep in mind after reading the above issue.

@Jason Carr A thing I noticed having used scraping through the full mame set importer (to get all media to create these boxes) are that a lot of games have been moved with their media to different platforms like Naomi, Model 2 etc. these games don't get scraped unless they have a copy of them still within the arcade section (which isn't always the case I think as I'm missing some media) but only the media within this arcade entry gets scraped, an example would be this Beach Spikers entry, the logo wasn't downloaded but the flyer was so I noticed something was going on, is there a way for the importer to still download these from other arcade platforms as well or a future fix in the works? Arcade entry: https://gamesdb.launchbox-app.com/games/images/35103 Naomi entry: https://gamesdb.launchbox-app.com/games/images/75590

Congrats man, looking really nice! \m/

You could try a batch image converting tool, photoshop has its image processing tool for example but there are loads out there, this way you can build a collection for a day for instance and at the end of the collecting you batch convert them. Bmp is really an outdated format, png is so much better with its smaller filesize and lossless compression, not to mention alpha transparency.

This seems to be a firefox bug have you tried with another browser? https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1191462

A basement is a dream I wont be able to ever fullfill, as we hardly have basements in my country. Thats even cooler man!

Ps convincing the wife, you have to make sure she'll get a wish fullfilled as well and it'll work out man, worked for me!

Yes I know the feeling, once Marquee-fever hit me I transformed an entire room for it, there is no way back for you now bro haha

There is a lot of work to be done (what have I begun lol), many corrections needed, covers missing or wrong covers etc. I can't leave errors alone when I see it (terrible OCD) Here is an example of one special game that doesn't have any promo material online so I put something together for Galaxy Game (1971) to work with. I guess I'll be organizing this arcade 3d box project the same way as the arcade cabinets project and release it in letter packs so the wait of results isn't months/year from now. Hope you like this ode to a very special and beautiful cabinet: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galaxy_Game

I agree, some times you just have to play and check/research games and it's marquee through launchbox in a quick way, would be great if it could be added as an optional thing one day. But at this point there is so much work for him to be done, gotta be patient.

yep here it is, the video that made me get a marquee screen