[A way to load State in Retroarch using AHK?]

14 minutes ago, JoeViking245 said:

Before the 'Send' line, try adding  SetKeyDelay, 125, 50

 

Edit:

Or longhand like LaunchBox does it from the Pause Menu

; RetroArch loads state with F4 key by default
Send {F4 down}
Sleep 50
Send {F4 up}

You are the man!!! thank you!!!!
Te sleep between the press and the release did it!

I tried to send press and release before, but it did not occur to me to put a sleep between them.

 

Thanks again!!

[A way to load State in Retroarch using AHK?]

1 hour ago, neil9000 said:

Why not just set the hotkey in retroarch?

Lightgun games, I'm trying to avoid the use of a keyboard, the idea is to load a game, wait for 5 seconds and send F4 to load a state in order to skip all the steps to get to the "Mission Start" screen

[A way to load State in Retroarch using AHK?]

Hey guys!  I'm trying to load a state in Retroarch using a hotkey, so I'm using an AHK script, but Retroarch does not load the state even if the script DOES send the hotkey (tested in notepad)

The non working part of code I have looks like this:

sleep, 5000
Send, {f4}

If I send, for example, ALT+F4 Retroarch does close, so I don't know what could be wrong.
For my purpose, this must be done outside Launchbox using an AHK file.

[Flat and Classic Mini Consoles]

PS3 demo, flat and new coverflow mode:

 

[Flat and Classic Mini Consoles]

Added atari 2600 and 7800 to the console mini collection in flat and 3d cover flow modes

 

 

 

[Flat and Classic Mini Consoles]

1 hour ago, bundangdon said:

Fantastic work and another great update! What would be nice is if the platforms text-list had something else there. There's a lot of space with only information about the platform (Atari 2600, Sony Playstation 2, etc.) but it would be nice to fill up all that empty space with either an image of the platform or a platform-video. Here's a render I threw together with a 'before' and 'after' using the idea I suggested. If the CTC files are available then I'd probably be able to customize this in there. Only hoping on this one of course

Hey! Actually the console image is supposed to be there, I'll check to see what's going on!

Thanks for the heads up!

 

EDIT: Ok, fixed it, I'll update the file soon as I'm improving some other views, thanks again!

 

[Flat and Classic Mini Consoles]

This is a WIP, but feel free to ask any questions, I'm back from a long break, but I hope i can start improving and creating more themes for BigBox!

 

Some Screenshots:

 

 

 

[Flat and Classic Mini Consoles]

NOV. 2023 UPDATE

This was supposed to be a simple flat theme, but evolved into a 2 in 1, so you have the regular view which is flat and sleek and also you have available an optional view (per device) that resemble some classic mini consoles (including consoles that do not have mini versions as of yet).

Features of this theme:

• Simple flat version that runs fast and looks great.
• No flashy animations that may affect perfomance.
• Optional "Classic Mini" view for many systems (WIP).
• Every Classic Mini view has it's own background music.
• Improved original design of some "Classic Mini" (Such as PSX and Genesis).
• Improved UI for some consoles like PS3, 3DS, etc.
• "Classic Mini" style views for consoles that do not have an oficial Mini version (such as PS2, WII, etc.).
• Platform/console selection with video (you need to download the video first from regular launchbox menu).

Thanks to:

@y2guru for your amazing theme editor 

@thiagofirmino for providing SNK Neo Geo and Sega Saturn Mini formats.

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If you'd like to support my work, you can invite me a coffee anytime!

[Attract mode random wheel not very random]

On 12/2/2022 at 7:44 AM, Gimpy said:

Yeah I think everyone understands this isn’t true randomness, but I also refuse to believe this is working as truly intended - the way it currently works doesn’t feel random either? I don’t mind repeats at all, but my attract mode constantly repeats the same games on over and over. 

if I can predict which pool of 20 games it’s going to throw up at me out of a list of about 500, then it’s not random either. At the moment it feels like a metronome wavering back and forth between 2 zones more than something that could land anywhere (even on repeats) 

I feel the same whenever I let BigBox run the attract mode, it doesn't seem random at all, it's more like the wheel goes back and forth between the same value.
Maybe an option to select a set number of jumps, lets say 5, then 3, then 10, then 8, and so on, it wouldn't be random, but it will cover the game list way better.

[Support WEBP image format]

This would be a great addition.

[13.1 Beta Thread]

really happy to see volume control fix/support when using BigBox as a shell, this has been the biggest issue on my arcade so far

[Dual monitor feature not working ok]

On 10/9/2022 at 1:08 PM, JoeViking245 said:

The screen positions you show with the marquee on the right, and lined up on the top, is how you want them set in Windows.  So that part's good.

For troubleshooting, if you go to Options in BigBox and set marquee to None, does everything look as it should?  As in, the TV is showing BigBox and the marquee shows nothing?  I ask because in BB you have your Primary Screen set to "1" and in Windows, your TV is "2".  I know what Windows "says" isn't always as we see it, hence the test.

(Assuming that's all good...) Someone on Discord said they fixed their marquee issue by shutting down Windows, powering off and physically disconnecting the marquee from the computer, restarting the computer, and then reconnecting the marquee after Windows is all booted and turn it on. 

This might change "2" and "1" to "1" and "2" and you may need to move the marquee so it's positioned like you image above.

 

Hey joe! sorry for the late reply, I just tested all you told me to and the problem still persists, it's like BigBox does not know the second screen's position or number and just sends both windows to the same main screen... pretty weird stuff.

[Dual monitor feature not working ok]

6 hours ago, JoeViking245 said:

What do your settings look like under Options, General for Marquee Screen?

Hey @JoeViking245 mine is just like the example you posted. I also have played with the screens position in windows, no dice so far.

The 2nd BigBox Window is stuck in the upper left corner of the main (TV) screen

#2  (the 4k TV) is selected as main screen.

 

[Dual monitor feature not working ok]

I was checking some old threads where a couple of users said it was fixed by setting the same DPI, but this is not my case so I was wondering if there's any news about this (the thread I read was from 2019)

I'm using a 4k tv as main monitor + a thin lcd 1920x480 and no matter what config I use, the 2nd bigbox window shows only on the TV (behind main bigbox window).

I have changed DPI, Resolution and orientation to match both screens with no luck, so any help is appreciated!

[[MAME] Issues with hiscore and ini files location]

On 3/19/2022 at 2:51 PM, JoeViking245 said:

I've moved mine to all be in the ini folder only, and high scores get uploaded to LaunchBox fine.

 

Not sure if this is an issue when you were testing, but the default MAME inipath line is 

inipath      .;ini;ini/presets

with a period (dot) in front of the 1st semicolon (which represents the root folder). 

I don't think LaunchBox even looks at the ini files. It may look to see if you have a save state auto loading or cheats enabled. (or actually, probably force those to not load/be enabled).

If you tested with some ini files [still] in both MAME's root folder and the ini folder, and have duplicate the_game.ini files in both, that could be an issue too.

 

Just thinking out loud.

Hey!

Thanks for the input, but no matter what I do, if the individual "game-example.ini" files are not in the MAME root folder, the hiscores do not work, they don't even register in MAME (hiscore plugin deactivates).
Important to notice that MAME by itself (outside BigBox) works ok and saves the hiscores without issue so the plugin and MAME config is fine.

I dont have duplicated inis in different paths.

If I use the default ini path (root mame folder) Hiscores in BigBox start working again 🤔

[[MAME] Issues with hiscore and ini files location]

Hey @Jason Carr There's an issue with hiscores in Launchbox when organizing games' .ini files in the "ini" folder of MAME directory.

By default MAME puts individual .ini files of games in it's root folder and after a while this folder becomes a mess of files so in order to avoid this we can change the following in "mame.ini":

"inipath    ;ini;ini/presets"  to  "inipath   ini;ini/presets" (delete the first semicolon)

This way all .ini files of games go into the "ini" folder:

The problem with this configuration is that Launchbox's hiscores break and the only way to restore functionality is to delete those "Mame\ini\example.ini" files (you can't move or keep them) and restore the default config in MAME  "inipath  ;ini;ini/presets"

Is there any way that Launchbox can use both, the root and the ini folder inside MAME directory as possible .ini location for games?

Thanks in advance!

[Problem: after game loading screen Bigbox shows for 1-2 seconds]

I've seen that happening too, I think that what joe said might be the solution, just add a couple more second to the startup screen.

[[BigBox] Hiscore Popup too close to borders under this conditions]

Hey!

I'm facing a particular issue on my arcade, the online records popup is too near the upper and lower borders, this popup window shows 15 rows which may be not that necesary (since it can scroll to load more info), maybe this can be worked out to make it show 12 entries or so in order to make it fit better under this circumstances?

I understand this is a very particular condition, but it may become extremely handy as a QOL fix for arcades that use big vertical screens with side portions hidden in order to simulate a square or 4:3 screens.

Resolution in use is 768x768.

       

 

[[MAME] Bootleg rom of Street Fighter II´ not importing]

I'm reinstalling the MAME romset on my arcade machine and I realised that the bootleg roms of Street Fighter II: Champion Edition are not being imported, I wanted to play the M7 version and is not available.

I'm using MAME 0.238 with the corresponding romset and I'm on the latest version of Launchbox.

Any help is appreciated.

 

EDIT: I tried importing the romset without using the regular MAME importer and checking the "force the use of MAME metadata..." option, but I get no additional apps at all when using that method.

[Really slow EmuMovies download speed through LaunchBox (EmuMovies Lifetime Supporter)]

Hey @Jason Carr !

 

You must know by now, but Just to let you know that the issue has been fixed.

 

Thanks for your help!

 

[Really slow EmuMovies download speed through LaunchBox (EmuMovies Lifetime Supporter)]

5 hours ago, Jason Carr said:

Hey all, I talked to @circo at EmuMovies last night and confirmed that it's not a LaunchBox bug. They're in the middle of some server upgrades that should hopefully help the situation.

What we are working on for the moment is a way to make it so that extended wait times while searching for EmuMovies media can be easily cancelled so that you don't have to wait (in the manual download media process for single games). We should have that out in beta form soon.

Thanks for the update @Jason Carr I know it has nothing to do with you, but do you happen to know any ETA?

Also just in case: I tested an old version of launchbox (11.17) and it works better (not as fast as the Emusync app, but definitely better than latest Launchbox).

 

[LaunchBox Won't Download Gameplay Videos From EMU Movies?]

When using the Sync app from emumovies, the download speed is great, but when using Launchbox it takes forever to get  any media, maybe launchbox uses some redirect server/DNS/IP and that's the problem?.

[Really slow EmuMovies download speed through LaunchBox (EmuMovies Lifetime Supporter)]

Same thing for me, I just paid for Emumovies and the download is incredibly slow when using LaunchBox.  If I use EmuSync the thing is REALLY fast, so it seems there's a problem with Launchbox.

Here's the speed difference:

[Hide mouse pointer not working with demul]

On 5/7/2021 at 10:30 AM, PiperCalls said:

Ok thx. The issue is if I launch Demul directly from LB I get no cursor. If I launch it from within an AHK from LB, no matter what I do, it still shows the cursor. Tried LB checkbox not 2 show, 2 dift nomousy programs...nothing will hide it. It has to be a LB thing bc in both instances I'm launching the exact same Demul. It's very odd...

I have the exact same problem, I was configuring LB to launch my Lightgun games, but whenever I launch a game in Demul using nomousy to hide the cursor it does not work and the damn cursor is always there

[Can this MAME change affect hi score support?]

 

The following corresponds to the "what's new" in MAME 0.237 and I wonder if it can, somehow affect the hi score feature Launchbox has.

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• The location the hiscore support plugin uses to store its data and configuration has changed. You won’t lose your high scores, but you need to move the .hi files from the hi folder to the hiscore folder in your plugin data (homepath) folder.