ItchyRobot

is your MAME.ini file read only?

[UPDATE-working now] I went ahead and tried it again, and it worked this time. ========================= I am unable to import Steam games too. I have my profile and friends list set to public. I am running the latest build of Launchbox/Bigbox. I noticed that in the import process, one of the windows, asks for my Steam ID ... The window shows http://steamcommunity.com/id/ [box to enter SteamID#] Should the above link be https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/ instead? I get the following error ... https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TgG2BhL7iacNUeDEXWTdUmW4Rqz4-u8-/view?usp=sharing

That's what I was afraid of. This stuff is easy for you guys, but people like me struggle with this stuff. Hopefully you can share what code to edit, or what to add, and where to edit, etc when you are back in town. It would be much appreciated. I can make my own images and artwork for the controllers, but the code tweaking is over my head. But I am good at following instructions ?

This sounds great. What theme are you using? I don't see that ability for mine. You must be tweaking code to make this happen? When you say system, do you mean individual game, or a console? Sorry if dumb questions, still wrapping my head around all these settings and functions

Ok, NES wasn't a good example, how about gameCube, or MAME! ? As for it not working since everyone sets up there button differently .... that is why I said it would be up to individuals to create their own images to show the button layout for that specific game. We would program each emulator like we want it, and create images that represent this. All BigBox would need to do is pull an image from a certain game folder and display it in the Pause menu. If an image in not in that games folder, it would not show up. I bet it would be easier to implement on a Console level. Show the same image for every game within the Gamecube collection. But that would not work for MAME. That is why I was saying we may need separate images per game for systems like MAME.

Sooooooo ... where are we on this when it relates to keeping it simple for idiots like myself? Is there a way to implement the controller layouts with the Pause Themes? It would be nice if BigBox was smart enough to know that when I pause a NES game, it would add a link to the Pause menu that said "Controller Layout" that I click on to show the NES layout on my XBox One controller. Or better yet, have the image popup with the Pause menu, underneath Load, Save, etc. I guess this could get tricky for MAME games since we would want a different button layout for each game. This shouldn't be an issue for Consoles since a single button layout for NES should work for the entire NES game list, for example. Better yet, maybe @Jason Carr could somehow code it so when a game it paused, it looks to see what rom/game is being played, and shows a specific Controller Image for that rom/game in the pause menu. And it would be up to us to create our own controller layout images for each game... we would just need to have a specific folder structure so we know where to place the images so BigBox's pause menu can find them.

I think I am going to have to do the same. That RetroArch core wont start a few of my favorite games, such as Dragonfire.

With a lot of help from the Launchbox and MAME community I have finally "finished" my barcade setup. I put the word, finished, in quotes because I can imagine with this hobby, the barcade will always be a work in progress, evolving into something bigger and better. Thanks to everyone here that patiently answered all my questions and pointed me in the right direction when I hit snags along the way. It was a learning process, but I am so happy with the outcome. Front End = BigBox/Launchbox Main Theme = Colorful (Bigbox) Pause Theme = PausePie (Bigbox) Emulators = Visual Pinball X, MAME, Dolphin, RetroArch Artwork = EmuMovies, Launchbox website, and from many Google searches. Work / Play modes - https://drive.google.com/open?id=1xw7vllvAew_r48u6TVQ4IhDl4TX5jOIQ

So, I thought I had everything working correctly. But now I am seeing two instances of "Arcade" in my Platform Category view. See the attached image ... It was only showing one, until I added a few roms that were missed by the MAME import wizard. After I added these roms this ended up happening. If I right click/edit the first Arcade, it comes up as "Edit Platform". If I right click/edit the second Arcade, it comes up as "Edit Platform Category". If I right click/edit the Arcade underneath the second one, it says "Edit Platform". WTF is going on here?! What have I done?

Ugh, you came back? Please just disappear. Even the atheists and agnostics of this community are annoyed by you... including myself. Again, please go get that OCD checked out; it's going to continue to walk you into unnecessary arguments for your entire life if you let it.

That was going to be my next question. If I select World, will it bring in all of the regions ... North America, Europe, and Japan? Or is World a whole separate classification with MAME games? https://drive.google.com/open?id=1BpnAbN_nDikp7b1VbLXXWub8LgcPtBe9 <--- Image of region selection

Thanks Retro ?

@Retro808 The Bigbox toggle you suggested worked perfectly, thanks. Though, now the low resolution of the videos show their, well, lack of resolution. I'm sure I had high resolution checked, but may have told it to prioritize Launchbox videos instead of EmuMovies. What is the best way to redownload videos and get rid of all the lower resolution ones, and ensure I get the higher resolution videos? I assume I just delete all the videos out of the, for example, Z:\LaunchBox\Videos\Nintendo 64 folder. Then go into Launchbox, highlight all the N64 games and go to Tools>Download Platform/Playlist Theme Videos ... then check the box next to Nintendo 64, and change the dropdown menu and choose a different source, such as "Colorful 4K". Or, do I not need to delete the files, but instead just select the Colorful 4K source and write over the old videos? Do they overwrite the videos, or save them along side the old ones? I am just trying to be efficient with my storage space and don't want extra videos, especially if they are subpar quality. Thanks

@Retro808 and @neil9000 Thanks guys for the detailed explanation. I'll give that a try tonight when I get home.

I finally got Bigbox set up and love how it all looks. Though, I have landed on using he new "Colorfull" as my main theme and the videos I have downloaded for the games don't work well with it. Many of the game videos are very extravagant, showing only a small sub window of game play, surrounded with a bunch of other cool looking animations and other game related clip art. The "Colorful" theme doesn't look that great with these type of videos. I think a full screen of gameplay video would be best for this theme. That brings me to my question... what is the best source for full screen gameplay videos for my games? I do have EmuMovies account, so that is possible a source. I just don't know if there is a way to weed out all the type of videos that I described above, and only download full screen gameplay videos of the games/roms.

I was thinking the same thing. Since Launchbox is not exactly pinball friendly, it would be nice to be able to launch another program (PinballX launcher) from my main wheel. Is this what you were thinking?

The older you get the more you realize, you get what you pay for. And if it's free, then you are the product. $5 is chump change. Seriously, just don't buy a cheeseburger today and you've paid for it.

That looks about the same settings as what I have. I think I have narrowed it down to being PinVol that is doing it. It's a program that sits in the background and allows for easy per table volume adjustment. After a little trial and error I found a Bigbox setting that seems to have fixed it ... Under Options > Mouse > Disable Mouse Across All Apps ?

1920 x 1080 (Windowed Fullscreen) ... if I choose "Force exclusive Fullscreen Mode", then some of the tables won't load. I have read I can fix this by editing portions of my registry for each of those tables.