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Hey LaunchBox, I'm hoping you can help me with a weird issue I'm having. I have RetroArch 64-bit side loaded onto my Nvidia Shield TV and with the latest versions of LaunchBox for Android (0.41 & 0.42) I can't seem to launch any systems through RetroArch. I keep getting a black screen. I can see that RetroArch launches but I have to force close it cause it doesn't go passed the black screen. I'm pretty fluent in tinkering with RetorArch so I'm positive the core configs are correct. I have LaunchBox pointing to the sideloaded 64-bit RetroArch and then also pointed it to the appropriate core (I've also tried with multiple cores). I've tried this with a side loaded 32-bit RetroArch as well as both versions on the Play Store but just ain't having any luck with it. This doesn't seem to be an issue with my standalone emulators (Dolphin, DraStic, Mupen64 FZ, PPSSPP, ReDream, Yaba Sanshiro) as those all launch as intended. I can also confirm that I can run RetroArch and load all those systems/games through there just fine as well. Seems to be a an issue with the script or something communicating between LaunchBox and RetroArch. Thanks in advance and let me know if you need me to provide anything else!

Hi, For anyone having issues using dolphin and pause screen in BigBox, I have found this simple solution to fix issues such as: black screen while resuming from pause, no hotkeys working (reset, exit, save/load state). The problem is Dolphin related not Big Box. Open Dolphin emulator, then: First, check the "keep window on top" checkbox in the "Settings / Interface" menu tab. Second, check the "background input" checkbox in the "Controller Settings" menu. OPTIONAL (if it still doesn't work): Uncheck "hotkeys require window focus" and check "render to main window". This is how I fixed the aforementioned issues, hope it helps!

I was here yesterday and posted a question about a problem I had and that one has since been fixed. Yay! ^^ However, solving one problem apparently gives birth to another one that's unrelated. DESCRIPTION So I am using Snes9x v 1.53 and have imported around 200+ games into my library. However, when I try to play most of them, the black screen of Snes9x just keeps loading until I am forced to close the program because it stops responding. At first I thought this was a ROM-issue limited to a few games, but then I discovered that apparently the majority of SNES-games don't work in Launchbox. I have only discovered a handfull of games that work; so far I have confirmed that Actraiser (EUR) and Super Mario All-stars + World actually work in Launchbox. Seeing as how I am a little out of my league trying to load all games in the library one by one to see if each and everyone works, I am content for now with finding out that it is not a general issue but it actually seems to be oddly specific. Also, playing the games through the regular emulator outside Launchbox still works perfectly, so it doesn't really seem to be a ROM-issue per sé; more like it is a Launchbox problem. I have only discovered this problem with SNES games (so far); it might be cross-platform, I don't know as of this moment. But since my other emulators appear to play nice with Launchbox, it might be a Launchbox-Snes9X issue... but then again, why would SOME games work at all then; shouldn't it be a general problem if that was the case? Does anybody know anything about this?