CadetStimpy Posted May 31, 2016 Author Share Posted May 31, 2016 I do more feather-weight Gaming than any other type, and and I was wondering about importing BigFish games (please don't banish me for playing those games). Somewhat . Anyway, even though I'd undoubtedly have to deal with all the artwork manually, if I were to put all of the games 'launching' Executables in one directory, would I be able to import them into LaunchBox somehow? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fromlostdays Posted May 31, 2016 Share Posted May 31, 2016 You don't have to change any directories. Though you'll have to do it one at time. There is probably a better way to do this, but you can: Import the exe as if it were a rom. You can just drag it into launchbox if you want, or use the browse method. System "PC" or you can create your own called Big Fish. Once the exe is imported, right click it in launch box and select "Edit" Go to the "Emulation" tab and untick "Use an emulator to play this game". This will tell launchbox its an application (exe) and it should launch fine after that. Repeat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SentaiBrad Posted May 31, 2016 Share Posted May 31, 2016 Or, if you have a folder full of shortcuts you can drag and drop them in to LB, add them as MS-DOS, then use the Bulk Edit function to remove the need for DOS. Should also work. We have Shortcut importing planned actually so workarounds wont be needed for ever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CadetStimpy Posted May 31, 2016 Author Share Posted May 31, 2016 Thanks for the quick replies, guys. I wish I were so tricky! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CadetStimpy Posted June 5, 2016 Author Share Posted June 5, 2016 SentaiBrad said Or, if you have a folder full of shortcuts you can drag and drop them in to LB, add them as MS-DOS, then use the Bulk Edit function to remove the need for DOS. Should also work. We have Shortcut importing planned actually so workarounds wont be needed for ever. Haha! That figures. Since BigFish has their own 'game launching program', I recently deleted the vast army of Shortcuts it had created, since I didn't need them anymore. P.S. The Shortcut Importing thing sounds nice. I love it that LB is constantly being improved. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CadetStimpy Posted June 8, 2016 Author Share Posted June 8, 2016 Well, I recreated a few BigFish game Shortcuts on my Desktop to try that importing method, but when I do, it gives all the games identical names (see below). I'm gonna have to rename every one of them, aren't I? (I have many more than in this test). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SentaiBrad Posted June 8, 2016 Share Posted June 8, 2016 Yea this is one of the problems currently with importing shortcuts, it uses the exe name and not the shortcut name, so if the exe name is wrong it will import wrong. Check the box to use the folder name. I am curious, since it uses the exe name I wonder if it will use the folder name that those exe's are in instead of Desktop. :P If it uses Desktop then that won't work obviously. In that screen you shown, if I recall you can double click the name box and rename them... but I can't remember exactly so I might be making that up. xD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DOS76 Posted June 8, 2016 Share Posted June 8, 2016 Yeah you definitely can rename files or delete them from the import from inside that form. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SentaiBrad Posted June 8, 2016 Share Posted June 8, 2016 I knew Delete, I teach that in the tutorials, but I don't think I've ever renamed something. I just remember reading about that a long time ago now. xD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DOS76 Posted June 8, 2016 Share Posted June 8, 2016 Before the MAME features got added I lived in there setting up all the non MAME arcade stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CadetStimpy Posted June 10, 2016 Author Share Posted June 10, 2016 SentaiBrad said Check the box to use the folder name. I am curious, since it uses the exe name I wonder if it will use the folder name that those exe's are in instead of Desktop. :P When I drag/drop the game shortcuts into LaunchBox, and it starts going through the DOS Import Wizard, the only Checkbox I see anywhere that has anything to do with directories and/or folders, is this screen: When proceeding from this screen, I get the same thing as Reply #6, but perhaps I misunderstood your instructions altogether (partially ). SentaiBrad said if I recall you can double click the name box and rename them... but I can't remember exactly so I might be making that up. xD A single-click in the Name box and the name can be changed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SentaiBrad Posted June 10, 2016 Share Posted June 10, 2016 It might be for the Rom importer only that you can use the folder name for the game name, and that doesn't help us here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DOS76 Posted June 11, 2016 Share Posted June 11, 2016 Wait I went camping yesterday and it seems like I missed a lot while hanging out in the woods contracting the Zika virus, do I see an option up in that list to mount .cue files automatically and if so is that on a per emulator bases as in it will make setting up SSF extremely easy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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