OrochiMishima Posted August 13, 2016 Share Posted August 13, 2016 (edited) Hi I'm thinking of using/Buying LaunchBox but i have a question Is there a way to make a LaunchBox PC? not sure if LaunchBox can do that but i'm thinking of building a pc just for LaunchBox that boots to it and shutdown when i close it witout having to deal with anything that is windows.. keyboard and mouse (after setting up everything ofc).. something like retropie or recalbox, is it possible? Thank you. Edited August 13, 2016 by OrochiMishima Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CriticalCid Posted August 13, 2016 Share Posted August 13, 2016 Hi OrochiMishima, yes it’s definitely possible to do that. BigBox can automatically start when you boot up your PC and you can shut down your PC through Bigbox with a controller as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mute64 Posted August 13, 2016 Share Posted August 13, 2016 This is pretty much exactly what i have done.... here is some videos showing off my oldish setup. And i am also right now editing a demonstration video of my latest setup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DOS76 Posted August 13, 2016 Share Posted August 13, 2016 Hey @Mute64 is your box shelled to go directly into BigBox without running explore.exe or do you just start it in the startup menu. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mute64 Posted August 13, 2016 Share Posted August 13, 2016 Yea i have a custom .bat file that launches Kodi,steam,ps3 bluetooth remote,Shadowplay and controller compainion and yes it launches b4 explorer.exe so you never see Windows 10/explorer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UncleDaddySwiss Posted August 13, 2016 Share Posted August 13, 2016 May be a dumb question, but how do you switch between programs if you don't see a Windows interface? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeromod Posted August 14, 2016 Share Posted August 14, 2016 (edited) @ UncleDaddySwiss you can skin this particular cat in a number of ways. However, the easy way is to have explorer running but it loads after bigbox does so you only see it if you close big box or if you win key out of the application and load from the start menu. You could create controller automation that alt tabs and lets you cycle through running apps that can be opened via autohotkey scripts and controller automation etc. I don't like to even pick my wireless keyboard up unless I'm doing some imports. So I use a tool called controller companion (got it through steam for 3 usd) this allows me to close and start big box from my controller and it detects when the desktop is in focus so I can use my controller as a mouse and it also has an on screen keyboard for typing. It works wonders when you load pdf through edge with a plugin as I can load the manual for games and it opens explorer and I browse the manual with my controller and then I just hold select and hit the guide button and it closes it and brings me back to big box. I spent a lot of time doing my automation so feel free to ask any questions. This forum is probably chock full of people who have done similar things with different tools including custom batch files and autohotkey scripts etc. Bet there is a gold mine of info here. I have an Asus G75vw laptop that is dedicated to Bigbox and have it pretty much running as if it were a dedicated emulation console with no need for a mouse keyboard setup. You could likely generate an AHK that would look for the window class for bigbox and have it open automatically upon a crash or something as well. Thankfully BigBox is very stable for me even though I've been running beta for ages, so that's probably not something I would think you would need. Edited August 14, 2016 by Zeromod Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mute64 Posted August 15, 2016 Share Posted August 15, 2016 On 14/08/2016 at 2:22 AM, UncleDaddySwiss said: May be a dumb question, but how do you switch between programs if you don't see a Windows interface? I can set that up with controller compainion, but i never need to switch between programs, kodi is the main frontend, i launch what i need from kodi then one im finshed with that programe i close it and it goes back to kodi..... Altho now you have mentioned it it maybe actually handy if it did implement an Alt tab feature with controller compainion so i can switch from bigbox/an emulator to kodi so i can play music or change the song if i dont like it... ima seth that up when i get home lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
locvez Posted August 16, 2016 Share Posted August 16, 2016 On 13/08/2016 at 4:59 PM, Mute64 said: Yea i have a custom .bat file that launches Kodi,steam,ps3 bluetooth remote,Shadowplay and controller compainion and yes it launches b4 explorer.exe so you never see Windows 10/explorer. Would you be willing to share ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UncleDaddySwiss Posted August 16, 2016 Share Posted August 16, 2016 (edited) On 8/14/2016 at 11:26 PM, Mute64 said: I can set that up with controller compainion, but i never need to switch between programs, kodi is the main frontend, i launch what i need from kodi then one im finshed with that programe i close it and it goes back to kodi..... Altho now you have mentioned it it maybe actually handy if it did implement an Alt tab feature with controller compainion so i can switch from bigbox/an emulator to kodi so i can play music or change the song if i dont like it... ima seth that up when i get home lol. That sounds awesome, I should set something like that up. Zeromod- Thank you as well for the info! Edited August 16, 2016 by UncleDaddySwiss Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mute64 Posted August 16, 2016 Share Posted August 16, 2016 (edited) 11 hours ago, locvez said: Would you be willing to share ? I wouldn't be able to share the .bat file as my directories would be different from yours, but it super easy to setup. Edited August 17, 2016 by Mute64 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
locvez Posted August 17, 2016 Share Posted August 17, 2016 If you don't mind sharing your batch file but just replace your directory structure with /path/to/file it will give a good starting point , if you don't mind, that is thanks again ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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