Nathaniel138 Posted April 25, 2017 Share Posted April 25, 2017 Heya guys, I have been setting up Bigbox for the first time and I'm learning a lot. However one of the things I've been wanting to do is to be able to go into and out of ROMs with just my controller. I haven't seen any options to this effect and I assume it's a thing I can do. I'm sure I could set it up from Retroarch as well but if I can I'd like for it to be a big box function so I can keep things sort of localized. Thanks everybody, I'm really enjoying this front end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil9000 Posted April 25, 2017 Share Posted April 25, 2017 Hi and welcome, what you want is controller automation and is available in launchbox and bigbox, you do however need the premium version. If you have premium in launchbox its tools/options/input/automation and in bigbox its options/controller automation. You set a "HOLD " button then another button you want to quit the game with. Hope that helps. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nathaniel138 Posted April 25, 2017 Author Share Posted April 25, 2017 That did it, thanks a bunch! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil9000 Posted April 25, 2017 Share Posted April 25, 2017 Just now, Nathaniel138 said: That did it, thanks a bunch! No probs, glad to help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tallpr24 Posted June 11, 2017 Share Posted June 11, 2017 is not working for me. I set the same buttons up but when i hold select and start on my 360 controller it will not exit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverchair Posted October 5, 2019 Share Posted October 5, 2019 Has anyone tested this with the latest version, maybe it broke? I finally have my game library ready and want to be able to navigate, play games and exit them entirely from the xbox 360 controller. However the exit part is just not working for me, neither in Launcbox, nor in BigBox. It doesn't work for any emulator either. I have retroarch, rpcsx2 and rpcs3. How do I exit the active game and get back to launchbox/big box immediately from controller only? Would appreciate any feedback, the above answer is not working for me, I see it is not working for @tallpr24 either. Thanks in advance! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dluxpnw Posted October 5, 2019 Share Posted October 5, 2019 I'm on version 10.5 premium, (just migrated from GameEx) but I'm not having any luck in LaunchBox or BigBox. I've got Game Controllers Enabled, I can't find an option for automation like I've seen throughout the forum so maybe that has something to do with it. I've got it set up in mapping but it doesn't work, I've tried a few combinations. Escape on my keyboard works fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DOS76 Posted October 5, 2019 Share Posted October 5, 2019 try unchecking use all controllers. The automation section you can't find is no longer part of the softwar it has been replaced with the mapping. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverchair Posted October 6, 2019 Share Posted October 6, 2019 @DOS76 Sadly unchecking use all controllers did not help. I also noticed that escape on the keyboard does not work for PS1 games. I would gladly provide logs/screenshots to get some help in understanding why this does not work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeaDiddy Posted October 20, 2019 Share Posted October 20, 2019 @silverchair are you using Retroarch or stand-alone emulator? With stand-alone emulators it's worth going through the settings and making sure ESC key works as Launchbox/Bigbox is really only sending the ESC command, they also don't play nice if you have a controller button conflict. Side note, but in case someone has been trying to figure out why BigBox doesn't Exit a Game, but works with Launchbox (Exit Game under Options > Game Controllers > Mappings). You have to set the Close the Active Window mapping under Options > Controller Mappings. Call me daft, but this took me ages to figure out that Exit in BigBox > Options > Controller Mappings actually means exit BigBox when not in-game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dluxpnw Posted November 1, 2019 Share Posted November 1, 2019 @PeaDiddy "Call me daft, but this took me ages to figure out that Exit in BigBox > Options > Controller Mappings actually means exit BigBox when not in-game." Yup that was my issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tallpr24 Posted November 20, 2019 Share Posted November 20, 2019 I ended up upgrading demul to the latest version. that seemed to fix the issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tezza77 Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 Me to 4 hours daft then saw this most and slapped my self thanks for pointing it out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigcletus Posted January 19, 2020 Share Posted January 19, 2020 Hi, I just installed Launchbox and purchased the license. I cannot get Mame to exit games using the combo in Launchbox or Bigbox. My controller option looks just like the sample images above. What else could be the issue? Pressing the ESC on keyboard is the only way to exit a game. Thank you for any help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retro808 Posted January 19, 2020 Share Posted January 19, 2020 14 minutes ago, bigcletus said: Hi, I just installed Launchbox and purchased the license. I cannot get Mame to exit games using the combo in Launchbox or Bigbox. My controller option looks just like the sample images above. What else could be the issue? Pressing the ESC on keyboard is the only way to exit a game. Thank you for any help. The best thing to do is set the same button combo directly in Mame. In Mame settings I have both "Esc" and my Button Combo (4+2) listed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kastratos Posted May 24, 2020 Share Posted May 24, 2020 For launchbox go to tools\ options\game controllers\mappings and set the hot key in "Exit game" command For big box go to options\controller mappings and set the hot key in "Close the active window" command Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mangotank83 Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 I'm having the same trouble, using a A-pac controller board, can't get out of games Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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