Egobyte83 Posted August 5, 2017 Share Posted August 5, 2017 (edited) 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? Edited August 5, 2017 by Egobyte83 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egobyte83 Posted August 5, 2017 Author Share Posted August 5, 2017 Huh..... again... a problem that solved itself........ what happened was, as soon as I had posted here, I realized that there was one thing I hadn't tried yet, but because why would that work? ... Unzipping the archived files.......... No, of course not... couldn't be anything as silly as that... I mean, WHDLoad files for Amiga work in zipped mode in Launchbox, and the fact that the emulator proper can play the zipped files just makes it more implausible that THAT would be the issue; I'm sure it has nothing to do with- *WORKS* ....... ... Okay... so apparently, I have to unzip the files if they are to work in Launchbox. .. you learn something new everyday, I guess. Leaving this here so other people with the same problem may be helped. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DOS76 Posted August 5, 2017 Share Posted August 5, 2017 (edited) you can also go into the manage emulators and edit your snes9x and check the box to extract roms and LB will extract the game to a temp file while you play Edited August 5, 2017 by DOS76 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egobyte83 Posted August 5, 2017 Author Share Posted August 5, 2017 1 minute ago, DOS76 said: you can also go into the manage emulators and edit your snes9x and check the box to extract roms and LB will do it for you Wow that's a nifty feature ^^ thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DOS76 Posted August 5, 2017 Share Posted August 5, 2017 to clarify it won't extract them all for you it will temporarily extract them to a folder while you play them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil9000 Posted August 5, 2017 Share Posted August 5, 2017 So were some of your roms zipped and some not? They should all be the same, either all zipped or all extracted. Then as @DOS76 said there is a checkbox you check on or off depending on how you have your roms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egobyte83 Posted August 5, 2017 Author Share Posted August 5, 2017 1 minute ago, DOS76 said: to clarify it won't extract them all for you it will temporarily extract them to a folder while you play them. Gotcha! ^^ I think I'm going to stick with extracting them manually. I like to maintain order myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egobyte83 Posted August 5, 2017 Author Share Posted August 5, 2017 1 minute ago, neil9000 said: So were some of your roms zipped and some not? They should all be the same, either all zipped or all extracted. Then as @DOS76 said there is a checkbox you check on or off depending on how you have your roms. Yeah, I am just figuring that out ^^ I never really assumed it was important to have all files either zipped or unzipped as the emulatoirs usually could play them in both states anyway. Now I am a little wiser though thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DOS76 Posted August 5, 2017 Share Posted August 5, 2017 yeah I personally don't like mine archived especially for such minuscule sized file so what ever makes you happy just wanted to let you know there are options built in to handle the situation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil9000 Posted August 5, 2017 Share Posted August 5, 2017 Just now, Egobyte83 said: Yeah, I am just figuring that out ^^ I never really assumed it was important to have all files either zipped or unzipped as the emulatoirs usually could play them in both states anyway. Now I am a little wiser though thank you. Yeah sounds like Launchbox was loading the extracted games but didn't know what to do with the zipped ones as the unzip before loading rom box wasn't checked. At least you worked it out though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DOS76 Posted August 5, 2017 Share Posted August 5, 2017 the funny thing with that though is if the emulator handles both LB really shouldn't have anything to do with how its handled from that point Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egobyte83 Posted August 5, 2017 Author Share Posted August 5, 2017 2 minutes ago, DOS76 said: yeah I personally don't like mine archived especially for such minuscule sized file so what ever makes you happy just wanted to let you know there are options built in to handle the situation. I appreciate the pointers thanks a bunch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil9000 Posted August 5, 2017 Share Posted August 5, 2017 Just now, DOS76 said: the funny thing with that though is if the emulator handles both LB really shouldn't have anything to do with how its handled from that point That's true, i assume it wasn't just passing the zip though as Launchbox was expecting a .sfc file. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DOS76 Posted August 5, 2017 Share Posted August 5, 2017 yeah it the extension it is looking for is different in the path that would break it and if unzipping it worked it must have been looking for the extension inside of the zip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fromlostdays Posted August 5, 2017 Share Posted August 5, 2017 Do note that if you imported them as zips, and then you extract, launchbox will still look for the zip. Recommend extracting all of them, deleting all the games from launchbox and then reimporting them. To my knowledge mame roms and Amiga roms are the only ones that should be zipped. I personally wouldn't bother with the lb extract feature unless space is an issue.Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-N910A using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egobyte83 Posted August 5, 2017 Author Share Posted August 5, 2017 1 minute ago, fromlostdays said: Do note that if you imported them as zips, and then you extract, launchbox will still look for the zip. Recommend extracting all of them, deleting all the games from launchbox and then reimporting them. To my knowledge mame roms and Amiga roms are the only ones that should be zipped. I personally wouldn't bother with the lb extract feature unless space is an issue. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-N910A using Tapatalk Yeah, thats basically what I did ^^ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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