Xrc6 Posted June 10, 2018 Share Posted June 10, 2018 I noticed recently that certain systems stopped launching games when it used to just fine. No checked manage emulators and they pointed towards the correct core and Retroarch so I ended up deleting Retroarch, updated it and added it to Launchbox. Once again I went under manage emulators and selected Retroarch. Now none of my ROMS will launch. "cannot find emulator" or whatever it says. But when I click edit to check the emulator, Retroarch is listed. The EXE is pointing to where Retroarch is installed but nothing runs. However they all run perfect when launched from Retroarch directly. How do I reassociate all my ROMS for each system to use Retroarch and why are they not working when I manually select any ROM to run for tetrarch? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordmonkus Posted June 10, 2018 Share Posted June 10, 2018 Select all the games in a platform and then edit (Control + E), this brings up the bulk edit tool. Pick emulator from the drop down menu and then choose Retroarch from your emulators list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xrc6 Posted June 11, 2018 Author Share Posted June 11, 2018 (edited) It's still not running certain systems. For example if I run Gameboy directly under Retroarch and select the Gambatte core, it runs perfect. If I set up lunchbox to run Retroarch using Gambatte, it won't do anything when I click play. Same issue for TG 16, etc. It doesn't matter what core I change it to either. It used to run just fine but I don't play that often. So not sure if the latest update screwed it up or if it stopped working at some other point but at one time, everything ran fine as I tested several roms from each system. So it's not Retroarch, it's something to do with how lunchbox is launching them? I had this issue twice on seperate occasions before a while back, I ended up just deleting everything and starting all over again but I spent a lot of time gathering all the artwork, videos, etc and do not wish to do that again. I can run the bulk edit tool multiple times but it doesn't fix the issue. I checked many times over that it's running retroarch from the correct link and using the correct core...not sure what to try. Edited June 11, 2018 by Xrc6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordmonkus Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 Are your games set to use a different emulator ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordmonkus Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 If some games for a platform works fine but others from the same platform do not work then that means that certain game files are bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xrc6 Posted June 11, 2018 Author Share Posted June 11, 2018 5 minutes ago, Lordmonkus said: If some games for a platform works fine but others from the same platform do not work then that means that certain game files are bad. That can't be since they used to run fine in Launchbox and still run fine when ran directly from an emulator. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordmonkus Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 Then maybe certain games got changed to a different emulator somehow that you don't have setup or does not work with those specific games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xrc6 Posted June 11, 2018 Author Share Posted June 11, 2018 1 minute ago, Lordmonkus said: Then maybe certain games got changed to a different emulator somehow that you don't have setup or does not work with those specific games. I checked the ROMS, they are running for the correct emulator and core. Let me clarify further. Every single console in Launchbox are using the Retroarch emulator with their respective core. They all used to run fine in Launchbox, I tested them. Now some consoles such as Gameboy are not. Every single ROM for Gameboy is using the correct emulator and core. I checked multiple times, same issue for TG16 and Playstation. The bios files are still there, Launchbox doesn't show any missing cores. I can run those exact same ROMS under Retroarch just fine, they launch immediately. So I deleted Retroarch from Launchbox and added it again. I had to use the bulk editing tool to reassign all the ROMS and I checked that they are assigned to Retroarch. I even deleted Retroarch itself and reinstalled it using the latest version. I updated all the cores, assets from within Retroarch...still same issue. Not sure I can clarify that any better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordmonkus Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 If some games are working and some aren't and you are 100% positive that the rom files are fine then you have some games assigned to a different emulator. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xrc6 Posted June 12, 2018 Author Share Posted June 12, 2018 30 minutes ago, Lordmonkus said: If some games are working and some aren't and you are 100% positive that the rom files are fine then you have some games assigned to a different emulator. But I can right click on each ROM, select edit and see that the ROM is associated to Retroarch. Every ROM is assigned to Retroarch. Only the ROMS for Gameboy, TG16 and PS are not working through Launchbox, they are all assigned to Retroarch...there's only 1 emulator on here and I can select the same ROMS directly under Retroarch and they work fine. I bulk edited every Rom to assign to Retroarch twice now. There's no other emulator listed because I only have 1 installed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordmonkus Posted June 12, 2018 Share Posted June 12, 2018 Which games aren't working ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xrc6 Posted June 12, 2018 Author Share Posted June 12, 2018 21 hours ago, Lordmonkus said: Which games aren't working ? I already mentioned that. I get the feeling you aren't really reading but ALL of the Gameboy ROMS, TG 16 Roms and PS ROMS don't run under lunchbox but do under Retroarch. Again they used to work just fine as in maybe a month or so ago. I haven't tried playing any of them until recently so not sure if the last update for Launchbox did something or what but they are correctly assigned. The ROMS for all the other systems run fine and again they all use Retroarch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordmonkus Posted June 12, 2018 Share Posted June 12, 2018 2 minutes ago, Xrc6 said: I get the feeling you aren't really reading No, I am reading but I am trying to make sense of what you are saying. I have tried to determine if it was just some games in a platform or all the games in a platform. I am also trying to narrow down the problem beyond "games don't work" because "games don't work" tells me nothing in trying to help troubleshoot On 6/10/2018 at 6:36 PM, Xrc6 said: "cannot find emulator" or whatever it says. This tells me you don't have an emulator associated with those games. 22 hours ago, Xrc6 said: It used to run just fine but I don't play that often. If things worked and then just stopped working it is most likely either your roms changed location or your emulator changed location. It is possible that you have run into an extremely rare bug but it would be an extremely rare case because I have never seen anyone have this issue that you are describing it without being a case of user error. Also I have never had games just stop working (outside of my own user error) and I have been using Launchbox since version 5. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xrc6 Posted June 12, 2018 Author Share Posted June 12, 2018 50 minutes ago, Lordmonkus said: No, I am reading but I am trying to make sense of what you are saying. I have tried to determine if it was just some games in a platform or all the games in a platform. I am also trying to narrow down the problem beyond "games don't work" because "games don't work" tells me nothing in trying to help troubleshoot This tells me you don't have an emulator associated with those games. If things worked and then just stopped working it is most likely either your roms changed location or your emulator changed location. It is possible that you have run into an extremely rare bug but it would be an extremely rare case because I have never seen anyone have this issue that you are describing it without being a case of user error. Also I have never had games just stop working (outside of my own user error) and I have been using Launchbox since version 5. ALL the ROMS for Gameboy, TG 16, PS1 do not work. I covered that well I think. I already mentioned I checked the links under the edit menu, all those ROMS and the emulator and Launchbox are in the same folder and nothing has changed or moved and under the edit menu, they are the correct file names and links directly to the ROMS and Emulator. I checked multiple times. As mentioned, I even reinstalled Retroarch, reassigned all the ROMS to retroarch. ALL ROMS are located in C:\Launchbox\Games\*folder for each console. I haven't even opened Lunchbox in almost a month in which case it updated to the latest version recently. Also this particular Windows laptop is only used for emulation. It doesn't get used outside of that, I use a MacBook for everything else. So nothing has moved or changed other than Windows updates and Launcbox update. The ROMS that don't run in Launchbox, run fine in Retroarch directly. I already audited all the ROMS, reassigned them....they are pointing to the correct locations so that's what I'm asking about. Since they used to work fine and nothing has changed, I can't user error that if I don't even open the laptop since they were last known to work fine. Quote Let me clarify further. Every single console in Launchbox are using the Retroarch emulator with their respective core. They all used to run fine in Launchbox, I tested them. Now some consoles such as Gameboy are not. Every single ROM for Gameboy is using the correct emulator and core. I checked multiple times, same issue for TG16 and Playstation. The bios files are still there, Launchbox doesn't show any missing cores. I can run those exact same ROMS under Retroarch just fine, they launch immediately. So I deleted Retroarch from Launchbox and added it again. I had to use the bulk editing tool to reassign all the ROMS and I checked that they are assigned to Retroarch. I even deleted Retroarch itself and reinstalled it using the latest version. I updated all the cores, assets from within Retroarch...still same issue. Not sure I can clarify that any better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retro808 Posted June 12, 2018 Share Posted June 12, 2018 Let's take a look on one system and see if we can find the issue. Let's target Gameboy. Would you post pics of some items from Launchbox? 1. Go to a game in your Gameboy platform, right click and post pics of the launcher tab and the emulation tab. 2. Go to tools > manage emulators and click on Retroarch and edit. In the edit screen post a pic of the emulator details tab and the associated platforms tab. Expand any columns so we can read the full lines listed (specifically those for Core and Extra Command Line Parameters) . Somewhere something is disconnected and that is what Monkus is trying to help decipher. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DOS76 Posted June 12, 2018 Share Posted June 12, 2018 Really with that tone I don't know why anyone would even try to help him at this point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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