How to add ScummVm games

[triggerthehorizon]

Hi, how can I add ScummVM games to Android Launchbox ? I am using the standalone version of ScummVM. Thank you

[Jason Carr]

14 hours ago, triggerthehorizon said:

Hi, how can I add ScummVM games to Android Launchbox ? I am using the standalone version of ScummVM. Thank you

For the moment, I don't think this is possible, unfortunately, though it is on my list, so hopefully I can tackle that soon.

[blowleafsblow]

I'd love to see this added on your next update.  These games deserve it!

[azajali43]

You can start ScummVM  on your Android. From the orange launcher screen,  you can choose Add Game Navigate to the folder sdcard where you copied the data files . A handy tip is to press eg and the 's' key to jump straight to entries that start with 's.

[sanchezmike01]

Scummvm for android is tricky...now I havent tried launchbox yet but I know android and pretty much how to emulate everything on android...now because many different games have similar named files all games will be in subfolders....inside the game folder will be all the game files for that particular game....what u need to do is make a blank text file ...open the text file and write down the name of the official scummvm shortname it has....I then save the text file the same name as the folder...and for extension it must be .scummvm...so for example for monkey island my folder is named monkey and the scummvm txt file in the folder is named monkey.scummvm...now natively android cannot read within subfolders to launch games like a pc can....so the trick is the database or XML or whatever is used to recognize the game for launchbox each game needs to be done like this example...again monkey is the example....game name=monkey/monkey....if written like this android will look in the folder monkey then look for a file named monkey...and as long as u have rom ext (.scummvm) it will launch with no issues....now the reason why I name the .scummvm file the same as the folder it goes in, is because in notepad++ there is a command that search for anything in the "" and doubles it automatically the way android needs it 2 be...

[alexirae]

Any news about having ScummVM added to LanunchBox for Android?

Thanks!

[some_dude]

@Jason Carr is this one still on your list?  It would be awesome to add ScummVM & Magic Dos box games, even if completely manually.

[Flyojumper]

@Jason Carr +1 on this.

Retroarch has a SCUMMVM core that works quite well, and the app store has SCUMMVM standalone app.

It would be great to have those launch properly from Launchbox.

[big2112mike]

Android TV app

[Flyojumper]

@Jason Carr

I have found a workaround to allow Launchbox to launch ScummVM games by using retroarch ScummVM core!

It requires to manually edit the Scummvm xml and replace the emulator lines by the version of retroarch that is installed and the second line to the RA core of Scummvm  (scummvm_libretro_android.so)

This requires Scummvm games to be added one by one in Launchbox, as there is no folder option import option currently available for Scummvm. This has been tested by me to work and launch games from LB properly under both Android 12 and 13.

Interesting note: this "hack" to use non listed retroarch core only works if the retroarch core in question is already referenced elsewhere by Launchbox, currently the Scummvm core is wrongfully listed under an snes retroarch emulator core (!).  I have tested this hack with retroarch citra core but it fails to populate in Launchbox, most likely because that core is not referenced anywhere else by Launchbox.

Jason, it would be great if Scummvm could be folder imported normally and the retroarch core listed properly under Scummvm emulator category and not Snes. (please add retroarch Citra core too lol)

[Jason Carr]

Thanks @Flyojumper. This is on our list to implement, but I'm not sure about the priority of it for the moment. We have two devs actively working on the next version though.

[SilverW]

Would be amazing a native support for Scummvm games!!!! I get the launchbox to use a unique app in my android device and Launchbox are much more interesting than Retroarch interface or a scummvm app for this use!

[triggerthehorizon]

The technique outlined here works for other frontends and I'm sure it could work for Launchbox too! ARC Browser

[jcarrut2]

Hey, just wanted to get an update on this? This request is four years old at this point. I just renewed my Launchbox for Android license to a permanent to grab the update, expecting that this would have been implemented by now. I feel it should be a priority for development because it's been integrated on the desktop version for many years and so many of the point-and-click adventure games that use SCUMMVM are perfectly suited to a touchscreen interface. Obviously I can run them myself without Launchbox but it would be nice to have them not be an outlier since tying everything together is kind of the whole point.

[triggerthehorizon]

Wouldn't be hard to add scummvm support, just need to scan for used created .scummvm files and launch them from the Scummvm retroarch core. That's how all the other frontends handle it.