New To LaunchBox

[Retro Pops]

Hello all, I'm new at all this and trying to get a better understanding of how things work.

1. After instilling LaunchBox what is best Practice in getting setup?

 

[Retro Pops]

What is the best tutorial on stating out?

[Lordmonkus]

Download an emulator and roms for a system you want to get working first. Then set that emulator up outside of LB and make sure the games work in it on its own. From there check out a video tutorial on the LB YouTube channel for that emulator and platform, it will show you what to do.

[Retro808]

There is not really a tutorial on starting out. Mainly tutorials on adding individual platforms/systems.

Here is what we would recommend.

1. Set up your roms and game controls in each emulator first. Get your roms and your emulators and set those up. Make sure your roms run directly in the emulator first, and that your controls work.

2. Import your roms into LB and add the emulator as well. Be sure when you add the emulator you go into the Associated Platforms page and add the name of the platform name you are importing the games to. This ties the emulator to that platform to run the games. Then test and make sure you can launch the games from LB.

Reason we recommend doing it this way is if you get to #2 and the games do not launch we know it is not an emualtor/rom issue and likely a LB setting issue. It just makes troubleshooting simpler.

Our Youtube site (Unbroken Software) has some easy to follow tutorials as well as ETA Prime's site. Keep in mind the age of the video though as many features have changed.

[Retro Pops]

Thinks that was what I was looking for. 

9 minutes ago, Retro808 said:

There is not really a tutorial on starting out. Mainly tutorials on adding individual platforms/systems.

Here is what we would recommend.

1. Set up your roms and game controls in each emulator first. Get your roms and your emulators and set those up. Make sure your roms run directly in the emulator first, and that your controls work.

2. Import your roms into LB and add the emulator as well. Be sure when you add the emulator you go into the Associated Platforms page and add the name of the platform name you are importing the games to. This ties the emulator to that platform to run the games. Then test and make sure you can launch the games from LB.

Reason we recommend doing it this way is if you get to #2 and the games do not launch we know it is not an emualtor/rom issue and likely a LB setting issue. It just makes troubleshooting simpler.

Our Youtube site (Unbroken Software) has some easy to follow tutorials as well as ETA Prime's site. Keep in mind the age of the video though as many features have changed.

Yes I have looked at Unbroken Software and they are old videos.

Now where is a good place to get emulators and roms?

[Retro808]

7 minutes ago, Retro Pops said:

Thinks that was what I was looking for. 

Yes I have looked at Unbroken Software and they are old videos.

Now where is a good place to get emulators and roms?

Roms: Well we will not link directly to roms and we will not list any site links. We will typically mention a site's name at the best. But links are not allowed. Common resource is Archive. PleasureDome has their discord now where you can find link to current Mame sets. You pretty much have to google.

Emulators: Well best place is always the developer's site of the emulator. Mame's site for Mame, Retroarch's site for RA. Pretty much most of the common emulators you will use have their own site and it is always best to get it from the source.