bpcervantes Posted January 8, 2023 Share Posted January 8, 2023 Ok, so I am very new to Launchbox and love it...so far. I have downloaded two builds and added manually added just over 200 PC games and 135 Switch games to one of the builds. I have it set to use the files in the current locations, so is there a way to copy a file from one build to another build so I don't have to do 2 months of work all over? When it comes to the controllers, not a single game works with a controller that I didn't add myself, so I have these builds with 3000 - 5000 games that don't have controller mapping?? Is there a setting I am missing that will have launchbox use an Xbox controller for all games? I can get some to work with a control deck, but I'd like all to work with the xbox controller if possible? Separate controller question... In MAME hitting tab lets me go to control settings and sometimes I see multiple inputs for a button like (Button 1: Joy Pay 2, Keyboard G, ...) however, if I set the bottons myself, I only get one choice. How can I set multiple options to just change the joypad but also keep the keyboard for the control deck? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retro808 Posted January 8, 2023 Share Posted January 8, 2023 4 hours ago, bpcervantes said: Ok, so I am very new to Launchbox and love it...so far. I have downloaded two builds and added manually added just over 200 PC games and 135 Switch games to one of the builds. I have it set to use the files in the current locations, so is there a way to copy a file from one build to another build so I don't have to do 2 months of work all over? By "downloaded two builds" do you mean one of the pre-built LB set-ups the someone created for people to download? If so, we do not really troubleshoot those builds. Too much of a hassle since we do not know what the user did to the build and if you do not either then it is a lot of tail-chasing trying to figure it out. It is usually best to see if that person has a discord or support forum. 4 hours ago, bpcervantes said: When it comes to the controllers, not a single game works with a controller that I didn't add myself, so I have these builds with 3000 - 5000 games that don't have controller mapping?? Is there a setting I am missing that will have launchbox use an Xbox controller for all games? I can get some to work with a control deck, but I'd like all to work with the xbox controller if possible? Separate controller question... In MAME hitting tab lets me go to control settings and sometimes I see multiple inputs for a button like (Button 1: Joy Pay 2, Keyboard G, ...) however, if I set the bottons myself, I only get one choice. How can I set multiple options to just change the joypad but also keep the keyboard for the control deck? LB does not and has never handled in-game controls. That is all mapped in each emulator or game exe directly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damageinc86 Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 This reminds me of when my recording engineer played us our record back with all the plug-ins activated,....then sent the hard drive home with us and when we took it to another studio,...since they didn't have any of the plug-ins the prior engineer did,...we got disney metal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bpcervantes Posted January 10, 2023 Author Share Posted January 10, 2023 Ok Thank you for the response. I t is just strange because if I launch a game directly in MAME the xbox control works but if I use Launchbox to launch the same game it doesn't. More importantly though, I added over 200 personal PC games with all the pics, logos, and videos...how can I transfer all of the info to another launchbox build without loading in each game again? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faeran Posted January 11, 2023 Share Posted January 11, 2023 19 hours ago, bpcervantes said: how can I transfer all of the info to another launchbox build without loading in each game again? Assuming your games are all part of the same platform, you can move over its platform xml file found in: LaunchBox\Data\Platforms Along with any media you want to go with it, found in folders like: LaunchBox\Images\[platform] LaunchBox\Videos\[platform] LaunchBox\Music\[platform] As long as the paths to the game files are still accessible in your second build, you should be good to go after that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bpcervantes Posted January 11, 2023 Author Share Posted January 11, 2023 Thank you very much Faeran!! I will try this when I get home. I have both builds on the same computer, just different drives. I left all of the games I added in the current locations.. so hopefully everything will work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bpcervantes Posted January 11, 2023 Author Share Posted January 11, 2023 Also, as far as the controller not working... I found the problem in the Launchbox settings. There is a check box for Xbox controllers and I just needed to check it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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