XBLA Shortcut Generator

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XBLA Shortcut Generator

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Create shortcut from XBLA file. So that would help to import games into Launchbox or launch game directly from shortcut.

• Shortcut is base on the root folder name (any underscore will be remove, helps to grab metadata in launchbox)
• emulator execute path, rom and arguement will be embed into shortcut file.
• it only create the shortcut from base game (not included title update and DLC. Those file need to copy to xenia's content folder manually.)

 

 

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• Submitter
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• Submitted
  03/18/2023
• Category
  Third-party Apps and Plugins

 

[itsmeblake]

I would like to start by saying this tool works great! I was able to generate the shortcuts and import them WITHOUT assigning an emulator per the video.

However, I was prompted to assign an emulator upon launching any of these games.

 

As a work-around, I added the command line (aka cmd) to launchbox as an emulator. Here is how I did it:

go to "Tools > manage > emulators"

now select "add"

in the new window, give the emulator the name "cmd" (or whatever you like), then add the command-line to the "Application path"

in my case its "C:\windows\system32\cmd.exe"

add the command-line parameter "/c" without quotes. this tells the computer to close out the command-line window after the launch executes.

also, check the box to "hide" the console/cmd window.

Finally add the "Microsoft Xbox Live Arcade" platform and set "cmd" as the default emulator

that's it! now you can launch shortcuts without using an emulator.

 

EXTRA STUFF:

if the game you are importing has a patch, you have to include it in the shortcut. Browse to the shortcut, right click and view properties.

the "target" contains the ENTIRE launch command responsible for executing the game (launchbox is not doing it).

it looks like this:

"Z:\PATH-TO-EMULATOR\Xenia Canary\xenia_canary.exe" "Z:\Emulation\Microsoft Xbox 360\Xbox Live Arcade\3 on 3 NHL Arcade\58410975\000D0000\B33BCD40B743939135673278470A8DD80BC64587"

You will have to manually add the patch to the command:

"Z:\PATH-TO-EMULATOR\Xenia Canary\xenia_canary.exe" "Z:\Emulation\Microsoft Xbox 360\Xbox Live Arcade\3 on 3 NHL Arcade\58410975\000D0000\B33BCD40B743939135673278470A8DD80BC64587" --config "Z:\PATH-TO-EMULATOR\Xenia Canary\patches\PATCH-NAME-HERE.toml"

Edited Wednesday at 07:39 PM by itsmeblake