CLI Launcher - LaunchBox Command Line Interface for launching games directly from Stream Deck

[wr_uk]

There doesnt appear to be mention of the plugin at all
Here is where the third party files and plugin at placed

Debug 2024-12-01 04-51-45 PM.log

[superrob3000]

1 hour ago, wr_uk said:

There doesnt appear to be mention of the plugin at all
Here is where the third party files and plugin at placed

Debug 2024-12-01 04-51-45 PM.log 109.35 kB · 0 downloads

Looks like something is not right with your setup. Your LaunchBox log file has lots of errors about not being able to load plugin dll files. It's also not attempting to load CLI_Launcher which makes me think the instance you started is not actually pointing to the same LaunchBox folder where you have CLI_Launcher installed. Do you maybe have two Launchox installs on the PC?

[wr_uk]

humm.... As far as im aware and from what I can see there is only one instance

There has been a few minor but very odd things going on with LEDBlinky and the controls for some games.
Both BigBox and hyperspin were all preinstalled on a disk I bought from HyperArcadesSystems. 

I will ask Chris at hyper arcade systems to confirm if the setup is good or not
 
It is odd though that it sees the third screen plugin and at the moment that seems to be working well.

Edited December 1, 2024 by wr_uk

[Gill Figno]

Would there be some way to use this plug-in to launch the current selected game's Manual? I just got a Stream Deck and would love to be able to launch the manual while playing the game with it.

[superrob3000]

On 12/2/2024 at 4:38 AM, Gill Figno said:

Would there be some way to use this plug-in to launch the current selected game's Manual? I just got a Stream Deck and would love to be able to launch the manual while playing the game with it.

@Gill Figno Sure, no problem. Try the "manual" command I added in version 8.0.2. It will open the manual (if there is one) for the currently selected game.

[wr_uk]

I finally have the plugin loaded  and I cn now create a shortcut but the shortcut doesnt launch the game nor does it grab the Logo.

This what I see when I drop the icon into stream deck.
Ive attched a couple of debug file to see what the problem might be

Debug 2024-12-07 06-46-31 PM.logStreamDeckGameLauncher.txt

[superrob3000]

4 hours ago, wr_uk said:

I finally have the plugin loaded  and I cn now create a shortcut but the shortcut doesnt launch the game nor does it grab the Logo.

This what I see when I drop the icon into stream deck.
Ive attched a couple of debug file to see what the problem might be

Debug 2024-12-07 06-46-31 PM.logStreamDeckGameLauncher.txt

See my FAQ about getting windows shortcuts working with stream deck. 

Edited December 7, 2024 by superrob3000

[superrob3000]

📣📣I've uploaded a new version (v9.0.0) which is required for LaunchBox 13.19 and higher. 📣📣

[marcosgaming]

Hi, Superrob3000, 

I'm trying your plugin and I create for example a shortcut for contra of mame from menu in Launchbox. 

Now if i move this on con of stream deck and I push the button doesn't launch game.  But if i launch a file directly from desktop the game starts. How to do? I follow all instructions. Please help me. Thanks. 

[superrob3000]

3 hours ago, marcosgaming said:

Hi, Superrob3000, 

I'm trying your plugin and I create for example a shortcut for contra of mame from menu in Launchbox. 

Now if i move this on con of stream deck and I push the button doesn't launch game.  But if i launch a file directly from desktop the game starts. How to do? I follow all instructions. Please help me. Thanks. 

@marcosgaming Please see my FAQ on the download page about using shortcuts with the elgato app.

[essence]

Love the Plugin - it's great! Quick question - is there a way to exit the running game from the command line? If not, is it possible to implement?

[superrob3000]

6 minutes ago, essence said:

Love the Plugin - it's great! Quick question - is there a way to exit the running game from the command line? If not, is it possible to implement?

@essence No, you can't exit a game through the command line. The reason is that there isn't a generic way to exit a game (it's always game specific how you exit). 

[essence]

12 minutes ago, superrob3000 said:

@essence No, you can't exit a game through the command line. The reason is that there isn't a generic way to exit a game (it's always game specific how you exit). 

Most will exit with ESC with most of the rest with ALT-F4. My reason of interest is to be able to execute the quit game on remote machines, if it was somehow possible.

[superrob3000]

4 hours ago, essence said:

Most will exit with ESC with most of the rest with ALT-F4

Right, there is no guaranteed single way to exit. Even with escape, depending on your mame version/settings you probably have to send it as direct input if you are trying to exit programmatically.

Importantly there is no method to exit a game in the plugin library the same way there is for launching a game. If anyone wants the feature you should request it from the launchbox devs and they can figure out the best way to handle it. Then I'd be happy to expose it through this CLI plugin.