[Big Box] PPSSPP exits fullscreen when resuming gameplay from the Pause menu

[cscottbrown]

Hi there! I am having a Big Box issue. When I launch a PPSSPP game through Big Box, the game launches as expected, entering fullscreen mode automatically. When I hit my mapped controller input to launch Big Box's Pause screen, the Pause screen comes up as expected, too. However, when I then choose to resume the game, PPSSPP inexplicably exits fullscreen mode. I then either need to exit and relaunch PPSSPP (which gets me back to fullscreen until I hit the Pause menu again) or continue playing with a tiny window (not ideal).

I have not altered any of Launchbox's recommended settings for PPSSPP in Launchbox > Tools > Manage Emulators > PPSSPP. I also have only made minor changes in PPSSPP itself, none of which would affect it in this way. Has anyone faced this before and have an idea for a potential solution?

[JoeViking245]

36 minutes ago, cscottbrown said:

Hi there! I am having a Big Box issue. When I launch a PPSSPP game through Big Box, the game launches as expected, entering fullscreen mode automatically. When I hit my mapped controller input to launch Big Box's Pause screen, the Pause screen comes up as expected, too. However, when I then choose to resume the game, PPSSPP inexplicably exits fullscreen mode.

Without digging into the issue too deeply... This may be a bit cheesy, a little crude, but a quick and easy resolve:

• In LaunchBox, Edit your PPSSPP emulator
• Go to the Resume Script section and add the following
  • Send !{Enter 2}
• Click OK to save and close
• Play games

You may see a slight flicker when resuming as it switches [back] to full screen. 

[cscottbrown]

First, thanks for the fast reply. You're right that this does fix the problem, although it is a bit "ugly" since it flashes the screen with a command window and then goes back to fullscreen quickly thereafter. So it works, but it's not ideal. I'm going to leave this thread unanswered for a bit just in case someone else can chime in with what the actual problem might be so I can avoid this workaround fix. But if no one else chimes in, I'll mark this as answered with this hack. Thanks so much either way!

[JoeViking245]

25 minutes ago, cscottbrown said:

First, thanks for the fast reply. You're right that this does fix the problem, although it is a bit "ugly" since it flashes the screen with a command window and then goes back to fullscreen quickly thereafter. So it works, but it's not ideal. I'm going to leave this thread unanswered for a bit just in case someone else can chime in with what the actual problem might be so I can avoid this workaround fix. But if no one else chimes in, I'll mark this as answered with this hack. Thanks so much either way!

Yeah. I indicated it would be. lol

So a quick search came up with this solution:

• In Windows Explorer, navigate to:
  • \PPSSPP\memstick\PSP\SYSTEM\ppsspp.ini
• Edit ppsspp.ini
• Look for FullScreenMulti
• Set it to True
• Save and close the file
• Remove that crap I said to add to the Resume Script

[cscottbrown]

Thanks! I had found this tip in my searching before posting this thread, though. What this does is spread the emulated game across multiple monitors, which would be a fine fix for this if you don't have multiple monitors. I do, and it spreads the game across them, which makes it unplayable, so this method didn't work for me

What's weird about this whole problem is that it only seems to be me. I can't believe that no other LB/BB users out there don't play PPSSPP games and use the Pause screen. I just don't know what's weird about my setup, as it is all pretty standard as far as I can tell. But something must be off.

[Kiinkyfoxx]

Have you got Forceful pause screen checked?

With this checked/ticked I can replicate your issue - so might be worth trying that.

However I also have to have start up screen set up as below

If I tick Hide All windows not in exclusive full screen then emulator doesn't show - I haven't messed around with PPSSPP for ages so not sure what adjustments I may have made to it in the past to need it like this

Just for completeness have associated platforms set like this

Using PPSSPP 1.18.1 official release.

I do only have one screen though - so not sure if any of this will be of help

[cscottbrown]

@Kiinkyfoxx this worked! It was that forceful pause screen check. Unchecking that did the trick. Thanks so much!

Edited December 7 by cscottbrown