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I have this problem with basically all dependency files, but let's use MSX2 as an example because that's what I am setting up right now. 

It presents me with this: 

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and I go to "Browse to file", which is located in X:\Emulators\RetroArch\fMSX, and I choose the file.
It REFUSES to turn green, and despite doing this for both files, it INSISTS the following: 

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They aren't missing though, they are RIGHT THERE in the folder lol here's a shot of me selecting one of the files: 

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NOW BEFORE ANYONE SAYS SOMETHING ABOUT THIS (haha) Let me address the elephant in the room, I am very well aware that RetroArch "by default" expects you to dump literally everything (omg it's so annoying, EVERYTHING haha) into ..\RetroArch\System. 

I am not using default RetroArch settings though. I point every single core to it's own system\<core> folder so my System folder isn't a jumble of random files with weird names that no one can keep track of. So please keep this in mind. 

Now, regardless of that, Launchbox is asking me to tell it where my files are, so I'm confused why that's not working. Is this a bug that no one is running into because no one is running RetroArch this way? It's very frustrating, as I can't disable dependancy file check (that I can find) and it won't listen to me when I tell it where my files are, and I'm having to tell it waaaaay more than just one time "not to ask about this system again". 

Thank you for coming to my LaunchBox talk haha. 

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Ok, fine, my setup is too unusual, I get it. lol

Regardless, this box here will not stop coming up, no matter how many times I check the box for "don't show again for this platform/emulator" As soon as I restart Launchbox, it starts doing it again: 

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That at least warrants some kind of bug, right?

  • 3 weeks later...
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The saga continues... 

Updated to the newest version today. Initially I was really happy to see it appeared to finally be responding; but I jumped to conclusions too soon. So here's what is happening now... 

I'm now able to point it at a file, and get the little green light (hooray!):

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However, instead of LaunchBox just listening to where I tell it my files are located. It's copying them to the folder 'it' wants them in. Which makes no sense. I'm telling it where my files are. "Browse to file" literally follows me to where it's at and I tell LaunchBox. "The file is right here."  

Instead of listening, it just copies them from here (Where my files belong):

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To the root of the RetroArch/System folder.

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LaunchBox doesn't need my BIOS files in this location. RetroArch needs them where I tell RetroArch they are (and so on for other emulators). Currently all this does is make unnecessary duplicates of the file, bloating folder sizes, and causing unorganized chaos. 

If this isn't a bug, it's a bizarre design choice that I would greatly encourage be examined further. 

Now, all that aside, the checkbox here seems like it's actually working now:

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At the very least it's persisting after closing/opening LaunchBox which is a huge win for my sanity; so thank you to whomever fixed that bug. Given that, I don't suspect I will need to follow up with other reports of what is happening here, as now I can effectively ignore it, but I felt like it was worth pointing out the errors in the current behavior. 

Love the software, love the dedication from the devs on it, adore the database, happy to be here. 
Hope this helps someone searching the forums at a later date. 

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