Launchbox does not detect Retroarch cores in non-default location

[JPCLive]

My Retroarch cores are not in the default location. RA itself is configured for this and the cores and games launch just fine from within RA. LaunchBox shows all the cores as missing in the emulator manager, and there doesn’t seem to be a way to point LB at where they are. As a result, none of the games that use RA will launch from LB. Anyone know of a workaround?

[JoeViking245]

52 minutes ago, JPCLive said:

My Retroarch cores are not in the default location. RA itself is configured for this and the cores and games launch just fine from within RA. LaunchBox shows all the cores as missing in the emulator manager, and there doesn’t seem to be a way to point LB at where they are. As a result, none of the games that use RA will launch from LB.

Are you pretty adamant about not having the cores in their default location?  That is, are you adverse to having them in the cores folder?  I know for myself, I do a bit of crazy customization for my emulators. But have never thought of moving the cores to a different location.

As LaunchBox has made using RetroArch to be a near hands-free experience, it relies on several of its default settings.  e.g. core location.

 

1 hour ago, JPCLive said:

Anyone know of a workaround?

There's [almost] always a way.   For an atypical installation, you can use a custom command line in the games' emulator settings.  Edit the game and in the Emulation section, check the box to Use Custom Command-line Parameters.  Then below that, add  -L path/to/your/cores/core_name.dll 

After confirming that works, then there's a Bulk Add/Remove Custom Command-line Parameters plugin that will allow you to add that to all games in that platform in one shot.

[JPCLive]

Thanks for the quick response. 

I suppose I could keep the cores in the default location, but if RA allows them to be moved then I would think it would be advantageous to allow LB to be able to find them wherever they are, no?

I will attempt your solution a little later today. Thanks again.

[JoeViking245]

3 minutes ago, JPCLive said:

Thanks for the quick response. 

I suppose I could keep the cores in the default location, but if RA allows them to be moved then I would think it would be advantageous to allow LB to be able to find them wherever they are, no?

No problem.

Though it does seem a bit niche, I'm sure you have a good reason.  Beyond "because I can".   

You can always put in a Feature Request to integrate custom core locations.  Feedback - LaunchBox  Navigate to the link and click Create a new post.

[dragon57]

Would you be adverse to just creating something like a hard link or junction back to the default location? I mess around with retroarch defaults all the time and have tried this successfully.

[JPCLive]

26 minutes ago, dragon57 said:

Would you be adverse to just creating something like a hard link or junction back to the default location? I mess around with retroarch defaults all the time and have tried this successfully.

Sure. How do you do that?

[dragon57]

I highly recommend this utility: https://schinagl.priv.at/nt/hardlinkshellext/linkshellextension.html

I have used it for a number of years. While you can create everything manually in Windows, this util makes things easy.

[JPCLive]

Thanks. Will try this too.