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Unibox View File Intro Unibox allows you to add roms to any Launchbox installation you have running on your local network on the fly. It also automatically adds metadata and media. This can be done in real-time, making it useful for installations such as arcade machines or rigs dedicated to running BigBox. No manual adding of roms to folders required, or going into Launchbox to add more games. Project thread here for more up to date features and screenshots etc. The videos below were made on the first version so there's been a number of improvements since then. Video of it in action: Getting started guide: Presently in Beta, so maybe test on a test installation first. Hope helps! Submitter stigzler Submitted 08/13/2025 Category Third-party Apps and Plugins  

This is a tool I created to automate the process of creating compressed 7zip archives of PC Games to use with Launchbox or other front ends or by manually running the game launcher shortcut. The tool will work with any storage that can be mapped as a network drive or shows up in file manager as a letter. Once a simple configuration is complete you enter 2 pieces of information and it creates all the files required to easily add PC Games to your Launchbox setup and moves them to their required locations in your setup. The tool requires that you already have the game you want to archive installed and working. The tool will compress and move your game files and once it has finished the process you can uninstall or delete the game. The game files will now be a compressed .7z archive stored in the location you chose for your storage. The tool also includes processing for Sony Playstation 3 Pkg files. The tool is used to create batch files for installing updates to disc games and for adding PSN store games to Launchbox. Game Installer Creator creates 2 files in your Launchbox folder at Game Installs\Batch Files\PS3 Pkg Installers. One file is the extractor that extracts the Pkg files to your emulators game folder allowing them to be run in Launchbox. The second file is a remover that deletes the files from your emulators game folder. Game Installer Creator Alpha Alpha uses the created .bat files to run the extraction and launching of the game and also creates shortcut files for installed games on your desktop. Alpha can be used with other launchers besides Launchbox or with no launcher at all by just running the .bat files. Game Installer Creator Alpha.7z Game Installer Creator Alpha Usage Information For PC Games 1. Run the Game Installer Creator Alpha batch file and enter the name of the game, the .exe or .bat to run the game and the location where the game is currently installed and the Creator makes the required files and places them where needed. 2. Add your game to Launchbox or other front end or you can run the game launcher shortcuts by themselves. You can add your games to Launchbox by going to Tools\Import\Manually Add Game or you can drag and drop the created shortcut file located in your Launchbox folder at Game Installs\Batch Files\Games into Launchbox to import it. If you drag and dropped the file the Launching tab will be prefilled for you, otherwise click on the Launching tab on the left to add your launcher batch file. Browse to your Launchbox folder and navigate to Game Installs\Batch Files\Games and select the shortcut file for your game. Next to add the uninstaller go to Additional Apps and Add a New Application. I usually name the app Uninstall "Name of Game", but you can name this whatever you would like. Browse to your Launchbox folder and navigate to Game Installs\Batch Files\\Uninstallers and select the Delete "Name of Game" shortcut file for your game. 3. Now you are all set! Double click your game in Launchbox or right click and select Play to run your game. The launcher will check to see if the game folder already exist on your computer and if it does it will run the game, otherwise it will extract the game to your computer and then run the game. If you would like to remove the game from your computer right click on the game in Launchbox and go to additional apps and select Uninstall "Name of Game" or whatever you called the uninstall app. For Sony Playstation 3 Pkg Files Run the Game Installer Creator Alpha batch file and enter the name of the game and the Playstation ID# for the DLC and Update files or the name of the DLC/Update folder if it is different than the ID of the game and the Creator makes the required files and places them where needed. For adding updates to Disc games, install your disc game as you normally would then edit the game and go to Additional Apps and add a new app. Name it however you would like, I use Pkg Extractor and Pkg Remover as the title for the 2 files then navigate to your Launchbox folder then Game Installs\Batch Files\PS3 Pkg Installers and select the Name of the Game.bat file for the extractor file and select Automatically run before Main Application and select Wait for Exit. Do the same process for the Name of Game Remover.bat file except do not select any of the extra check boxes. Now when you run your disc game the first time it will extract the update files to your emulator folder so they will be available in your game. For adding PSN Store Pkg Games, install your Pkg game into RPCS3 then navigate to the RPCS3 folder into dev_hdd0\game\NPUB31664 and find the EBOOT.BIN file and drag and drop it into Launchbox to add the game. Then edit the game and go to Additional Apps and add a new app. Name it however you would like, I use Pkg Extractor and Pkg Remover as the title for the 2 files then navigate to your Launchbox folder then Game Installs\Batch Files\PS3 Pkg Installers and select the Name of the Game.bat file for the extractor file and select Automatically run before Main Application and select Wait for Exit. Do the same process for the Name of Game Remover.bat file except do not select any of the extra check boxes. Now the game will extract from your compressed storage to the emulator folder if it doesn't already exist and will start or it will just start if it already exist in your emulator folder.

OK, so this might not really be LaunchBox related, but you're all experienced geniuses out there, so see if you can help. I have two computers sitting side by side for dual gaming (I actually have more throughout the house as well). I want to be able to access all of my games from any of these computers, but I do not want to have to install every game in every location. I installed the games to a shared drive (G:\) in Windows 10, and BigBox points to that. Steam lets me indicate where the library is, and I pointed it there, but some of the games still require installation. Not to mention Epic and my standalone games all require installation, and I don't want to install the games 3-5 times, even into the same directory. Does anyone know of a way I can just maintain a single installation, accessible from all computers on my network? Something like a Remote Desktop or VM or Container? Set up one computer, but then access it from everywhere at the same time? I guess, kinda like an AWS instance? I realize that with the network latency, and also the overhead of running a VM or container, this might not be feasible, and certainly not at 4k. But if anyone can think of a way to run games on 3-5 computers, without installing them on 3-5 computers, please let me know.

Hi community, I'm looking for a best practice solution. I presently have a MAME cabinet with Launchbox and BigBox (best thing ever created since sliced bread btw) installed on a NAS and I run LB/BB directly from the NAS over the network. I connected the cabinet directly via Ethernet to get better speed. Some games take a little longer to load but overall the experience is great. I configured it this was knowing that I would like to either get more cabinets or devices to play my games in the future. I just purchased a new TV and plugged a PC directly to it. Now I have 2 Logitech Gamepads and would like to like to play my games through it as well. The issue I am having is that all the emulators in LB/BB have been configured to play with the controls on the MAME cabinet and because I'm sharing LB/BB on the network, the gamepads are not configured on the emulators. I'm looking for the best (and easiest) way to get this working properly. I'm also planning on connecting LB/BB to more devices Any suggestion would be greatly appreciated! Cheers, Lawrence

Hi, I have a WD PR2100 NAS and am considering using that for my roms and using a PC for Launchbox (SSD), images/snaps and emulators (on HDD). The NAS has two ethernet ports (one currently connected to modem) and I would use other port to connect to my PC. Has anyone had much luck doing it this way? I would be emulating N64 and PS1 as the most demanding systems. Thanks

Hi Guys, I have both LaunchBox and RetroArch installed to my NAS currently. When trying to play a game, it doesn't seem to launch RetroArch. There are no errors, it just comes right back to the LB interface. I'm thinking this might have something to do with DirectX, but not sure. I'm running Win 10 64-bit w/DirectX 12, so shouldn't have to installed 9.0c. When I do try to with the RetroArch installer, I do get an error. Is there anything inherently wrong with installing both to a NAS? Any other ideas? Thanks!!