Big Box Auto Play
Big Box Auto Play is a plug-in for BigBox that can automatically launch a game when Big Box starts.
Install
Overview
To install Big Box Auto Play, download the latest version from the LaunchBox forums or the Github releases page, unblock the zip file if necessary, and copy the plug-in DLLs to the LaunchBox Plugins folder.
Download
Big Box Auto Play can be downloaded from the LaunchBox forums or the Github releases page. The download is a zip file which contains the DLLs that provide the plug-in functionality.
Unblock
Windows may block the downloaded zip fie which renders the plug-in non-functional. To check whether the zip file was blocked, right click the downloaded zip file and select properties. The properties window will open. If the file is blocked, there will be a message at the bottom of the properties window stating that the file may be blocked to protect your computer. If the file is blocked, unblock it by checking the box and click ok to close the properties window. and unblock it if necessary.
Extract
Extract the contents of the zip file to a folder. The extracted zip file contains two DLLs:
BigBoxAutoPlay.dll
Prism.dll
Install
To install the plug-in, simply copy BigBoxAutoPlay.dll and Prism.dll from the extracted download into your LaunchBoxPlugins folder.
Usage
BigBox AutoPlay can be configured to launch a specific game or a random game. To set up the behavior of the plug-in, open LaunchBox and click Tools > Configure BigBox AutoPlay
Enable
Check the box to enable the plug-in. When enabled, a game will be automatically launched when BigBox starts. Uncheck the box to disable the auto-play plugin.
Select game
Check the box to automatically navigate to the game in BigBox prior to launching it. This option is useful when using a second display as a marquee monitor. Navigating to the game allows BigBox to display the marquee when the game becomes selected.
Only favorites
Checking the box will limit the random game selection to games marked favorite
Broken games
Checking the box will include games marked broken in the random game selection
Platform
The platform selection is optional. Select a platform to limit the random game selection to games in the selected platform
Playlist
The playlist selection is optional. Select a playlist to limit the random game selection to games in the selected playlist
Game
The game selection is optional. Select a specific game to auto-play. This list is filtered based on the selected platform and/or playlist.
Delay
Specify the number of seconds to delay before launching the game. When a startup video is used with BigBox, this delay allows BigBox to become fully initialized before the game launches, avoiding the auto-played game from launching in a window behind BigBox.
Source code
Overview
The source code for Big Box Auto Play is available in the Big Box Auto Play github repo