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About This File
View how long it takes to complete a game and optionally save these times as Custom Fields for viewing in the game details. Also displayed are what other platforms (if any) the particular game is available on.
All data comes direct from How Long To Beat. Be sure to log in there to save, compare and share times. Without them, this plugin wouldn't be here.
The 3 types of timed gameplay this plugin gets are:
- Main Story (just run to the end)
- Main + Extras (Main Story plus Additional Quests/Medals/Unlockables)
- Completionist (complete 100% of everything)
What makes this plugin different from other HLTB plugins and apps?
- It works
- Result are 'live'
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With some luck and little-to-no fear of website updates, it will still work
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next week,
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next month,
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through the end of the year
- and beyond...
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through the end of the year
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next month,
- without any updates required (fingers crossed)
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next week,
Requirements:
LaunchBox and the plugin file.
Installing:
Download and extract the contents into your /LaunchBox/Plugins/ folder
i.e. D:/LaunchBox/Plugins/HLTB/HLTB.dll
Using:
- Select a game
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Right-click and select How Long To Beat
- If the game is not found, follow the onscreen instructions to help narrow down results
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(optional) Click Add to Custom Fields
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The Custom Fields names will be:
- HLTB Main Story
- HLTB Main + Extras
- HLTB Completionist
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The Custom Fields names will be:
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(informational) Platforms that the game is available for are shownNo longer provided. A Box-Fron image is shown instead. - Select a radio button for how you want your times to be displayed and saved. (Days-Hours-Minutes, Hours-Minutes or Minutes only)
New in v2.0.0
HLTB Viewer and Playlist creator (Requires HLTB times to have been saved to Custom Fields)
- View and sort HLTB games by title or Time To Beat
- Launch a game directly from Viewer
- Create playlists
Creating Playlists:
- From the Tools Menu, select HLTB Viewer.
- Select a platform
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Select one or (preferably) more games
- Click on the HLTB Time column header to sort by Times. Click again to reverse the sort.
- Click Create Playlist (This will open a new Window)
- Set the playlists Title, Nested Name and Category (Category is optional)
- Click Create Playlist
Playlists will be static. If you add more games to your collection, just add the HLTB times to the games Custom Fields (right-click game option) and then in the Playlist Creator, check the box Add to Existing Playlist. Select the playlist.
Notes about the names and platform category
[Unique] Name - No other playlist can have 'this' name.
Nested Name - what shows in the sidebar. (i.e. HLTB 30-60 Minutes)
Category - The [Platform] Category it will be nested under. (i.e. Arcade How Long To Beat)
To get the Nested Names to sort properly, edit the playlist and set the Sort Title. In the image above, '30-60' sort title is set to "2". '1-2 Hours' is set to "3". etc.
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What's New in Version 1.1.0 See changelog
Released
New Feature: When Bulk-Adding HLTB Custom Fields, games that are skipped get added to a text file for that Platform
- Click View Skipped Games after bulk-adding to view and manually search the games that were skipped (if any).
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Or at a later time, you can select a game (any game), right-click and select the plugin.
- If any skipped-games text files exist, a View Skipped Games button will appear. Click it.
New Feature: Now viewable in BigBox (found in the Game Menu) No theme implementation required.
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This will NOT save Custom Fields. But will read from them if available. Otherwise, it'll attempt to get times directly from HLTB.
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To close the window, press your controller button(s) mapped to Close the Active Window. Just like exiting a game.
- ...or click the "X" or press Escape or press Alt+F4. (love providing options)
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To close the window, press your controller button(s) mapped to Close the Active Window. Just like exiting a game.
