No matter what i try they will not update.

Setting plugin directory and sub directories to read only does not work.

BigPEmu Launchbox
ScummVM Launchbox
Xemu Launchbox

Those are the 3 that wont update.

I have read other post about this problem and i can not find a solution.

How do i fix or disable this?

1st is Mame not exiting from Pause screen, I never seem to get the game over screen and it just displays BigBox but I can't use the controls until I Alt-Tab to Mame and press the Esc key.

2nd Does the Start game view Progress bar ever fill while loading a game, I ask this as a theme i'm working on has the logic but I cant ever see if it works.

Don't know if this is the place for this, but the last few (beta) updates of LB have brought me a new problem...

I use only LB and only in listview. I use latest LB on latest windows, on a some years old PC.

New problem is:

When I have played a game in the list, the focus stays on that game even when I click a new game, like if have Ctrl button down all time.

So it means if I click a new game, the one I have played keeps highlighted / focused, and if I want to edit the last game only, the bulk edit wizard opens. Or if I want to play, there is no telling which game will open.

I can stop it by clicking another platform  / category, and returning, or holding Ctrl and clicking the first game and doing that twice, to remove focus and move on. It happens after playing or editing a game, not when browsing a new platform / category or clicking before playing.

Does anyone have this weird problem?

Greetings

Was capable of launching after initial update - after closing program, Launchbox.exe in main directory and core folder will not launch. Attached is the log from the fresh install, don't see any errors. I've checked my antivirus and windows defender, nothing quarantined and LaunchBox is allowed. Also ran a fresh install of .net 10 but no luck. I've reverted LaunchBox back to 13.15 as I know this will work - after this update is when I started having issues.

Appreciate any recommendations.

Launchbox Installer20261007.log

Im using 14.1 now

In the pic you can see that the screenshot is blank.

Im on version 14.0.1 beta-1, default theme.

I’m having a problem with the "Unified" theme that I just can't seem to fix, no matter what I try. With the standard Unified theme, even though I have PNG images for pointers, backgrounds, logos, and video frames, the artwork doesn't show up when viewing a playlist (though it displays correctly for platforms). Instead, it shows the artwork from the playlist's parent folder.

On the other hand, if I use "Unified Redux," the playlist artwork displays perfectly, but since my box art is already 3D and the theme has a hardcoded 3D effect applied to it, they end up looking "double 3D" 😂.

Any ideas on how to fix the issue with Unified, or how to disable the 3D effect in Unified Redux?

Thanks!

I've had this issue for quite some time now but it wasn't until a more recent image that the problem shows up more prominently.

When in full screen, The LaunchBox 360 viewer shows a white background for all the transparent areas of a Box Front image.

Is this a known bug or is there some way I need to process the Box Front image differently? The front and back images are built almost exactly the same size with very similar transparent areas.

The Box Back images work fine as does the smaller 360 viewer. Here are some examples:

I selected "Version" in the bulk edit thing but what do I put for "Value"

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have a Nice Day!

Please keep in mind that high scores work only with official MAME versions. They unfortunately do not work with Retroarch or when launching via Rocket Launcher, most notably because that they get in the way of our anti-cheat routines. Of course, you also have to be connected the LaunchBox Games Database (under the Cloud menu in LaunchBox) and you have to have these settings checked as well:

It's important to read all of the text in that above dialog.

Then, if you're still having problems, the first thing to do is enable Debug Logging here:

You can get there in LaunchBox under Tools > Options > Debugging. Once you have it enabled, each run of LaunchBox will create a separate log file in your LaunchBox\Logs folder. These log files contain helpful information to determine what's happening with the high scores (and other things).

You can open them up with a text file, and look for a section like this:

2020-04-14 09:55:54 AM Processing hi2txt output for smashtv:
# TOP SCORES
RANK|SCORE|NAME
1|3051048|JON
2|1848000|TIM
3|1798218|TJE
4|1750072|LIP
5|1691196|MLZ
6|1651008|GWS
7|1606233|ALT
8|570218|BLS
9|500001|JON
10|456571|HEY
2020-04-14 09:55:54 AM MameHighScores.Parse: Uploading score 3051048 for rom file smashtv and name JON...

You can easily find it by searching for "MameHighScores" in the file, and it should ultimately tell you the process of what happened. Otherwise, you can post the log file here and we can help you get it figured out.

Feel free to post below with any issues you are having, but be aware that we are unable to help with much of anything until you post the log file for us.

Update (2020-04-16):

We are working with Greatstone (the developer of hi2txt) to hopefully get any games that are bugged fixed. It's important to note that it's a tremendously difficult task to save high scores for every arcade game, because every arcade game is programmed completely differently, so that is no easy feat. On top of that, there may also be bugs for some games in MAME's high scores plugin (or the related hiscores.dat file). The majority of popular games seem to be working great though, so we'll take these issues case-by-case.

If you find an issue with a particular game, we should still look at the log file first and foremost, to determine if the issue happens to be an issue on your system, or if the issue happens to be with LaunchBox. Then if LaunchBox does not appear to be the issue (for example if hi2txt is just not reporting any updated scores), then we can report the issue to Greatstone so he can look into it. Greatstone has published these testing steps to help make sure that you have indeed actually found a bug with a particular game: http://greatstone.free.fr/hi2txt/doc/help.html

If after testing you're confident that there is a bug with a particular game, you can create an issue ticket here on Github: https://github.com/GreatStoneEx/hi2txt-xml/issues

Be sure to include your MAME version and all of the info you can provide, including uploading the nvram and .hi files (if they exist) for the game. Greatstone can then take a look at it to see if the game can be fixed.

when I start the program, the mouse cursor automatically moves to the top left. I have no way to get into the options to make a backup.

Does anyone know the problem or how else I can make a backup.

I have a Paradise Arcade Lono2 encoder that I use for 4 joysticks - 6 buttons for player 1-2, 4 buttons for player 3-4. Coin button and Start button for each player, and a handful of utility buttons. 

I went to map the inputs for the joysticks in BigBox for navigation and it won't recognize the joystick input when I try to set it - for instance, I go to map the Navigation Up by pressing up on the Player 1 joystick and it just stays with the pop up box saying it's waiting for input. I connected a Logitech F310 game pad and found that the D-Pad input will work, but the stick input will not. I was able to map buttons just fine - it will recognize the Player 1 Button 1 as the Select and Player 1 Button 2 as the Back inputs and so on. 

So there must be a difference between the input of a joystick/gamepad stick and a button. The D-Pad is recognized as having a button input instead of a joystick/stick input. 

Is there a way to make BigBox recognize the joystick input through a configuration in BigBox? I've tried all the different combinations of "All controllers"/"Problematic Controllers" with no change. 

I've also searched this forum and found multiple people with this issue, but then the thread ends before any resolution is given. 

Thank you for any help! 

I have the issue, that when I end a game in RetroArch, the controller is no longer working in BigBox. I have read a lot about the focus issue, but it seems not be a focus issue. Big Box can still be controlled with the kyboard. Also Alt-Tab or mousclicking dows not work. It seems that there is an issue with the driver or sth. I use a dualSense controller and as driver SDL. I have read sth. that it seems that retroArch is not correclty closign the driver or sth. like that but all I tried did not work.

Someone else is facing this issue? Any Idead for me would be great!

Best regards,

Athelhaze

There is not enough space on the disk. : 'E:\LaunchBox\Metadata\Temp\80713302-bd43-4dab-9d94-0930d6f7a93e'.

App:     LaunchBox
Version: 14.0.1
Theme:   Default
Type:    System.IO.IOException
Site:    Void ProcessSymbolicDicPredictor(System.Object, System.Object)
Source:  Unbroken.LaunchBox.Windows

   at Unbroken.LaunchBox.Windows.Data.DataManager.ProcessSymbolicDicPredictor(Object spec, Object attr)
   at MatcherComparatorContainer.DecodeTreeConsumer(DataSet spec, String attr, MatcherComparatorContainer)
   at Unbroken.LaunchBox.Windows.Data.DataManager.ProcessInterruptibleProcVisitor(String item)
   at VisitorFinder.DecodeTreeConsumer(Object, String item, VisitorFinder)
   at Unbroken.LaunchBox.Windows.Data.DataManager.<>c__DisplayClass209_0.SortMapperMember()
   at System.Threading.Thread.StartHelper.Callback(Object state)
   at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.RunInternal(ExecutionContext executionContext, ContextCallback callback, Object state)
--- End of stack trace from previous location ---
   at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.RunInternal(ExecutionContext executionContext, ContextCallback callback, Object state)

I'd like to suggest a native option/filter for Big Box to automatically manage Windows / PC Game visibility.

Currently, I have a library of over 800 PC games imported into LaunchBox. When browsing in Big Box, having to scroll through hundreds of uninstalled titles just to find the ones currently ready to play creates unnecessary friction.

Suggested Feature:
Add a native toggle option in Big Box: "Hide uninstalled games".

How it should work dynamically:
- Whenever a game is installed on the system, it automatically exits the hidden state and appears in Big Box ready to launch.
- Whenever a game is uninstalled, it automatically enters the hidden filter parameter and vanishes from the Big Box display list.

Why this would be valuable:
1. Less Scrolling, Better UI: Users with large libraries (like 800+ PC games) won't have to manually filter or organize playlists just to see what is playable right now.
2. Dynamic Management: The launcher stays clean automatically based on local drive contents without requiring manual playlist updates every time a game is added or removed.
3. Seamless Controller Experience: Greatly improves Big Box navigation on handhelds and living room setups where quick access to playable games is essential.

Would love to see this integrated natively in a future release!

Thanks for all the great work on LaunchBox and Big Box!

What does this keep happening? One minute it's fine and then suddenly everything breaks. Unbroken Software makes nothing but broken software. Too bad every other frontend is trash. They stopped caring with version 14.0. I guarantee the next version will fix nothing. 

I am having an incredibly frustrating issue at the moment and can see its an issue that some people have had in the past but doesn't seem widely reported on.

I can import most games to Launchbox without any issues at all but as soon as I try PlayStation 1 or PlayStation 2 games it crashes Launchbox saying that the "Path Is Empty".

I have tried this on both USB and local drive and the same thing happens. the program is not running as admin and I have tried the games from root instead of being stored in any type of folder structure. 

I have tried importing as Retroarch, DuckStation and PSX2 and the same error presents. 

The games run flawlessly in standalone programs and in said programs on Xbox. 

Is anyone else experiencing this?

https://imgur.com/a/g7z83yk

I need some help with a focus issue in LaunchBox. I have my Xbox 360 library configured using the Xenia Manager .lnk method. The games launch, but I’m running into an issue with window priority.

When I start a game through LaunchBox, the startup sequence goes like this:

1. The LaunchBox Startup Screen appears.

2. It switches to the emulator window showing the shader compilation/loading bar.

3. The LaunchBox Startup Screen pops back up, fades to black, and leaves me with a blank screen.

4. The game continues running in the background—I can hear the audio playing, but the video remains hidden.

If I press Alt + Tab, I can see all active windows: the emulator, the LaunchBox Startup Screen, Xenia Manager, and LaunchBox.

If I disable the LaunchBox Startup Screen, everything runs fine. However, I’d like to keep the Startup Screen active while ensuring Xenia automatically takes foreground focus once loaded.

Has anyone encountered this or knows a workaround or setting to force Xenia to stay on top?

Thanks in advance!

I have written twice to support@unbrokensoftware.com regarding a refund.
First on May 5. and again on May 12. I have yet to receive a response.

I also tried to use the online form. Still no reply.

Please can I get someone to reply to my request?

Kind regards
Michael

What’s worse (here is the sure bug), the game then cannot be found under the name ‘another world’ anymore. If I look up the game and open the game details, that alternate name is just gone!
Only once I repeat the process and again update the metadata, the correct data is restored again. So if people update once after having set personal preferences , it can seriously impact their collection as if you don’t know the (in this case) non European name for a game anymore, you may not even be able to find the game anymore in a large collection!

After 2 updates, the end result is that my meta data has been updated but my naming preferences (which can equate to a big amount of time) for all updated games are lost and need to be repeated.

Any ideas/insights?

I prematurely marked this solved as a Beta did seem to solve this issue for a bit, or at least make it way less noticeable. It is still present as an issue, and I feel needs to be reposted. I am not a stranger to troubleshooting, computers, or Launchbox. Controllers checked or not in settings this still happens, and only when this is open. My system is beyond capable, and was not an issue prior to v13.23. Upon rolling back to v13.22, this does not happen. This has been replicated on 2 other systems with different mice and keyboards. Please advise. With @____AiR____

System: i7 9750, 32gb Ram, RTX 2060, Windows 10