MrDeKat

Playlists: RetroAchievements Events (xml & icons) View File Hi everyone. First of all, this is my first time sharing playlists. I hope the files are correct and work for other LB users. As a RetroAchievements user, I found it interesting to do playlists about the RA Events. These playlists include a little description about the event with the list of the games, the games for each event and their corresponding icons. There are two types of playlists: Auto, for permanents events or events whose order of play is irrelevant (The Unwanted, PlayJam or Tributes). Here, the games are added according to their ID. Manual, for events whose order of the games is relevant (AotW, Roulette or RAD). Current events are sorted from most recent to oldest and past events are sorted in reverse. The Playlists available are for 2025 events: Achievement of the Week 2025 Achievement of the Week 2025: Back To School Achievement of the Week 2025: E3 Roulette 2025 RAD 2025 The Unwanted Month 63 PlayJam Season 7: Sega CD & 32X Leaderboard of the Month 2025 Bounty Hunters Villains Satoru Iwata Memorial 75 Years of F1 RAcing Instructions: XML Files: Unzip "XML Playlists RA Events 2025.7z" and save the xml files in: ....\LaunchBox\Data\Playlists\ Icons Files: Unzip "Icon Playlists RA Events 2025.7z" and save the png files in: ....\LaunchBox\Images\Media Packs\Platform Icons\Legacy Conversion Icon Pack\Playlists\ Finally, if anyone is interested in keeping these playlists up to date, I can try update them weekly with the new games, as well as add event playlists from previous years and seasons. Submitter MrDeKat Submitted 09/17/2025 Category Playlists  

It's strange, it doesn't happen with all games. And I don't see a pattern. Example: "Pokemaze" for Nintendo Pokemon Mini (ID 460420). It says the last time played was 08/24/2025. I click on edit, search for metadata, select the one in the LB database, and accept. It automatically deletes the last time played. If I only change the file name, the same thing happens. -If I do the same for Wild Riders (Arcade, ID:40602), Dragster (Atari 2600, ID:22154) or Ultra Vortek (Jaguar, ID: 3988), the same error occurs -If I do the same for Jeanne d'Arc (PSP, ID:7088), Mario Power Tennis (GBA ID:7522), Sonic Classic Collection (DS, ID:18931) or Wirehead (Sega CD, ID:157532), there is no error and it keeps the date. In both cases, there are games that, when updating the metadata, change some information or don't change anything. PD: When the date disappears, the <LastPlayedDate> line for that game in the XML disappears.

In Launchbox, when I update a game's metadata, the "Last Played Date" is removed. I don't know if it's related to the beta version (13.24 beta-1), but this didn't happen to me before.

Despite what I had said, on Sunday night (Spanish time) I got the same error again.

My Retroachievements API is back up and running in LB!!

Hi!! Until yesterday, RA achievements had been working without problems in LB, but suddenly it stopped working. Checking the options, I discovered that the Retroachievements API was incorrect. I filled out all the information again (username, password, and API key), but it still shows that the API is incorrect. I also tried changing it in RA, but the new one still gives the same error. Any idea what could be causing the error?

@LahrsThank you so much for your reply. You've mentioned several interesting things I didn't know. I'll try what you mentioned to see how it works

A couple of problems I have detected: Approved entries with more than 3 validations are blocked as "Pending". "Type" and "ESRB" appear blank when you edited a game, even though they contain information.

Hi!! I have an iMac with Windows installed on a partition of about 200 GB. I run LaunchBox from a 2 TB SSD (where I also have installed PC and store games) and I have the ROMs on two 6 TB HDDs, which I can't always have connected because I have other SSDs and HDDs for saving and editing photos and videos for work. It's a pain having to keep switching between hard drives for gaming (and for working with photos and videos), so I was thinking about buying a NAS system. I don't know much about these systems, so I had some doubts about how it works with LaunchBox. Will there be slowdowns if I play with the ROMs on the NAS, especially on more demanding systems (PS2, Wii U, PS3...)? Thinking about using the NAS for two computers, will LB work correctly if I install it completely on the NAS or is it better to have it on the SSD and use the NAS only for the ROMs? Will PC games run fine if I install them on the NAS? (I play on a Mac, obviously I'm not aspiring to run Cyberpunk at 4K 60fps 🤣) Finally, any recommendations for any minimum characteristics I should keep in mind to avoid making a mess? 😅 Thanks in advance!

Thanks for adding these platforms. Now our RA collections will be fully complete! 😊😊 By the way, do these platforms have a developer company (like Nintendo, Sony, Sega, Philips, etc.)? On the other platforms, I have the "full" name added, and seeing these with just one name gives me a bit of OCD. 😅

I've been trying it, but I can't get it to work. When I run a game in Launchbox, it opens PowerShell and closes automatically. When I run it directly from PowerShell, I get the following error: Any idea what I'm doing wrong?

Changes made when adding the Wikipedia URL are not showed once approved. If multiple fields are changed or added, the Wikipedia URL is the only field not showed. I add screenshots of some examples: https://gamesdb.launchbox-app.com/games/details/18650 https://gamesdb.launchbox-app.com/games/details/82626

Two doubts about Playlist Auto-Populate: - Can I search for information in the Application/ROM Path in additional application? This is to have an automatic list of games on itchio or other stores/ROMs, when my main version is one from Steam or GOG. - I'm preparing automatic lists of series based on their titles. Is it possible to filter by a field that contains one word and excludes another? For example, the Call of Duty series: contain "Call of Duty" while exclude "Commandos" so that "Commandos: Call of Duty" doesn't appear.

I've only had a little issue with RetroAchievements achievements: Launchbox dont' show the achievements when the platforms between RetroAchievements and Launchbox are differents. For example: the Othello Multivision games are integrated into the SG-1000 platform in RA. The ROMs loaded into Launchbox using the Othello Multivision platform don't show the achievements. However, if they are loaded into the SG-1000 platform, they show the achievements correctly. The same happens with Nintendo DSi, Nintendo Satellaview, WonderSwan Color, Neo Geo Pocket Color, NEC SuperGrafx, PSP Mini or Nintendo 64DD games.