C-Beats

Looks like default also uses the Item Ratio slider on that same option page to adjust what the minimum height of each item should be. Changing that to wider should reduce it some. Also the file in question that needs altered is BoxesContentView. Template in question starts at line 68

Probably want to email support@unbrokensoftware.com. You just admitted you're using your license in a way the standard LB doesn't allow for. Not to mention I don't know of any country where what you're doing is legal anyway. You can't emulate legally unless you own the game and typically those games too are sold as non-commercial licenses. Sounds like you bought a bunch of sketchy arse hard drives from some where for this endeavor and they were set up incorrectly.

Ensure if Windows Power options USB power settings are set to never shut off. LB hits physical resources hard on start up and can sometimes trigger Windows to shut down USB to "save power" on some devices. Disable that and see if it helps.

BoxesContentView.xaml You are looking for {Binding SortType} and {Binding SortValue}. Find the grouping they are within and just remove it.

No longer on team. Last I knew though the Key/Controller binding for "Open Index" will bring that up in any view that has it including walls.

Hello all, In recent past I have been more removed than I had been previously and have slowed down how much I respond to things here in the community. I appreciate those that have noticed and reached out during those times, and those that have kept me on toes despite that. Unfortunately I must inform you all that I'll likely be around even less moving forward. As of today my time working on LaunchBox has come to an end. Over the years I've worked on this team you all have been nothing short of amazing. There have been many great moments enjoyed in my tenure here, but nothing has brought me more joy than watching you all take a software I put my heart into and doing things even I had not realized possible with it. I appreciate you all for sharing with me your childhood memories, and allowing me to be a part of the journey to not only preserve them but to build upon them. It's been an honor, and one I will cherish forever. I still fairly regularly read through my new hire post when feeling down. It never fails to cheer me up. You've all given me more than you'll ever know. I've seen many good people come and go from the public eye in this community, with many rising to the occasion and making their own stamp amongst the ranks. Many more are content to be more quiet but still play an integral part. I see you all, and appreciate the opportunity you've created for me. While my departure is bittersweet I do look forward to once again getting to hang out with you all as a fellow community member. At this time however I feel I must put that on hold. I need to take the time to reflect and decide what's next for me and my family. I appreciate you all for your understanding. Many thanks once again, Christian

If you are in platform category view you should be able to right click the platform and there is an "Auto-Generate Child Playlists" button there to do what you're asking.

Yeah, pretty sure that file is generated but no longer read in current code so it doesn't really matter. Regardless of what version you have though it's safe to remove. We'll just regenerate it. It was used to determine sidebar counts so if you have that enabled you may take a second or two longer to load up the sidebar while it regenerates those counts. Really most modern machines the time difference shouldn't even really be noticeable.

After reviewing the images, I can see why a moderator changed the flags. They aren't cart scans they are images made in photo-shop. notice how the cart in the same images is the exact same (like pixel perfect the same). You'd not get that with a scan. I can see your point that sometimes having images that in the front category would be called "reconstructed" in the pure "fanart" section being kinda confusing though since if these are done correctly look like real carts (and I admit the ones on those pages are done well enough I was second guessing myself at first). This is one of those things I believe the mods are actually correct, but the way users perceive the types causes confusion. @AstroBob mentioned early this week he was taking a look at a lot of the moderator guidelines. Pinged him so he can see register this as a potential pinch point moving forward we can look at and potentially address.

Do you have any examples? A few games you've seen this on for example?

Thanks for this. I made sure the team saw the post. Appreciate the heads up!

#2 is already a user choice thing, and any automated media download does already grab a limited set of images. You want less images grabbed, just grab less images. Use the settings provided and you can tell LB to only ever grab 1 of image group. #4 also already happens. Only thing not lazy loaded is the actual library details/metadata. This is mostly because depending on settings you need the entire library loaded to be able to use certain features anyway. There's been talks about eventually moving to Sqlite like we did with the GamesDB and that'd reduce the need for a lot of that since the data can be read from disk far faster than the XML files at the moment. We just need to make sure we have a solid plan on how to do that since typically we do our best to make it possible for users to downgrade, and without tools to help with that process that simply wouldn't be possible to downgrade from a Sqlite version to an XML version (or at least not without saving to both formats which is cumbersome).

Make sure to remove any installers in the \\LaunchBox\Updates\ folder, also in LB settings turn off auto-updates.

Ah yeah, Genre isn't an object that can have artwork applied, we are just reading the string applied to the game. You can set up your Platform Category tree to work that way and start the app into that. It requires more manual effort to get to that point but would allow it. I currently have a by genre section in mine doing that. I don't do JUST genre and have a way to get to it on the main wheel so I can navigate more traditional ways if desired. That tree is extremely customizable so ultimately should be able to get to the point you want, just won't be as fast and simple as pushing a single button.

In Big Box it's Options > Views > Default Startup View. Set it to Genre