C-Beats

2 of the 3 games you listed on our the website already. We don't have a way to use another DB in our app but there are other tools like Skraper that can be used to scrape your games if you like. Alternatively if you find a game missing you can add it to the DB yourself.

As stated the games are likely already in your library. If you'd like you can zip up your \\LaunchBox\Data\ folder and PM it to me and I can take a look as time permits.

Typically this is because you have the games already added and just don't realize it. The most common source of this confusion is when users have "Hide Games Missing..." options enabled. Inside of LaunchBox go to View > Show/Hide and make sure those options are turned off and see if your games show up then.

Ah yeah, we've had issues like that in the past regarding decimal localization. Thanks for the heads up. I've added it to my list of things to look into.

Yeah, your probably missing a dependency. Use the install over the current build and it should correct. Make sure when doing so you point to the actual LB folder and not \LaunchBox\LaunchBox as the installer will do if you select the current folder using the browse tool.

@JoeViking245 built a plugin that essentially does the same thing RL does in creating an always on top window that appears overtop the emulator. Can get it here:

This may be related to a known issue. Can you try the following setting and let me know if it corrects? W: 100 H:130 D:1

Forget where I found mine, but wouldn't surprise me if that was where. Should just be in zip files named the same as the MAME ROM file and you drop them in MAME's artwork folder. I don't remember having to do any special set up for them after the fact.

You were also already being helped in Discord regarding this issue. No need to create a post about it as well...

Thanks for the report @Timber-eXoProjects. Was able to replicate and I have it corrected internally. Will be in the next beta release. Nice catch!

Currently there isn't an option for this at the moment. At the top of this web page there is a "Help & Support" link. If you click that and then "Request a Feature" and file a feature request we can use it to gauge how important this is for everybody so we can prioritize the request correctly.

This error typically is fired when an image you are telling it to load is corrupted and can't be read. It wouldn't be fired on something that doesn't have an image like your suggesting though. The call stack looks like something is failing to load a screenshot image, or a video preview image. Not the front grid image.

BoxesContentView. Search for "SeparatorVisibility".

First two things I'd check are your emulator's running script (Tools > Manage > Emulators. Select and Edit emulator, Running script tab in Edit Emulator window that opens). Make sure you don't have something in there pressing close more than it should. What app are you seeing this in? LaunchBox or Big Box?

You could use Platform Category view instead of Platform, then create a favorite playlist under platform and just select that playlist instead of the root platform when you want to jump to just that section. Another thing you could consider is changing your "Arrange By" setting and setting it tot "Favorite". That will then put all the favorited games on top in Title sort order, with all the rest under it.

If you search "game controller" in Windows it should bring up a window that shows all of your USB connected controllers. Select the one that is for your board. In that menu there is a tester that lights up when buttons are pressed. I'd verify with that app that the PC in question is seeing the input correctly and on the button it should be firing. If you've verified that it works correctly in that window then I'd verify your controller settings in Big Box. Ensure that either "Use All Controllers" is on or that you have the correct device selected.

I'm not sure when last contact with them was as that's typically handled by some one other than myself. Yes, it's possible some one could make a plugin that does it.

Last I knew Zenn (the individual running the show over there) has asked that we NOT implement them as a scrape source for now. Until that changes I'm not sure we'd be willing to add it. I personally would love to add it as I use it pretty extensively, but if a site doesn't want us doing it I'm not sure it's worth the hassle doing it anyway when we could just get DMCA'd to have it taken out.

Badge location and size are driven by the theme. You'd have to alter the theme to change either.

The issue is that you haven't added the platform to the emulator. If you look in your first post in the associated platforms the platform your game is for isn't listed at all. Add it to the list and you should be good to go.

Glad to hear you were able to get it sorted out.

With the ability we now have to lock fields/images on a game we're hoping that we can start making this far less possible. There are some data points that obviously are correct and don't need to be touched and we can lock them down to ensure that they can't be. It will unfortunately take time as a lot of that is a bit of a manual process and one we're still ironing out. I can't get into too many details simply because I'm not in all the talks regarding DB and wouldn't be allowed to share EVERYTHING even if I was but I do know the DB has come up internally quite a bit in recent past. That being said people won't read much of any guidelines we put in place (as they've shown) and so we've been looking into more meaningful ways to address some of the quality issues we've been seeing. This is why we recently added logic to some of the image types and required them be png with transparency, and have now built the locking system, as well as better tooling for all members of the team to be able to monitor DB activity. The hope is very much so that we can not only ensure the quality and integrity of the database, but to ensure that those willing to take the time and energy to do it right don't have their time and efforts wasted. Hopefully with some of these new tools and processes (and some others hopefully coming down the pipe soon) we can make a serious dent in this. That being said it all unfortunately takes time. Correcting course with something as large as the Games Database is NOT an easy task or one that can be done quickly. The pace I'm sure will get frustrating at times. With the amount of time you spend in the trenches of the DB I'm sure it'll be even more grueling. I ask that you take any breaks you need to keep your mental health/sanity and also reach out if you notice any obvious patterns we can try and help out with. Feel free to ping me in this thread if your starting to see any identifiable surges of something obviously not ok and we can hopefully track down the cause and see what we can do to combat it. I obviously have other stuff I need to focus on as well and so can't devote all my time on the DB but if there are some things I can handle here and there that will still make an obvious positive impact for the DB and all you wonderful people helping us with it then I'd be happy to do so when possible.

I looked and thus far it appears to me that a large majority of the submissions that have been being sent regarding fanart deletion recently have been 3D Box art built using fan images and not representative of the official box the game released in. I saw one change request for an actual fanart that seemed fairly disingenuous request change out of the last 100 image deletion change requests. I do think for those artists working on 3D box art sets that if you're making images that aren't representative of the actual box the game was release in for the region in question that the forums are a bit better place for your artwork at this time. With the image pack importer within the app it also makes it FAR easier for fans of your artwork to actually grab/use it all en masse to help with the visual consistency I'm sure we ALL strive for in our personal collections. I appreciate your willingness and desire to share your artwork, but I do agree we have channels that are far more beneficial to yourself and those who enjoy your artwork than the database at the moment. As of right now the database doesn't even have a solid way to associate a given image to a specific artist making it difficult to funnel people to you and your other offerings. Submitting your art sets alleviates this and will allow you to build a following for yourself where your hard work can be appreciated more readily. That being said I was also reviewing the reasons given for some of the change requests and not thrilled with some of the verbiage used in the reasons either. I can understand the frustrations you're feeling and in many ways feel it as well when I come across some fairly erroneous data/images in the database. That being said I'd ask that we all be a bit more diligent in maintaining a level of respectable decorum when submitted your requests. If you're getting to the point that you feel the need to swear or use obscenities at the random people who are going to see your request then I personally would rather you just take a break from it. If you're seeing a lot of submissions that are obvious breaks of the rules let us know and we can dig into it a bit more and hopefully get it corrected. We've been spending quite a bit of time building up various tools we can use to more quickly/easily monitor things like this and take action where required but still could use the heads up if you all are seeing trends we need to keep an eye out for.

If you haven't yet make sure to manually update your local GamesDb file and try again. Tools > Download > Force Download Games Database Metadata...