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In Big Box options there is an option to set the default view. In the new install it's set to Discovery Center, you'll want to change that to either Platforms or Platform Category

In the options menu of Big Box there is an image cache section. Clear your logo cache (don't remember if we have a platform logo option or if it's all of em) and it should pick up the new images.

There are 3 levels we attempt to match games by in a manual playlist.

Filename
LaunchBox Games Database Id
Platform/Title pair

We go from top to bottom (first two steps may be in wrong order) and if a game matches it's considered the game in question

Thanks for the heads up. We identified an issue on the server that made the new DB files not generate. I manually fired the process to rebuild these and so should be able to update your DB file and see it now. We've also repaired the issue that caused it to stop generating those files automatically so you shouldn't run into this moving forward.

The way the one-year license works is that you gain access to the premium features within the app now and for any future versions that are released before your license expires. You CAN use newer versions after that but the premium features will be deactivated since your license is not valid for them. You could optional decide to use the latest version your license IS good for forever though. If the newer version doesn't have a feature you care about you can just stay on the version you have premium features unlocked for.

Close LB, navigate to \\Launchbox\Data\Settings.xml and open the file in a text editor. Look for the line that says "ControlsBarHeight" and set that to something like 56. Save the file and close it then reopen LB. You can hide that control entirely in the view menu or by pressing CTRL+SHIFT+B as well.

Known issue with Intel integrated graphics cards. You need to go into the Intel software and turn anti-aliasing for Big Box either on or off (auto is the default). For some reason their auto logic makes some poor choices and causes issues like what you see. Having a service called "nahimic" running will sometimes do similar things but Big Box should check and alert if you if it finds that already. If you didn't see that message my guess that it's the intel gpu issue.

Reports like this are almost always because an auto-hide feature is enabled. In the upper right click View and then there should be a Show/Hide section. Make sure none of those "Hide Games Missing..." filters are enabled. If need be can also in that menu set it to show games marked hidden.

They are the numeral value of this enum: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.windows.input.key?view=windowsdesktop-8.0

This error indicates your files are mismatched. Run the installer over the current directory (make sure not to point to \\LaunchBox\LaunchBox) and it should correct this.

Yeah, that's what was meant
Should work flawlessly. Installer doesn't touch data files or the folders eXo collection puts stuff in so you're safe to run the installer over that build.

I believe there are apps on the app store that will help the app do what you're asking. We had it in the app but it broke functionality with things like Samsung Dex which require the app NOT be a home app to work properly and so it was removed quickly after.

You didn't make a copy of the Windows.xml file and leave it in that folder by chance did you? The issues you're running into sounds like the type of issue that occurs when there is a backup/copy file in the data folder. If there is you need to move it out of the folder and then try again.

Tools > Options > Search. There is a setting there that says how many votes are required before using community ratings. If I had to guess those games have under what you have set making their score count as 0

Sounds like a potential bug others have reported as well. We are looking into it.

Please email support@unbrokensoftware.com for all licensing questions/concerns

That thin blue progress bar I believe is only used when LaunchBox is generating images for the image cache. Basically you asked LaunchBox to load up grid images that have not been cached yet. CPU is hit heavily as it's manipulating several images at once to make the smaller cache image that is then utilized and saved to disk. I'd assume your disk reads/writes are also heavier when you see that bar. Assuming you don't change image grid settings like item size/zoom or image type you should see that happen less and less as you utilize the application.

I'd personally recommend you steer clear of trying to do that. We have other functionality in app to help you quickly jump to a letter and the playlist will just add a lot of frustrating bloat once you are comfortable with those features. Inside of LaunchBox you can select any item in the content list and then just press the letter you want to jump to and after a half second LB will jump to the first game with that starts with that letter (you can actually type a word and jump to that should you want. Typing M-A-R would take you to the first game starting with "Mar" for example). Inside of Big Box we have the index in every game view that also allows you to simply jump to a letter. Both would be faster than selecting the playlist, especially if you want to quickly change between letters.

Reported issues of games disappearing is almost always caused by one of two things:

1) You enabled an auto-hide setting and the game is now being hid (most of the time it's for games missing a certain media type)

2) You have extra files in your \\LaunchBox\Data\Platforms folder that don't belong. Backup files in this folder cause issues and need to be kept somewhere else. You should only have one file per platform in that folder.

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.

Right click the folder after LaunchBox is opened and open it's properties. Make sure that "Read-Only" box is white (unchecked) and try again. We've been seeing issues on some users end where that folder is getting locked up for some reason and not letting us update the files correctly.

Automatic storefront imports and automatic ROM imports are two different settings. To disable store imports go to Tools > Manage > Storefronts and you can turn off the feature globally or per store.

I've never heard of our app doing anything like this to a user's machine. The mouse stutter thing I've heard before, the rest is new. For the mouse stutter what usually is affecting it is having the "Use All Controllers" option when you don't have one plugged in. To disable that in LaunchBox go to Tools > Options. Scroll the left list all the way to the bottom and select "Game Controllers". There is a "Use All Attached Controllers" option. Make sure that's turned off.

@Timber-eXoProjects Correction was pushed to the first beta build of 13.15