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I’m not to worried about the slow start for the first game launched but it does it on every emulator and outside of Bigbox they all start with no problem. For the pc games that’s a bigger issue. I believe it started in 14.0 but can’t verify. Not all games do it. Seems like the smaller games launch with no issue but the ones that take some time do it. In the video below is an example. This time the pc games launch came to the front eventually but most times I have to close Bigbox to see the game. IMG_1739.mov MediaEngine 2026-10-22 06-06-40 PM.worker.log Debug 2026-10-22 06-06-40 PM.log MediaEngine Client 2026-10-22 06-06-40 PM.log

@MysterNybble I am also having an issue with PC games. They start to launch then I get kicked back to the Bigbox wheel with the game still running when I exit Bigbox. Logs are attached. Debug 2026-10-20 07-44-38 PM.log Debug 2026-10-20 07-44-39 PM.log MediaEngine 2026-10-20 07-44-38 PM.worker.log MediaEngine 2026-10-20 07-44-39 PM.worker.log MediaEngine Client 2026-10-20 07-44-38 PM.log MediaEngine Client 2026-10-20 07-44-39 PM.log

The slow start on the first started game just started happening recently but not sure if it was last beta or the one before that. Here is a video using Retroarch and same thing happening. I’ve attached the logs and the video. Also for the freezing due to losing focus that just started recently as well. I never had an issue with it losing focus but I will try and see what’s taking focus on my end. IMG_1731.mov MediaEngine Client 2026-10-20 06-27-12 PM.log Debug 2026-10-20 06-27-11 PM.log MediaEngine 2026-10-20 06-27-12 PM.worker.log Debug 2026-10-20 06-27-12 PM.log

This has also been happening since the last beta. Not a huge deal but curious. Every time I start a game after booting up the first time it takes a long time to boot them ok after that. See video. IMG_1718.mov

@MysterNybble This beta seems a lot faster and smoother!! Nice work!! I previously mentioned in the last beta my screen freezing in Bigbox but not crashing back to desktop like it used to do. It just did it again but if I click the mouse buttons it regains focus. There was no WER file but here are my Launchbox files. Debug 2026-10-16 09-07-08 PM.log MediaEngine 2026-10-16 09-07-08 PM.worker.log MediaEngine Client 2026-10-16 09-07-08 PM.log

Spoke to soon. It didn’t crash to desktop like before but the video just froze and controls do nothing. Have to alt tab to get get out

Just downloaded the beta finally. Seems faster again! Only thing I noticed is when launching a game after the loading screens it looks like the game is ready to launch then it sits at a black screen for about 10 seconds. Everything else seems smooth again so thanks everyone! No crashes yet but early in testing.

I use the controls program in ledblinky to make changes. Should be in your ledblinky folder. You have to be sure you’re changing the correct rom though. There’s so many different versions make sure your rom name is the exact one you’re changing.

I haven’t had any crashes since the update! Overall much better!! Only thing I’d like to see is Bigbox seems slower now. When I launch a game and it gets through the loading game message I get a black screen for about 7-8 seconds. Also the wheels don’t seem to load as fast as before if I scroll to a letter the wheel is blank for a couple of seconds. Other than that seems much better!!!

So far so good as far as random crashes. I haven’t had a crash yet. Thanks for all the hard work!!

Only had a chance to test real quick so far. The first time I exited a PC game there was no notification the game was ending so I thought that was removed and the game exited clean. The next few pc games I exited all through the game itself showed the game closing screen so maybe the first was a fluke. I’ll try and run my cabinet tomorrow for any crashes. The wheel feels really smooth just the start up seems a little laggy and I noticed it on 14 as well. The start up video is a tad laggy at first and my led blinky lights that change color are a bit laggy during this time but only during startup. LED blinky also now starts before the start up video begins to play. I’m running an i7 137k and Nvidia 3080 with 32 gb of ram.

Try the new beta just released. I think they mention this being fixed. I will be trying it soon.

Looks like there are quite a few PC games causing Bigbox and Launchbox to freeze after exiting according to the beta thread.

I just tried mine with the beta and the first launch there was a long black screen and I thought I would experience the same thing but then the game booted. Now everything seems to boot as normal. I know that doesn’t help you though but hope it gets figured out.

Not sure if this will help but found this worked for some - So i went to tools>manage>emulators, opened RetroArch , and unchecked the "Extract ROM archives before running", and... It worked.

Thanks! I Appreciate you looking into this!

I use 2 Xbox controllers sometimes but I’m pretty sure it’s crashed without me turning on the controllers. Could iPac’s and pac led’s be considered a controller as well? I also have a trackball and spinner.

Sorry I realize I copied the WMP file. Here are all the files requested with the most recent crash using VLC about an hour ago. Here’s what’s confusing me, I normally get a crash within the first hour if it goes longer without a crash it doesn’t crash at all and can run for hours Debug 2026-08-04 04-42-18 PM.log MediaEngine 2026-08-04 04-42-19 PM.worker.log MediaEngine Client 2026-08-04 04-42-19 PM.log native-v1-BigBox-20260804T211439836Z-p5200-t12296-C0000374-17b60245-34e8-4bb9-9b53-2a71cc2c.dmp native-v1-BigBox-20260804T211439836Z-p5200-t12296-C0000374-17b60245-34e8-4bb9-9b53-2a71cc2c.json Report.wer

Must have been a fluke the two times it worked because now when I exit with alt f4 Bigbox freezes and same with the Xbox controller when I try closing the active window.

Sorry yes if I use alt and f4 on my keyboard to close the game Launchbox regains focus and there is no problem. I can use select start on my controller to exit emulators but not for my pc games because I figured them the games wouldn’t be saved that way.

I’m just force closing launchbox

I just did that in launchbox and same thing. I noticed everything was frozen in Launchbox but I could still control my mouse cursor with my xbox controller but it was so laggy and slow. I had to control alt delete to get out of launchbox. I couldn't just hit hit X. If I close the game with alt f4 launchbox doesnt freeze?

Here are the logs for the crash running WMP @MysterNybble Debug 2026-08-02 11-59-09 AM.log LaunchboxReport.wer Report.wer

Halo gets stuck in Launchbox also so its probably just the way the game is exiting?