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  1. I'm using LaunchBox Premium with lifetime license as it is out of the box (=if this matters) - and without any special plugins. The loading screen hangs at the point "Loading Interface ...": You can wait hours - nothing will happen ... The Windows Task Manager shows me this: As you can see, LaunchBox starts a sub process called "CefSharp.BrowserSubprocess" with extreme long and complex parameters ^^^^ I don't understand, what this means. Maybe you will understand it.
  2. I have noticed that there are several threads and posts relating this issue - and no real working solution for that! As I see this thread is the most recent, so I'll post my solution in this thread. Since the last Update 13.12 I'm only able to start LaunchBox, when I clear the "Backups" folder and the images cache in "Images\Cache-LB". Otherwise LaunchBox sucks on its loading screen ... Concrete I have to do following steps each time, when I want to start LaunchBox: Force close/terminate all LaunchBox processes via Windows Task Manager ... Clear/Delete the content of sub folder "Backups" inside the LaunchBox root folder Clear/Delete the content of sub folder "Images\Cache-LB" inside the LaunchBox root folder Starting LaunchBox directly by its EXE file - which is located in the sub folder "Core". In example "E:\LaunchBox\Core\LaunchBox.exe" I created for myself a PowerShell script to automate these step before it starts LaunchBox. Otherwise unfortunately, the normal launch of LaunchBox no longer works in my case ... That's so annoying! 😑
  3. grki

    Eclipse

    @Fry Man you are my hero! Thank you so much for this update! 👏👏👏 In my setup I created custom game trailers with box and disc/cartridge at the end of the clip. I attached screenshots and a video clip of my BigBox setup with the Eclipse theme: BigBox + Eclipse Theme with Custom Video Trailers.mp4 Must say LaunchBox Premium is really worth and your Eclipse theme hives them on a new level of game/emulator Launcher! With custom cover image priority and custom game video trailers my BigBox with Eclipse Theme look better then I can dream about!
  4. grki

    Eclipse

    Hey Fry would it be a a lot of work for you make an option in the Eclipse plugin settings, where I can hide/show the green "*% Match" text? The reason is that I have a small game collection, so I don't have the need to use the search. I such small collection I exactly know where a game is ... 😅
  5. grki

    Eclipse

    Thanks Fry! I'm going to update to the new version now and let you know, when I find any issues/bugs! Your idea with the on screen keyboard sounds great - I'm looking forward! 👍👏
  6. grki

    Eclipse

    Great! Many Thanks Fry! 😃👏
  7. grki

    Eclipse

    Is it possible to configure Keyboard/Controller shortcuts in Eclipse theme? In example if I select a game cover and press "P" the game could be started directly (instead of showing the game page with game details and "Play" button and so on ...). Sometimes I wont to skip the "details screen" and just launch the game directly ...
  8. If I understand this feature correctly, at this moment we can only use box pictures for three type of views: Box-Front, Box-Back and Spine Is this right? What about the other sides of a box? In example Box-Top, Box-Bottom? In case of "Spine" - wouldn't it be better to use something like "Spine-Left" and "Spine-Right" ?
  9. Okay I got it working! Here is my code: VmRunExecutable = "C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\vmrun.exe" queryEnum2 := ComObjGet("winmgmts:").ExecQuery("Select * from Win32_Process where caption='vmware.exe'")._NewEnum()[process] CommandLine = % process.commandline StringSplit, CommandLineParameters, CommandLine, " VmxFile = %CommandLineParameters4% RunWait, %VmRunExecutable% stop "%VmxFile%", , Hide RunWait, %VmRunExecutable% revertToSnapshot "%VmxFile%" LaunchBox, , Hide In my setup I do not use the "$ESC::" event. And I also don't have to run "WinClose, ahk_exe vmware.exe" to quit/end "vmware.exe". For this to work, the following options must be set in the settings of the VM instance: In this way if you exit via LaunchBox Pause Menu - then VMware Workstation does exit automatically after a virtual machine instance has stopped. Thanks again for your input @JoeViking245 - your approach helped me to continue my LaunchBox powered Emulation PC setup! 👍 Now I am able to launch my "Retro OS Collection" (=as VMware Virtual Machines) via LaunchBox resp. BigBox 🎮🕹ī¸đŸ˜Ž
  10. Sorry for my late reply. It had a very busy week ... Your approach is different than I had imagined. I can handle with this way too. Thanks a lot! 👍 I will try this out and let you know if and how it worked ...
  11. Does anybody know how I can find out the full path of ROM file for Running or Exit Scripts? My intention is to run "vmrun.exe" - where I can pass the full path of the rom file - in my case this is a VMX file: I am reading about the variable "%1%" in many threads here, but this seems only work, when I use a separate AHK script. But I don't want mess my LaunchBox with additional AHK scripts. If possible - I would like make use of the onboard possibilities of LauchBoxs "Running Script" and "Exit Script" freature ...
  12. Great! Thank you so much! 👍🎮😎
  13. Had the same problem too - but didn't know there was already a forum post about it! 😅 This is the solution - which solved the UI glitches on my setup: It would be interesting to know if the solution I suggested/shared also works for other users ^^^ I can simply say the service "NahimicService" causing these issues in many other applications too - not only LaunchBox/BigBox.
  14. Hi everyone! Since last mainboard upgrade, I installed "tons" driver and manufacturer software. After that I noticed that the GUI of LaunchBox and BigBox was getting from time to time very glitchy, just an example: When I move with the mouse over UI elements, then the hovered/focused elements won't rendered correctly. Solution: The root cause of this strange UI effects was "ASUS Sonic Studio" and "ASUS Sonic Radar". In other setups both UWP apps are known as "Sonic Studio 3" and "Sonic Radar 3". So, if you encounter same issue too, then simply remove these apps and disable the service called "NahimicService". After a fresh reboot your LaunchBox will look cool again! I found this solution on the Microsoft Community: https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/windows-10-ui-glitch/73a388ee-d097-4ab3-913d-f5bc8e4ac205 It seems that ASUS is not as good in software as in hardware development *gg* ... 😄
  15. In your emulator settings under "Exit Script" use following code to close the Yuzu emulator: F5 is the default hotkey in Yuzu for "Stop Emulation". The rest is simply force close/termination of Yuzu EXE files. The time intervals with 250 milliseconds (="Sleep 250") are in my case enough. By this way you will be able to exit your running ROM/Game over the LaunchBox Pause Screen, try it out! 😉
  16. You can launch BSNES-HD out of LaunchBox in full screen mode by using the parameter "--fullscreen": I prefer custom hotkeys in the emulator - which makes the LaunchBox/BigBox Pause Screen more usefull. This is my setting: Hotkeys in BSNES-HD Pause Script Reset Script Save State Script Load State Script Exit Script
  17. I can confirm this issue too. For my case I figured out following workaround - where putting the HotKey command "SoundSet, +1" at the end of every Pause Screen action of each emulator settings: This ensures that the audio is not muted again. On my emulation PC the systems audio level is permanently 100% - because in my case the audio line out is connected to a soundbar ... As game pad I use PlayStation 4 controllers in combination with DS4Windows. In LaunchBox the "PlayStation" - button is configured to show/hide the pause screen. In addition to this workaround I also created a "Profile Action" in settings of each profile inside DS4Windows - where simply said pushing the "PlayStation" button triggering a increase the audio volume: Yeah it is a freaking workaround - but works! 😅
  18. grki

    Eclipse

    Great! Thanks a lot - You made my day Fry! 👍 Favorites make sense for my case. But I don't really use the history. I know - it sounds strange - but I like to slide/scroll trough my game collection (by a PS4 controller) each time, when I start BigBox in front of the TV. It gives me a "Netflix" like feeling such "hmm what could we play today evening ..." 😄 I'm going to test and let you know with screenshot of my Eclipse theme styled "Netflixish" BigBox GUI 🕹ī¸đŸŽŽđŸ˜Ž
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    Eclipse

    I meant by "Party Games" games - where several players play against each other in front of the TV sitting on the couch. This is just my pronunciation and probably not the correct term ... 😄 Let me post some screenshots to make it easier to understand ... Custom Series "Sonic Games" - but for this game I defined also a custom series called "16-Bit Era": Custom series "Super Mario Games", "Donkey Kong Games": Custom series "Party Games" including "Super Mario Party" - but also includes "Super Mario Games": So you helped me with a hard codes separate Eclipse release - where "Series" is the default view ... Many thanks in advance Fry! 😄
  20. grki

    Eclipse

    @Fry Is it possible to set "Series" as default view? My idea is to create custom series like "Super Mario Games", "Sonic Games", "Donkey Kong Games", "Party Games", "8-Bit Era", "16-Bit Era", etc. - so that I can scroll through my collection by this way ... If I'm right, in Eclipse theme currently only "Platform" view is the default at start(?) Any way to set it to other category?
  21. grki

    Eclipse

    Installed the latest build. I can confirm the loading times have reduced significantly. And the creation of images does not really bother to me. Once everything is loaded and you start BigBox again, then you don't notice ever that any other cover is updated in the background. I like it how this theme handles the images generation in the background ... Well done Fry! 👍😎
  22. I tested many themes and in all of these themes the game details view same ... Is there any documentation available on how to create own theme from the default one?
  23. I liked the previous/old design of the "Game Details" sidebar - where video and screenshots were vertically one below the other. Am I missing a special setting since release version 12.7 - or is it simply not possible to configure the new order for video and screenshots in the LaunchBox settings? Now - since version 12.7: Previous versions:
  24. grki

    Eclipse

    Does anybody has the same issue, that number for "Max Players" is not shown correctly? I mean the controller icon - there should be the number, which I have defined in the game settings ... And here my game settings:
  25. grki

    Eclipse

    The Netflix like menu navigation makes it very convenient to launch games through the collection. I use it as a standard theme when my Gaming PC is connected to the TV. Compared to the known BigBox themes - this is something unique! 👍 Below is screen recording of my BigBox setup with Eclipse theme. I'm using there custom box/cover images and video trailers: BigBox + Eclipse Theme with Custom Video Trailers.mp4
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