Benuno

Here are the files for everyone (including a simple readme.txt file for instructions). Set those .exe as emulator launchers for each game of that particular pc store source. Then you should always have the Steam Overlay in-game with any of those launcher urls. Only for xbox apps you need to install glosc, as the batch does a game launch via glosc. https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1LQgrmWuwUxB3rWyXKZw8Kxxa6HbRYlve

This can be fixed - see @51mm5 as evidence. Just kill the launcher .exes (no need for install paths as names are enough) before executing those urls via start command with admin rights and you always get steam overlay inside epic,origin,uplay,amazon store games. Steam cant inject the overlay if any launcher software is already running as it injects during .exe start. Then the overlay is injected into the launcher windows and game window. (Will upload files when I am home for everyone). I for example have issues with exe paths just not having the steam overlay depending on the launcher/game.

So this release should fix the strange game wheel fade bug finally for anyone who had it too like me (still don't know the cause of it :S). Also added another Game Wall option with covers fading away , edited the TextFilterView slightly to also have game number/console year, added @faeran's nice star rating from his CoverBox theme and fixed the bad badges placement - which is now finally horizontally stacked. Custom badges are immediately noticeable as they are displayed with darker gray. If there are any bugs/layout inconsistencies/performance issues please tell us - I would like to have a good running/bug free version before we continue adjusting the layouts. 441201173_SCALA0.9.3.zip

Yes, seems to be fixed.

Ah I see, my bad - should have posted the request inside the "Contributions" section as linked on https://gamesdb.launchbox-app.com/games/add . Should I repost it there? I really want the platform to be available on the Online Game Database, not locally - so everyone can track those games on any web browser/sync with the cloud. With Meta Quest I mean the oculus quest ecosystem which got renamed from meta/facebook https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oculus_Quest

Yes, thanks a lot for the information! I am currently a bit too busy to continue having a look at it - my first attempts at drawing the platform wheel in other pages failed and I currently don't know/understand from the documentation.pdf (did not read that before) alone how that can be made possible.

Could someone please add Meta Quest as a platform (like the Nintendo Virtual Boy)? I am using the launchbox game database collection online to track my physical/digital games on consoles, therefore I would be thankful if someone could add the VR Headset family to the console list as there are some exclusive titles (I would add the titles to the database myself).

Try setting all the .exes like steam/steamlauncher/cemu to start with admin rights (i saw this comment randomly, so idk if this might help you)

Small bug I've noticed: After editing a game entry, the play/edit button are greyed out until you switch to another title.

No Problem! @Zazamastro 's templates/fonts were clean and simple, only did small preference changes to the layout. In the latest uploads (on page 1) I could improve the performance during game scrolling by fading a duplicate of the menu background on top of the video/images instead of fading/triggering each element. Changing the opacity of a video takes much more performance than a static single image.

You need to extract all the subfolders inside the main folder "scala" into your launchbox main directory including "themes", "videos" etc.

1. Yeah you are right - thx for mentioning it (the Community theme creator showed it me different than inside bigbox if i remember correctly :S) will fix it. Btw set both bigbox.exe settings dpi scaling to system(advanced) if your windows dpi setting is over 100% to fix scaling issues. Edit: already fixed it, attached to the upload comment on first page. 2. I have hidden the video in the latest 0.9.2 wall view 1 as the real-time video blurring takes quite a gpu perfomance hit (50% gpu usage on my gtx 1070) which is just too much for lower spec-pcs (with hidden video we have like 1-2% gpu usage) and also not great if you are multitasking. Wall View 2 now has a tiny video window instead.

Tried it with 720p 16:9, all looks as intended except for the listview selected item border which needs to be fixed (slight wobble/calculation seems to be resolution dependent)

All @nce View File Modification of the nice LB Galaxy Theme by @raviol. Added new carousel view and additional informations into the game details view to make most visible at once. Also removed some effects to improve the theme performance. Disable background blur/color settings for intended experience. Submitter Benuno Submitted 02/08/2022 Category LaunchBox Custom Themes  

@Zazamastro is currently busy, so the latest current files are available here for download attached to this comment! This version includes much needed performance improvements, new alternative wall view, a lot of BigBox settings overwrites for intended experience (wheel easing = off, wheel speed= 100ms most important) as well as minor layout improvements. Blurred background videos from wall view were removed due to heavy gpu usage, will be re-added later as an alternative option to select from inside bigbox. I recommend trying out to use Windows Media Player (with K-Lite Codec Pack installed) instead of VLC inside the BigBox settings, as it potentially reduces CPU usage (on my Laptop at least). All visual bugs should be fixed now! If not pls let me know. 1759003251_SCALA0.9.2.zip

I think an absolute path checkbox for game launch with a launchbox item list setting for drive letter priority could be really useful for a lot of people. I use it to start game copies temporarily from an ssd, on another pc with changing drive letter names like a gpd win 2 etc. You can already do this with LaunchBox by setting up an emulator entry which uses only the filename as an parameter, replacing the paths backslash with file name unsupported characters (I use |?| for example - you can also add a dummy file ending for emulators with multiple file formats) and setting up a custom .exe redirecting to the game/emulator with the correct game path. Below is a simple batch example for launching any .exe game this way. You have to replace all "\" occurences inside a platform .xml file (located inside "LaunchBox\Data\Platforms") with "|?|" and every relative path beginning "..\..\" with a drive letter like "C:|?|" for this script to work. Also remove all root folder paths via regex by replacing "<RootFolder>.*?</RootFolder>" with "<RootFolder />" (I recommend using Notepad++). After that you can then convert this .bat code below to an .exe with bat to exe converter for example and execute your PC games this way irrelevant of the drive letter. @echo off set _tail=%* call set _tail=%%_tail:*%1=%% set _args=%1 setlocal enabledelayedexpansion rem replace custom string for backslash set "_args=%_args:|?|=\%" setlocal DisableDelayedExpansion set "_args=%_args:~1,-1%" set "_args=C:%_args%.exe" rem skip drive check if preferred drive letter has game if exist "%_args%" goto :next rem replace ! and & temporarily before split set "_args=%_args:!=exclamamarki%" setlocal enabledelayedexpansion set "_args=!_args:&=andsymbol!" set "_args=!_args:(=rndbrackopen!" set "_args=!_args:)=rndbrackclosed!" setlocal DisableDelayedExpansion for %%a in (%_args%) do ( set gamefulli=%_args:~3% set cdrive=%%~da ) set cdrive=%cdrive:~0,-1% rem undo ! and & replace setlocal enabledelayedexpansion set "gamefulli=!gamefulli:andsymbol=&!" set "gamefulli=!gamefulli:rndbrackopen=(!" set "gamefulli=!gamefulli:rndbrackclosed=)!" setlocal DisableDelayedExpansion set "gamefulli=%gamefulli:exclamamarki=!%" rem search drive letters with priority order for %%i in (C D X E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z) do if exist %%i: ( if exist "%%i:%gamefulli%" ( set "_args=%%i:%gamefulli%" goto :next ) ) :next rem split folder path and name For %%A in ("%_args%") do ( Set Folder=%%~dpA Set Name=%%~nxA ) rem go into .exe folder path cd "%Folder%" rem wait for an .exe to close to have functional launchbox pause screen START /WAIT "launchbox-game" "%_args%" %_tail% exit

Around the play button you don't see most of the badges at once and currently the lower badges row is only for custom badges. Also we have to decide how to display missing game info as the placement can look of when for example the age rating is missing. For whatever reason I couldn't get my BigBox install to show only 2 rows - therefore the main wall view is 5x3 currently. I can make copies of each view with disabled badges to make it look more clean as another option to select inside BigBox.

Besides t he missing "horizontal platform menu at the top of the screen always visible" which I am unable to include (if someone knows how this can be done please pm me) I managed to make most layouts similar to @Zazamastro templates and also added (custom) badge rows (instructions will follow - you'll only need to edit the BadgeName so it matches your plugin .dll file). Excluding the wall view which you manually have to overwrite the skin c an be solely edited with the COMMUNITY Theme Creator :). @Zazamastro also did a nice fitting startup video for the theme making the transition to BigBox more seamless. Below are some screenshots how it currently looks inside BigBox - release will be this week most likely.

I can't move through the screenshots via keyboard arrow keys without having to use the mouse wheel when reaching an end. Otherwise I am very happy with the new features, they look great - thank you!

Fluent View File I adjusted jhayes0027 great Unlocked Theme to my preferences. This theme should run fluent on low-spec machines due to most images not being loaded during game scrolling. The wall view covers are big enough to be good visible on small screens like the gpd win. In the platform section you can select last played games by going right and then down with your gamepad/keyboard. Submitter Benuno Submitted 01/12/2022 Category Big Box Custom Themes  

Yes, this is possible with any launcher (excluding Microsoft Store games) but you need to set up custom emulator entries for each Launcher. Just pm me (on Steam) for more info/files. My Scripts are working for me with any Epic Games/Ubisoft Connect/Rockstar Games/Amazon Games/Origin game utilizing this great plugin! Roughly speaking my scripts kill the intended launcher if running and then immediatly launches it with the given game url and waits for the Launcher to appear and then remembers the first fullscreen window appearing on screen after some timeout. Then after the game window is closed after having played the script automatically kills the game's launcher after some timeout (to be able to upload save data) to save ram etc.. For Microsoft Store Games my ahk script also detects game closure and repositions the game window to make it borderless windowed without exclusive fullscreen for glosc to work seamlessly on top.