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why latest versions completely screwed up my naming convention for special playlists like !Temp and !Hidden and !Broken by placing every single auto-generated list above them with _Nintendo All Games

https://feedback.launchbox.gg/p/search-needs-improvements Searching for “Alien: Resurrection” returns “Alien: Ressurection”. Searching for “Alien Resurrection” does not return “Alien: Resurrection”. Searching for “D” returns every single game that has the letter D in it. There is no way to search for a game named “D”. And many more.

seven years later and this isn't a thing, complete nonsense and of course if it finally becomes a thing in another seven years, it will be a version of BigBox that runs like ass on my tablet why do we pay for this

how Edit: I was able to do this by running a script to mass edit playlist.xml files to include <Sort>ReleaseDate</Sort>

I'm returning to the default theme on a tablet for performance reasons and I'm noticing that screenshots don't show up... anywhere. I've even tried deleting the settings xml files... and... nothing? Edit: I forgot to re-enable gameplay screenshots in the priorities list after doing some media updates, so that fixed it. Edit 2: No, it didn't. It only got them to appear in LaunchBox and not in BigBox. I've tested with 12.9 and 12.16 and neither the Default or the Old Default themes will show screenshots and it also appears that some other elements might be affected, because in the Old Default theme they appear as single pixels of different colors. I don't know if it would make any difference, but I downloaded the media using 13.26 - but BigBox is too slow using that version. The screenshots work just fine in the custom theme I built using the CTC years ago. Edit3: I was finally able to restore BigBox in 12.x versions to functionality through a series of fresh installs and selective copying of data files from my 13.26 install: Platforms/ Playlists/ Emulators.xml Parents.xml Platforms.xml Settings.xml

I would have thought that perhaps "none" or "exists" would have served this purpose but I don't understand the function of either.

I realize now that for some reason the vast majority it's "detecting" as missing come from the Arcade platform, presumably because I'm using a merged ROMset - so if there's no option to prevent that platform from being scanned or some way to actually audit what gets detected as missing, that forces me to have to re-scan every single other console platform one by one.

Right now in 12.9 I can scan for missing ROMs in a given platform or in all platforms and either way, the result is astoundingly insufficient to deal with the multiple issues that could be causing games to have missing files. All I see is a huge number (over two thousand right now) and a list of the first twenty, and then an option to either delete them all or not delete them all. Is there no way to mark them as missing instead? No "missing ROM" filter?

The RefreshData method words for game badges, but it steals focus away from the game list. I'm guessing there's no proper way to use the API to return focus to it?

Looks like we were able to make it happen, I got F1-F3 marking things as completed, favorited, and a third thing that I'm suddenly forgetting. Unfortunately, no feedback. The only way to see it marked is to select a different game and then come back. Any ideas on that?

Yeah, I mean, some people like to program, and some people just want to play video games. As a former Skyrim modder, I've spent way too much time doing the first one and not enough of the second.

Thanks. I'm a hobbyist programmer but these days I find myself relying more on AI assistance since my goal in even doing any programming at all is to save on time, but those links will help when I have to triple-check things myself (and I always do). If it's possible to actually create a plugin that does this, I'll find a way to make it happen now that you've put me on the right path. Just wondering - can other flags be set the same way, do you think? Ones like "hidden" et al that aren't exposed by interface buttons?

Tabbing, shift-tabbing, and using the arrow keys. Obviously I still use the mouse but I'm trying to have to do that as little as possible for workflow reasons. I can tab over to the favorite icon and use the spacebar to select it, but the number of tabs it takes is inconsistent, so using AHK to automate it with a hotkey is out of the question. I'm currently stuck with 12.9 because this is the version I paid for and I don't like a lot of the changes in 13. Is there a decent resource on information on making plugins specifically for my version and pulling the information you mentioned?