AstroBob

Hi there, Thanks for reaching out. Unfortunately, discussions related to distributing or linking to copyrighted material, such as ROMs, are strictly prohibited on this forum. The expectation is that any games used with LaunchBox have been acquired through legal means. Apologies that we can’t be of more help on this. I’ll be closing this thread for now but leaving it up for future readers. Cheers,

Hi Folks, I wanted to provide a quick update on this thread. Behind the scenes, we’ve been working on a new method for adding platforms to the database. Previously, this process was quite manual and rigid, requiring direct database edits. However, we’ve been investing in a more streamlined front-end interface that allows for quicker and easier additions. Over the past few weeks, we’ve been testing this new system, and we just implemented a new platform using it as a trial run. That platform is the Bandai Super Vision 8000 🔗 Games Database Link It would be great if anyone could test adding this new platform to your build, as well as contributing some information and games to the database. This will help confirm that the new system is working as expected. If everything checks out, we’ll be in a great position to start adding platforms much more quickly, eliminating the bottleneck that previously slowed our progress. Please let me know if you have any feedback on the new system. Hopefully, we’re on track to start adding many of the long-standing requested platforms soon! Cheers,

Hi @erling1000 Thanks for the great question! You absolutely can do this. When you edit a platform (either right click > edit or by going to Tools > Manage Platforms and double-clicking on one, you’ll see a field called Sort Title. Whatever value you enter in that field will determine the sorting order for your platforms. For example, if you want all Nintendo consoles to be ordered chronologically, you can input values like Nintendo Console 1, 2, 3, or Nintendo Handheld 1, 2, 3. This Sort Title field also exists for playlists, allowing you to set a custom sort order that isn’t strictly alphabetical. Hope that helps! Let us know how you get on. Cheers,

Hi there, thanks for the question: The first message is a standard browser warning for less commonly downloaded files. This is normal, and you just to confirm if it asks for any confirmation to proceed. The second message happens because .crdownload files are incomplete downloads. This usually means the download was interrupted. Check your browser’s Downloads section to resume or restart the download. Make sure your internet is stable and temporarily disable antivirus if it’s blocking the file. Once complete, the .crdownload file will convert to the correct .exe format, which you can use to install LaunchBox. Let us know how you get on.

Hi there, thanks for reporting this. This sounds like it's caused by the migration to .NET 9 (previously were using .NET 6.0). If you are using a custom theme, you'll want to make sure to use the Theme Manager to update them to the latest version of your theme. Please check out the original post on our 13.19 beta thread for more details. I've linked it below. If that still doesn't make it work, it would be great if you can report your issue on that beta thread so we can look into it for future beta revisions Cheers,

Hi there, Thanks for your question! The factor that determines whether a game is recognized as having achievements is the “scrape as” value for the platform. When you edit a platform, the “scrape as” value must match the corresponding platform on the RetroAchievements site. For example, if you’re scraping the Sega CD platform as Sega Genesis, it will attempt to match games under Sega Genesis on RetroAchievements. Since these classifications don’t align, it won’t find the correct matches. In your case, I’d recommend ensuring that the Sega CD platform is still set to scrape as Sega CD. This will allow achievement badges to display correctly. If you’d like to group Sega CD games under Sega Genesis, I suggest creating a custom playlist that automatically populates games from both Sega CD and Genesis. You can then embed this playlist within your platform categories. I hope that helps clarify things! Let me know how it works out or if you have any other questions.

Hello, Just to let you know, this issue has now been fixed and is available in the current 13.19 beta release: 🔗 https://forums.launchbox-app.com/topic/89019-launchbox-1319-beta-thread/ You can download the latest beta or wait until 13.19 when it will be available to everyone. Thanks for bearing with us while we got this sorted. Cheers,

Hello, Just to let you know, this issue has now been fixed and is available in the current 13.19 beta release: 🔗 https://forums.launchbox-app.com/topic/89019-launchbox-1319-beta-thread/ You can download the latest beta or wait until 13.19 when it will be available to everyone. Thanks for bearing with us while we got this sorted. Cheers,

Hello, Just to let you know, this issue has now been fixed and is available in the current 13.19 beta release: 🔗 https://forums.launchbox-app.com/topic/89019-launchbox-1319-beta-thread/ You can download the latest beta or wait until 13.19 when it will be available to everyone. Thanks for bearing with us while we got this sorted. Cheers,

Hello, Just to let you know, this issue has now been fixed and is available in the current 13.19 beta release: 🔗 https://forums.launchbox-app.com/topic/89019-launchbox-1319-beta-thread/ You can download the latest beta or wait until 13.19 when it will be available to everyone. Thanks for bearing with us while we got this sorted. Cheers,

Hello, Just to let you know, this issue has now been fixed and is available in the current 13.19 beta release: 🔗 You can grab it from the latest beta, or wait until the release of 13.19 where it will be available to everyone. Thanks for bearing with us while we got this sorted. Cheers,

Hi there, To hide the mouse pointer from showing up in Big Box, you'll want to go to the System Menu, then Options > Mouse and either turn on Enable Mouse, or if you still want to retain mouse usage you can turn on Hide Mouse Cursor when Not in Use or Disable Mouse Cursor Across All Apps For the notifications, those are notifications specific to RetroArch. You'll need to go into RetroArch Settings > User Interface > On-Screen Notifications and should be able to turn off various ones from there. Cheers,

Hi there, Sorry for the issues here, please double-check check the email hasn’t ended up in your mail client's spam folder since this can sometimes happen. If it definately hasn’t arrived, please reach out to support@unbrokensoftware.com and they should be able to supply you with an installer. Cheers,

Hi there, thanks for the update. There are 2 known ways LaunchBox will not track time from a PC game. 1) If the game in question opens some sort of splash screen first before the game, or any other window before the actual game executable. This can sometimes trip up LaunchBox into thinking the application hasn't taken focus, which means it won't start tracking time. 2) If you use the LaunchBox startup screen, and this screen ends before the game has a chance to load, this means LaunchBox can sometimes regain focus before allowing the game to start, resulting in it not tracking time. Could you confirm if either of those applies to your use case? And if the latter does, can you try disabling LaunchBox's startup screen, and then seeing if it tracks time properly for you? Cheers

Thanks for the update, at this point we need to start trying to rule out what could be the cause here, starting with the controller itself. Do you happen to have another type of controller you could connect as your primary, and try launching Duckstation through LaunchBox. If the issue isn't present it may be something to do with the DualShock 4's controller mappings. Could you give that a try and let me know how you get on.