AstroBob

Hi Folks, Thanks for all the continued reports here. We wanted to provide an update on where we’re at with this beta. First, we want to acknowledge the rocky start to beta-2. We really appreciate all the reports, but apologies that many more folks than usual seem to be having issues, particularly around performance. This beta updated some of our core services under the hood, but a lot of issues appear to be largely stem from our new grid implementation. For some context, we completely rebuilt the grid view for this beta with a focus on much snappier responses when quickly scrolling through incredibly large libraries. To get to this point, we had to make the decision to use a fixed grid size (which you can adjust on a per-section basis). While our performance tests have been largely positive compared to the old grid, we are seeing reports of unintended side effects, particularly around images loading into the grid and issues with surrounding elements like badges, which gives the perception of decreased performance. We know that’s not the only related issue, but we initially had trouble reproducing it internally on one of our many builds, as it appeared to be largely library-dependent. That said, after much trial and error, we’ve now managed to recreate a build exhibiting similar issues and already have several fixes in place to help mitigate them. We also want to acknowledge other issues such as the large number of reports around controller issues in Big Box, which have also been fixed internally. We know this only scratches the surface of what people have been reporting, and we’ve been following your feedback closely. Beta-3 includes a number of changes aimed at addressing the biggest issues we’ve seen so far. We may not have fixed everything just yet, but we’re hopeful it will eliminate the major pain points so we can focus on what’s left. Thank you all for helping us test this. We know this beta has been a bit rockier than usual given the scope of the changes, but your reports have been invaluable in helping us identify and address the biggest performance issues, along with a variety of other fixes. We’re hoping to have beta-3 available as soon as possible so you can probably halt with the beta-2 reports for now, but we’d love to hear whether those who experienced issues with beta-2 notice improvements. We’ll keep you all posted once it’s ready.

Hey all, sorry for the delay and issues following up on this, it sounds like enough people are having this issue but we're having a hard time reproducing this on our end. Based on the version cutoff you’re describing, this may be related to controller input handling changes that started around 13.24, especially DirectInput controller polling. It may also be affected by video/audio playback in some setups, so we’d like to try and gather a bit more detail. We'd love it if you can try the following (I know some of you already have, but for those who haven't) In LaunchBox, go to Tools > Options > Game Controllers. Uncheck Enable Game Controllers. Restart LaunchBox completely. Test whether mouse movement, mouse clicks, and keyboard typing return to normal. Please also test Big Box separately: Open Big Box. Go to Options > Controller. Disable controller support there as well. Restart Big Box. Test whether the delay still happens. When replying, please include: Which LaunchBox version works normally for you, and which version first shows the issue. Whether disabling Enable Game Controllers fixes it after a full restart. Whether you use any controller-related software, such as Steam Input, DS4Windows, reWASD, vJoy, ViGEm, JoyToKey, Xpadder, or similar. What controllers or input devices are connected, including wheels, pedals, flight sticks, fight sticks, Bluetooth controllers, or virtual controllers. Whether the issue happens with all controllers unplugged. Whether the issue happens in LaunchBox, Big Box, or both. Whether you have auto-play videos or auto-play music enabled. Which video playback engine you’re using, if you know. If disabling game controllers fully resolves it, that is very useful information and points us toward the controller polling/input path. If it still happens with controller support disabled and all controllers unplugged, please mention that clearly, because that would push us more toward the video/audio playback side instead. Please let us know and we'll try and narrow this down.

Hi Folks, thanks for all the reports, we're digging in to the issues reported with beta-2 and apologies for the issues here. In addition to @faeran 's request for those experiencing performance issues, one of the biggest things that will help when it comes to reported sluggish performance would be a screen recording of the issue should the impacted performance (even better if you have downgraded, to show how it compares to the previous beta or 13.27). If you aren't comfortable sharing screen recordings here, feel free to ping a DM to me (@AstroBob) & @faeran. Thanks all for helping to test these, we're working to get out beta-3 which addresses some of these immediate issues.

Correct, you can use the Image Height (Section Override) to adjust the spacing for not just specific platforms, but individual categories & playlists too.

Not yet, but this is a, interesting idea. It would have to stay performant and would probably need to be a uniform image type to remain consistent (possibly a good use for the icon image type), but I scoped it out here if you want to upvote it: - https://feedback.launchbox.gg/p/optional-image-column-in-list-view

Version 1.22 - Released May 28th 2026 Release Summary Release Summary: https://feedback.launchbox.gg/changelog/launchbox-for-android-122 Full Changelog: https://www.launchbox-app.com/android-about/change-log Release Video: 👇 New Features: Steam game importing for the new Windows platform. This lets you bring your Steam library into LaunchBox for Android and launch supported games through compatible Android Windows launchers Steam media support. Steam games can now use Steam artwork and trailers, including box fronts, clear logos, backgrounds, and videos, giving imported Steam games better media coverage out of the box Steam library update support. LaunchBox can now compare your Windows/Steam platform against your Steam library to add newly owned games and optionally remove games you no longer own, including a Refresh Games option in Manage Steam Options to customize Steam imports. You can choose exactly which Steam games to import, whether to include family shared games, search the LaunchBox Games Database, prioritize Steam metadata, prioritize Steam media, or allow duplicate imports A new Security system that lets you lock down platform and game management features behind a PIN, with extensive configuration options available under Options > Security Platforms: Windows, Arduboy, Sega Model 3, Uzebox, WASM-4, and Microsoft Xbox Emulators: GameHub Lite, GameNative, Pizza Boy SC Pro, Azahar (Vanilla), Linkboy, Lynx.Emu, PICO-8: Android, PICO-8: Picpic, Aethersx2 (Turnip), SkyEmu, MelonDualDS, YabaSanshiro Pro, Vita3k (ikhoeyZX), Super3, X1 Box, aPS3e, and eka2l1 RetroArch core mappings for Arduboy, Uzebox, and WASM-4. These platforms should now be easier to import and launch when using RetroArch A visual update indicator for themes, showing a green badge on the Manage Themes menu item and next to individual themes when updates are available Improvements: Steam account management with Steam Guard approval handling, cancel support while waiting for approval, a safer logout confirmation, and more reliable saved sessions Steam media and trailer loading during imports, making Steam artwork and videos more reliable when importing larger libraries Streaming video support. LaunchBox now handles more streaming video formats, including HLS streams, which helps Steam trailers and other online videos play more reliably Updated Optimize Library behavior so star ratings across your entire library now refresh automatically when running an Update Library scan Fixed: Fixed Local and Cloud filters so games appear in the correct place. Games with local files now show under Local, while Cloud only shows games that exist only on a configured network/cloud location Fixed a possible crash when returning to LaunchBox. This could happen if notification or data services were not available yet when the app resumed Fixed Security settings so PIN changes are saved immediately, clearing a PIN disables Security, and protected menu actions use the correct PIN requirements Fixed an issue that prevented setting a Scoped Storage path when the app was running as a homescreen launcher Fixed possible image resize conflicts during media downloads. This could prevent media from failing or becoming inconsistent when multiple images were being processed at the same time Fixed the Add to Playlist popup so playlist items are scrollable and accessible Fixed Browse Steam Image capitalization and allowed the Steam image browser to go back from loading and error states Fixed numeric password input handling in the Steam credential login popup Fixed scoped-storage handling for additional applications. Launching alternate versions or additional apps should now use the correct file path or URI Fixed scoped-storage lookup to use the selected application path. This helps when launching an additional app or alternate version instead of the main game file Fixed the built-in Vita3k Android emulator launch command

Heya, thanks for the suggestion. Just to confirm, I'm assuming this is referring specifically to the Auto Save Backup features, since that is the only thing that will take up space on disk if you have this enabled. Let me know and we'll get this written up on our feature board. Cheers,

Thanks folks, confirmed this indeed an issue that we'll get fixed up. Can follow along with this post here to get notified of any updates to it: - https://feedback.launchbox.gg/p/game-details-pop-out-window-opening-behind-launchbox Cheers,

Hey @SolarisSpell sorry for the issue here, you're not alone in that we have seen instances where the local stats and cloud stats can get out of whack, which unfortunately means why you try to hook them up again, the cloud stats constantly take president, which is sounds like what is happening here. We don't have a great user-facing workaround for this at the moment, though do have a request to allow users to clear their own cloud stats, and esentially start with a fresh sync from their local data. - https://feedback.launchbox.gg/p/reset-clear-cloud-game-statistics In the meantime though, if you want to DM me with your games DB account email, we can try clearing the cloud stats on your account from our end, which should allow you to do a fresh sync. Drop me a DM if you want to give that a try

Thanks for flagging this, Telemetry.txt is a temporary troubleshooting log that may appear for users who downloaded 13.27 during a short window after release. Early builds of this release were unintentionally creating that telemetry output locally in the LaunchBox root folder instead of handling it normally. So this would only appear if you were one of those users who downloaded it during that initial window before it was fixed. To resolve it, you can download the current 13.27 installer from our website and install it directly over your existing LaunchBox installation. After reinstalling, you can safely delete Telemetry.txt from the LaunchBox folder and it should stop reappearing. Give us a shout if that doesn't work for you

Version 13.27 - Released May 13th 2026 Release Summary Release Summary: https://feedback.launchbox.gg/changelog/launchbox-for-windows-1327 Full Changelog: https://www.launchbox-app.com/about/changelog New Features: LaunchBox and Big Box now include major RetroAchievements expansions with richer Game Details support, beaten/mastered and playtime commitment visibility, improved achievement profile stats, improved Dolphin integration, and broader default theme support RetroAchievements can now be filtered in Big Box and Pause views, making it easier to browse and focus on the achievements you care about Big Box Hybrid views now have their own dedicated search behavior, keeping searches scoped to the current platform or playlist instead of kicking you out to a global search Save Management has been significantly expanded with better save tracking, automatic backups, backup-on-close options, backup limits, manual backup scans, and save version history tools, including expanded support for Dolphin and PCSX2 save tracking across Nintendo GameCube, Nintendo Wii, Nintendo WiiWare, and Sony Playstation 2, plus better support for the Mednafen Saturn core The Welcome Wizard import experience has been overhauled with staged progress, clearer status messaging, improved retry handling, and much better visibility into what LaunchBox is doing during first-time imports The Welcome Wizard now supports media download limits and persistent image download queues, giving you more control over setup-time media downloads Xbox 360 imports now support default.xex and Games on Demand formats across all import workflows LaunchBox now includes video playback controls for a better in-app video viewing experience Added RetroAchievements support for WiiWare titles when using Dolphin Manage Emulators now includes an “Open Emulator” context menu option for quickly launching the selected emulator directly from the list Big Box now includes a new “Show Playlist Actions” option for the game menu, giving you control over whether playlist actions appear in the game options menu Local metadata package refreshes now use SHA-256 verification with retry handling and clearer staged progress, replacing the previous longer validation flow with a faster and more reliable process Improvements: Ubisoft imports have been refined with better product filtering, name cleanup, and settings handling for a more reliable import experience Xbox storefront importing has seen some reliability improvements with lookups, caching, and import handling Fullscreen image viewing has been improved with pixel-perfect integer scaling, image detail labels, and better fullscreen monitor behavior Related Games and Game Details performance have been improved by deferring expensive loading until needed 3D model viewing, carousel browsing, and media list performance have been improved for smoother browsing in media-heavy views Updated Dolphin integration to better support newer versions Improved ROM prioritization when combining multiple versions of the same game during import, using a smarter ranking pipeline to better select the ideal default ROM Extract ROMs now preserves the original archive folder name inside the temp directory, improving save path consistency in emulators such as RetroArch FinalBurn Neo importer now automatically unchecks Extract ROMs for the emulator associated platform to prevent unnecessary extraction LaunchBox system tray support is now free for all users, with options to always show the tray icon, minimize to tray, and close to tray Added a new option to disable the dynamic Play button and use a static Play button instead The All Games section will now properly update to match the selected LaunchBox language Big Box popup and plugin badge handling has been made more reliable EmuMovies authentication and media download flows have been improved with more reliable login gating, retry handling, and messaging Fixed: Steam trailer downloads have been restored with updated handling for Steam’s newer streamed trailer delivery, along with better trailer selection, improved fallback handling, and broader MP4 compatibility across imports and media downloads GOG media downloads now work reliably for icons, posters, and screenshots Like and unlike support now works correctly for Themes and Media Packs in the Media Manager, making it easier to give feedback on community-created downloads directly from LaunchBox Automatic ROM imports now better respect disabled auto-import settings and more reliably avoid creating duplicate games or duplicate additional apps when scanning for new ROMs Improved Big Box video playback stability when using FFMPEG, resolving rare crashes related to video disposal and media cleanup Crashes in Big Box when navigating between views with Windows Media Player video playback enabled Issue where auto play music could cause the UI to lock up after Big Box opened Big Box no longer keeps reloading new instances of the same System Menu Big Box now behaves better when screensaver timing overlaps with popups and other overlays Bulk Edit Wizard issue that could trigger a crash style error while applying or finishing changes LaunchBox no longer crashes if the emulator name is empty and you tab out of the field The License page no longer crashes due to overlapping links The Options menu has been hardened against scenarios where it could fail to open Potential null reference issue when saving a new emulator The bundled Xbox - White controller input pack no longer incorrectly reports that an update is available Operation Wolf now correctly shows MAME High Score support

Hi there, Thanks for the great suggestion here. At the moment, this isn’t currently possible within LaunchBox Android. While the app does support NAS setups, there’s no support yet for consumer cloud storage providers such as Google Drive or similar services. That said, we really like the idea, especially for Android where storage space is often much more limited and users may be moving between multiple handhelds, tablets, or phones. Being able to maintain a single centralized ROM library in the cloud rather than duplicating games across every device would definitely be a nice quality of life improvement. We’ve gone ahead and created a formal feature request for this so it can be tracked properly internally. - https://feedback.launchbox.gg/p/cloud-storage-support-for-android-game-libraries Please feel free to upvote the request on the feedback board to help show interest, and you’ll automatically receive updates if there’s any future progress on it 🙂 Cheers!

Hi Folks, thanks for the additional reports here. We're continuing to work on an entire rebuild of the startup videos implementation to address these issues. Unfortunately we don't have an exact ETA right now, since it's require a fair bit of testing and reworking, but we're hopeful the new system will improve on the old startup videos implementation in many ways. We're gearing up for a 13.27 release this month, and unfortunately it hasn't made it into this one, but please be sure to upvote the known issue post and we'll notify you as soon as we have updates for it: 👉 Known Issue: Big Box Startup Videos Not Playing Reliably https://feedback.launchbox.gg/p/known-issue-big-box-startup-videos-not-playing-reliably Thanks for bearing with us while we get this sorted.

Good to know I wasn’t the only one who immediately tried this once it was released! But yeah unfortunately doesn’t look like command line support is fully there yet. I’m seeing the same behaviour as you, and from other reports online that it loads the game but the OS always seems to take precident ontop. I can’t imagine it wouldn’t be supported in the future, but definately keen to hear when that happens, it is a great emulator!

Thanks for the report here folks, we're able to reproduce this internally and very likely something on the GOG backend has changed that we'll need to update our integrations with. We created a known issue post here, you can upvote it to get notified on when it's ready - https://feedback.launchbox.gg/p/gog-posters-not-downloading-during-import Cheers,