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Hi Folks. Apologies for the radio silence on this thread — a few recent releases on our end have slowed things down a bit. That said, I want to reassure everyone that we haven’t forgotten about the platform requests that have been submitted. The good news is that our initial round of testing with the new backend system for adding platforms has gone well, and things are looking promising. We’re planning to start expanding support to more systems in the near future. In the meantime, to tide you over — and in anticipation of a little something happening on June 5th — we’ve gone ahead and added the Nintendo Switch 2 to the database. It’s still pretty barebones for now, of course, but we expect things to start filling out quickly once the 5th rolls around. For the moment, it’s mainly there for tracking purposes — especially for those who like to catalog their collections beyond just what's playable through LaunchBox. We’ll continue to keep you updated as more platforms get added. Thanks again for your patience and suggestions.

Version 1.18 - Released May 8th 2025 Release Summary Full Changelog: https://www.launchbox-app.com/android-about/change-log Check out the release video: New Features: Orientation Lock has been added, allowing users to lock the app's orientation to either Landscape, Portrait, Reverse Landscape, and Reverse Portrait, overriding the device's global orientation settings Scoped Storage framework support has been integrated as an option for all emulators. This enables enhanced folder and file permission settings, addressing requirements for certain emulators Updated the emulator launch framework for improved flexibility, easier condition handling, and easier maintenance The following Emulators have been added: Azahar, Citron, DroidArcadia, Infinity P8 Player The following Cores have been added to RetroArch: Dirk Simple The following platforms have been added: BBC Microcomputer System, Emerson Arcadia 2001, Atari Jaguar CD, Epoch Super Vassette Vision, Fujitsu FM Towns Marty, Interton VC 4000, Mega Duck, Nokia N-Gage, Oric Atmos, Philips Videopac+, PICO-8, ScummVM, Sega Pico, Sony Playstation Vita, Nintendo 64DD, Sega Triforce, Sony Playstation 3, Microsoft Xbox Improvements: Many emulators that had launching issues were fixed, notably: DuckStation, DraStic Video downloading from streamed content is now functional. The application will now combine the video and audio streams and save them as a single file to your local drive Video streaming functionality has been restored; however, please note that only video will be streamed at this time due to the limitations of YouTube The application framework has been upgraded to .NET 9 (from .NET 8), providing enhanced performance and stability Additional Apps on a Network Share should once again download and play Significantly reduced the frequency of application crashes during video playback by addressing underlying stability issues Implemented functionality to automatically delete partially downloaded files when a game download is canceled over the network Fixed: Resolved an issue where platform theme videos would unexpectedly restart when the device orientation was changed Updated the "Video downloading..." indicator text to "Video Stream loading..." to better reflect the process of streaming video content Touchscreen controls are now fully functional on the "Browse for New Games Database Image" page Added a visual loading indicator to provide feedback during shared drive connection attempts Fixed a bug that caused incorrect search results when canceling a game search Fixed an issue in the Manage Emulators section where Dolphin incorrectly displayed as not installed Fixed a crash when launching games into the AetherSX2 emulator Fixed a rare crash occurring during game imports Fixed a rare crash that happened while showing images Fixed a rare crash when clearing the platform image view

I've gone ahead and created an official request for this over on our feature request board. Please feel free to upvote it and share any examples and use-cases that are particularly important to you. 🔗 Multilingual Support for Game Metadata

With the release of LaunchBox 13.21, we’ve officially switched our default video playback engine to Windows Media Player (Legacy) and are deprecating VLC. This change should improve stability and compatibility going forward, but if you’re experiencing black screen issues or missing playback, we’ve put together a detailed support article to help you out: 👉 Read the full article here Feel free to use this thread for any questions, feedback, or discussion!

Hi Folks, Apologies for the confusion regarding this issue. I'd jumped the gun here announcing that this was fixed, as we'd addressed part of the issue in an earlier beta, but it is still affecting some users. For full details on the issue, you can follow our known issue report for this over on our bug tracking board: Out of Memory Error When Waking from Sleep I'll be updating that report with updates, but have also taken note of these posts to update once we have a fix in place. Thanks for bearing with us there, and apologies for any confusion caused there.

Hi there, Apologies for the confusion regarding this issue. I can confirm it is indeed present in 13.21 (I'd jumped the gun a bit there as we'd addressed part of the issue in an earlier beta), but it is still affecting some users. For full details on the issue, you can follow our known issue report for this over on our bug tracking board: Out of Memory Error When Waking from Sleep Thanks for bearing with us here, we hope to have this nailed down soon, so please follow the post for updates on it's progress. Cheers,

Big Box comes pre-installed alongside LaunchBox, there is a BigBox.exe application in the same directory as the LaunchBox application. As long as your license file is in the root of this directory, you should be good to go. If you’re still seeing the trial screen when Launching Big Box, then it means you’re license isn’t installed properly. You can check this in the LaunchBox app in the top right it will either say free version or licensed to your name. Let us know how you get on. Cheers,

Hey @Glauco Fox So sorry for the delayed reply here—I’d been meaning to reach out, especially since your proposal sparked a lot of internal discussion on our end. First off, thank you for the incredible thought and effort that went into structuring this. We completely agree that, over time, the menus have become a bit unruly, with overlapping items and a structure that doesn’t fully reflect all the new features we’ve added. UI changes are always tricky, and something like this would likely need to be tackled all at once—better to rip the bandage off than slowly shift things around and cause ongoing confusion. That said, while we don’t have any immediate plans in this area, I’d hate for your proposal to go to waste. So, I’ve gone ahead and fleshed out a request on our new feature request forum, using your examples as inspiration. You can view the request below: Reorganize Tools Menu for Improved Usability It’d be great if you could give it an upvote, and feel free to add any additional use cases or suggestions there too! Hopefully the community can chime in too Thanks again for the incredible write-up!

Hi there, Please see our article here for issues on missing WMP installs: 🔗 https://feedback.launchbox.gg/help/articles/3227530-understanding-video-playback-for-launchbox-and-big-box-in-1321#p4x8qtkcy4b Let us know if one of those methods isn't able to get WMP installed for you and we can debug further. Cheers,

Hi there, Just to close the loop on this, as of 13.21 this should now be addressed, since dynamic playlists in Big Box now update instantly without caching, so changes are reflected during the same session. Let me know if you're still seeing this issue, and thanks for bearing with us while we got that sorted. Cheers,

Hi there, Thanks for the question! A playlist can have its own sort order that’s specific to that playlist. Simply right-click the playlist and select Edit. You’ll then see an option for Sort Games By—this setting applies only to that particular playlist. Just a heads-up: this applies to the playlist view in both LaunchBox and Big Box (you can’t set them separately). Hope that helps! Feel free to give me a shout if you have any other questions. Cheers,

HI Folks, With the release of 13.21, we're considering these specific issues (Big Box freezing relating to the video playback engine) resolved. Please check out the details on our known issue report for more info. For anyone who is still experiencing freezing, as long as you are NOT using VLC as the playback engine, then this is likely a different issue, and we highly recommend submitting a new post so we can diagnose things separately. Thanks for bearing with us while we got things sorted out here. Give me a shout if anyone has any questions. Cheers,

HI Folks, With the release of 13.21, we're considering these specific issues (Big Box freezing relating to the video playback engine) resolved. Please check out the details on our known issue report for more details. For anyone who is still experiencing freezing, as long as you are NOT using VLC as the playback engine, then this is likely a different issue, and we highly recommend submitting a new post so we can diagnose things separately. Thanks for bearing with us while we got things sorted out here. Give me a shout if anyone has any questions. Cheers,

Hi Folks, Just updating you that, as of Android 1.18 beta-4 and the new implementation of scoped storage, Duckstation "should" now be working correctly. For those interested, you can check out the beta below, We'd love to hear if things are working as expected for you. Cheers,

Version 13.21 - Released April 24th 2025 Release Summary Full Changelog: https://www.launchbox-app.com/about/changelog New Features: New Premium Feature: A new section has been introduced under Tools > Manage > LaunchBox Themes & Media, providing users with the ability to browse and download Media Packs. These growing list of packs, created by both the LaunchBox team and the community, include Platform Clear Logos, Badges, Platform Icons, and Controller Input Graphics Packs. The packs are non-destructive, allowing users to seamlessly switch between them on the fly, and can be applied to both LaunchBox and Big Box independently. New packs will be regularly added, and applying or swapping between them is now just a simple click away. New Feature: Content Creators now have the ability to upload Media Packs for community access through the following page: https://www.launchbox-app.com/media New Feature: A new Xemu Integration Plugin has been added, allowing users to download and set up the Xemu emulator directly from LaunchBox New Feature: The Big Box Default theme now dynamically displays Controller Input graphics based on the currently selected media pack Improvements: MAME Gambling games are now marked as Casino games allowing you to easily filter them out during imports I Star Rating functionality has been updated so that each star rating grouping uses the raw value instead of massaged values. For example 3.8 star games now appear in the 3 star grouping instead of 4 star as they did previously The Star Rating Arrange By functionality now sorts games by star rating within each grouping MAME High Score logic is now more robust, and the following games are now working thanks to the hard work of our community: Batsugun, Bubble Bobble, Dig Dug, Mushihime-Sama Futari Black Label - Another Ver, Viper Phase 1 Enhanced installer/updater to install K-Lite Codec Pack Basic, streamline runtime and DirectX checks, and enable/install Windows Media Player when needed Fixed: The freezing issue experienced by some users in Big Box has been resolved The false out-of-memory error that appeared when a computer awoke from sleep has been addressed The minimize/maximize game launch feature now functions correctly with additional applications Game files containing more than one space in a row now launch as expected The Nintendo 64DD now displays the required dependency files for supported RetroArch cores Long-term stability in Big Box has been improved Searching for a game while in certain areas of Big Box would display no results Playlists with no games were incorrectly appearing in the root of the Platform Categories view Corrupted images cause fewer issues when loading in both LaunchBox and Big Box Several improvements regarding file paths when launching from or pointing to a network location Several stability improvements for Big Box to stop the application from freezing after running for extended periods The Region field no longer clears when selecting a new Games Database entry in the Add/Edit Game window Dynamic playlists in Big Box now update instantly without caching, so changes are reflected during the same session Bezels for vertical MAME games were applying a horizontal layout file