Jason Carr

Just to be clear, we will not be taking this approach, as we support more than just the No-Intro formats. On top of that, this would require massive rewrites of many things, so I don't believe it would be time well spent compared to other features that people have voted for. We will not be switching to a strictly No-Intro approach. A missing ROMs feature could be implemented that just compares against no intro lists, but it's not likely to be a popular enough request right now for that to happen soon. Regardless, it would not require converting everything to strict no-intro.

I am aware of this issue; it's on my list to fix, though I will admit that it might be a while because it's currently competing with LaunchBox development.

@JedExodus I'm pretty sure nothing really changed with the startup screens for the 9.10 release, so I'm doubtful that the issue has anything to do with the 9.10 release. I'm betting that it would still happen with previous releases. Unfortunately, the startup screens can be sensitive to bad drivers and sometimes even background applications; I can't really say for sure what would be causing it on your system, unfortunately. Most likely it's being caused by one of those things. As much as I'd love to fix that for everyone in all situations, I really can't; I held off on implementing startup and pause screens for ages because there's no way to implement them without using hacks, so naturally, we just have to deal with the occasional issue like this. I would first try making sure that you're drivers are all up to date. Video drivers especially.

Not a bad idea; I will add that to my list.

@blakemoyer Not sure if you're still struggling with this, but you can always reset the settings in Big Box by deleting the LaunchBox\Data\BigBoxSettings.xml file.

Unfortunately I don't plan on tackling a joy-to-key-like solution any time soon. It would be a major undertaking and it didn't seem to gather much positive interest in the brainstorming live stream.

Sure, let us know when it's ready to go and I'm sure we can help you get it oriented.

Thanks @Retro808; I didn't see this until after I posted the above. But yeah, it's super easy.

I see. The good news is that I do plan on tackling more marquee options relatively soon, regardless of the results. Mostly because I'm working on getting a marquee for my own cab. It's also worth noting that the theming engine is extremely flexible, so the modifications you would need in order to put marquee images on only a portion of the marquee screen (however it's oriented) would actually be really easy to pull off. I could most likely do it in 10 minutes or so, and so could most of the theme developers we have around here. So worst case scenario, I can just help you get it done and we can post it on the forums for anyone else in that same situation. I think part of the trouble we're having here is just nothing being clear about what people really still need with marquees.

What exactly are you missing for your cab? This came out of the blue as your first post and just comes off as straight fanboyism. I'm glad you like Hyperspin, but absolutely nothing you've said tells me *why* you like Hyperspin better. Tell me why, and I'll either help you to figure out what you're missing, or at least consider adding what you're missing.

Good to hear.

@sbslc2017 I'm honestly not sure why that's happening, but in the past, stuff like that has been caused by faulty or outdated video drivers. Can you try to see if there are any driver updates available for your video card?

I always look at BitBucket in detail before coming up with the poll items. All of the highly voted items from BitBucket were definitely on the brainstorming list.

There's not much difference between adding Steam Banners to that Image Group drop down or not if you're missing images. If you don't have Steam banners for everything, they won't show up anyways. It's actually not a quick job to add Steam banners there. Not hard, but the code changes would be significant.

@Pixel Each image category has it's own set of priorities, as @Retro808 shared above. Step 1, alter your image priorities for Box Front to put Steam banners on top. Step 2, select your platform in LaunchBox. Step 3, use the Image Group drop down in the top right of the main LaunchBox interface to select Boxes for that platform. Step 4, select all your games and then right click and select Refresh Selected Images. That last step is only required after changing the image priority settings. It's probably just best to refresh all images in your collection after changing image priority settings.

Over 30% of our user base wants an Android version. I've never tackled poll items in perfect order; that's not how development works. I'm tackling Android now for quite a few reasons: It requires some structural changes that need to be done earlier rather than later (so they don't take more time later) It's going to be an ongoing project, so I feel like I should get started on it soon I'm excited about it The poll results mean everything; the top 20 features will be the features that I focus on for the next year or so. Stop casting such a negative light around here please; it's just unmerited and unnecessary, and doesn't do anyone any good.

The feature set between Android and Windows is far too different to really do a proper back and forth sync. That might be possible in the distant future, but not for the time being. Let's turn those bones to dust.

Eventually, yes, I am hoping so, using the Xamarin version of XAML, which is very similar to WPF's version.

Next month, LaunchBox for Solaris.

The sky is falling! Y'all, how many times have people freaked out because they were convinced that the "golden age" of LaunchBox development was over? It happened when Music Box Alpha first came out, it happened when .Next was in development, and it happened several times before that for various unmerited reasons. Nothing changed for the worse on any of those occasions, despite various people's concerns. This time it will be no different. So you can "no longer expect any great enhancements" all you want; I guess you'll just continue to be pleasantly surprised. I would appreciate it though if you guys would try not to spread unnecessary panic and fear, and try to be more positive instead.

Just to update everyone, I am currently focusing on Android development. The Android app ended up in the top ten in the poll, and over 30% of users want it, so I definitely think it's worth tackling at this point. I plan to spend the next month or so mostly focusing on Android development, including the desktop features that will also be needed. I tweeted out this image as a sneak peak:

These are the features we'll focus on for the foreseeable future, yes.

It's been like ten years since I jumped out of a plane; I'm waiting to take my son when he gets old enough. To be honest, I will probably eventually improve the marquees regardless, at least once I finally get my own marquee screen in place on my cab.

I think it is possible, but honestly I'm no longer the greatest XAML guru around here. It would probably take me a couple of hours to figure it out, all considering. I know @eatkinola has done some pretty advanced stuff like this in the past.

The platforms list is not nestable like this; however, I believe if you use the platform categories list, and edit your platforms not to be in a platform category (put them in the root), then you should be able to pull off what you're looking for here.