Jason Carr

More features do not equate to more "processes", nor does it necessarily affect startup time. Most people here can attest to the fact that LaunchBox these days starts up faster than it used to, not slower. There's nothing to worry about here, just as there has never been in the past. If you're worried about SSD writes, do you put Windows on an SSD? Because Windows is worse than LaunchBox will ever be...

It has to do with how fast or slow the wheel spins. You can use the Notes field for this, or any other field, really. Status works, though it depends on what theme you're using and where stuff is displayed in Big Box in that theme.

All very interesting. I can say for certain that the Android version would be a single "forever license" purchase, and it would certainly be cheaper than $12 as well.

I don't see that as something we're likely to tackle, unfortunately. Every emulator configuration is completely different, and I can just see it being a horrible mess, even just for Retroarch. That is something I'd like to see as well. I might just add that in at some point because I'd like it for my own cab.

Try deleting your LaunchBox\Data\Settings.xml file. That will clear out your settings though...

There is an item on the poll to add a GOG API importer, which is what you would need for GOG. There is also a plugin available for this already. You can also already import uninstalled Steam games using the Steam importer.

Yeah, it's basically just a YouTube URL of game play in some form. Obviously footage without watermarks is preferred, but we're not too picky as there's not always good footage available.

I have to admit I had that same thought lol. I've heard it before I think but somehow it never stuck.

I am reading though.

Agreed.

Yeah, too late to combine poll items, but I can certainly implement them together if they're voted high enough.

In case you missed the stream, here it is:

Hi @FlightRisk, yeah, I get you. #2 is on the poll as "Indicator/Icon for Games with Multiple Versions Available". #1 unfortunately did not end up on the poll.

Welcome to the LaunchBox 2019 New Feature Poll! This list was community sourced from BitBucket, the forums, and vetted over via a live stream with the community. Please vote above on all features that you would like to prioritize for LaunchBox development. Feel free to ask any questions about poll items below. The poll will be live until Monday, July 22nd. Happy voting. Edit: The poll is complete! Here are the detailed results in a format that makes slightly more sense: # Item User Votes Percentage of Users Who Voted 1 Xbox Controller and PS4 Controller Home Button Support 1,062 62.54% 2 Icons for Types of Controls (Keyboard/Mouse, PS4/Xbox Controller, Wiimote, Nunchuk, etc.) 746 43.93% 3 Backup and Restore Options for Data and Settings 687 40.46% 4 Video Clip Grabber for Missing Videos 608 35.81% 5 Indicator/Icon for Games with Multiple Versions Available 594 34.98% 6 Filter to Games with Missing Media 590 34.75% 7 Retro Achievements Gamer Score, Profile, and Leaderboards 567 33.39% 8 Add Alternate Names, Game Type, Max Players, Wikipedia Link, and Video Link fields from the LaunchBox Games Database to LaunchBox 544 32.04% 9 New Paid Android Version (Select Games on the Desktop, Export to Android) 539 31.74% 10 Visual icon/indicator for Broken Games 535 31.51% 11 Media Cleanup Overhaul - Review/Change Items, Move to Folder or Delete 525 30.92% 12 Option to Manually Check for Updates 524 30.86% 13 Integrate MAME High Scores and Show Community Scores 499 29.39% 14 Bulk Edit Platform and Move Media to Proper Folders 497 29.27% 15 Big Box Theme-Specific Settings (Save and Restore Settings for Each Theme) 474 27.92% 16 Automatic Multi-Disc Playlist Creation for Retroarch 470 27.68% 17 Integrated Retroarch Netplay Lobby Browser 458 26.97% 18 Big Box Wall View Overhaul 451 26.56% 19 Option to Force Update Games Database Metadata 446 26.27% 20 Auditing Overhaul - Add Missing Fields and Allow Full-Library Audits 434 25.56% 21 Add Sort By Options to Big Box (another item in the alphanumeric list) 433 25.50% 22 Marquee Video Support, Customization Options for Placement and Image Types 422 24.85% 23 Steam Achievements in Details like Retro Achievements 422 24.85% 24 New Document Fields for Hintbooks, Cheats, and Maps 417 24.56% 25 Game Screenshot Grabber 410 24.15% 26 Proper Support for MAME Software Lists 392 23.09% 27 API importer for GOG 387 22.79% 28 Previous and Next Buttons in LaunchBox Edit Window 365 21.50% 29 Platform-specific Zoom and Aspect Ratios for LaunchBox 332 19.55% 30 Per-Game AutoHotkey Script Support 329 19.38% 31 Display Platform/Playlist/Category Information in the LaunchBox Game Details Sidebar when No Game is Selected 327 19.26% 32 Amiga WHD Name Conversion (Like MAME) 325 19.14% 33 Bulk Edit Additional Apps 294 17.31% 34 Allow Launch With for Additional Apps/Versions 282 16.61% 35 Big Box Parental Restrictions (Use Pin Code to Hide Games with Certain Ratings) 251 14.78% 36 Proper Support for Year-Only Release Dates 250 14.72% 37 Option to Name Media via ROM File Name instead of Game Title (where possible, won't work for non-ROM-based platforms) 235 13.84% 38 Disable Certain Controllers (such as Flight Sticks), Multiple Controllers with Different Bindings 222 13.07% 39 Option to Reverse Sort Order in LaunchBox 217 12.78% 40 Parsec Integration 173 10.19%

@Turv3y Please zip up and PM me your LaunchBox\Data folder. I'll look to see what's going on.

Dude, focus on your wedding and enjoy it! The stream is not anywhere near important enough to watch on your wedding day.

You should be squared away now @Artieag.

We'll respond to you via email @Artieag.

Just to clarify, there are no errors. Only licenses that are pirated, but it's not always the fault of the end user. In this case, it was a hard drive seller.

Not currently. You could try making files read-only, but you might run into some errors.

Unfortunately Windows does not make that easy, because file permissions can be very complicated. This is a step-by-step process that should work though: https://www.laptopmag.com/articles/take-ownership-folder-windows-10-using-file-explorer

I'm not exactly sure how ThemeSettings.xml could be getting messed up or cause Big Box to not launch, but it if you're unable to delete it after a reboot (before running LaunchBox or Big Box), then there is definitely some sort of a file permissions issue. What folder is LaunchBox installed to? If LaunchBox doesn't have write permissions to its own folder, then it won't be able to run properly, so I suspect that's the issue.

Hi there, have you tried rebooting? What XML file are you trying to delete?

If you only want a certain set of games in your collection, all you have to do is only import those games. Then you can set Big Box to use All Games on startup.

No problem Opak, thanks. I have this updated for the next beta.