Jason Carr

This could be improved, as I believe right now it just downloads everything.

Hey all, the first 9.0 beta is out with the following: - Fixed: Generating MAME/Arcade playlists on importing games was still restricted to premium users (previously we removed the premium restriction for playlists) - Fixed: Launch With in Big Box is now sorted alphabetically - Fixed: The list type drop down in LaunchBox is now sorted alphabetically - Fixed: Field drop downs in the LaunchBox playlist editor are now sorted alphabetically - Fixed: The PluginHelper.DataManager.GetAllParents() plugin method was not working properly I'll be focusing on fixes for a bit before diving into the meat of this release.

FYI, this was implemented a while ago. You can now hide the options to change views while Big Box is locked. I know there are further requests (such as moving all the view types to a submenu), but I'll have to address that at a later date.

I believe I have this fixed for the next beta. Should be out later today.

I have this fixed for the next beta @eatkinola.

You would have to manually place the image into the correct subfolder, for example LaunchBox\Images\Nintendo Entertainment System\Box - Front\Japan. There may be an issue if the region doesn't match up exactly, so that's my guess as to what might be going on there. The name of the last folder should match the name of the region.

The codec thing is specific to WMP. The theme works with WMP on your system, so all you should need to do is get the right codecs to get all the videos to play using WMP. VLC does not need codecs, of course, but the issue there will be difficult to solve, since it seems to be specific to both your machine and those themes. A much easier solution would just be to get the right codecs for WMP.

It sounds like whatever icon or EXE you're using for Big Box is the wrong one. Make sure you're pointed to the same folder for both LaunchBox and Big Box.

Yes, that's correct. The data needs to be correct on the database (and contain both MD and SG art) to handle it correctly.

Ah, gotcha. Yes, that is how it's designed, though I understand how that could be confusing. I'm actually not sure if you can override the Recent and Favorites image type in the XAML currenlty; I don't think you can, actually. Hopefully I can get to the recent and favorites relatively soon.

Will do @eatkinola. Sorry for the trouble.

Okay; sounds like I just haven't caught all the places that I need to fix it yet then. I'll keep looking.

Performance improvements along the way have introduced an issue here I think. It's on my list to look into.

The recent games section should be responding to whatever key or button is bound to the "Switch Image Type" shortcut key in Big Box. Each platform remembers its own image type, and yes, currently that image type is the same across LaunchBox and Big Box. I'm not fully following what isn't working correctly there. Are you trying to override this in the XAML? I'm not aware of a way to make the images centered, but there is probably a way to do it. I'll admit that the Recent and Favorites sections were never fleshed out very much because they weren't commonly used by themes. I can look into fleshing them out more though, but it might be a bit yet.

Lol. You're not the first.

LaunchBox should automatically prioritize which image to display if the Region field on the games are set correctly, even if each game shows both images in the list.

Per the license issue, most likely you're somehow working with the wrong folders/wrong copies of LaunchBox. You can try registering the license via Help > License Registration instead. Per the 360 controller, can you post a screenshot of your controller settings in the LaunchBox options?

Since it's a theme-specific issue, I would request that we go through the theme developers in order to troubleshoot it. Otherwise, I would recommend trying some different codec packs and sticking with WMP; you should be able to find codecs that fix the issue.

ETA Prime will also have a tutorial out shortly.

Yes, but there will be some side effects to that, so that's not really recommended.

@RogerioX In all honesty, you received a kind and polite response from @Retro808. You were not "told off" and nothing he said should have been offensive. I really don't understand why there was an issue here at all. Regardless, yes, this is still on my shortlist, and I will get it resolved.

Currently, anything that has children is sorted first in the list. I agree that we should make this optional; I'll add that to my list.

Okay, very good to know. I think it's safe to assume that it's being caused by the update popup somehow. I'll look into that. Thanks for all that testing @Bedwyr. The game details sidebar has never shown *all* types of media, though I agree that it probably should, or at least we should provide the option. I believe that currently it just shows screenshots and fanart.

I will look to update VLC here soon.