Jason Carr

Beta 13 is out now guys with lots of fixes to the custom spacing options for LaunchBox.Next, which should make things more straightforward and obvious, as well as look a bit cleaner. Because of the changes, your LaunchBox.Next custom spacing options will be reset when upgrading to this beta. @Zombeaver Boxes should be centered vertically now when "Align Text Vertically" is enabled, and it should no longer mess up the spacing if you don't have any text visible.

Since we're so close to getting rid of OG LaunchBox, I think I'm gonna just leave it the same and once OG LaunchBox is replaced then we'll be good to go (as opposed to having to switch it and then switch it back). I'm tempted to do something to push users on the upcoming official release to use Next instead of OG though. Not sure what we'll do, but I'm thinking about it.

Same issue as Zombeaver above. However, I'm fixing some things and making this more obvious for the next beta.

Thanks; this has been fixed for the next beta.

Sure, this can be done by just making a backup copy of your Data folder. I understand that you'd like the process to be easier though. I'll consider that a feature request.

Alright, I'll do some more testing on Windows 7 to see if there's any chance I can replicate.

Good to hear that it's resolved. I wonder if maybe it was related to the playlists. What happens if you move your playlists over from the old install to the new one? It's also possible that it was caused by a corrupt media item, but in that case it's still something I need to fix. If you have any way to further pinpoint the problem, I would really appreciate it.

It's probably the Align Text Vertically option that is causing the issue for you.

I just implemented the last missing feature and it's out in the beta 12 release (custom spacing options). We'll be putting out the next official release very soon, I hope.

I'm sorry @Colorman3605, but I'm still not following.

Beta 12 is out now with the last feature on the list finally implemented: custom spacing options. So I believe all that is left is weird one-off bugs that are happening on certain systems, like the above. Hopefully we can get those figured out soon.

No, none of that is normal or expected. It seems that rare machines are having occasional video/rendering issues with the app, but I have yet to be able to replicate anything. It's not going to be a fun problem to solve, but it's on my plate. In the mean time, try updating video drivers and make sure you have all the latest Windows updates. Just another crappy, over-zealous anti-virus program crying wolf, unfortunately. I go to great lengths to make sure that official releases don't trigger false alarms, but I can't do that for every beta release.

Yes, making a copy of your data folder will back up all settings and metadata. If you're looking to change media though, you'll need to back up your media folders as well.

Beta 11 is out now with game hover icons implemented, so all that is left is the custom spacing options, which are next. I also fixed the Add Game issue above.

Beta 11 is out now with the following: Game hover icons have now been implemented in LaunchBox.Next Fixed LaunchBox.Next not scrolling properly to the new game when adding This completes LaunchBox.Next, sans for the promised custom spacing options. Those are next. I'll be looking to resolve the outstanding issues we're discussing here as well before the next official release.

I'm not quite following, unfortunately. Can you rephrase?

Can you post a screenshot of this happening? The spacing should increase/decrease as you drag the slider, and then all the images should be refreshing once you release the slider. Is the refresh not happening?

I haven't been able to replicate this; let me know if you or anyone else has figured out a way to consistently replicate it. Just fixed this for the next beta. I'll do some more testing with image updates, though I still haven't been able to replicate any of it, so I'm somewhat at a loss. The only thing I can think of currently is that maybe something is interfering with the deletions or changes and causing the process to error out. Can you check to see if the images are actually deleted when it occurs on a delete?

@Retro808 Of course, I can't replicate it. My setting was set to auto, and tried all the other options and none of them caused issues. So, hmm.

As of beta 10, which just came out, we now have game controller features in .Next. There's only two items left, which should go fairly quickly: Custom spacing options (with # of text lines too) Mouse cursor popup options I should be able to implement these this week, and then we'll look to put out the next official release. Assuming all goes as expected, the 8.4 release will be the last official release to contain OG LaunchBox.

Beta 10 is out now with game controller support for LaunchBox.Next (finally). I took a slightly different approach than OG LaunchBox, but I believe this provides much better accessibility throughout. Basically, the controller just acts as the standard Windows mouse cursor. The buttons can still be assigned to do the same various tasks, sans for two of them: full screen (which doesn't exist and isn't planned to since .Next is already full screen when you turn off the sidebars) and top menu, which is pretty much irrelevant. @MadK9 Any update on that issue you were having? @kmoney I'm not sure if your issue is the same as @MadK9's. It sounds like it's not showing in the list at all for him, though I could be wrong. I haven't been able to replicate .Next not scrolling to the new game though. Does it happen every time for you? @Retro808 That's an odd one. The only thing I can figure is some kind of darn video driver bug, but if it's freezing .Next, there may still be something I can do to get around it. The problem is figuring out where it's happening in the code. I'll at least see if I can replicate it by changing MAME.

Honestly, no, it's not at all easy to implement lol. There are a lot of features on the to-do list that are very useful and supposedly "small and easy to implement". The point of the playlists is to group your games as you wish, not to watch them in order. I see the value in that feature, but this is the very first time that that request has come in, so I'm doubtful that it would be a very common request.

That is not currently a feature. Honestly I don't think it would be a common request, but feel free to request it using Help & Support > Request a Feature in the header. Keep in mind that this thread is for missing features in LaunchBox.Next that are in the original LaunchBox. Let's try and keep this thread focused on that.

@voicesinthedark Hehehe. @kerszr I may do them on occasion still going forward, but being the hermit that I am it got to be a bit too much and I kept getting burned out.

For what it's worth, I fixed the zero volume issue in the latest beta. It no longer defaults to zero volume. Are you referring to a games playlist or a music playlist?