Jason Carr

Pretty much all Big Box needs for a GUI refresher is a new theme, so probably not. Big Box is already pretty modern across the board tech-wise. There's certainly plenty we can do to add to it and probably performance improvements we can make (not to mention all the feature requests and items from the poll), but I don't think starting over on the Big Box interface is a good idea or would gain us any real ground. After all, LaunchBox.Next is basically built on the same tech as Big Box (WPF and a lot of the underlying Big Box code).

@Tromzy Did we get you all fixed up? Please let me know if not. Thanks for the purchase!

Thanks all. I am aware of the issue of the games not populating on first launch. Should have a new beta out early next week.

He doesn't, I can tell from the screenshot. It could just be a Windows 7 thing (haven't tested it there). That said, in theory it should be an easy fix for me.

Ha, that's funny. I'm guessing it has to do with the plugin image being so big. I'll see what I can do.

Should be fixed in beta 4, all. Please let me know if not.

Coming, yes.

Configure should work for games that have a configuration path entered in.

New beta is out guys. We now have a new right-click menu, some minor updated styles, and various fixes. It should now at least work for a daily driver even though there are still quite a few missing features (most prominently for the moment a missing main menu).

Beta 4 is out now guys with a hopeful fix for the jumbled side bar items in the old LaunchBox, as well as some new stuff for LaunchBox.Next. I believe the above reported issues have been fixed, and we now have a right-click menu. Some minor styles have been updated, the buttons on the bottom all now work, etc.

This is a side-effect of the fix we put in for search usability. I probably won't put in extra effort here for the previous version of LaunchBox, because of LaunchBox.Next. We can re-address with LaunchBox.Next depending on how it's working there.

Hi @Melter, sorry to hear about the trouble. I assume LaunchBox itself is starting just fine? I don't have a whole lot more ideas other than what's already been listed in this thread, but do make sure your video drivers are up to date. You can also try temporarily stopping/closing all background apps to see if something might be interfering. In the past we've heard about some strange conflicts with poorly-written software from Corsair, so that could be a lead. If at any point you'd rather just give up, just let us know and we'll get you a refund.

Thanks guys. Thought I'd give y'all an update after development today, even though there's no new beta out yet. I've been working on implementing all of the right-click menu functionality, which is more extensive than you'd think lol. So the focus for the next beta will be adding in all of the right-click menu options (and making the buttons at the bottom all work), so that should at least make it functional as a daily driver. Look for a new beta either tomorrow or Wednesday.

This is still on my plate for the next beta.

Once we get the Arrange By functionality implemented, this secondary line will change based on what field you're arranging by. Thanks all. Good to hear.

Yes, menus have yet to be implemented.

Thanks guys, I'll take a look.

@dabblerblue Is this new in the latest beta for you as well?

You can download the backgrounds from this theme:

There's always a risk with betas. That said, I don't think there's significantly more risk here than usual with beta releases. Edit: Back up your stuff.

LaunchBox.Next is now available in the latest beta release. It's a complete overhaul for the main LaunchBox interface: LaunchBox.Next is: Free for all users Much smoother and faster than the previous interface Based on the work we did for the Music Box Alpha UI Available in addition to the existing LaunchBox interface (you can switch back and forth between them at will) Why did we decide to build this? THIS WASN'T ON THE POLL! We've had numerous requests to modernize the LaunchBox interface ever since Music Box Alpha came out and showed a more modern interface The new interface will help significantly in implementing a number of items on the poll (it's much more convenient to develop for) It resolves a number of long-running performance issues and bugs that were very difficult to fix with Windows Forms (the tech used in the previous LaunchBox interface) It opens LaunchBox up to be just as attractive and flashy as Big Box (for the future - background videos anyone?) What features are planned for LaunchBox.Next? LaunchBox.Next will be getting every single feature that is currently in the regular LaunchBox interface, though much of it is still in development All popup dialogs will remain the same as the regular LaunchBox interface (at least at first), so nothing will need to be re-learned Will LaunchBox.Next be replacing the current LaunchBox interface? Eventually, yes. However, until every single feature in the regular interface has been implemented in LaunchBox.Next, both versions will be available side-by-side. We will divide our development time between LaunchBox.Next and developing items from the poll until LaunchBox.Next is fully implemented Thanks all; please let us know your thoughts below. To download the latest beta, open up LaunchBox and go to Tools > Options > General > Updates, and check the box to Update to Beta Releases. Once you restart LaunchBox, you should be prompted to update, or the update will be downloaded in the background if you have that option enabled.

Beta 3 is out now guys with some big stuff. First off, the Steam import wizard has been fixed to require the user to get their own API key, since Steam keeps killing ours for whatever stupid reason. Secondly, before I get into the big thing, please know that we've been working on the "Options to Filter Out Games that are Missing Images/Media" item from the poll. However, it's been kicking our butt because it's proving very difficult to pull off without running into major performance issues. So that is already working, but I've removed it from the beta release because it's just not ready yet. And the big thing...LaunchBox.Next is now available; it's a complete overhaul for the main LaunchBox interface. It's largely still in development, but you can try it out by clicking the LaunchBox.Next button in the header or running the new LaunchBox.Next.exe file from the LaunchBox folder. Quick screenie: I will be posting shortly about the reasons we're building this and the details in a separate post. I'll link it here in a bit.

What video playback engine are you using? WMP or VLC?

We'll take a look at this. Thanks guys.

@ZeSystem We had some licensing issues with AutoHotkey in the past due to the GPL license on it. Because of that we're only allowed to run the EXE, and we can't link to it in any other way, so unfortunately, due to open source licensing restrictions, we can't further integrate that.