Jason Carr

Wow, another new issue I've never heard of lol. It's pretty strange that something would be opening an Explorer window; I'm 99% sure that Big Box wouldn't be doing that, so I'm guessing it's related to Rocket Launcher. I don't have any further ideas there unfortunately.

We'll have a fix for this out in the next couple of days. It's already mostly there but we're tweaking some minor things elsewhere. Since Steam keeps killing our API keys, we're going to require the user to get their own key and use it.

Thank you @Goldug. Real life is always the priority.

@Capalay That's an odd one. We're using Windows' built-in functions for screen management so I have no idea why there would be a problem there (and it's going to be pretty hard to reproduce without your hardware). One thing that might work to try is to change the primary monitor on your setup, if that's possible. You can change that under the Windows display settings. Beyond that, you can try switching up the video outputs on your video card, if that's possible. Lastly, if I had to guess it would most likely be a video card driver issue, so make sure your drivers are 100% up to date.

Hi @MrBrovvn, that would be awesome! The Russian translation package is available on the first page of this thread. Please read the first few posts of the thread for instructions on getting started. Thank you very much!

Hmm, the fact that I am able to replicate it suggests that it's not just a one-off, though it certainly could have been caused by a Windows update that we both installed. Come to think of it, it's likely caused by a plugin, but you probably already know that since I'm guessing this is related to using a font that isn't installed. I don't have any ideas as to what I could do to fix the problem, honestly. I'm betting it's somehow related to the plugin that provides the font functionality, but without that code I can't really troubleshoot it further.

Alright, here's the full error: Exception of type 'System.Exception' was thrown. App: Big Box Version: 8.2-beta-2 Type: System.Exception Site: Void ThrowExceptionForHRInternal(Int32, IntPtr) Source: mscorlib at System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal.ThrowExceptionForHRInternal(Int32 errorCode, IntPtr errorInfo) at System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal.ThrowExceptionForHR(Int32 errorCode, IntPtr errorInfo) at MS.Internal.Text.TextInterface.Native.Util.ConvertHresultToException(Int32 hr) at MS.Internal.Text.TextInterface.Factory.GetFontCollection(Uri uri) at MS.Internal.FontCache.DWriteFactory.GetFontCollectionFromFileOrFolder(Uri fontCollectionUri, Boolean isFolder) at MS.Internal.FontCache.FamilyCollection.FromUri(Uri folderUri) at System.Windows.Media.FontFamily.LookupFontFamilyAndFace(CanonicalFontFamilyReference canonicalFamilyReference, FontStyle& style, FontWeight& weight, FontStretch& stretch) at System.Windows.Media.FontFamily.FindFirstFontFamilyAndFace(FontStyle& style, FontWeight& weight, FontStretch& stretch) at System.Windows.Media.Typeface.ConstructCachedTypeface() at System.Windows.Media.Typeface.get_CachedTypeface() at MS.Internal.TextFormatting.SimpleTextLine..ctor(FormatSettings settings, Int32 cpFirst, Int32 paragraphWidth, ArrayList runs, Int32& trailing, Int32& trailingSpaceWidth, Double pixelsPerDip) at MS.Internal.TextFormatting.SimpleTextLine.Create(FormatSettings settings, Int32 cpFirst, Int32 paragraphWidth, Double pixelsPerDip) at MS.Internal.TextFormatting.TextFormatterImp.FormatLineInternal(TextSource textSource, Int32 firstCharIndex, Int32 lineLength, Double paragraphWidth, TextParagraphProperties paragraphProperties, TextLineBreak previousLineBreak, TextRunCache textRunCache) at MS.Internal.TextFormatting.TextFormatterImp.FormatLine(TextSource textSource, Int32 firstCharIndex, Double paragraphWidth, TextParagraphProperties paragraphProperties, TextLineBreak previousLineBreak, TextRunCache textRunCache) at System.Windows.Controls.TextBlock.MeasureOverride(Size constraint) at System.Windows.FrameworkElement.MeasureCore(Size availableSize) at System.Windows.UIElement.Measure(Size availableSize) at System.Windows.Controls.Grid.MeasureOverride(Size constraint) at System.Windows.FrameworkElement.MeasureCore(Size availableSize) at System.Windows.UIElement.Measure(Size availableSize) at System.Windows.Controls.Canvas.MeasureOverride(Size constraint) at System.Windows.FrameworkElement.MeasureCore(Size availableSize) at System.Windows.UIElement.Measure(Size availableSize) at MS.Internal.Helper.MeasureElementWithSingleChild(UIElement element, Size constraint) at System.Windows.Controls.ContentPresenter.MeasureOverride(Size constraint) at System.Windows.FrameworkElement.MeasureCore(Size availableSize) at System.Windows.UIElement.Measure(Size availableSize) at System.Windows.Controls.Border.MeasureOverride(Size constraint) at System.Windows.FrameworkElement.MeasureCore(Size availableSize) at System.Windows.UIElement.Measure(Size availableSize) at System.Windows.Controls.Control.MeasureOverride(Size constraint) at System.Windows.FrameworkElement.MeasureCore(Size availableSize) at System.Windows.UIElement.Measure(Size availableSize) at MS.Internal.Helper.MeasureElementWithSingleChild(UIElement element, Size constraint) at System.Windows.Controls.ContentPresenter.MeasureOverride(Size constraint) at System.Windows.FrameworkElement.MeasureCore(Size availableSize) at System.Windows.UIElement.Measure(Size availableSize) at System.Windows.Documents.AdornerDecorator.MeasureOverride(Size constraint) at System.Windows.FrameworkElement.MeasureCore(Size availableSize) at System.Windows.UIElement.Measure(Size availableSize) at Unbroken.LaunchBox.Wpf.Transitions.TransitionPresenter.MeasureOverride(Size availableSize) at System.Windows.FrameworkElement.MeasureCore(Size availableSize) at System.Windows.UIElement.Measure(Size availableSize) at System.Windows.Controls.Grid.MeasureCell(Int32 cell, Boolean forceInfinityV) at System.Windows.Controls.Grid.MeasureCellsGroup(Int32 cellsHead, Size referenceSize, Boolean ignoreDesiredSizeU, Boolean forceInfinityV, Boolean& hasDesiredSizeUChanged) at System.Windows.Controls.Grid.MeasureOverride(Size constraint) at System.Windows.FrameworkElement.MeasureCore(Size availableSize) at System.Windows.UIElement.Measure(Size availableSize) at MS.Internal.Helper.MeasureElementWithSingleChild(UIElement element, Size constraint) at System.Windows.Controls.ContentPresenter.MeasureOverride(Size constraint) at System.Windows.FrameworkElement.MeasureCore(Size availableSize) at System.Windows.UIElement.Measure(Size availableSize) at System.Windows.Documents.AdornerDecorator.MeasureOverride(Size constraint) at System.Windows.FrameworkElement.MeasureCore(Size availableSize) at System.Windows.UIElement.Measure(Size availableSize) at System.Windows.Controls.Border.MeasureOverride(Size constraint) at System.Windows.FrameworkElement.MeasureCore(Size availableSize) at System.Windows.UIElement.Measure(Size availableSize) at System.Windows.Window.MeasureOverrideHelper(Size constraint) at System.Windows.Window.MeasureOverride(Size availableSize) at System.Windows.FrameworkElement.MeasureCore(Size availableSize) at System.Windows.UIElement.Measure(Size availableSize) at System.Windows.ContextLayoutManager.UpdateLayout() at System.Windows.Controls.ItemsControl.OnBringItemIntoView(ItemInfo info) at Unbroken.LaunchBox.Wpf.BigBox.ViewModels.TextListViewModel.Items_OnSelectionChanged(Object sender, SelectionChangedEventArgs e) at Unbroken.LaunchBox.Wpf.BigBox.ViewModels.TextListViewModel.<>c__DisplayClass17_0.<InitializeLogoImage>b__1() at System.Windows.Threading.DispatcherOperation.InvokeDelegateCore() at System.Windows.Threading.DispatcherOperation.InvokeImpl() --- End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown --- at System.Runtime.ExceptionServices.ExceptionDispatchInfo.Throw() at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.HandleNonSuccessAndDebuggerNotification(Task task) at System.Windows.Threading.DispatcherOperation.Wait(TimeSpan timeout) at System.Windows.Threading.Dispatcher.InvokeImpl(DispatcherOperation operation, CancellationToken cancellationToken, TimeSpan timeout) at System.Windows.Threading.Dispatcher.Invoke(Action callback, DispatcherPriority priority, CancellationToken cancellationToken, TimeSpan timeout) at System.Windows.Threading.Dispatcher.Invoke(Action callback, DispatcherPriority priority) at Unbroken.LaunchBox.Wpf.Threading.Invoke(Action callback, DispatcherPriority priority) at Unbroken.LaunchBox.Wpf.BigBox.ViewModels.TextListViewModel.<InitializeLogoImage>b__17_0(ImageSource source) at Unbroken.LaunchBox.Wpf.BigBox.ImageLoader.LoadImages(Object unused) at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.RunInternal(ExecutionContext executionContext, ContextCallback callback, Object state, Boolean preserveSyncCtx) at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.Run(ExecutionContext executionContext, ContextCallback callback, Object state, Boolean preserveSyncCtx) at System.Threading.QueueUserWorkItemCallback.System.Threading.IThreadPoolWorkItem.ExecuteWorkItem() at System.Threading.ThreadPoolWorkQueue.Dispatch() It appears that indeed it is somehow an error with a font, specifically the System.Windows.Media.FontFamily.LookUpFontFamilyAndFace method, but those are all internal methods and I can't seem to figure out why they'd fail. The first non-MS method is Unbroken.LaunchBox.Wpf.BigBox.ViewModels.TextListViewModel.Items_OnSelectionChanged, which suggests that it's happening when an item is selected. Furthermore, per my code, it seems to be happening when Big Box tries to scroll the selected item in the list box into view. Of course none of this makes sense or really helps us solve the issue, so I'm fairly clueless. We've probably run into a weird WPF glitch or something. I guess what I would try and do is remove customized XAML piece by piece to try and narrow down which piece of XAML might be causing it, but this is pretty strange. Sorry I can't be more help @shinra358. The theme is looking awesome though.

You can go ahead and remove the Unbroken.LaunchBox.Library reference as it's no longer needed anywhere. I'm not sure about UserControlStyle though; I'd have to dive into that one.

Odd. I have seen a Stack Overflow Exception caused by XAML before though I think. But yeah, per the screenshot it does appear to be font/text-related. If you want to PM me the theme @shinra358 I can debug it from my end to see what's going on.

This option simply relies on the system timeouts for going to sleep; we don't have any logic or code in there currently for the app putting the system to sleep itself (outside of the system menu). We can come back to that at another time if it's a popular request. I thought that had already been implemented...

Let me know if you're still seeing this with beta 2. Honestly I'm guessing it was an outside influence or a random fluke since so little changed for the beta 1 release.

Alright, beta 2 is out now folks with the following: - New Feature: The list view in LaunchBox now allows you to hide and show columns by right-clicking on the column headers, and will save your preferences as well as the column order - Improvement: A new "Show Platform Banner Images" option was added to Big Box to allow you to hide the platform banner images if you don't want them obstructing the view of the background; the setting is available under Options > Images. - Improvement: A new "Allow Computer to Sleep while not in Attract Mode" option has been added to the Big Box General options for users who want Big Box to allow their computers to sleep - Fixed: Sorting by title in the LaunchBox list view now correctly sorts by Sort Title - Fixed: When using the search box in LaunchBox, the scroll position was not reset which was sometimes confusing because it appeared that not all results were shown - Fixed: The images portion of the Edit Game dialog had some minor positioning issues on higher DPIs I also fixed the button placement/sizing issues that were showing up for translations in the main window (this was introduced in beta 1).

It's likely. Thanks for the heads-up. I'll take a look.

I'm not exactly following the question @greengeek, but LaunchBox will automatically pick up media that is named correctly and in the correct folder, yes, but it is not currently customizable. It will pick up videos and images that either match the name of the ROM file, or match the title of the game. We could add further customization to it all in the future, but it probably won't be a priority for the short term.

@Naxster Please email support@unbrokensoftware.com and we'll help you out. Though I'm rather confident that the latest versions should not be any slower than the 7.x releases, so it's likely some sort of external influence causing the slowdowns.

Thanks @mysteryman3rd, though that's a different issue than the issue in this thread. Somehow it's a loading order issue with VLC that I haven't been able to get figured out. It's on my list.

I can confirm that I can replicate this with the Spanish translation. I'm not sure how it got messed up but I'll get it fixed.

Gotcha. Try temporarily removing those plugins; it's possible that they're causing the memory issue.

It's possible that that is an issue with the translation. I assume that's Spanish?

Also need to know if any plugins are installed. I know we've had issues in the past with the VLC-related plugins, so that very well could be the issue (including theme plugins).

Wondering if there's some kind of fluke there @wallmachine. Have you tried rebooting to see if it's still happening? So little has changed in Big Box since 8.0 that I fail to see how any memory issues could have been introduced. If you are able to reproduce it after a reboot, can you confirm if it's VLC-related? Try using WMP just for testing to see if it still occurs.

What I meant is that your image priorities settings are configured to display images in two different places, which I don't believe is typical. Specifically displaying screenshots in fanart, though I could be wrong.

@JamesBond@ge Once the votes that are coming in slow down to a crawl, the results never change. Whether you had voted late or not honestly would have made no difference at all in the poll results. I've seen this now through several of our polls. Once the polls hit a couple thousands votes, the results almost never change. I'm sorry you missed the poll, but it really wouldn't have made any difference at all. Also, @Azgorath is just trying to help and answer your questions. You just shot the messenger for no good reason. Chill out.

Then I'm baffled. I do have some more ideas, but they're admittedly all shots in the dark. Try uninstalling/reinstalling the latest version of the .NET Framework from here: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=56116

So it sounds like you have your image categories configured so that some images are showing up twice in the sidebar, which is causing some issues. I'll have to take a look to see if there's anything we can do there.