Jason Carr

@sxetikos I have the translation into the latest 8.1 beta, so you can test it. We are going to be putting out a quick fix 8.1 release either today or tomorrow though, and I'll disable it temporarily again for that official release until we're confident in everything.

Converting to Excel files doesn't sound like it would help unless it can go the other way (convert from Excel back into resx). Ultimately, it's the resx files that the app uses so that has to be the end result. Conversions do scare me a little since we have run into problems in the past with extra entries in the resx files, etc. So if you do find a new way to do it, it would probably be best to test it with one file before proceeding with the rest.

That error unfortunately has to do with the plugin, so the plugin author would have to fix it. I don't have the code for the plugin so there's really nothing I can do there. Maybe see if you can report it to the plugin author.

Did you copy a Hyperspin XML into the LaunchBox Data\Platforms folder? If so, that just isn't going to work.

Generally only if you have problems. But that error means that either the theme is somehow broken, or the theme isn't installed properly.

This is an error loading games XML. I've never seen this error before; by chance did the XML of anything get modified outside of LaunchBox? What plugins do you have installed?

@kostas I responded elsewhere. Please don't double-post.

@kostas That's an error with the Ao.BigBox.Utils plugin. But actually it looks like maybe the theme is invalid and the correct resources aren't loaded. Maybe check to make sure that you have the latest version of the theme.

Keep in mind guys that not everything on this list will necessarily make it in before the next poll. Generally, everything on the top-voted half of the list will, but things with minimal votes probably won't. Just a clarification there.

Beta is out:

Hey all, I have the first 8.1 beta out with the following: - Fixed: Alphanumeric navigation in LaunchBox caused a conflict with arrow key navigation (jumping to games starting with "Up") - Fixed: On rare occasions when switching themes in Big Box and returning to the filters view, the details were not populated and Escape could not be used without first switching the selection We'll be looking to put out the official 8.1 release relatively quickly, specifically to resolve the first issue above, assuming everything tests out.

I should have a beta out with a fix for this later today guys.

The problem we have is that Fruit Machines isn't really a platform, though we definitely need a better way to categorize arcade games on the database. We use playlists in the app, of course, but I don't think that data is accessible on the DB website.

Thank you! I'll get this into a beta here shortly.

Yeah, do be careful, because the last thing we want is to end up with a complete translation that we can't use. The important thing is that it ends up in the correct .resx format.

At least there's that. But, yes, I'll definitely be doing some testing to see if there's anything I can do to fix the issue. Thanks again guys.

Yeah, agreed. That's not a good thing. I use nVidia on all my machines of course, so at least it should be easy enough to test. I assume the overlay stuff isn't enabled by default, though, right?

Did you happen to update your nVidia drivers recently @Vhero? I'm curious if the issue has anything to do with LaunchBox 8.0, or if it's just the drivers.

Lol, wow, another oddity. There is the ability to hide the taskbar in Big Box, so I expect that would help. It's in the General options I believe.

Good to hear. Sounds like I have some testing to do with that overlay.

WOW. Very, very good sleuthing sir. Thanks for figuring that out. I'll definitely look into that to see if there's anything we can do to fix that. It's also puzzling how that would have changed for 8.0. Still, so glad we have a good lead, at least.

In theory though this should be similar to using Safe Mode, so that might be an easier thing to try.

Another thing you could try, just to rule out any weird conflicts like that, is to kill every process you can from Task Manager temporarily and see if the problem still occurs. Thanks for sticking with me on this one guys; we'll get it figured out. We just have to figure out what on earth is unique on you guys' systems that is causing the issue.

This is another complete shot in the dark, but I noticed Corsair Utility Engine in the list. There were several threads a while back about it somehow interfering with things, such as this thread: By any chance do you both have that in Task Manager? What happens if you kill that process?

Okay, good to know. And yet I assume LaunchBox loads quickly on that machine?