Jason Carr
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Awesome, thanks much @CTRL-ALT-DEFEAT. @keltoigael What view are you using in those themes? Does it happen with all platforms views? I'm sure there's a reason for it, it just might be hard to pinpoint. I remember watching the video on it, though; so sorry if I keep asking the same questions.
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Thank you @johnugamer; yes I did see that. I believe that is being caused by VLC. Unfortunately I won't be fixing that one for 7.5; the issue is that as long as there is a video running, it's likely to prevent your computer from sleeping. Most video games won't allow your computer to sleep either. I don't consider this really a bug, though I do understand how it's annoying. The only way I can figure to fix it would be to time out after a while and stop playing all videos.
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Thanks guys, good to hear. Though I am still seeing the issue I described above with the PlatformWheel3FiltersView, but I expect that it's probably a separate issue then.
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Alright guys, another new beta is out. I'm still planning to proceed with the official release tomorrow morning, so any testing you can do between now and then would be much appreciated. I've spent most of the day fixing and trying to reproduce obscure bugs. There are still a few outstanding bugs, but as far as I know, this release is more stable than 7.4, so it doesn't make sense to delay it. I will continue to focus on bugfixes initially after the 7.5 release. @adu Unfortunately I haven't gotten through that issue yet, but it is on my short list so I'll tackle it soon. @CTRL-ALT-DEFEAT I added quite a few more safety checks to help us debug your music lockup issue, so I'm hoping that you'll get an error message instead of a lockup if it happens again. If you're able to test between now and tomorrow morning, we may just be able to get the actual fix in before the official release. Thanks all and happy testing.
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Okay, I have that, so I'll take a look.
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@adu I just tested that stuff and couldn't reproduce it yet. Do you have Scrolling Notes enabled in Big Box under Options > Game Details > Scrolling Notes?
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Lololololol. @keltoigael There it is. That's our new official startup video. Per the Steam banner issue, @CriticalCid and I just worked it out. It turned out it was just that the image group was set to 3D boxes instead of regular boxes, and so the image priorities weren't taking effect.
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YUSSSSSS!!!!!!!
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Thanks Cid. I'm still lost on it though since I can't seem to replicate it. What happens if you refresh the images? Can you check to confirm that all the image folders are correct under Tools > Manage Platforms?
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Actually, should have @dmjohn0x upload it, that way people will know it's his.
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Hi @Amilord, do you have the right game folder configured for the platform under Tools > Manage Platforms?
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Ah, interesting. Here's the code for that situation: if (!status.GetButtonHeld(holdButton)) { return false; } if (status.GetButtonPressed(closeButton)) { string title = NativeMethods.GetActiveWindowTitle(); if (title != null && title.Contains("DOSBox")) { SendKeys.SendWait("^{F9}"); return true; } SendKeys.SendWait("{ESC}"); title = NativeMethods.GetActiveWindowTitle(); if (title != null && (title.Contains("LaunchBox") || title.Contains("Fusion"))) { return true; } SendKeys.SendWait("%{F4}"); return true; } Basically what happens is when you press the button combination it checks the active window title, and simulates certain keyboard key presses. It is possible that SendKeys (which is actually what simulates the key presses) could have a conflict with your controller, though that would be pretty odd and I've never seen that before. But at this point, assuming our assumptions above are correct, that would make the most sense.
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Has anyone seen any more issues with Steam banners? I have something on my list about them not prioritizing correctly but everything seems to be working fine with them per my testing.
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Looked into the XAML a bit, it could be caused by using the BackgroundView in a small video instead of the actual background, though I know why you did it that way. That would be my best guess as to the issue, though we need to confirm if that makes sense with how people are using the theme (what views they're using).
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I think I may have identified the issue here, but it depends on what view you guys were using. @Hexxxer For some reason the PlatformWheel3FiltersView is sometimes playing the VLC videos but they're not showing up on the screen. I haven't confirmed that this is necessarily what's causing it, but it is one issue that I'm seeing that could be causing it. I haven't dived into the XAML yet to figure out why it's happening though; I'll check it out in a bit. This could also be causing the performance issues if videos are getting loaded but never displayed, because it could mean that the videos are never getting disposed. @imdavid555 If you're still able to replicate it, what view are you seeing that error come up on?
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Thanks. Again, sorry for the endless barrage of questions. When the error comes up, has the music OSD in the bottom right been updated to reflect the new track? Or does it still say what the previous track is? Does the previous track stop or keep playing while the error message is up? Does the new track play at all?
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@imdavid555 Are you still seeing this with the latest beta version?
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Well, that does help, because at least it means it has nothing to do with the videos. Have you noticed it happening with particular games? Or is it just completely random? Also, do you have any m3u playlists in your music? Or are they all just mp3 files?
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@CTRL-ALT-DEFEAT I can't for the life of me reproduce those crashes. Can you test to see if you're still getting them if you switch to VLC? That would help clue me in to whether the problem is specific to WMP or not and would help in trying to hunt it down. @Manuel Leiria Sadly I still can't reproduce that null reference error in LaunchBox either. Which video playback engine are you using in LaunchBox? Do you have auto-play videos enabled as well or just auto-play music?
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@shinra358 Good points. I'm not sure if I'll get that change in before 7.5 but I'll see if it's feasible. @neil9000 I did it just for you.
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LaunchBox for MS-DOS Special Edition 1.0 Discussion
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Another new beta is out guys. As I stated up above I fixed the potential missing taskbar issue if Big Box crashes; it should recover just fine now. Also, I added some optimizations to reduce the CPU usage while Big Box is not in focus. That said, I'm not 100% happy with it yet, so more work is needed in that area, specifically with VLC. I get 2% CPU usage in Big Box while VLC videos are paused in the background and games are running, which doesn't really affect my systems, but probably has more of an effect on slower systems, so it is something I need to come back to. Basically, VLC is repainting the screen for the videos even while they're paused, which is just how VLC works. Worst case scenario is we could just stop and get rid of the videos when games are launched, which would solve the issue, but it would also ruin the pause and resume functionality after coming back from playing a game. Also for the optimizations, I changed the way that Big Box identifies whether or not it's in focus, so that less CPU is used when Big Box isn't in focus. Any testing you guys can do switching back and forth between Big Box and other apps (and launching games) would be appreciated.
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Thanks for those details, @CTRL-ALT-DEFEAT. I'll do some more testing with Windows Media Player as the video playback engine and see if I can figure anything out. I wouldn't think that the default emulator would have anything to do with it, but who knows; surprises are always possible.
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Alright, new beta is up with the Spanish translation updates and the new nl-NL translation. @Bardock, I haven't done a lot of testing, but things are looking decent. I'm sure there's plenty of things to fix, however. Since we're putting out the next official release tomorrow, we may want to disable the nl-NL translation temporarily until we get all the little bugs with it fixed. For example, I need to go through and resize controls where needed to make things fit, and I won't be able to do that until after the release, unfortunately. Also, any testing you can do to identify where issues are would be appreciated. If you make any updates, going forward, make sure you download the latest translation package first. That will ensure that we're not stepping on each other's toes. Thanks!
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Thank you guys, gonna get the translations into the next beta, including nl-NL.
