Jason Carr

@Bizzar721 That is indeed currently a pain point that I need to address; it's on my list.

@ckp Can you give me more details on that stuff? LaunchBox shouldn't be using the system temp folder at all anymore so I'm confused there. What are the dates on those files in the %temp% folder? It also doesn't add up for there to be backup files in the Data folder, as those should reside in the LaunchBox\Backups folder. Or is that what you meant? The LaunchBox\Backups folder should be restricted to 50 items.

Hi guys, I have the controllers already, but I haven't played with this in a while. I'll add it to my list. I have to admit though that the last time I played with it, it was a nightmare. Microsoft have screwed up the drivers for the Xbox controllers so badly as of late that it's somewhat of a disaster. We had to switch controller automation to our own solution instead of using AutoHotkey because it just wouldn't work at all. So AutoHotkey in particular might be a lost cause.

Hi Monty, this should already be possible for the most part in both LaunchBox and Big Box (though in Big Box you would have to do it in the opposite order, select your platform first and then search).

@viking Just messaged you and @Nyny77 about including both of your platform video collections in the video downloads from inside of LaunchBox.

@Jazzphone Thanks for harping at me on that; not sure how I missed it but just fixed it for the next beta. @Maddoc1007 Yeah, the music stuff does need a tutorial and also a bit of cleanup on ease-of-use. Another thing that would help is folder support so that the m3u playlist isn't required. We'll have Brad do a tutorial after 7.0 is live.

Wow, incredible theme here @viking. Thanks so much for this.

Thanks guys; we'll look into this.

Agreed, those features are indeed planned. Hopefully we can get that stuff added soon.

Thanks guys. New beta is out with the LaunchBox multi-track music support and controls in the bottom bar. Could use some major testing because a lot has changed music-wise in LaunchBox to support it all.

That actually has yet to be requested that I can recall so it hasn't been implemented. Feel free to put in a ticket for it. @Jazzphone I assume you're using a 4:3 monitor? The trouble is that it's not exactly an easy fix because of the changing aspect ratios. @Kriven I'm still hoping we can get platform categories into Big Box before 7.0, but at this point it's not a guarantee. It's still relatively high priority but we keep adding in more and more stuff to 7.0, so I need to cut it off here at some point. @drtechnolust I have indeed heard that recently about deleting games, as well as possibly that game metadata is not updating on rare occasions. If anyone has any further details on this stuff, it'd be appreciated. It's on my list to tackle before 7.0. @salyangel Will look into that.

@Drybonz, frankly, please stop spreading drama. I'm chiming in not because I want to, but because it's best for the community. You're lighting unnecessary fires here. The community uploaded the content themselves; all EmuMovies does is provide access to the FTP and allows users to share files. If you're unhappy with your personal content being available on the paid FTP, just ask for it to be removed. It's obvious that EmuMovies is not claiming exclusive access to community-uploaded content; they're also not looking to be the media police. So stop putting words in Circo's mouth and trying to fight an unnecessary fight. Stuff like this only causes drama and ends up ruining it for the entire community. This topic will be closed soon if the same passive-aggressive points keep coming up.

@Drybonz The point is that EmuMovies accepts community uploads. Of course the uploader can post that same content wherever they want, and it's their own fault if they didn't originally have permissions to upload it. If you feel that this content shouldn't be up there, then I'm sure you could raise a stink and get it removed. Unfortunately you'd be missing the entire point of the service. It's an important service that EmuMovies provides to this community, and they do a wonderful job maintaining it all and keeping it available. I know first hand how expensive it is to host this stuff, so payment has to be provided in one way or another to make it available. We personally are able to subsidize the LaunchBox Games Database with LaunchBox purchases; EmuMovies does it through donations. I don't know what your personal objective is, but honestly nitpicking on these things doesn't seem like productive discussion...

Honestly I have not tested that app, @StuDentBR. I do very much appreciate it when the community solves these issues with apps like this though. I'm sure we'll add similar features eventually but it may be a bit yet.

@Imgema I'm looking at them constantly and many of them have been completed, but the completed ones aren't showing up in the default views. Of course there are many, many requests. We're doing our absolute best to tackle the most requested tickets as quickly as possible. Our live development streams should make this rather obvious.

I believe all the bezels are indeed all downloadable for free from EmuMovies, as well as of course all of the images. The only stuff that is behind a paywall for EmuMovies is the videos, which are done by EmuMovies themselves. Even the videos now are also available for free if you want to download them manually (and they're even freely available for download in packages now directly from the site). Correct me if I'm wrong, but I do not believe that EmuMovies is charging for anything but the content they have created themselves. @circo can chime in and correct us here on the facts. I just don't want false information spreading in this thread.

@sirrell20004, I sent you the code in a PM.

Thanks @Timan; yes, our email provider is flooded and is seeing delays because of the holidays. As far as I know all emails should eventually go through, but there have been some significant delays. Sorry for the trouble there guys. I will be hounding our email provider to ensure this doesn't happen again next year (I'm guessing we'll just have to pay them more money lol).

Oh, also, enabling voice recognition can result in much higher startup times as well, so check to make sure that is off.

30-second startup time for Big Box isn't unheard of, but I was under the impression that those delays were due to large collections. A 5-second startup time should be more typical, though that is on a fast, modern system with around 10,000 games. All I can figure at this point is that there is some kind of odd compatibility issue that would be causing the delays. It's a shot in the dark, but any chance any of the default files are getting deleted from the LaunchBox folder? LaunchBox does have to restore those files on startup if they get deleted, which can cause delays. However, it shouldn't have to unless they're deleted manually. If both you guys are seeing high startup times and you're both running PCI-E drives, maybe that could actually be the issue?

Very cool @pytsharp! Looking really great. Unfortunately it's probably an issue right now to display the video in both places; I don't think the code will support it. That's something that I hadn't thought about until you brought it up here. There's also no way to rotate the wheel elements yet either, though that is also a good idea to add. You should be able to remove all video fading if your adjust the correct transition settings. Let me know if that's not working and I can troubleshoot. There are two video transitions: one for platforms and one for games. I will add rotating the wheel elements and dual videos to my list.

Planned for eventually, but not there yet @StuDentBR.

Hi @Freestate, what error are you receiving when sending the email? Just need to make sure there's nothing wrong with our email system. I did send a test email to kirsten@unbrokensoftware.com and she received it just fine. I will go ahead and send you the code though.

Hmm. I would try reinstalling the latest .NET framework to see if that helps, but if you're on Windows 10 that might be hard to do because it comes preinstalled. Other than that I'm really kind of stuck. It'd be good to get it figured out though; does it happen on a completely fresh install? Even if you change no options at all?

Hey guys, the list view in LaunchBox is still a bit early in that you can't hide columns or save column positions, which I expect was part of Xzf's decision. It also doesn't support inline editing; it may in the future, but it isn't currently a high priority. I imagine if you wanted it primarily for Excel-type functionality, you would be disappointed currently.