Jason Carr

Ah, gotcha. That's actually not thegamesdb.net; I'm guessing it's the database that EmuMovies uses. It could be that EmuMovies is having trouble; go ahead and try again and save the error if it happens again. That way we can talk to Circo from EmuMovies about it and get it fixed. Otherwise, it's probably just minor downtime or a fluke.

Tools > Download Metadata and Images also works.

Hi @gamerboii, what things in particular? A lot of those were already done a long time ago.

Hi @schmosef, this thread is really old; we don't even use thegamesdb.net anymore. What exactly are you seeing?

Hi @gam3rz3r0, Big Box will randomly pick from your box art unless it's given a particular priority. There are image priority settings in the LaunchBox options that will let you specify to prioritize a particular region (like the US). You'll also need to make sure that the game's images are marked properly with the correct regions, which might be hard to tell as you have to look in the image folders.

Odd. Try playing with the BigBoxSettings.xml file to see if anything helps, like switching out the video playback engine or similar. Try disabling game controllers, etc. That would help to try and isolate the issue. You can also delete the BigBoxSettings.xml and Settings.xml files to go back to the default settings which might help too. But this issue is pretty odd; it's the first I'm hearing of it. Are you on Windows 10?

Use the wizard but chose the option not to copy the disc to your computer.

Hi @jas_hop, unfortunately that means your drive is incompatible with LaunchBox's disc ripping. It should work fine if you're able to rip the disc into an ISO separately or if you want to just install and play the game using the disc.

@Drybonz It is probably possible, but hopefully unlikely. Big Box just acts as a full-screen maximized window with no border, so it should obey proper window ordering.

Alright, just put out the official release. We have to draw the line somewhere of course. Good to finally have it out. @Maddoc1007 Thanks for noting that; I'll add that to my list. @shinra358 Honestly I don't think I did anything to fix those things but that's good to hear. @WolfRamiO Thanks for the reminder. Hopefully I can get to that soon.

Thanks @Wattoo; I'll get this in before the release later today.

Alright, beta 6 is out. I'm hoping this will be the final beta before the 6.12 release, and that we can put out 6.12 tomorrow. Fixed a number of things, including the multi-window focus issues in Big Box after launching games (please test if you have a dual monitor setup). Also fixed the following from the change log: - Fixed: LaunchBox (not Big Box) was causing LEDBlinky to fire a list change and a game select command after a game started running - Fixed: AutoHotkey was working properly for events, but not for executing commands on startup of emulators, etc. - Removed: The import and export to zip file features were removed as they are no longer necessary when switching platforms between different LaunchBox installations; now it's as simple as just copying the platform's XML file and media files between installations Finally, I added a new Producers tab to the About dialog for the Patreon contributors. Thanks guys, let me know if anyone runs into any deal breakers before we put out the official 6.12 release tomorrow.

Alright! New beta is out with all the translation updates; hoping this will be the last beta and we can release the official 6.12 tomorrow. Thanks again guys.

Yup, exactly. Hold off until I put out the next beta though, which should be in a few minutes.

Thanks @shinra358. We do use C#. I really need to get 6.12 out so I can't tackle any of that yet, but I'm glad you put in a ticket for it. @ThePolish That is a great idea. I see what you mean now. @Drybonz In theory, even double-monitor emulators should just show up on top of Big Box, so I don't think the second monitor thing will be an issue. That said, I have yet to test it.

Yup, as far as I know, it should. I did a test with a MsgBox and it worked fine as the first line.

Unfortunately some people have had problems downloading and/or uploading very large files, yes. I'm not sure what we can do to solve it for the moment, but it is a known issue. If possible, it's recommended to upload smaller files; then people should be able to download the indidivual files with less of an issue. Sorry for the troubles there guys.

@ckp Thanks for helping me find that AHK issue. I updated your Bitbucket post, but I've fixed the issue and should have a new beta out later today.

Thanks zedman. I'm fixing this error message at least, though I still don't know why it's happening in the first place. Did you have an application crash or anything like that before it happened?

Very cool @Vlansix; that's awesome. Great idea.

@blackmondo Thanks for those insights. It's great to hear from someone who's testing on an actual marquee screen. I don't think we'll tackle that stuff for the 6.12 release, but it makes sense to look into it soon.

@shinra358 I'll watch your video in more detail here after the live stream, but my hunch is that you're looking at Windows driver issues mostly. The thing is, having a monitor connected but off is not a typical scenario and it probably isn't handled well by drivers. Unfortunately I doubt there's much I'm going to be able to do to fix that. Having a second monitor that is connected but is off is not an expected scenario in most cases.

@ThePolish What do you mean by flip/scroll images? Are you talking about attract mode? It does work with attract mode right now, yes, and will flip through the images as the games are selected in Attract Mode. @shinra358 Cool ideas about switching the screens out. I won't get those features into 6.12 but it would great to get a ticket in there for those. You should already be able to enable the marquee screen and have it only show up if the second screen is attached. For example, you can still sync your installation between several machines and the second screen will only be used for the marquee if there is a second screen attached to the computer. Also @shinra358 I'll take a look at that right-clicking the taskbar bug, but I'm not fully following you on the second bug you listed. Can you explain again? @paulmichel21 Unfortunately that is going to be difficult for me to solve without having one of those boards to experiment with. I'm also having trouble following you. Can you try and break it down for me? @Drybonz Agreed. Lots of awesome potential, some of which could already be done with custom themes. We'll look to expand on it at some point after 6.12.

Thanks Temp. My heart goes out to you for being in that situation. We similarly refuse lots of traditional health practices because of the side effects (and we recognize the corruption of the health system in the US). I'm sure I can't fully understand what you're going through, but I can relate. Hit me up if you ever need to talk. Hang in there.

Nice, great idea @viking.