Jason Carr

2 years!? Holy crap lol. Maybe it's time we started a new thread. ;)

FistyDollars, we've actually only been using the local XML database ever since we moved away from TheGamesDB.net. I've just been updating it from the live data every time we put out a new version of LaunchBox. Fixing that is the first order of business next week when I get back into LaunchBox development (still on Big Box). Basically, I plan to provide a daily metadata update from the live data instead of constantly searching the live data directly, because it's just so much faster to do it all locally.

Hi guys, believe it or not, the data in LaunchBox isn't yet coming live from the LaunchBox Games Database. It's all local in the local XML database (sans for the images, which are downloaded from the site). I've been updating the local XML from the site when I put out new versions of LaunchBox. When I get back into LaunchBox development next week (currently working on Big Box stuff), I'm first going to implement a way to batch download/update all metadata from the LaunchBox Games Database, so you can use the latest data in LaunchBox. Having the metadata all locally significantly helps to speed up the import/update processes, so I plan to keep this approach going forward, but will be providing an automated way to download daily updates. Hope that makes sense, let me know if not.

New beta is out with the fruits of the live development session yesterday (and of course some work today as well). Both new views have alpha-numeric navigation and there's a new option to switch between views with a hotkey (you'll have to configure it in options because it's blank by default). As typical this early on in the beta releases, all is still up for discussion. I plan to spend the rest of the week on Big Box development and then get started on LaunchBox Games Database integration with LaunchBox itself next week. Obviously there is lots more development to do from all fronts before we drop 6.0. I will also be developing live on Twitch tomorrow (Wednesday) morning at 9:30 AM PST. Yesterday's live session went really well so I'm excited to do it again. :)

Thank you all. I like the idea for CoverFlow reflection opacity options, and @shinra358, I love that view idea. Hopefully I can tackle something at least similar to that before 6.0. We'll see how things go. :) @Drybonz, thanks for the video. What video playback engine are you using (sorry if you've already answered that)? Do you have the same problem if you switch engines?

Hi @tibic, try changing your video playback engine. If you're using Windows Media Player, it may be that you need a codec installed as well.

I'd be willing to bet that particular user was confused. I've scanned everything up and down with Windows Defender and it found no issues.

Thanks, @Gofel. Can you add a ticket for that here? https://bitbucket.org/jasondavidcarr/gamesdb.launchbox-app.com

Big thanks to everyone. @Cebion and @FistyDollars, so glad you guys enjoy this and you're around. We'd probably drown if you weren't lol. So thank you. @Freestate, you have a point, and I was aware of potential issues there when I started the contest. However, I needed a way to push more moderations through, because I didn't want people waiting for their changes for months. That said, going forward I do not plan to hold any more contests. If anything, I hope to lock down the moderation process (make it significantly more difficult to become a moderator in the future). Hopefully, now that we're up and running, we'll be able to handle the load going forward and can lock it down a bit. And, of course, weed out any inconsistent or inaccurate moderators.

Thank you all. Unfortunately I'm knee-deep in (actually productive) development right now, so I don't think it would be wise to keep spinning my wheels trying to get past these unfortunate false positives. It really bugs the heck out of me that we're having these issues, but it seems like as soon as I manage to get past one anti-virus program, a bunch more pop up, so I guess I'd just end up drowning trying "fix" them all, and nothing would actually get done. Thanks to @weltall for noting that Hyperspin has been struggling with this as well. As a solution, my best suggestion is to exclude the LaunchBox folder in your anti-virus configuration. However, if you're running Windows 8 or Windows 10, I strongly suggest uninstalling whatever anti-virus program you're using, and using Microsoft's Windows Defender instead. It comes with Windows, is on by default, works very well, and isn't plagued by false positives like this. In my opinion, due to Microsoft's Windows Defender, third-party anti-virus programs are entirely obsolete and will only slow down your system and get in the way.

@Izzy @t17fenics @wirtual82

Sorry for the delay guys but I have new translation packages up for Polish, Russian, and now Swedish as well. :) Thank you all very much for helping us with this. See the beginning of this topic for instructions and details and the latest packages for download: https://www.launchbox-app.com/forum/features/translating-launchbox#p2388 Let me know if you have any issues. Thanks!

Okay, thanks @weltall. Guess it's back to wasting more time tinkering to appease these crappy applications.

It's not Windows Defender. I just scanned 5.10 with the latest version of Windows Defender and had no issues. So we need to figure out what anti-virus application it actually is.

Thanks @wkLeon, appreciated. :)

Hi @Ruester, here are the current standings: 1. FistyDollars 2. Cebion 3. HardcoreHubz 4. Ruester 5. Darklesh 6. Tosmonaute 7. TheTabman 8. 7dog123 9. CADScott 10. wkLeon Awesome job climbing the ranks! You're something like 70% of the way to HardcoreHubz, so you've certainly got a chance. We'll end the contest this coming Saturday. Thanks! :)

Hi Marcio, please contact me at jasondavidcarr@gmail.com. LaunchBox licenses are for personal use only so if you want to make it a company license, we can discuss what your company needs. Thanks!

Sure, thanks Alec. I think Brad and I discovered a while back that some modified/unofficial versions of DOSBox were using different command-line parameters for launching games, so that is probably the culprit. It's odd that they would change them and make the old ones incompatible, but that's what we observed. So I guess the first step would be to identify what is different with the command-line options between the official version of DOSBox and DOSBox-X. Depending on what the required changes are, it may or may not be an easy fix.

Admin probably won't really make much difference, for the record. Honestly I have no idea what might be going on; this seems to be an isolated issue with the machine. Are you able to run a completely new install of 5.10 in a brand new folder? Is it only Big Box that isn't working? Also, what version of Windows are you running? Is it 32-bit or 64-bit?

The blurry-ness of the CoverFlow boxes is mostly just to help with performance (the images are indeed smaller than the way they're displayed). I wasn't sure how well it would perform on lower end systems, so I compromised a bit. I can probably put in a setting to change this though.

Sounds like permissions must have somehow gotten messed up in your folder structure. Either that or it's possible that you have file system corruption, so could try running chkdsk. Anyways, yes, I would try fixing permissions or installing to a new folder and copying over the LaunchBox.xml and License.xml files.

Hi @hawkguy, first try reinstalling the latest version. Did you install a beta version or the official version? You can download the latest version from the website and just reinstall in the same folder and it will keep all your games and settings.

Hehehe. We have Simplified Chinese, @CliveBarker. :P

Hi @t17fenics, that'd be awesome. See the beginning of this thread for instructions on everything. I have new translation packages for Russian and Polish at the top of my to-do list for tomorrow morning. Sorry for dropping the ball on that, @wirtual82. I'll get the packages out to you guys tomorrow.

Good point, Derek, if that's what he's going for.