Jason Carr

Okay, so I see what the problem is. For some reason there are two platform elements in the XML file with the same name, which is what is causing the error. I have no idea how that could have ever happened to begin with though, that's the trouble. Still researching...

There are instances where a LaunchBox crash (a hard crash/freeze) can cause XML corruption, which is one of the reasons for the backups. I'm guessing what happened is that a glitch with 4.3 caused a freeze and resulted in a corrupt LaunchBox.xml file. It doesn't happen often but it does happen. I do have an idea to fix it that is on my list. Are you able to get it to happen again?

Thank you Clive! No worries; I'll be putting out a new official very quickly because of a glitch in 4.3, so I'll get these notes in.

Sorry, I missed part of your post. I will play with the batch edit to see if the images disappear.

That error I've hopefully fixed with the latest beta. However, the error should be completely unrelated to disappearing images; really that shouldn't even be possible, so I'm baffled as to why the images are disappearing. However, I'm wondering if the cache is getting messed up.

Hmm...have you tried refreshing the cache with Tools > Refresh All Images?

Just put out one more beta. Hopefully this one fixes all of the issues. I'll be back on late tonight to put out the official if all is clear.

Thanks @scree. That's the bug I'm hoping I've fixed in the beta I just put out. Can you test? :)

The first thing to try I guess is restoring backup XML files from your Backups folder. Also, if you would, zip up your Backups folder and email it to me at jasondavidcarr at gmail dot com and I'll look at it to see if I can figure out what happened.

Hi @kamyk2000, that's pretty scary. Doesn't make much sense. The images are all stored only on disk, so the only way they would disappear is if somehow they all got deleted. Did you do an image cleanup or anything like that? There are backups of your LaunchBox.xml in the Backups folder, assuming they haven't all gotten corrupted. I'm sure if the new version is this busted, we'll be getting reports left and right. I have been getting reports of a painting bug but it's not corrupting installations. Not to blame your hardware, but it is possible that this could be a data corruption issue with your hard drive, though I can't say for sure.

Thanks @scree. I'm getting reports of errors relating to the sidebar painting though. I just put out a new beta that I'm hoping fixes it. Let me know if anyone sees the error in the 5.3 or the new 5.4 beta 1.

Hi @Talantyyr, the notes in the blog post are not meant to be the end all. The in-app change log typically has much more information; it does for this release. Documentation takes away from development, so it's always a hard line to walk.

Thanks guys. I think it's finally time to throw caution to the wind and just put out the actual release. Here goes nothing.

Hi @Badhoagie91, in the 4.3 betas (and in the official that should be out tomorrow) there's a new AutoHotkey tab for each emulator that will allow you to add custom scripts for each emulator to deal with closing them out, among other things. We are working to populate these scripts for each emulator. I'll see if I can't get those three emulators working.

Users by default can't edit posts after a time limit. I just moved you to a more permissive group so you should be good to go now. :)

Sounds awesome, @nathanddrews. I'll look forward to following this. Per the subforum, I do think this is the best place. Maybe I should rename it "Collections and Builds"?

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Thank you @Wattoo. :)

Hi @Cabirus, iirc I did reach out to him but didn't hear back. I'll have to reach out again soon.

Okay, hopefully I can take a look at that stuff soon. I do have the tray option on my list.

Awesome, thanks Brad. Whatever you can do to beat it up with testing would be appreciated; I'd like to put out the final release either tonight or tomorrow.

I see, sure. I'm not sure if performance would be quick enough for even just the image to instantly update; I'll have to give it a try.

Thanks @scree, I believe I finally have that bug figured out and fixed. New beta is out; it fixes some bugs, but also *significantly* improves editing performance for people with humongous libraries. I used a combination of multi-threading and file system watching to speed it up. I am a bit nervous about the stability of all those changes, so I might have to delay the official a few days so we can confirm that everything is working well, but it's a crucial improvement so I'm glad I got it in there. As always, testing is appreciated; let me know if you hit any bugs.

Thanks @dieandromeda, welcome. You're right, I really need to get back to those spacing customization options. I remember that they're a bit flaky as-is. Keep in mind that in most cases you can get what you need by using negative padding values, but obviously that's an improper way to do it. Still, that might help out in the mean time. I do have an item on my list to customize the selection/hover backgrounds as well. Thanks, Jason

That sounds pretty cool but of course we're a ways off from stuff like that. We'd need an extensive theming and plugin engine, which is feasible, but is a serious undertaking. We'll get there but lots to tackle before then unfortunately.