Jason Carr

Hehehehehe. There's no question that video games can help people with an escapism problem. A lot of people (including myself) struggle with the need to escape from reality because of the stress of real life, and run to addictions as a result. Obviously video games can help, though they can become an addiction just like anything else. Better games than cocaine. ;)

Actually, now that I think about it, I'm thinking about making a video of it to advertise launching Big Box from Kodi. So I'll probably work on the video tonight and announce it within the next few days. :) Thanks again @Syriacn. I'll of course give you a shout out; let me know if you'd rather not be mentioned or if you want me to link you anywhere.

Hi guys, I plan to announce this on the home page (and possibly by email) tonight; let me know if you guys discover an issue and we should wait.

Agreed.

Cool, thanks guys. I'll look into that issue, Martin. Yes, I do plan to add YouTube support at some point, hopefully soon. Still not sure how difficult it would be.

It's been there since pretty early on. What I really need to do though is figure out how to prevent the corruption in the first place during freezes and crashes. I do have an idea; probably worth tackling.

Hi @DOS76, just try replacing your LaunchBox.xml file with one from the Backups folder. Try the one with the most recent date first. If that doesn't work, go on down the list.

Just put out beta 8. Hoping it resolves the remaining bugs with AutoHotkey (I found a fair bit of issues with it, specifically with the controllers conflicting with the new scripts). Also seemed to improve the Big Box screen corruption issues when returning to Big Box after changing the resolution. Let me know if anyone notices any further Big Box screen corruption.

Curious to know if that works for you, @TonyWatto. Thanks @Bil.

Thanks guys. @scree, absolutely; I do plan to add the video into the sidebar. :)

Ah, sure. I haven't tested all the platforms lately with Retroarch. Probably need to review them. I know some of them are very complicated to set up due to very finicky and specific BIOS requirements. Again, unfortunately I cannot make any promises timeline-wise.

No, no, no. DO NOT WANT THAT TITLE. :P

Sure, yup. Working to add stuff as quickly as possible. :)

I haven't played with MAME through Retroarch very much. However I do know that with MAME directly, I've read that sadly you can't turn it off without literally recompiling MAME from the source code. :/

Thanks @JBourne21, no worries at all. I appreciate and need the testing/feedback especially on the new stuff. I'll take a look. :)

Good point; we definitely need a Wiki thread on that. LaunchBox makes a backup literally every time it saves, so those backup files get replaced very quickly. I also have an item on my to-do list to make restores easier (make an interface for it).

Ah, yes; this is what you meant by gamebase. Sorry for that. I have this on my list, but unfortunately since it has only been requested by one person, it is not a high priority.

Hi @wirtual82, unfortunately I can't make any promises as to when anything will be ready. I do my best to add the features/functionality that is most requested first. Unfortunately, while those items are important and are on my list, they are currently not the most requested additions. Rest assured that I'll get to them as soon as I can. What do you mean by gamebase import feature?

Sorry for that guys...this is why we have betas. :) I believe I have all those game launching issues fixed...just put out beta 7.

Hi @JBourne21, let me know how the latest beta fairs, or if you run into any more bugs. :)

Ah, Martin, that makes sense. Hehehe...maybe an on-screen keyboard? ;) Another new beta is out; should hopefully fix @scree's reported emulator error. Also, I put some effort towards making game selections much quicker. The backgrounds and sidebar details kind of pop in now, and it looks a bit ugly to me, but I'm thinking that might be remedied with a fade animation, which should be possible now that we're using DirectX. That said, this one needs some significant testing because quite a bit of restructuring went into the game selection changes.

Thanks, Martin. Researching. :)

Ah, thanks. That helps. :)

Sure, all versions before 5.0 were, but the wizards were broke in them. I think maybe 4.4 might work the best, because it still has the older versions of the imports. The only things that are broken for XP in that version are the MS-DOS installation wizard and the wizards to import and export games to zip packages. I'll email you a copy. :)

I can hook you up with an old version of LaunchBox if you'd like.