Jason Carr

Sure; thanks @esareias. The issue is that it needs to automatically populate the correct installation folder in the setup, based on where LaunchBox is currently located. I'm betting that there is an issue with that piece in particular.

Good to know, thanks @esareias. It would suck to have to drop my work on the new setup program, but we'll do what we have to. There are apparently many more issues with it than I expected. If we found a better self-extractor that didn't have the same issues as the WinRAR one, we could potentially use that. An uninstaller could probably be made without touching the registry or any files outside of the LaunchBox folder. I'll probably have to go back to the drawing board, unfortunately. I could try tweaking the new setup, but tweaking an MSI setup to not put itself if add/remove programs might not be feasible, not sure.

@shinra358, trust me; you can't use C# to write a setup program. That's the problem. The languages/requirements all change for setup programs, as they need to work no matter what, without anything installed. I *could* write an installer in C#, but it would be a pretty bad idea. Yes, it'd be really easy if I could, but unfortunately that's really bad practice for a lot of reasons.

@shinra358, everything you know development-wise goes out the window when building setup programs. It's never that easy.

SentaiBrad said http://i.imgur.com/MukrARQ.png How did you get that? It happened on updating?

shinra358 said Never install games in the system's program files. This is how you use windows: System C drive is on an SSD. All your games and programs should not get installed on your system drive. Instead, they should go on a hdd with a different drive letter. This is also helpful when you need to reinstall windows and all your stuff will still be intact. Secondly, installing a program and moving it elsewhere afterward is bad practice. This is asking for registry problems or just a messy registry. If this must be done (because those requests come from users who don't know how to use windows correctly), you could make an option button that says Use registry/Don't use registry. If one presses Don't use registry, then it would unpack the way it use to. If the other option, then it would do it this way. Problem solved :) Yeah, sans for the unfortunate complication of figuring out how to build that. ;)

The setup should not require admin privileges. However, LaunchBox was always meant to be installed to a location that does not require admin privileges (like somewhere in your user folder).

Alright, let me clear some things up. First off, LaunchBox is still portable, and will stay that way. The only reason why I'm attempting to use a real setup is because I've been getting too many complaints about people putting LaunchBox in Program Files and getting errors, people complaining about the lack of an uninstaller, etc. The WinRAR solution I've been using also has an issue with high-DPI monitors (the text is too small to read). So, one way or another, we need another solution. @esareias and @GatoSoft, where is your LaunchBox installed? Also, what versions of Windows are you using? Unfortunately, @GatoSoft, half of LaunchBox's features these days don't even work in Windows XP (none of the wizards do because of XP's missing features), so XP support has been long gone for a while.

Just put out a new beta, but the only real update this time around is a new, proper setup. The setup should have an uninstaller now, among other things. Please test and let me know if anything doesn't work right. The setup should automatically point to the right folder for your LaunchBox installation on updating.

Keep in mind that it's often easier to find the game for a console; if it happens to exist. If it's on N64, GameCube, PS1, or PS2, chances are, you can play it that way.

Yeah, Windows 95/98 era games are still extremely problematic, sadly. It really sucks because it's a big collection of games that are really, really difficult to play. GOG helps for the really popular games because they make them work again, but of course they're missing a ton of games.

That's a great idea, @kriven. Unfortunately I'm not up on which codecs to install, though, myself.

That is awesome. You really do need to document the build. Or at least give us pictures along the way. :)

Yeah, I'm still working on making the interface more responsive. Every once in a while input is missed because it's too busy catching up.

Yeah, we had this implemented before (searched the hard drive for installed Steam games), but it was horribly glitchy. Unfortunately, there's not a good way to do it.

It sounds to me like it was caused by the XML file getting corrupted, which can happen if LB crashes or force closes. It shouldn't happen often, but unfortunately it does happen (which is why we have backups). I need to make it just automatically restore a backup, at least, if that happens.

Yeah, I miss that feature too. I'll see if I can bump it up on the list.

Hi @advalderama, welcome. That is indeed planned.

Hi @scree, I knew about that error, but I *did not* know that it happened only after three times. That's probably why I couldn't reproduce it. I must say, you are really, really helpful when it comes to that kind of stuff. I really appreciate it. :) I'll get a new beta out soon.

YouTube videos would be really great, and it's on my list. It'd also be cool if it would automatically find relevant videos. It's not exactly at the top of my list, but it's up there. :)

Hi @DOS76, me too. I'm actually planning on building an arcade cabinet as well. Having LaunchBox start up on boot can actually be done without any changes to LaunchBox. You just have to add it to the system startup.

Bulk edit custom filters? Not currently. Can you explain the scenario? I guess that situation just never occurred to me.

Thanks, Martin. I do have this on my list. I might be able to sneak it in before 5.0, but otherwise should be soon.

Very cool, Martin. Unfortunately my building skills are absolutely terrible (I blame it on all the time I spend coding), so I think I'm going to get a kit from Rec Room Masters. :) http://www.recroommasters.com/32_Pro_Upright_Xtension_Arcade_Cabinet_Emulator_p/rm-xt-32-pro-ee.htm But it's expensive...hence why I'm saving up.

Ah, good call on the mouse click, @scree. I'll take a look at that. Unfortunately I don't have a good solution for opening up Big Box instead of LaunchBox at the end of the WinRAR setup. At some point I'm going to have to create a real setup (the WinRAR one is starting to suck), but I haven't gotten to it yet.