Jason Carr

Nope, not really. It would just take too much time to document all of that, unfortunately. So the changelog is only for things that make it in the final release, and only things that are different than the previous official release.

The real question is...were you ever?

Thanks guys. I think I have the artifacts on closing issue fixed. I just hide the window before I start shutting everything down, so it appears to just magically close right away. ;) The slowness issue was extreme. I actually played with it via screen sharing and it was absurdly slow, and *everything* was slow, from opening up the menu to adding a game, everything. And this was with 0 games, on a fast machine, so there was obviously something wrong. But I couldn't identify what it was. But we're talking like 5 seconds to do the most minuscule operations. The double keypress issue supposedly only happens when LaunchBox is running. So yeah...that makes zero sense. Thanks again...should have a new beta out in a short while. This one should be feature complete for the release. I added a premium option to prefer Steam banners for box art, and allow downloading Steam banners from Add/Edit.

Nice. Screw the layout...it's fine. WE NEED CONTENT. :P Just kidding. If my Dad saw that I'd be in trouble.

The other puzzling things to me right now, are these: - I've had a couple users complain about LaunchBox being really slow. It seems to be extremely rare, and apparently only affects certain systems. I'm guessing that the systems have something wrong with them, but it makes LaunchBox impossible to use and I have no idea what is causing it. - Somebody is reporting another odd situation: when LaunchBox is open, keys are pressed twice for every key press on his keyboard. Wut wut? I haven't figured that one out yet. - Apparently in Windows 7 with Aero LaunchBox looks really ugly when closing with the latest versions. I haven't taken the time to install Windows 7 on a physical machine, so I haven't troubleshooted this yet. - Finally, apparently when you have your Start bar docked on the left on a multi-monitor setup, LaunchBox maximizes improperly (doesn't fill the screen right). So those are the things that are currently on my WTF list. Anything anybody can figure out with any of those would be tremendously helpful as well. :) No pressure, John. ;)

Sure, one thing that I feel like needs more testing is the Download Images and Metadata Wizard. I just fixed a bunch of bugs that I didn't know were there, so I'm hoping I caught them all. That would be a huge help if you wanna tackle it. Just do everything you can to break it. :)

I've trained them to respond for me. ;)

If you do, all three of my children will cry for days. Please don't put me through that.

Very cool, will do. Be sure to update us here on the forums whenever you post a new article. :)

Nice! Always good to find new ways to fill in the holes in our collections. :)

Hi NoOtaku, a couple things to try. Try disabling all game controller input in the options, to see if by chance it's related. Also, seems silly, but try disabling the RAM Cache as well. Finally, try hiding both the side bar and the game details, just in case they are related to the issue. None of this really makes sense, but I'm admittedly grasping at straws. Make the changes one at a time, so if the issue does go away, we know what might be causing the issue. The other thing to try is to make sure that the latest betas haven't magically fixed the issue. You can enable the beta downloads in the Options as well. I'd suggest trying this first. Thanks! Let me know how it goes.

Hi Fluffo, yup; right now that's the only way to do it. I'm hoping to add an option to "prefer Steam banners" before the official release. I think it might be a premium feature though.

Thanks Clive! :)

Awesome, John, thanks. The TGDB errors are unfortunately just because of TGDB instability, from what I can tell. It is unfortunate though. I'd have to look to see if I could build in some kind of retry method if it fails the first time. That would probably increase import times though. Yeah, the Steam banners do look nice. :)

Indeed, that is a good idea. Wouldn't be much work, either, since we already have the Steam IDs. Added to my list. :)

Hey, you're 16-bit now John. ;)

Hi NoOtaku, welcome. That's an odd one; I can't explain why LaunchBox would ever do that. The only potential thing I would think could ever cause that would be the included AutoHotkey, but that's typically only used for the Premium version. It might help to post your LaunchBox.xml file so I could look at your settings. Still, since I've never seen this one before, I'm unfortunately doubtful that LaunchBox is causing the problem. It's possible that there's something else on your system that is causing issues or improperly conflicting, etc. I assume the problem only happens while LaunchBox is running? Have you tried rebooting? Hopefully we can get this resolved for you.

@CliveBarker, here are the release notes for version 4.8: More premium font options for the side bars New Import Windows Games Wizard for importing Windows games (including Origin and GOG) New Import Games from Steam Wizard imports Steam games that aren't installed Steam banner downloads on imports Can you translate these for the release? :)

I would absolutely love that. I'll be sure to link to you one way or another. :)

Thank you sir. :)

Awesome; great to hear. :)

Translation Instructions: WARNING: Do not open up all the files at once in Zeta Resource Editor! This unfortunately causes occasional conflicts and can be hard to fix later. You'll want to make sure to open each set of files individually. Once you receive the translation files, open up Zeta Resource Editor and then click the "Open Resource Files" button in the toolbar. Then you can select the resources files, one group at a time. For example, you can start by selecting both "AboutForm.__.resx" and "AboutForm.resx". Once you open them up, you should see the English text on the left, and the blank field on the right for the translation. You can fill out all the translations in the file, and then Save. When you send the files back to us, we'll be able to easily integrate them into the app. If ever you find something that doesn't need translated (should be the same for both languages), you can leave that field blank. There are some text fields that use ampersands (&) to define a shortcut key, like this: &Close - this means that the button will say Close but the C key will be used as the shortcut for the button. In these cases, you can do the same thing for the translation, or you can just leave the ampersand out in those situations (it's not often used). Finally, some strings have special "variables" in them that look like {0} or {1} or {2}, etc. For example: Image {0} of {1}: {2} LaunchBox replaces the {0}, {1}, and {2} variables above with the proper values, so that it looks something like this: Image 1 of 5: Fanart So, when translating, you can translate the words around it, but put the variables in the right spot in the string. That pretty much covers it; thanks to everyone for all the hard work translating LaunchBox!

Interested in translating LaunchBox? Here are the translations that are currently under way: Spanish - Complete thanks to @CliveBarker and @Kondorito Brazilian Portuguese - Complete thanks to @AFaustini and @Cauptain French - Complete thanks to @Wattoo and @Nyny77 German - Complete thanks to @Opaklopper Italian - Complete thanks to @dukeemu Simplified Chinese - Complete thanks to @cyanjiang Dutch - Complete thanks to @Bardock and @Just001Kim Arabic - Complete thanks to @MajKSA Traditional Chinese - Complete thanks to @gamehacker Russian - Complete thanks to @alexposad Japanese - Complete thanks to @k_kutsugi Czech - In Progress by @PattersonCZ Swedish - In Progress by @Izzy Polish - In Progress by @wirtual82 Norwegian - In Progress by @audunv Greek - In Progress by @sxetikos Turkish - In Progress by @eonder87 Korean - In Progress by @Soomin papa Translating LaunchBox is a huge job, but it's well worth the effort. Still, plan on spending 30+ hours on the project to successfully translate the entire application. We also want to make sure that translations are consistent, grammatically correct, and as high quality as possible, so we do ask that you only translate into your native language. It's also important to take your time and review your work as best you can. Chances are, we don't know the language you're translating into, so you will be the only quality control. It is also a good idea to get a friend to help review it, if you know another native speaker that is willing to help. We use an application called Zeta Resource Editor to help with the translations. You can download it free right here. If you're interested in translating, leave us a comment here and we will set you up with the translation files. Latest Translation Files Downloads: Spanish Simplified Chinese Brazilian Portuguese German French Czech Swedish Russian Polish Italian Dutch Japanese Norwegian Arabic Traditional Chinese Greek Turkish Korean

Yes but we have two consoles in this case...and still can't play our games. :P

If anyone isn't aware yet, the latest betas add both the ability to import non-installed Steam games, and a Windows import that should import Origin games. :)