Jason Carr

Mind if I add one of your screenshots to my screenshots page?

Wow, very nice, davy. That looks pretty great. It's really fun seeing LB tweaked like to be something so different (and attractive).

Good thoughts, guys. The series field is indeed planned, but I hadn't though about needing multiple series. I'm sold on the concept now though, ian. Thanks for the input. We will see that feature eventually. Xananax, you got it. Custom fields are indeed coming. However, I think Series would need to be its own special field in order to handle the multiple series logic.

Hi shinra, haven't heard of ePSXe Shark, but I'll see what I can do. On my list.

bd000 said Quick question. Since LB now includes preset CLI options, do you still need me to maintain this thread? or is it obsolete? Or rather, will users still reference it? Hey bd, as always, thanks for your work on this thread. Most of my recommended settings inside of LaunchBox are indeed coming from here, however, there is a *LOT* more information here than what I plan to put into the app, so, yes, it would be wonderful if you could keep maintaining this thread. Thanks, Jason

Thanks, ian. Sorry for my late reply. I will be adding a keyboard shortcut to navigate to the sidebar; good find.

Brad's right, multiple sources does get ridiculously complicated. That said, that's why I'm considering local metadata (next to the games), and also why I'm so interested in EmuMovies, since it lets me download it. Not sure where we'll go, but I want to see this in action, at least.

Etock said http://emumovies.com/forums/index.php/files/file/321-emumovies-dsu/ Excellent, thank you Etock.

Ah, I see. I'm toying with the idea of storing metadata and images with the actual games, instead of (or optionally as well as) in the XML file and Images folder. If I could do it in a somewhat standardized way, all the better. So this is an interesting endeavor. Where would I download that app?

Duckeenie said Have you tried Emumovies website? they have an app that scans your roms folders and will download artwork videos etc to the relevant folders. Used it for years comes highly recommended from me. Only snag is you have to pay a little, but he puts the work in so it's fair I think. Duckeenie, can you clue me in as to how to use all that? I haven't found a download for the app.

Ah, I see; thank you Oussama. So you would want to track setups/installers with LaunchBox as well?

Thank you Etock! I will add these to my list (though most are already there). Per EmuMovies, that's the third request I've had recently to add it. Can you explain why it's superior? Is it just the selection? I haven't really played around with it too much, but the site seems fairly minimal. What apps do you use EmuMovies with?

Hi Hyro, thanks for the request. As Brad mentioned, I've added an item to my list to support custom DOSBox versions.

Ah, I see that. Thanks, toe_head. I'll get it fixed.

Arcade, I can't seem to reproduce this with the latest beta. It pops up a dialog saying "you'll need to specify an emulator..." but if you click No, it should still save with the command line parameters. Does that not work for you?

Thank you nmc.

Hi Martin, all that is planned. I am always working on improving performance, but of course it does get to be a challenge with 10,000+ games. I do have all those items on my list.

Absolutely. I can promise that it will not be abandoned. If I ever choose to stop developing it (which I honestly doubt will happen for a very, very long time), I will open source it. So no worries from that front.

Lol, crickets. I just put out 4.4 beta 2. Now with sidebar screenshots and minimize on launch/restore on exit premium options.

Hi shinra, good question. I see this post here that lists out the command line parameters: http://ngemu.com/threads/epsxe-command-line-switches.58935/ However, I don't see anything there about CUE files. :/

Hi Oussama, I'm having a bit of trouble understanding; can you clarify? You're suggesting a new Install button in the bottom bar? Per the favorite options, did you mean custom playlists?

Hi realbout, welcome! I am looking to integrate AutoHotkey shortly, which should allow for these types of customizations.

Hi Arcade, that is a platform-specific setting; what platform(s) are you seeing that with? I'll take a look and see if I can reproduce.

Hi target, Brad's right, I just got done moving, but I'm all moved now and back at it. The DOSBox configuration GUI is still coming, of course, but I do have a lot of other important things to tackle as well, so I can't promise it for the next version. I do see it as an important feature to add, however, so it shouldn't be *too* long.

Hi tobs, Brad's right, I just got done moving and I'm on for the first time tonight. Per Github/open sourcing LaunchBox, I've thought long and hard about whether I'd like to go that direction or not. I am still considering it for the long term future, but as for right now, I'm choosing not to release the source code. I have several concerns that are currently in conflict with releasing the source: - Releasing the source for LaunchBox Premium would allow for extremely easy circumvention of the licensing. The funds I'm receiving from purchases are relatively minimal, but they help me to re-coup some of the time I spend that I could be spending on billable projects (I have paying clients that are always competing for my time). - I very much enjoy taking in feedback from the LaunchBox community and implementing new features, but I don't think I would want to manage developers in an open source project. Every open source project needs management, and I don't currently desire to review the code of any number of developers to determine whether or not it deserves to end up in the final product. - As can easily happen with open source projects, I'm concerned about code bloat and feature bloat. I am generally very picky about what I implement in LaunchBox because I don't want to end up with a product that is bloated or confusing to use. Whether this is a legitimate concern or not, I don't know, but it is a genuine concern of mine. Regardless, this is something that I do re-evaluate on a regular basis. We may eventually get to the point where open-sourcing LaunchBox makes sense. Just out of curiosity, did you want to contribute to LaunchBox yourself? Curious about the code? Or were you just looking to get development going a bit quicker? Thanks, Jason