Jason Carr

I believe I'm going to go ahead with the full release this evening. I haven't gotten a whole lot of feedback as of yet but my own testing has gone well, and I know there are some key issues that I get emails about every day that will be fixed with this version, so I need to push it out. If anyone can jump on and test or give any feedback in the next 10 hours, that'd be a great help. Otherwise, we shall release. Thanks everyone.

Hi altrewin, yes, it will include those that have donated less than $10 out of appreciation for the donation.

Hi guys, I do really need to get these sorts of issues resolved, obviously. They're my main focus at this point. I would really appreciate if you guys could test the latest beta to see if you're still getting any of these sorts of issues. Per the CPU usage, typically what causes it is when LaunchBox needs to regenerate the box art images. Though this shouldn't be happening unless something triggers it, such as resizing the box art or force refreshing the cache, etc. It does do this in the background and it can take a long time if you have a very large collection, so it may appear to be never ending (but it shouldn't really be). Please let me know if you're still getting these issues with the latest beta. Also, I'd be curious to know if you get any CPU usage issues while the cache is turned off. Thanks, Jason

Hi tomo, If you set LaunchBox to be full screen, it should remain that way the next time you start it up. Thanks, Jason

Hi all, yes, this is planned before the 4.0 release (hopefully next month).

Thanks tomo, right now that doesn't really exist, but I'll add it to my requests list.

Thanks yankz, good idea. I'll add it to my list. Glad you got it solved anyways though.

No worries Atlantico, instructions are buried in this super long thread; I need to find a better way to do this I guess. You can just copy the beta exe to your LaunchBox folder. You can leave your existing 3.5 LaunchBox.exe file there and copy the beta one next to it. They shouldn't get in the way of each other (and it should let you share your library). It might be wise to make a backup of your LaunchBox folder first, however, just in case.

Hey guys! More than a month later, but I finally have a new version here for testing. https://bitbucket.org/jasondavidcarr/launchbox-nightlies We're getting much closer to the final release, but there's still plenty more to do. I'm particularly interested in any crashes you might run into. Also, bd, I'll look into that filters issue.

Wow, very cool. Sounds like fun.

Hey ps4, glad you got this resolved. I'm pretty sure it was probably due to a faulty image (half-downloaded image) either in the cache or directly in the images folder. Sorry I got to this so late. I'm putting in better error handling here for future versions. Thanks for your help on the forums so far; we certainly could use another regular to help people out. It's much appreciated.

Hi ss2, sorry for the delayed response. Can you fill me in as to why you want to use the working directory of the game?

Wow, very cool ps4. I thought I'd heard of all the consoles before, but this is one I didn't even know existed. Was fun to watch some videos on it though. Good memories from when you were a kid?

Not a bad idea, ps4, I'll add it to my list to add an option to show counts next to the items in the sidebar. It may end up being a premium feature though. Thanks, Jason

Sorry for the late response here, Circinus, but have you tried the Refresh Images feature?

Thanks, bd. I haven't yet been able to reproduce; do let me know if you keep getting this.

Thanks, geckogirl; I'll do my best to add this feature when I implemented saved filters in the new side panel.

Good discussion guys, thanks. I'll be looking to add similar features soon.

yattah, I do plan on adding an auto-populate search box to the toolbar. Would this do it?

Hi frostmute, it is open to everyone. Download the latest here: https://bitbucket.org/jasondavidcarr/launchbox-nightlies I'll be coming out with a new version soon.

Thanks, Wolfereign; both features are, in fact, planned.

It is, using the additional apps feature.

Good question. Really, though, this should be a part of the DOSBox feature set. Though I have no idea if we'll ever see it implemented. Maybe you could make a request with the DOSBox team?

Conehead said column of icons of gaming system would be good only if the person doesnt need to scroll down(to find his console/system) at all. but this can be solved if the person can change the size of icons of the system which would appear on the left side. in the current version small icons next to the names of the system would be nice but it would look more like openemu, which i guess is not what jason would want. scree has suggested an interested thing too. I actually do like that concept (small icons next to the platforms); it might not be in the next release (because I need a way for the user to manage the icons first), but it's currently part of the plan.

scree said I like the new sidebar, but I find it's constant presence unnecessary. A sliding window similar to that once implemented (via third party support) on the old Windows Vista gadgets sidebar would be nicer. With this feature, LaunchBox would open as per version 3.5, with a tiny icon placed midway down the left edge of the screen. Clicking (or hovering over) this little icon would slide the sidebar into view. The sidebar would remain visible and usable as long as the mouse stayed within it's boundaries or the access icon was clicked again. Moving the mouse to the right into the main games window or clicking the access icon would cause the sidebar to slide left until it vanished leaving only it's access icon. A similar sliding window could be added to the right edge. This could slide a user customisable sidebar; e.g. games info/screenshots/web metadata etc into view. It's just a thought, but perhaps something similar might be considered down the line. Hi Scree, yes, I will be implementing some sort of method of hiding/showing the sidebar before release. I'm not certain I'll have a solution that advanced, but I'll give it a shot.