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Hi Jason, yeah you're right, it think it would confuse too. I didn't really think about it, just shotting ideas out there for you to toy with EDIT . Also, you may have already done or are doing so, but it might be worth considering adding some bulk editing features for various aspects of game information that remain uniform across a platform or genre, etc. Following off a post by SentaiBrad here, I have also faced similar issues on a few occasions, where a bulk edit feature would have been a godsend. Most recently with the whole additional applications thing

A refresh button that appears next to the favorite button?

Regarding the additional applications mentioned in my last post, I am kicking myself that I only noticed this now when I started to add multiple games and multiple platforms and I wish I tested this properly back in the beta stages. After playing around with the xml, I am fairly confident it can not be done. For anyone else who this may be problem, I work around it by creating batch files that load Xpadder configs, then load the emulator and pointing launchbox to those bat files rather than the emulator. This is not perfect and will cause problems where different games which require a different config (e.g. I have completely different controls set for Goldeneye on the N64 than I do for Super Mario 64) but it works fine for emulators that have simpler controls. (Note: This also means moving the command-line options for the emulator to the batch file.) I also add another line to the batch file that runs after the main application (emulator) which kills the xpadder process (closes xpadder). Here is an example: :: Ensures the game picked in LaunchBox is still passed to the emulator set var=%1% :: Runs a "Turn On Controller" prompt and waits for exit. (personal preference, for my son) start /wait "" "X:\Controller Settings\Xpadder\Controller_Prompt.exe" :: Loads Xpadder and config file start "" "X:\Controller Settings\Xpadder\xpadder.exe" Atari_7800-EMU7800-Default-X360 :: Loads emulator, settings and game. (Don't forget to add your command-line options here) start /wait "" "X:\Emulators B\EMU7800-v1.7 (Atari 7800)\EMU7800.Win.exe" %1% :: the /wait will wait for the emulator to exit before continuing ::After the emu is closed, Xpadder is terminated. taskkill /F /IM Xpadder.exe Or another with command-line options for emulator: set var=%1% start /wait "" "X:\Controller Settings\Xpadder\Controller_Prompt.exe" start "" "X:\Controller Settings\Xpadder\xpadder.exe" fusion_player1 fusion_player2 start /wait "" "X:\Emulators\Fusion\Fusion.exe" -gen -auto -fullscreen %1% taskkill /F /IM Xpadder.exe If you don't want the batch file to wait until the emulator is closed, you can create a separate batch file with the taskill command for xpadder and set it to run after the emulator is closed in the LaunchBox settings. However, you will have to add it manually for every game (back to first problem). Hope this helps someone.

Quick question. Additional Applications. Is it possible to set an application for a whole platform, or can you only do it on a per game basis? Thanks

OK, Thanks

This is nothing major, just a small niggly thing that might avoid confusion for novice users and make things a little faster/easier for the rest. It might be better when importing a ROM for the default file type to be "All Files" as opposed to "Application Files". Currently, every time I look for a ROM I have to change the file type to "All Files" manually. I know it seems like nitpicking, but it is surprisingly frustrating, especially when doing many games back to back. Just cuts out an extra step.

Almost forgot to mention, but the auto update worked as expected for me.

Thank you

Yes, I use that too, I forgot to update it, will do it now. Thanks for reminding me Welcome btw Done!

No Probs Also, Jason is the developer, he will have to agree to add this feature. I just realized my reply could have being misinterpreted, this is not yet confirmed. Sorry if you assumed otherwise, my bad

I would be happy to donate. It's weird because I was just thinking about this last night. Spooky!

I don't actually use Retroarch, but can you elaborate on this please nmc and I will add it to the emulator settings post. Thanks

Sounds like a good idea to me. Launchbox already records when a game was last played, this shouldn't be too much of a stretch. Welcome to the forums btw

Lightbox; I wouldn't if I were you. What you have now is more than adequate and you would be better investing your time elsewhere.

A good update The fullsize picture viewer is a great addition especially for fanart and rear box art (you should add a screensaver that scrolls through random fanarts) and the ability to scroll through all images is a significant improvement. It seems to work as expected, I encountered no problems whatsoever. The option to always view fullscreen was a good idea and it works well. I really like it. The only improvement I can think of is a lightbox type image viewer when not viewing full screen, only because it would be prettier and would match the theme of game info panel, but i am not complaining, you just asked for thoughts. Also, personally, I don't think the images in the game info panel are necessary anymore, but if you want me to be picky, remove clear-logo's and banner's from the image viewer and add them to the game info panel instead. Maybe just one at the top with option to prefer either clear-logos or banners. If the first option is not available then use the second option instead. Am I making sense? The favorites icon was implemented beautifully and it works fine. I did some brief testing with the pre-game application launcher and it seems to work well for me, though you may have to let this one into the wild to get a true perspective. It could be difficult to gauge all the applications this may be used for by other users and how much they will expect this feature to do. The mouse cursor is indeed hidden now. The game descriptions download as expected for me. I see no waiting cursor after updating a game. Unsure how to test the auto update until a new version is available. All-in-all, great update, nice new features and no bugs found yet. Excellent work

I would say so. Everytime I enter a game into thegamesdb I get all the details from gamefaqs and copy it over, except the fanart of course. I haven't come across a game they don't have yet, and they always seem to have good box art.

gamesfaq? They don't do fanart though.

I can't seem to replicate it, but another idea came to mind when attempting to do so. Currently when there is no front box art for a game the default LaunchBox image is shown even if there is back box art downloaded. Maybe in situations where no front art is available but back art is, you could have the rear art shown instead. Or possibly even better, clear logo first, in place of the LaunchBox icon. Wow, you are keeping busy. Looking forward to the next beta release

Updated to include nmc's Virtual Jaguar commands and QuotePilgrim's .bat file fix for Project64. Thanks guys

lol, well that explains it. I thought I was going crazy. Well, yes, scrapping a single game from add/edit works fine. As does your batch update.

First off, great work on 3.0 and I am happy to brainstorm anytime, thank you for making our suggestions a reality. Now, I looked into AV & Firewall conflicts and I cannot find any, everything seems fine on that front. I am stumped as to what is causing the issue. I must be a problem on my end since it works fine for everyone else. This is what I do, step by step: Fresh boot of beta6. (delete all files except lb.exe before each new test) Go to import ROMs from menu Choose folder path Enter Platform name (I use exact same names as thegamesdb) Set Emulator Import That's it. No descriptions in notes. Everything else is fine and as expected.

I am coming back to this, because I have another idea. Maybe you can use these platform separators further, by adding icons (like on the charms bar) that have features that can be set to a specific platform. For example, this came to mind because of the talk of adding non-installed Steam games in another thread. You could have a shortcut (icon) to hide non-installed games, or/and to list installed games first. Or an option to show only the favorite marked games from that platform. Or even something like flipping all the covers from that platform to the back, or whatever, but do you see where I am going? I'm sure this could be handy for other current and future features too. Just a thought.

Wow, OK. That looks promising GordonX, this might just happen. Users will have to ensure their games library is public though, not everyone will like that. If it does happen, I think having an option to hide non-installed games is a must and maybe an option to list installed games first.

That would be a great feature. However, I imagine that it would be very difficult, if possible at all. Not sure how it would work installing new games from LaunchBox. You would also need some sort of marker that signals if a game is installed or not. You would have to link your Steam account probably.

Ah, excellent, thank you for this QuotePilgrim