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    Issue with wrong media counts in audit overviews

    in Troubleshooting

    Posted

    It’s also important to note that the audit window is using your Image Priorities instead of single image types. For example, if you have Box - Front, Box - 3D and Screenshots enabled in your “Box Front Priorities” than your 6 images count would be correct. If you disable all image types except Box - Front within your priorities, the result should come up with only 1 available image.

    Import and Launchbox Database

    in Troubleshooting

    Posted

    Unfortunately, not all Steam games will be automatically matched with the database entries at the moment. I'll just quote one of our devs on this matter:

    On 12/20/2023 at 8:03 PM, C-Beats said:

    Right now the database is undergoing a process where we are adding SteamIds to games. Currently LaunchBox will not attempt to match games without a SteamID associated to them in the database. You can tell these pages because the pages WITH the association has a link to the game's Steam page. Right now the only work around is to manually go to a game and edit it. Once the window comes up, cut out the app path and then go to the metadata tab. Press search in the upper right and it'll find the game page. Then click on it to associate the game. Then go back to the launching page and paste the app path back in and press OK to save the changes. We realize this is FAR from ideal and are working hard to get the database changes completed.

     

    Clear Logo Requests

    in Game Media

    Posted

    Merry Christmas and happy holidays to everyone! I hope you guys are doing well :)

     

    I got another bag of requests for Japanese exclusive PS2 games:

    Boku wa Chiisai

    BokuwaChiisai(Japan.thumb.jpg.ed6075d64def5b7c55c3a3e5cad4b414.jpg

     

    Simple 2000 Series Vol. 73: The Saiyuu Touenden

    Simple2000SeriesVol.73-TheSaiyuuTouenden(Japan).thumb.png.c73212daeba7b3f6d3f8d20ad843ef7c.png

     

    Simple 2000 Series Vol. 88: The Mini-suke Police

    Simple2000SeriesVol.88-TheMini-sukePolice(Japan).thumb.png.8d3e58e621c7e3469b9528bb9450b066.png

     

    Simple 2000 Series Vol. 114: The Onna Okappichi Torimonochou: Oharu-chan GoGoGo!

    Simple2000SeriesVol.114-TheOnnaOkappichiTorimonochou-Oharu-chanGoGoGo!(Japan).thumb.jpg.31fbaf28ff82808f61a963de001af3d7.jpg

     

    Simple 2000 Series Ultimate Vol. 17: Taisen! Bakudan Poi Poi

    Simple2000SeriesUltimateVol.17-Taisen!BakudanPoiPoi(Japan).thumb.jpg.aacd5c72ae770c764d7d3fce07e3cc95.jpg

     

    Simple 2000 Series Ultimate Vol. 26: Love * Smash! 5.1: Tennis Robo no Hanran

    Simple2000SeriesUltimateVol.26-Love-Smash!5.1-TennisRobonoHanran(Japan).thumb.jpg.9e8bcd46f4a14585adfce51ebc70d6e5.jpg

     

    Space Fishermen

    SpaceFishermen(Japan).thumb.jpg.3fc0820360ce8135a9c46313d8d5d38a.jpg

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    Game note has been reduced..why?

    in Contributions

    Posted

    Does this only affect PC games? If yes, I would guess that it might be related to the recent database changes where Steam IDs getting added to PC game entries. It could be the case that during this process some metadata gets automatically replaced with data pulled directly from Steam.

    Do note that I have absolutely no insight on what’s actually going on and I might be completely wrong about this. It’s just my personal assumption based on this thread:

    https://forums.launchbox-app.com/topic/76724-metadata-not-loading-for-game-already-in-database/

     

    We would need to ask @C-Beats for a proper confirmation. But if that’s the case than I wholly agree that replacing already existing game descriptions with advertising blurbs from the Steam store is not very ideal.

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    Clear Logo Requests

    in Game Media

    Posted

    Reposting an older request of mine so it doesn't get forgotten.

    On 9/11/2023 at 12:04 AM, CriticalCid said:

    Hey guys, I need some help with this one:

    Summon Night: Craft Sword Monogatari: Hajimari no Ishi

    SummonNight_SwordcraftStory3-TheStoneofBeginnings-01.jpg.eedac690b5d34ed2cdeb88c6fb75a8fd.jpg

    The current logo in the database is for a completely different game from that series.

    I’d also like to request a couple of Japan exclusive PS2 games:

    GetBackers Dakkanya: Dakkandayo! Zenin Shuugou!!

    GetBackers-Dakkanya-Dakkandayo!ZeninShuugou!!(Japan).thumb.jpg.8af90121546aed07278980bfe5f4f23c.jpg

     

    Heavy Metal Thunder

    HeavyMetalThunder.(JapanAsia).thumb.png.5a438acf738b88b57b3e0ca535ba25e8.png

     

    Ikuze! Onsen Takkyuu!!

    Ikuze!OnsenTakkyuu!!(Japan).thumb.jpg.43ef3d61cc1fc275e9442c18bf2e7f89.jpg

     

    Rimokokoron

    Rimokokoron-01.thumb.jpg.f7494d260dac63341fa37ebc5bf5e9e4.jpg

     

    I’d also like to thank all of you guys! Really love and appreciate all the work you do here :)

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    LaunchBox 13.7 Released!

    in News and Updates

    Posted · Edited by CriticalCid

    4 hours ago, Krakerman said:

    Trying to Import MAME 0.259 freezing LB 13.7 when parsing just frozen for hours and crashes LB. I'll have to agree this was not a well tested prior and I'm on a clean install on a new pc.

    This should only take a moment ... um yeah right lol

    So I went back to 13.5 and works perfectly so yes, 13.7 is an issue

    I’ve used the MAME importer over the weekend quite heavily and can confirm the issue. The first import works like intended within a fresh LB installation but when I start it a second time (doesn't matter if I delete all games/the whole platform beforehand) it just locks itself in the “wait a moment” screen forever and I must kill the process through the task manager.

    The only way to get another import done is by setting up another new fresh install. I’ve probably set up 3 or 4 different LB installations over the past two days. I tested it with both the regular and the no-nag versions of MAME 0.259 and even once tried to delete the Mame.xml in the metadata folder before starting the importer. Got always the exact same behavior.

     

    EDIT: To clarify, it doesn’t matter if you use the full set importer or manually add some ROMs. You can only import exact one batch of MAME ROMs and that’s it.

    Unified

    in Big Box Custom Themes

    Posted

    You can’t have different pointers for each platform category like handhelds, consoles, etc.. That’s something that wasn’t possible when I created this theme back in 2018. I don’t know if it’s possible now because a lot has changed within the theming engine since then. But even if it would be possible now, the theme itself couldn’t take advantage of that in its current state.

    If you get the default pointer for your platforms or playlists than I would guess that their names don’t match the names of the pointer files. Just rename the pointers to the name of your platform/playlist (their unique name, not their nested or sort title!) and you should be good.

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    LaunchBox (BigBox) not pulling in latest EmuMovies

    in Noobs

    Posted

    LaunchBox pulls the videos directly from the EmuMovies Sync servers. This means if you don’t get the new videos than they haven’t updated those servers yet.

    It also seems that they haven’t posted a news article about this update on their website, so my guess is that they are still working on it.

    To be certain you would have to ask them; we have no control or insights about that.

    People marking games for deletion saying that they do not exist on the platform, yet wikipedia and mobygames say otherwise

    in Contributions

    Posted · Edited by CriticalCid

    46 minutes ago, Merovingio said:

    I have also looked at wikipedia and it said that it is not in MVS:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Neo_Geo_games

    Only Neo Geo AES and CD. That's why I made the change

    And most importantly, the version that is included in the playlists MAME (Neo Geo MVS) is 2010 NCI Release. It is for Arcade, no MVS.

    You should measure your words because your answer has been quite arrogant.

    I’m sorry if my answer came off arrogant to you.

    It looks like that the Wikipedia list is wrong about that. I often find that those lists on WIkipedia aren't always complete, I definitely wouldn't solely rely on them.

    If you don’t believe me than here’s a link to a shop were the MVS version is listed.

    https://www.neostore.com/Bang-Bang-Busters-MVS-kit-p/1248.htm

    There also seems to be conflicting info when that version actually came out. According to the shop site the 2010 NCI release seems to be correct. It even says 2010 on the flyer as well.

     

    EDIT:

    I’d also like to add to what C-Beats said. The playlist doesn’t care if the game is in the database or not. It just includes everything that runs through the neogeo driver inside MAME and doesn’t differentiate between AES and MVS. If that bothers you than you would either need to manually exclude all AES exclusive games inside your playlist settings or remove the content inside the Source field of said games.

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    People marking games for deletion saying that they do not exist on the platform, yet wikipedia and mobygames say otherwise

    in Contributions

    Posted

    21 minutes ago, Merovingio said:

    The problem is that it puts it in SNK Neo Geo MVS when MAME playlists are made.

    And how is that a problem? According to the Wikipedia article it IS a MVS game.

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    Though it was initially launched for the Neo Geo AES, the game was later released for both Neo Geo MVS (arcade) and Neo Geo CD in 2011 and 2012 respectively, as well for the Dreamcast in 2018.

    If you are the person who made the deletion request than I’d like to ask you to do stop with that.

    Clear Logo Requests

    in Game Media

    Posted

    1 hour ago, Gill Figno said:

    MaidClothes1.thumb.png.99cfc217621eaa0a09491d8b817a9391.png

    Here you go! I actually bought this game new when it came out back in the day. Simple 2000 games are really great.

    It truly is a fun little title. Huge thanks for the logo, looking great! :)

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    C64 Dreams (massive curated C64 collection)

    in Emulation

    Posted · Edited by CriticalCid

    You should probably delete all folders of Unified that you have installed in your LaunchBox Themes folder and then do a completely fresh installation of it. Also make sure that you download the newest version of the Unified variant that you have setup in the Big Box options and not some other fork like Unified Redux, Ultrawide, etc.

    Please post any further questions or issues you might encounter with Unified in the support thread of the theme. No need to derail Zomb’s thread any further. Thanks.

    EDIT: Also be aware that the logo size won’t change. The newest version just puts the text list above the logo. If that isn’t good enough for you and you want to change the size than you can find the logo in the following folder:

    \LaunchBox\Themes\Unified\Images\Theme\Logo

     

    Here's the Unified support thread:

     

    Unified

    in Big Box Custom Themes

    Posted

    On 11/22/2022 at 3:51 AM, darreldearth said:

    Is this theme going to be updated to use the new 3D rotatable boxes? or is it going to stay with the 3D static images?

    For now I will stay with static 3D boxes. Most platforms need proper spine or full box art first before I'll update Unified to use the new 3D models.

    I’m not a huge fan of custom media and prefer that my artwork is looking like the real thing. The current solution for missing spines is great for people who don’t care about that but for me are most of the current 3D box art sets the better choice for simple views like in Unified.  I love the new 3D system and all the possibilities you can do with that, but I need the proper artwork first before I can really appreciate it.

    Now with Jason updating his Unified versions to use 3D models I’m also thinking that it's a good idea to keep my version like it is, so that people have the choice to choose whatever they prefer.

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    CriticalZone / CriticalZone - BlueBox

    in Big Box Custom Themes

    Posted

    I don’t think that you can get them anymore, at least from here.

    The original uploader requested the removal of the image pack from the download section for unknown reasons.

    Maybe it’s still available somewhere else, I don’t know. In case you want to google it, It was known as the “Reignstumble” image pack, as that was the name of the original uploader.

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