Fursphere

Why can't you use ledblinky? You can use a batch file that catches BigBox LEDBLINKY output and passes it onto whatever platform you are using. That's all BIGBOX is doing. Literally throwing commands at the command line. Assuming you're on windows, you can use this to start... make a batch file called "catcher.bat" (or whatever). Tell bigbox that "catcher.bat" is your LEDBLINKY executable. Fire up bigbox and play around. Everything you do that would interact with ledblinky will be output to 'catcherlog.txt' Then you can figure out how to translate that to whatever you are using. (if linux, you can do the same with a shell .sh script - but I don't know the syntax - you can probably use chatgpt to convert it) echo . >> catcherlog.txt echo Start >> catcherlog.txt echo %date% %time% >> catcherlog.txt echo Arguments Received: %1 %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9 >> catcherlog.txt set filename=%1 set filenameWithoutExtension=%~n1% echo Filename: %filename% >> catcherlog.txt echo Filename without extension: %filenameWithoutExtension% >> catcherlog.txt Echo Finish>> catcherlog.txt notepad catcherlog.txt

Launchbox isn't free. I feel like you completely missed my point.

While true, I think this view is far more important: That's just the top 6 distros in the category, and they don't even make up a full percentage point. How many others are in there? Trying to support all of that would be a nightmare, with all the different package managers.

Progress is progress! I'll take it. thank you!

Any chance you could work trackball / spinner bigbox "wheel" control into this release?

MAME has changed file names a few times over the years, but it is rare. If I have time this weekend I'll try the idea here. Re-import my current full set. "HIDE" everything that's like 3.0 or lower, then upgrade to the latest monthly, and re-import and see what happens.

I generally just delete (MAME - delete from Launchbox, other platforms delete the actual ROMs). MAME is just stubborn due to the way its updated monthly. When you re-import MAME to update it - do the hidden games get un-hidden? That's the main problem I'm trying to solve for. The shit floating back to the top, per say.

Happened again this morning. In BigBox on my desktop pc, Bigbox decided to re-enable gamepads, and then auto-selected my SpaceMouse. This results in endless scrolling in BigBox, and a forced ctrl-alt-delete - kill task. This is a NASTY bug (and yes, I've opened a bug report on this, but it needs more attention) that results in complete loss of control of BigBox. Happens with the following 'controllers' randomly across multiple systems: SpaceMouse Fanatec Racing Wheels Ultimarc 12-way Rotary encoders (for rotary joysticks) This is from the BigBoxSettings.xml

Bumping a super old thread. I've open a feature request for this one. I've been waiting for this feature for a long time! https://feedback.launchbox.gg/p/trackball-spinner-support-for-bigbox-spin-the-wheel

This is a bug that persists even in the current release of LB/BB (13.26). Its pretty nasty, I'm not sure why its not getting more attention.

This isn't an airport. No need to announce your departure.

I have an idea for a new feature, but I want to flesh it out before I put in a ticket. Something to the effect of a "blacklist" Basically, a way to create a list of games that: 1) Can be added too while in BigBox (I played a game so bad I never want to play it again) 2) Will never be shown in BoxBox (No attract mode, no screen saver, not in any lists, not in platforms, not in other playlists, not in recommended, never under any circumstances) Use case: In BigBox - you cannot delete games (and sometimes even after you delete them in launchbox, they come back from the dead - see MAME below). You can only add them to a playlist. You can hide the playlist, but that doesn't hide the games. So you can make a "Broken" or "To be deleted / Trash" playlist to deal with later in LaunchBox, but its just putting the problem off until later. Why would someone want this? Two reasons that I can see: 1) MAME. You can go through MAME and remove all the games you DON'T want. But update your set and re-import (to get the newly added titles) and all that work you did to remove the 'undesirables' is gone. (this applies to FBNeo as well I guess) 2) Digital Hoarders. If someone wants to keep every.damn.game under the sun, more power to them. (I've broken myself of this, but I'm sure a lot of people still just import full sets) Basically - if you want to exclude something from BigBox and not have the 'garbage float to the top" (this is exactly what the screen saver and/or attract mode does - displays the absolute worst titles in your collection), you can make a Blacklist playlist ("never show this in bigbox under any circumstances" playlist).

Why do you release 'hotfixes' as new betas? 13.25.01 (.02, .03, etc..) would make a lot more sense than "13.25 release is broken, please update to 13.26 beta 1 or beta 2". I've never understood why a more traditional development cycle isn't followed to better indicate the intention. Alpha Builds (usually internal only)--> Beta Builds (sometimes public) --> Release Candidate Builds (RC) (public) --> Release Builds --> Patches/Hotfixes Just my $0.02...

Just mass unzip all the roms and leave them unzipped. They're so small you cloud put them on anything at this point. there is no benefit to having them zipped at this point. People are playing DOOM on pregnancy tests. If you're worried about the space that SMS roms take up... its time to upgrade.

Just another observation. Just did a fresh install of LB 13.25 on my desktop PC. In the "\LaunchBox\Images\Media Packs\Platform Clear Logos\Nostalgic Platform Clear Logos\Platforms" There are platform logos included for: Arcade, MAME, Naomi, Naomi 2, Model 1, Model 2, Model 3, Sammy AtomisWave, TeknoParrot, Taito Type X, and a bunch of others... So the to address the statement directly "TeknoParrot is an Arcade Platform" - why does LB include media for it NOT being an Arcade Platform?