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If you look at that Steam survey, 0.15% is still using Windows 7. Assuming Steam has 100,000,000 users (pretty sure its actually more than that, but we'll use 100m for this example) that's 150,000 installs still using Win7. I'd be really surprised if Launchbox had 150,000 users.

They said that with Win98. Windows2k. Windows XP. Windows 7. Windows 8. Yet, here we are.

2.29% of the overall gamer user base is linux users, per Steam. You can see it here: https://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey/Steam-Hardware-Software-Survey-Welcome-to-Steam Then they've got 6 unique flavors of Linux that have enough users to show up. Who knows how many didn't even make the list because the user base is so small. Launchbox users is a small fraction of overall Steam users, and I'm willing to bet the "linux vs windows" ratios are about the same. Its a solid catch-22 problem. Dev's aren't making stuff for Linux because there isn't a big enough user base to justify the effort. User's aren't moving to linux because dev's aren't making enough stuff for it. Then add in the linux community itself is fragmented all to hell, because every time someone gets pissed off at a distro, instead of working to fix that feature, they hard fork it and start their own. "Everyone else is wrong, and I'm right" type of thinking. Look at how many distros are out there: https://distrowatch.com/ If Steam ever releases SteamOS for PCs, there might be hope. But I'm not sure how many 'gamers' want to essentially turn their PCs into single purpose devices (consoles!) and not do all the other PC stuff that requires Windows.

Currently investigating a problem with "Clean Up Media". If I try to use the tool in the current beta - 13.19-Beta-2, LB freezes up / crashes every time. Going to roll back to 13.18 and try again. Update: Rolled back to 13.18 and 'clean up media' works fine. Going to upgrade back to 13.19-Beta-2 and see if it breaks again. Update #2: Confirmed. 'Clean up media' is broken in 13.19-Beta-2

Are there any plans to overhaul the playlist Auto-Populate logic to include proper 'and' 'or' support? So i can do an "or" between two fields for example? (instead of only being able to do 'or' logic between multiple criteria in the same field)

Fair enough. I'll keep watching for the next beta release.

"skip this beta version" maybe? (only apply to beta versions) I get that it auto-downloads updates when you have the setting enabled. But if it ASKS ME "do you want to install this update" and I say "NO" (because I read the forums and know this particular update is jacked), the "NO" button shouldn't just install it anyway. If that's the behavior, why even ask? Just auto-download, exit the app, and install. Don't even give the user a warning.

Why is it when I say "No, don't apply this update" in BigBox, it does anyway as soon as I exit? Shouldn't "No" mean "Skip this version, and don't ask again until the next version" ? I mean, its straight up non-consensual at this point.

Are new default theme files going to be included with the next update?

I did this: And that fixed an error when loading the theme (Unified Refried) But when I try and access the system menu, I get a black screen (as mentioned in the notes) AND a huge ugly .net error: This is on a Windows 11 install.

Not sure how much work it would be, but one path could be to update the LB installer / updater to ask the question: Include Pre-made playlists? Yes/No (default yes) if 'yes' Display pre-made players in BigBox by default? yes/no (default no) if 'no', check "hide in bigbox" checkbox on each playlist by default And then maybe if the original ones have been modified, rename them or move them to backups?

There doesn't appear to be a way to 'un-hide' them from BB in the LB GUI, or any indication that they're hidden at all. (unless I missed something???) Maybe that's the 'ask' here. Update the LB GUI to indicate what's going on. I mean, there is a setting for "Hide in BigBox" that could be used to accomplish this (checked by default in this case).

I'd accept this, but they do show up just fine in the 'Platform Categories" view by default. (Platform Categories is a whole different subject...)

I think I have this figured out, but I don't understand why. I've been trying to get one of the included playlists to display in the BB "playlists" view. "Arcade SNK Neo Geo MVS" (one that comes with the default Launchbox install) No matter what I did, it would never show in BB. I originally assumed it had something to do with the parent catagory relationship - but no matter what I changed nothing worked. Finally I decided to go XML hacking, and found this to be the solution: If that's set to 'true', it'll never show in BigBox. Setting it to 'false' solves the issue. Is there a specific reason for this?

Ya.. I remember that hell when I had a T300RS wheel.

You can use the D-Pad and A/B buttons on the wheel for BB navigation instead of the analog controls. (Unless you've got a button-less wheel)

For MAME, I have a full import platform, then a "All killer No Filler" playlist that I normally use. I've been thinking about using the AKNF approach to all the platforms, and then just showing playlists primarily. If you want the full platforms, they're there, but the playlists are the primary source that filter out all the noise. Like the 1000+ Nintendo Wii titles with it being like 95% shovel-ware.... lol

Oh, I'm totally a data horder too. I just don't import them all in to LB, as I want LB to be somewhat usable. lol

Got it. thanks. This helps. But still has a gap as I don't know what the themes are pulling.

Where can I find this tool? I was just looking around in Launchbox and its not listed in any of the pull down menus.

Let me explore missing media sidebar again. I was hoping something theme related in bigbox though. I don't care if i'm missing media i'm not using. And its not always obvious what themes are exactly using. Like. How awesome would this be? Load a new platform/playlist. Download zero media. Open Bigbox, set theme I want for that platform/playlist. Let it run for a minute or three. Then go look at the logs. "oh, this theme needs xyz" - go back to launchbox and start scraping. Then re-review as missing items show up.

Is there a log file that records missing artwork / media based on what BigBox is doing? For example - User navigates to a SNES game SNES game is missing: "Video, Marquee, clear logo" Is there a log file somewhere that says "this theme tried to load these images/videos - not found" ?

I have played with that button. On/off. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. "inconsistent" is what I would call it. I don't blame BigBox. I blame the crappy drivers and software that come from the wheel vendors, and then the crappy USB device handling from Windows. Before I switched to Fanatec, I had a Thrustmaster T300RS wheel, and before that a Logitech G27. I remember having problems with the Thrustmaster. The Logitech just worked though. Logitech makes great software, too bad the force feedback on their wheels is garbage by comparison.

How many HBMAME titles are worth playing at this point? I was under the impression it was only like a dozen or two at most. And anything 'worth' playing (subjective, I know) is also included in the FBNEO rom set at this point. Like Final Fight 30th anniversary 3-player hack (assuming you have a need for a setup that supports 3 players). Then the Rotary Games to Dual Stick conversion hacks, so you can play those without having a proper rotary stick. What I'm getting at is that it might be a lot faster to figure out what games you care about from HBMAME, and just import those specifically. Because there is a lot of noise in that set.