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    LaunchMovies

    in Third-Party Applications and Plugins (Released)

    Posted

    On 5/4/2017 at 2:19 AM, cleverest said:

    After I run the process, and it fetches movie information from my collection....it says finish, I open launchbox and  my collection under the platform is created, says I have 72 (I have counts enabled in the options), but no movies show up in the window.....then LB freezes, not responding...I re-opened, now the movies seem to load fine, but I'm in there for a few seconds, and LB crashes again, not responding :-(

    just letting you know!

    Sorry to hear this @cleverest. Could you send me the platform .xml from the data platforms folder? I must admit that it's been quite a while since I last looked into this, so I'm not sure if I'll try to resolve the issues, or try to create one of those fancy new plugins.

    Recent games lag

    in Big Box Custom Themes

    Posted · Edited by Brian

    I noticed there is quite a bit of lag when adding recent games to a theme, it makes . It's also harder to switch between platforms. I added 2 videos to show the difference. Does anyone have the same issue?

    I'm on the latest beta release, but other versions had the same issue.

    <UserControl xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
        xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
        xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
        xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
        xmlns:transitions="clr-namespace:Unbroken.LaunchBox.Wpf.Transitions;assembly=Unbroken.LaunchBox.Wpf"
        xmlns:coverFlow="clr-namespace:Unbroken.LaunchBox.Wpf.Controls.CoverFlow;assembly=Unbroken.LaunchBox.Wpf"
        xmlns:cal="http://www.caliburnproject.org"
        xmlns:i="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/2010/interactivity"
        mc:Ignorable="d"
        d:DesignHeight="562" d:DesignWidth="1000" HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" VerticalAlignment="Stretch" Style="{DynamicResource UserControlStyle}">
        <Canvas Name="Canvas">
            <transitions:TransitionPresenter TransitionSelector="{Binding BackgroundTransitionSelector}" Content="{Binding BackgroundView}" Height="{Binding ElementName=Canvas, Path=ActualHeight}" Width="{Binding ElementName=Canvas, Path=ActualWidth}" IsContentVideo="true">
                <transitions:TransitionPresenter.Effect>
                    <BlurEffect Radius="15" />
                </transitions:TransitionPresenter.Effect>
            </transitions:TransitionPresenter>
            <Grid Height="{Binding ElementName=Canvas, Path=ActualHeight}" Width="{Binding ElementName=Canvas, Path=ActualWidth}">
                <Grid.Background>
                    <SolidColorBrush Color="White" Opacity="0.1" />
                </Grid.Background>
                <Grid.RowDefinitions>
                    <RowDefinition Height="25*" />
                    <RowDefinition Height="12*" />
                    <RowDefinition Height="30*" />
                    <RowDefinition Height="12*" />
                    <RowDefinition Height="4*" />
                    <RowDefinition Height="40*" />
                    <RowDefinition Height="19*" />
                </Grid.RowDefinitions>
                <Rectangle Grid.Row="1" Grid.RowSpan="3" Fill="Black" Opacity="0.65" SnapsToDevicePixels="True" Margin="0" />
                <coverFlow:FlowControl Grid.Row="1" Grid.RowSpan="3" x:Name="FlowControl" HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" VerticalAlignment="Stretch" ImageType="Clear Logo"
                CurveAmount="0.0" CameraZPosition="8.0" VisibleCount="10" PageSize="6" Spacing="6.35" ItemZPosition="1" SelectedItemZPosition="6.25">
                    <coverFlow:FlowControl.CoverFactory>
                        <coverFlow:HorizontalWheelCoverFactory />
                    </coverFlow:FlowControl.CoverFactory>
                    <coverFlow:FlowControl.Effect>
                        <DropShadowEffect ShadowDepth="0" Opacity="1"/>
                    </coverFlow:FlowControl.Effect>
                </coverFlow:FlowControl>
                <Grid Grid.Row="5">
                    <Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
                        <ColumnDefinition Width="5*" />
                        <ColumnDefinition Width="100*" />
                        <ColumnDefinition Width="5*" />
                    </Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
                    <transitions:TransitionPresenter Grid.Column="1" HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" VerticalAlignment="Stretch" TransitionSelector="{Binding BottomBoxesTransitionSelector}" Content="{Binding BottomBoxesView}"></transitions:TransitionPresenter>
                </Grid>
            </Grid>
        </Canvas>
    </UserControl>

     

    Console Metadata (Mega-Thread)

    in Contributions

    Posted · Edited by Brian

    PS Tried to remove the other topic I created. But I'm unable to actually open the topic for some weird reason. Anyway,  the last few days I took some time to create hd logos for each of the released "Pokémon Mini" games (10 in total), but I noticed that the platform was missing quite a bit of information.

    Pokémon Mini

    • Name: Rename it to "Nintendo Pokémon Mini" (add the ´ on top of the e)
    • Release date: November 16, 2001
    • Dev: Nintendo
    • Manu: Nintendo
    • Max cont: 1
    • CPU: 8 bit, 4 MHz S1C88
    • Memory: Internal ram 4kB (shared with video subsystem)
    • Graphics: 1bpp LCD display
    • Sound: Single channel PWM sound (square wave)
    • Display: 96 x 64
    • Media: Game Pak (512KiB cartridge)
    • Overview: 

      The Pokémon Mini (stylized Pokémon mini) is a handheld game console that was designed and manufactured by Nintendo and themed around the Pokémon media franchise. It is the smallest game system with interchangeable cartridges ever produced by Nintendo, weighing just under two and a half ounces (70 grams). It was first released in North America on November 16, 2001, then in Japan on December 14, 2001, and in Europe on March 15, 2002. The systems were released in three colors: Wooper Blue, Chikorita Green, and Smoochum Purple.

      Features of the Pokémon mini include an internal real-time clock, an infrared port used to facilitate multiplayer gaming, a reed switch for detecting shakes, and a motor used to implement force feedback. The Nintendo GameCube game Pokémon Channel features playable demo versions of several Pokémon mini games via console emulation. Also included in the game is Snorlax's Lunch Time, a Pokémon Channel exclusive. Some games were only released in Japan, such as Togepi's Adventure.

     

    I got the handheld images from bulpapedia (http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Pokémon_mini). If you can only use one, I would suggest using the "Wooper Blue" one. As the others look a bit discolored.

    The clear logo is a rasterized vector recreation of the original logo.

     

    Pokémon Mini.png

    Pokémon_mini_Chikorita_Green.png

    Pokémon_mini_Smoochum_Purple.png

    Pokémon_mini_Wooper_Blue.png

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    Adding to the LB database

    in Contributions

    Posted

    I've got boxes + clear logos for most my games, of which I had to manually search / create a large chunk. This means there are quite a few games that are missing this media. So, it would be nice if there was a way to query games with missing artwork.

    Nintendo Pokémon Mini

    in Contributions

    Posted

    Hi,

    the last few days I took some time to create hd logos for each (10 in total) of the released Pokémon Mini games, but I noticed that the platform was missing quite a bit of information.

    I was able to submit changes for all the games, but I can't do this for the platforms. Could someone make a few small changes applied to the "Nintendo Pokemon Mini" platform:

    source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pokémon_Mini

    1. Name: Rename it to "Nintendo Pokémon Mini" (add the ´ on top of the e)
    2. Release date: November 16, 2001
    3. Dev: Nintendo
    4. Manu: Nintendo
    5. Max cont: 1
    6. CPU: 8 bit, 4 MHz S1C88
    7. Memory: Internal ram 4kB (shared with video subsystem)
    8. Display: 96 x 64 pixel monochrome LCD
    9. Media: Game Pak (512KiB cartridge)
    10. Overview: 

      The Pokémon Mini (stylized Pokémon mini) is a handheld game console that was designed and manufactured by Nintendo and themed around the Pokémon media franchise. It is the smallest game system with interchangeable cartridges ever produced by Nintendo, weighing just under two and a half ounces (70 grams). It was first released in North America on November 16, 2001, then in Japan on December 14, 2001, and in Europe on March 15, 2002. The systems were released in three colors: Wooper Blue, Chikorita Green, and Smoochum Purple.

      Features of the Pokémon mini include an internal real-time clock, an infrared port used to facilitate multiplayer gaming, a reed switch for detecting shakes, and a motor used to implement force feedback. The Nintendo GameCube game Pokémon Channel features playable demo versions of several Pokémon mini games via console emulation. Also included in the game is Snorlax's Lunch Time, a Pokémon Channel exclusive. Some games were only released in Japan, such as Togepi's Adventure.

    11. The attached image can be used as platform clear logo.

    Pokémon Mini.png

    Arcade mega-platform

    in Features

    Posted

    At the moment there are quite a lot of games in the arcade platform. Are there any plans and do we prefer to split up these games in more specific arcade systems?

    Perhaps when searching for games for the "arcade" platform, it should also query the ZiNc, Sega Naomi, Capcom Play Systems, Neo Geo etc platform games? And vice versa?

    Resolved - Changes stuck - Issue #???

    in Features

    Posted

    Hi,

    I requested a change a few weeks ago, which was a new game for the TurboGrafx-16 that currently has 7 approvals and 6 rejections. Perhaps some admin should be able to accept / reject changes for changes that are considered "troubling". With troubling I mean: changes with a lot of votes and no clear outcome and/or that have been idle for a long time.

     

    PS I think the issue with my change request is that there is a variant for the 'arcade' platform.

    Clear Logo Requests

    in Game Media

    Posted

    It's not really a platform, it's more of a game genre. Because of this, there aren't any official logos. Perhaps draw something, which could be used as a reference?

     

    PS It's shmup, an abbreviation of shoot 'em up.

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