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When viewing games in list view, the column headers are often missing. They come and go; the problem seems to be intermittent: @JoeViking245 helpfully pointed out that if you exit LB in boxes view, then restart LB, then switch to list view, the problem isn't there. But if you exit LB in list view, then restart in list view, the problem is there.

I've noticed with the latest beta that the 3D box model icon doesn't always show as it should. When I'm browsing games, sometimes it loads correctly and sometimes it doesn't. Here it doesn't load: And if I move onto another game or two then come back, it loads:

Screenshot priorities doesn't seem to be working for platforms? I have banner deselected, but banner images still appear on the image carousel.

Was just adding PopCap games to my collection and this set is a godsend! Thanks!

Having an issue with the latest beta where Launchbox will crash during the import game process. I drag the game into Launchbox, get past the first couple of import windows but then it crashes and I have to force quit. Edit: after a while it stopped doing it and has since worked. I'll continue to monitor the issue.

I'm getting this error; any help appreciated: Attempted to access a path that is not on the disk. App: LaunchBox Version: 13.27-beta-2 Theme: Frogg 2 Type: System.IO.DirectoryNotFoundException Site: Vlc.DotNet.Core.Interops.VlcLibraryLoader GetOrCreateLoader(System.IO.DirectoryInfo) Source: ThirdScreenSupportLib at Vlc.DotNet.Core.Interops.VlcLibraryLoader.GetOrCreateLoader(DirectoryInfo dynamicLinkLibrariesPath) at Vlc.DotNet.Core.Interops.VlcManager..ctor(DirectoryInfo dynamicLinkLibrariesPath, String[] args) at Vlc.DotNet.Core.VlcMediaPlayer..ctor(DirectoryInfo vlcLibDirectory, String[] options) at Vlc.DotNet.Forms.VlcControl.EndInit() at ThirdScreen.Screen3Form.Screen3Form_Init(Int32 width, Int32 height, Point location) at ThirdScreen.Screen3Form..ctor() at ThirdScreen.ThirdScreen_SystemEventHandler.third_screen_init() at ThirdScreen.ThirdScreen_SystemEventHandler.HandleSelectionChanged(IPlatform platform_override, IGame game_override) at ThirdScreen.ThirdScreen_SystemEventHandler.HandleSelectionChanged() at ThirdScreen.SettingsForm.SettingsForm_FormClosing(Object sender, FormClosingEventArgs e) at System.Windows.Forms.Form.WmClose(Message& m) at System.Windows.Forms.Form.WndProc(Message& m) at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(HWND hWnd, MessageId msg, WPARAM wparam, LPARAM lparam) Recent Log: 22:10:41 Exception

Just updated and noticed a possible bug with the video preview area. I'm not sure if it is reading the xml properly. I'm using my own custom theme which removes the rounded edges of the viewing area. Currently, when I select a new game the viewing area is rounded on the left side but squared on the right. However, if I interact with the area in any way (including hover), the squared area quickly becomes rounded.

I have some which I’d be happy to share when I get back home at the weekend. Starting up a thread for folks to share what they have would seem sensible; is that OK with you @C-Beats? I know that putting game manuals on the Launchbox database wasn’t allowed?

Wow, this project is still going strong, good work!

This sounds very interesting, but I'm not clear from the description what it is or what it does exactly! Maybe add in an ELI5?

I'm still struggling with this issue. Just did a scan for removed roms for my TurboGrafx-16 platform, and it found the 2 missing roms in about 5 seconds. I then scanned for added roms, and it took about 2 minutes to find the 2 new ones. Launchbox is running on a local SSD; the roms are on my Synology NAS (local network folder). I doubt that it's the NAS that is the issue, as I've always had the roms there and generally didn't have this issue. The ROMs are the No-Intro collection (.zip). Any ideas @AstroBob? Happy to help by providing further info or diagnostics if I can.

Two of my requested features have appeared with this beta - the 3D box rotation lock and the ability to add platform manuals - thanks!! The rotation lock seems to work as expected. Great job. Much nicer to browse and rotate the 3D boxes now. When trying to import a document to a platform, pressing the "browse" button doesn't seem to work. A red box appears around the document list window: If I then press cancel, the window closes. But if I click OK, Launchbox crashes and I have to restart.

Happy birthday Launchbox! A lot of great suggestions here. If stuck on a deserted desert island for an extended period of time, I'd choose the game "Launchbox" - hours of tinkering and organising, levelling up box art, fixing metadata, curating playlists....paradise!

That link points to bitbucket - that's now defunct; here is the link for the request on the new system: https://feedback.launchbox.gg/p/allow-left-and-right-game-box-spines-ideally-all-4

Thanks….but I’m not trying to install a media pack. It’s just a single png I downloaded myself.

I cant seem to add playlist icons (by placing png images in LaunchBox\Images\Platform Icons\Playlists) with the current beta. The icon doesn't appear next to the playlist in Launchbox. The icon name matches the playlist unique name.

Lol, very poetic post. You're right of course, regarding it being impossible to play all of those games and it being more of a "compulsive completionist syndrome". You should head over to the datahoarder subreddit, or hang out in the RomVault discord - you'll see that collecting full sets for the sake of it isn't all that unusual. You can collect a large stamp collection, but you never actually use any of the stamps. Collecting for its own sake is not an unusual hobby. Me, I'm somewhere in the middle; I like to collect full sets, but I don't tend to import a new platform until the existing platforms that I have are "sorted" - i.e. everything is set up properly with the correct artwork, manuals, videos etc. And I play many of the games too

I've noticed recently that after closing Launchbox, a Launchbox process remains active (as per the Windows 11 task manager), This persists even after putting the PC to sleep and waking again. When I try and start Launchbox I then get the message "another instance of LaunchBox or BigBox is already running".

I seem to be getting an error message when trying to log in to Epic Games with the latest beta:

Well, I got it working in the meantime with some help of Viking and Neil on the Discord. I had to go to Win11 settings/system/optional features, and then remove the existing Windows Media Player legacy edition. I then had to reinstall it from the same window, and once fully reinstalled, everything worked! So hopefully that helps others.

I installed the K-Lite Codec pack - it doesn't seem to make any difference; videos still don't play now.