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  1. On 3/17/2024 at 3:54 AM, Kefka2b said:

    Hi you should take a look at the es de colorful theme it works great there. It would look better with a wheel and the clear logos instead of that huge brand name in the back for platform view.

    Thanks, although the new platform view was actually conceptualized by the original creator of Colorful as a sort of Colorful 2.0, so the view you see was not meant to be a port of his original Colorful Big Box theme.

    However, with the way Android themes work, you can create an unlimited number of different platform views within a theme, so it's always possible I create more variations based on his other concepts in the future.

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  2. 9 hours ago, skizzosjt said:

    those links on page 1 have been broken for a long time on this main discussion thread. the links are available on the file page. go to post below for the CTC files

     

    @Light Sock if you do not have an old version of CTC you got a handful of work to do to make it look good. you can find a post from me on the previous page detailing the issue and solution. CTC 3.1.5 is def superior to 2.5.5 so I think it's worth doing it, assuming you want to keep all the animations and opacity fades etc type stuff.

    Yes, this is true, you would have to use an older version of the CTC, but they should still work fine with it. At the moment, there's no plans to port it to newer versions of the CTC at the moment, but anyone that wants to is free to do so.

  3. Hi Everyone,

    Another beta round has started. Beta 1 has just been released with a number of major changes. The major user facing change of this release is the ability to download Dolphin automatically from LaunchBox from within the auto-import workflow and the older ROM import wizard. A number of systemic framework changes were made in order to facilitate this, so any help in testing our imports would be much appreciated. We also have a handful of other changes, like improvements to the auto-import system, the advanced search, and the fixing a number of bugs.

     

    Beta 1:

    • New Feature: LaunchBox can now automatically download and install the Dolphin emulator during the import or auto-import workflows
    • Improvement: The advanced search functionality has been expanded to include the following new filters: Broken, Complete, Favorite, Hide, Installed, PlayMode, Portable, Rating, Region, Series
    • Improvement: Several file extensions have been added to the ROM import blacklist, improving accuracy and reducing the chance of including unwanted files
    • Fixed: Import stability improved for scenarios involving merging new and existing games
    • Fixed: An uncommon issue that could occur during Epic Games imports

     

    Thanks to everyone willing to help us test our beta releases.

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  4. Beta 2 is out with the following:

    • Added navigation sounds, which supports startup, move, select, and back actions. Each action can play multiple sound files randomly or sequentially. Custom sound packs are supported, including full compatibility with Big Box sound packs. Place sound packs in the LaunchBox\Sounds folder. Configure options in the Options menu
    • You can now set a global view for all sections (Root Filter, Secondary Filter, Game views) from the Manage Theme menu (top-right corner). Global views override section-specific views without affecting individual section configurations
    • Improved controller navigation throughout the app
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  5. On 3/18/2024 at 5:21 AM, viking said:

    @faeran do you have any more recent sources to share? thx!!

     

    Sorry for my silence lately.
    A lot of work IRL since Christmas + the kids + renovations in my house.
    Don't expect any update very soon. Sorry for the inconvenience.

    But I haven't given up!
    I still have the theme v3 in mind. And once it's developed, I'll go back to creating platform videos.

    Thanks for your support and patience! ❤️

     

    On 3/19/2024 at 9:20 PM, Light Sock said:

    Np man! I understand that, hope @faeran could chime in in the meantime and update the links :)

    It's quite possible I could be missing something, since it's been a while, but from what I see, the current version is 2.03, and the resource files are also labeled 2.03. Let me know if I'm wrong and I can dig around.

  6. 19 hours ago, Pakkko said:

    When I boot up my LaunchBox on Android it tells me that "Your Settings.xml file is corrupted and cannot be loaded. All settings will be reset". I've tried to give up, install, again and nothing always comes out the same.

    Also, no matter how hard I try to delete it completely to start from 0 I can't do it, I can't delete the whole program completely and when I reinstall, I have all the platforms configured again as before uninstalling.

    Sorry to hear. All data files are stored under the LaunchBox folder on your internal storage (by default). Use any files app to navigate into that folder, enter into your Data folder and delete the Settings.xml file. Next time you load up the app it shouldn't display that error.

  7. 20 hours ago, DazStelfox79 said:

    Hi Faeran

    Wondering if you could help me. I have created a new theme called Playtime, My themes are normally hybrid so part CTC & part XAML & I want to create a new Game Discovery Center View that looks like my themes Platform View but i am struggling, I have attached some pics for reference.

    All I basically want to do is keep the List banners layout as it is in the Game Discovery Center View & drop them in my platform view replacing the current coverflow. or create a new Game Discovery Center View, I tried to do this a few different ways,

    Firstly i renamed the PlatformWheel2FiltersView in my theme to DiscoveryPageView & dropped all the relevant binary's from the default DiscoveryPageView into it & Launchbox crashes.

    Secondly I copied & pasted the default DiscoveryPageView from Launchbox folder into my Custom theme (Playtime) views folder as stated above then copied & pasted some code from my PlatformWheel2FiltersView into the DiscoveryPageView in my custom theme for instance just the White border you see in my theme & when i go into Big Box, Select Game Discovery Center & either you can't see the white border i put in there or it just crashes.

    Sorry if this sounds confusing as i just want to try & make the absolute fantastic Game Discovery Center View look like my theme.

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    The first thing you did would be very hard to get right, so I can see that instantly crashing.

    The second thing you did is more the way to go, but I would take it in steps. Copy and paste the entire Discovery page view, then load it up and make sure it works. Then make one change and see how it affects the view. Keep going like that, so you know the change that is crashing your theme so you can learn from it.

    If you want to get into any code specifics send me a PM.

  8. Version 13.12 - Released March 11, 2024

    Full Changelog: https://www.launchbox-app.com/about/changelog

    • New Feature: LaunchBox can now automatically import ROM files that are placed inside of a platform folder located in LaunchBox\Games. To enable it for existing LaunchBox installations, go to Tools > Options > General > Automated Imports
    • New Feature: LaunchBox will now actively monitor your platform Game folder (found in the Edit Platform window) and import any new ROM files it finds automatically while the program is open and during startup. To enable it for existing LaunchBox installations, go to Tools > Options > General > Automated Imports
    • New Feature: LaunchBox and Big Box's search has now been upgraded. It will now search by title (and alternate title) by default, with advanced options to search for other types of metadata.
    • Improvement: A dynamic list for Games with Achievements has been added to the Games Discovery Center
    • Improvement: The MAME Arcade Full Set Wizard file requirement has been reduced to accommodate HBMAME full sets
    • Improvement: Support for PICO-8 game files has been added into our import processes
    • Improvement: Clear Logos and Icons have been added for the following platforms: PICO-8, Microsoft Series X/S, VTech V.Smile
    • Improvement: RAHasher has been updated to version 1.7
    • Improvement: The Scan for Added ROMs tool will now import new versions of games you already have in your library
    • Improvement: Added logic to improve the ability to import SNES MSU-1 ROMs
    • Improvement: The included version of CefSharp/Chromium has been updated to version 119.4.30.0
    • Fixed: Issue where Image Types weren't downloaded when removed from all Image Groups and the Media Limit option was enabled.
    • Fixed: Java error encountered by some users during Epic Games login.
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  9. Just now, AquaJew said:

    I'm a phone user who generally force closes all my apps. One of the issues with LaunchBox in this regard is that I'll start a game (and get a nice notification that the game is started), play for a bit, close the app, and then come back in a day or two only to see a popup that I've so far logged 55 hours into a game. Is anyone else experiencing this? Or is there a way to make the counter stop when the app (LaunchBox and/or RetroArch) shuts down?

    In order to stop the counter you will need to exit the emulator and return to LaunchBox. Because of how each app on Android is sandboxed, if you simply close the emulator, LaunchBox has no way of telling when you went from playing the game to not playing the game.

    The prompt is a way for us to tell users that it's been a very long time since you told the app that you went to go play the game, so we are guessing that you probably stopped playing without returning into LaunchBox.

    If you like the play time feature, you'll need to return to LaunchBox after you are done playing the game, and before you shut down or put your device to sleep. You can simply click on the play time notification, which will return you to LaunchBox and stop the counter. Although, returning to the app in any way, will stop the counter from ticking.

  10. On 3/5/2024 at 5:24 AM, Gtrevize said:

    thanks for this very nice update. it is very appreciated.

    Is it any way to add a new platform / will this be a new future one day (like Amiga 1200 for example) ?

    Thanks.

    Pretty sure the Commodore Amiga platform encompasses all models of the Amiga, so you can import your games to that platform.

  11. On 3/1/2024 at 6:04 PM, JereBear said:

    - Been submitting a few games just now and the release date field only allows me to enter a year even know the year only box is not checked.
    If I check and then uncheck the 'year only' box it fixes itself and allows me to enter the full release date. 

    Can you be more specific about the games you've tried? I'm guessing this is more game specific than anything.

  12. On 3/2/2024 at 3:31 PM, crusadeRGP said:

    I've found that LaunchBox needs to be inside a folder on a drive for the install or updater to work. I changed my setup for an entire main drive to be my LaunchBox but by doing this the above error occurs. Is there any way to fix this @Jason Carr?

    As you found it is recommended that a LaunchBox install be within at least 1 folder to not run into the issue you are seeing (ala C:\LaunchBox\).

    We have it marked on a long list of items to take a look at, but it's fairly low priority due to the easy way to circumvent this problem.

  13. 23 hours ago, lordraven1 said:

    On version 13.11 and issue still hasn't resolved, even after forcing new login attempt.

    We just tested this internally have haven't seen any issues with logging into Microsoft/Xbox. The problem listed in this post was resolved, but if you are still experiencing a different issue with the login, open up a new thread with more detailed steps of what you are doing and the error you are receiving.

  14. 5 hours ago, k4rm4c0r3 said:

    Hello!

    I have a lot of PSX games (~900 games) on .bin and .img. Yesterday I decided to download a whole .chd collection, which will allow me to have more games using the same HDD space. The problem is I already have some game stats on my .bin and .img games. I'm mostly worried about playtime, every game has its playtime in the game selection screen and I don't want to lose that when I swap the games on the library.

     

    For example, Crash Bandicoot 2 is in the following location and uses the following file: "D:\Downloads\ROMs\ROM drive 2 (PSX)\Crash 2.bin"

    And it's going to be swapped to "D:\PSX New\Crash Bandicoot 2 - Cortex Strikes Back (USA).chd".

    I have 33 minutes of playtime in this game, as you can see in the attached screenshot.

     

    Is there any way to make this change WITHOUT losing the play stats on my games? And not by hand, because it's around 930 games. I did some tests deleting the old game in LB and adding it again with the new .chd file and location, but the stats always resets to 0.

     

    Thank you!

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    Couple ways you could try (create a backup of your data files before trying any of these, just in case):

    • The offline method:
      • Use the ROM Import wizard to import all your new files
      • Edit the PlayStation platform and make sure the Games folder is correct, under the Folders tab
      • Run the Removed ROMs tool under Tools > Scan > For Removed ROMs for Sony PlayStation
    • The online method:
      • Sign into (or register for) the Games DB in LaunchBox (if you haven't already) under Tools > Cloud
      • Once you are logged in, make sure Game Statistics Syncing is enabled (This will sync all of your game stats for games that are linked to a LB Games ID)
      • At this point, it doesn't matter if you delete the entire platform and re-import, your game statistics will get downloaded from the cloud and re-associated with your games

     

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  15. On 3/2/2024 at 4:11 PM, d8thstar said:

    first release note, sort platforms by different options?

    all of my platforms got reordered. not sure what happened. 

    i even went in and tried renaming them numerically, 010, 020, 030, etc. and that is still not doing anything.

    keep up the great work guys!

    Before, the platforms were using Sort Title by default. Have you used the platform sort menu to switch back to Sort Title and see if that fixes your issue?

  16. Beta 4 is out with the following fixes:

    • Fixed: The auto-import feature unintentionally being used for games that fall under one of the Arcade platforms
    • Fixed: Epic Games Store login will now work with SSO services like Google

    Thanks for all the help with beta testing this release. Unless something major gets uncovered, we are looking at a tentative release later this week, or early next week.

     

     

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  17. On 2/27/2024 at 9:31 PM, snoopaloop83 said:

    Howdy,

    I recently got a Retroid Pocket 4 and I have been using Launch Box as my front end of choice. One thing I haven't been able to figure out is how to set a custom emulator. With the device came a emulator for GameCube called "Dolphin for handheldx. This emulator works quite a bit better than the Dolphin in the app store. But I can't seem to figure out how to get Launch Box to use this emulator. It asks me for a package name, activity name, and path key. I guess I'm not super well versed on Android OS.

     

    Any help is appreciated. Thanks

    Based on what I've gathered, it looks like Dolphin for Handheld is essentially just MMJR2 repackaged. Maybe similar to this one: https://github.com/Medard22/Dolphin-MMJR2-VBI/

    We'll look into it and see if we can add it as a separate emulator entry for a future update.

  18. I've never seen that error unfortunately. It's something to do with the Emblem - Launch theme, but what it's referencing doesn't make too much sense. Does the same error happen when you launch other platforms? What version of LaunchBox for Android are you running? I assume you don't get this error if you switch to another Launch view from a different theme?

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