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Beta 2 is out with the following changes:
- Improvement: Big Box's Recent Games list has been adjusted to better represent games a user last played
- Improvement: The Most Played Game listed in Platform/Filter details is now chosen based on both play count and play time, instead of just play count
- Fixed: Some LaunchBox themes were using more memory than they should and not releasing it correctly
- Fixed: Storefront auto import setting was incorrectly being applied (introduced in beta 1)
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You'd have to go into each emulator you are using and attack it from that end. Each emulator does things a little differently.
However, I would personally attack it from the other end by making it so all buttons on all my controllers are recognized in Windows in the exact same way using a program like x360ce.
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13 hours ago, RabidRich said:
I have been working exclusively in LB for some time now. I finally started to dabble into BB and there doesn't appear to be any images of any of the platforms. After checking the folders, it appears there are no images. What is the easiest way to populate all my platforms with images. Please don't just say 'add them', or scrape. If you wouldn't mind explaining step by step how as I have searched for others asking the same and unfortunately responses are vague at best. Any help is appreciated.
If you are referring to this specific theme, the black space is reserved for platform videos, which you can download in LaunchBox under Tools > Downloads > Platform/Playlist/Category Theme Videos.
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13 hours ago, adam1972 said:
It works.. It doesn't seem that the games are actually curated to the point where they show up as light gun games. You seem to have to go through and manually add each one into the "gun" section. I believe they are (mostly) set to "Shooter" which encompasses a HOOOGE amount of Galaga type games.
If you are just referring to Arcade games, and you've used the arcade full set importer, all light gun games should be categorized under Shooter / Gun. There's an automatic arcade playlist that LB can create for you as well if you right click the Arcade platform (while under Platform Categories) and choose to Create Missing Arcade/MAME Playlists.
For other platforms you could use the filter button to filter by Controller Support > Light Gun, and create playlists based off of that.
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20 hours ago, fiskenDK said:
any luck??
I have same issue
even exiting retroarch into launchbox baffles me, are you not supposed to leave/exit/quit retroarch and return direct back to launchbox ?
I dont think this is unreasonable to expect.
so sad i paid for launchbox android, seem useless for shield owners.
should have stayed on a real pc.
From what I can see, the OP doesn't close RetroArch, but returns to the home screen without closing it. Just like on a phone, if you go back to the home screen, the app continues to run in the background for a while.
There's 2 ways you can close RetroArch and return to LaunchBox.
- Setting up a close combo button inside of RetroArch: In RetroArch go to Settings > Input > Hotkeys > Quit (Controller Combo) or just Quit, and set one up. Then from now on you can use this to close RetroArch and return back to LaunchBox.
- Use the RetroArch menu: By default RetroArch should have a key that opens its menus while you are playing the game. On most controllers this is usually mapped to the home button. You can choose what key is it by going to Settings > Input > Hotkeys > Menu Toggle (Controller Combo) or Menu Toggle. This will allow you to open up RetroArch's menu while playing a game, and navigating to the Main Menu and choosing to Quit RetroArch, which will then bring you back to LaunchBox.
There's actually a third way you can do it if you would like continue navigating around like in the OPs video. In LaunchBox, if you go into the platform and then into its Emulator settings, there's an option in there called: Quit RetroArch on Losing Focus (Makes it Easier to Launch New Games without Exiting RetroArch First). This option will then quit RetroArch when you leave RetroArch by any means (even if you don't quit it yourself).
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On 9/2/2023 at 9:58 PM, bluerobotshoes said:
Loving Launchbox for years and finally purchased the license. I'm messing with regular mode and was wondering if there is a way to move the text under the marquee image instead of on the image or turn it off.
That looks like a custom theme you are using there. You can ask over on the theme's support thread, but it most likely involves editing the theme's code to accomplish what you are after.
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On 9/2/2023 at 2:06 AM, Mike Stewart said:
No issues so far. I really like this improvement, so many thanks! Quick question which is unrelated to the beta content but topically related - are there any plans to integrate the Legacy Games launcher at some point?
You can use the Request a Feature link, which is under Help & Support at the top of the page. We triage feature requests there based on votes.
On 9/5/2023 at 5:52 AM, Eyebrows Cat said:Thank you for releasing the new version.
OS: Windows10 64bit
LB version: 13.6 stable～13.7 β1
Problem: When starting the game with the enter key, the assigned emulator starts twice. (There is no problem if it is started by double-clicking the mouse or Ctrl+P)I'm having the same issue on both my desktop and laptop PCs.
It may be due to my PC environment.
Is there anyone having the same problem?Turn on Startup Screens to see if that helps
2 hours ago, eonder87 said:Please disable the auto-import option for Steam. I don't use Steam for Launchbox but if anyone wants to open with an on options.
And i encountered a notification bug on 13.6 maybe it has this version too.
While the "10 new games added" notification is visible when I try adding new games the screen disappears at some point and I cannot fix it until I restart Launchbox.
+ but I can't see the Turkish Translate on this beta version.The option is under Tools > Manage > Storefronts. You can disable it from there.
You should create a separate post, maybe under troubleshooting with as much information as you can add about your issue.
Also, don't worry, translations will get added before release.
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9 hours ago, viking said:
Hum ... Strange !
@faeran do you have any idea here ?
Maybe turn off transitions in options for the platform videos.
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The LaunchBox 13.7 beta thread has been opened, and can be followed here:
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Hey everyone,
LaunchBox 13.7 beta 1 has been released with the main one being an all new Manage Storefront window that contains a host of new features.
Beta 1:
- New Feature: A new Manage Storefronts window allows for easy access of your storefront credentials and automated import settings. This can be found in Tools > Manage > Manage Storefronts
- Improvement: You can now automatically import your storefront games that are not currently installed
- Improvement: You can now change your automated import settings per storefront
- Improvement: You can now manually run the automated import process. This can be done by going to Tools > Scan > Scan for Storefront Games, or by right clicking the LaunchBox taskbar icon (if enabled) and selecting Scan for Added Games
- Improvement: The Genre sidebar filter now nests genre / sub-genre pairs similar to the on-the-fly filter
- Improvement: The media download default settings during an import have been changed for new users, which can then be adjusted to the user's liking
- Improvement: Launching an additional application listed as a document will no longer increment Play Count or Play Time
- Improvement: Added the '.chm' file extension to the list of extensions used to identify an additional application as a document
- Improvement: Updated Ubisoft's game import and install state logic to match some changes made in Ubisoft's processes
- Fixed: Steam Trailer media type would always appear checked in the Steam Import wizard instead of being set to the last value
- Fixed: Platform Icons weren't displaying for free users correctly if there was an '&' in the name of the platform or playlist
- Fixed: In Big Box some of the controller binding images were incorrect
- Fixed: Several rare errors related to the Download Metadata and Media process
- Fixed: The tooltip string was missing in the Default theme's 3D model preview
- Fixed: LaunchBox's Default theme's Font folder was remaining locked after closing LaunchBox
Beta 2:
- Improvement: Big Box's Recent Games list has been adjusted to better represent games a user last played
- Improvement: The Most Played Game listed in Platform/Filter details is now chosen based on both play count and play time, instead of just play count
- Fixed: Some LaunchBox themes were using more memory than they should and not releasing it correctly
- Fixed: Storefront auto import setting was incorrectly being applied (introduced in beta 1)
Thanks to everyone helping us test this release, we really appreciate it.
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1 hour ago, Special T said:
Is that something I can fix on my end within LaunchBox settings or would the solution be to manually create m3u files for that core?
If you would like to use m3u files for this core, you're likely going to need to set up a manual file.
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1 hour ago, anqu said:
As title say.
Game are in DB on Launchbox site and in meta file locally but when editing game data they are not found.
Edit: Reimporting game or whole steam library doesn't solve problem.
Edit: While editing game entry, even partial name of game doesn't yield any hits in search field
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Sample of steam games with missing ids
The Games Database is currently in a state of flux. There was a first phase of a solution that helps with incorrect matching of Steam games. It no longer uses the name to determine the match, and we've essentially eliminated Steam games getting matched to a wrong game entry. The second phase is still a work in progress and will fill in the gaps you are seeing here.
In the meantime, there should be options during an import to grab Steam metadata and media for these games until we finish our backend solution. I unfortunately don't have an ETA to share on when this will finish.
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10 minutes ago, The Papaw said:
It shows as needing an update because I haven't uploaded this version to the theme manager yet, so it doesn't know that it's newer than the older version up there. Updating through the theme manager will download the older version.
As to why your videos don't work with this theme, I'm not sure. You can check theme specific options to see if there's anything in there messing with your setup.
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Based on a few searches, it looks like the issue is the core doesn't like absolute paths to be inside of their m3u files. It's some limitation to the core's implementation of m3u files.
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37 minutes ago, The Papaw said:
I might have something screwy going on, my video paths seem ok and other themes are working, but I have noticed an issue in LB where for some reason the media section isn't showing anything for ONLY for Sony Playstation, Sony Playstation 2 & Sony Playstation 3? I reckon I need to try and figure that one out (or post somewhere else about it later)
Hopefully you'll figure it out, just know that it won't be this theme causing that kind of issue as it uses the stock vanilla video control with nothing special about it.
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Not sure how much help this is, but I was able to find that game using its title or alt title just fine.
What happens if you run Tools > Download > Force Update Games Database Metadata, and then try again.
You could also check the file LaunchBox\Metadata\Metadata.xml and see if it has a recent Date Modified date.
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Just want to let you guys know that we also agree. I've added it to a long term list of changes we would like to get to.
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The only way to really accomplish this is to create other playlists all the games not in your lightgun playlists. Then you can just organize your Platform Categories filter section with only the playlists you want to see.
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18 minutes ago, Fursphere said:
If feels like it always refreshes all metadata, even using option 2.
Well, it checks every game, which is what you see in the progress bar, but only changes fields based on the setting you choose. All metadata is downloaded locally, and the metadata file is updated with new database changes (both for new info and new images) if the local metadata file is older than something like 24 hours, which would happen before the metadata check and the media download.
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See if either of these options help you out:
- Tools > Options > General, and turn on Minimize and Restore options.
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- Tools > Options > Gameplay > Game Startup, and check the Use Game Startup Screen
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On 8/11/2023 at 2:24 PM, Fursphere said:
Is there a way to get launchbox to download / update media without having to re-download the metadata?
I've found that when I download media for something like GameBoyAdvance - EmuMovies will tell me I have thousands of items to download. Then after a few hundred it'll stop. (I suspect there is a daily cap or something?). So I'll have to do it a few times over a few weeks.
But everytime it downloads metadata first.. why? why do I have to download metadata over and over again if its already preset?
The only way right now is to use the Metadata and Media download wizard allows you to do this. If you choose the middle option that says "Yes, but do not replace any existing fields or media (recommended)", this option essentially doesn't download new metadata if there's something already filled into a particular field.
As far as the media download is concerned, if you are using the media limit option, it could find thousands of images that could be potentially downloaded, but instead of downloading the 10 images it found for a particular image group, it would stop at 1 if you set your limit to 1.
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Can you explain what you are expecting to see instead of that keyboard icon? Also, what theme are you using?
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1 hour ago, billdog1225 said:
I'm not sure if this is the right forum for this, but i recently ordered a 8TB external drive that I want to transfer all my LaunchBox, Rom sets, Emulatoes, etc. Once I do that will I have to re-import all my games or will it recognize the new drive in LaunchBox? My mini pc is a mess and I've got 4 different drives with games all over the place and I want to organize and streamline everything.
After you run through your organization of your files, go into LaunchBox, select all games on a platform by platform basis and run Tools > File Management > Change ROMs Folder Path for Selected Games for each platform that needs it.
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24 minutes ago, The Mask said:
the coverflow,flowcontrol is in a grid. the code i used above i put inside of the coverflow.flowcontrol (wheel).
So, here's an example of what I'm referring to, just know that this is not a completed code, but it gets you a bit closer. Then you can edit it and style and position things the way you want.
<coverFlow:FlowControl.FlowTemplate> <DataTemplate> <coverFlow:FlowContext> <Grid Background="Transparent" Height="300" Width="600"> <Grid.ColumnDefinitions> <ColumnDefinition Width="1*"/> <ColumnDefinition Width="1*"/> </Grid.ColumnDefinitions> <coverFlow:FlowImage Grid.Column="0" ImageType="Backgrounds" /> <TextBlock Grid.Column="1" Text="{Binding RelativeSource={RelativeSource FindAncestor, AncestorType={x:Type coverFlow:FlowContext}}, Path=DataContext.Title}" /> </Grid> </coverFlow:FlowContext> </DataTemplate> </coverFlow:FlowControl.FlowTemplate>
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Sure, no problem.