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Hi everyone, We are hoping this will be a quick hotfix type of release that will address a few issues that were lingering since 1.13. To that effort, we just released beta 1 which contained a number of fixes including an optimized startup process, aiming to bring load times back to pre-1.13 levels for users experiencing slow launches. If you were affected in 1.13, please let us know if your startup times have improved! You can opt into the beta within LaunchBox for Android by going into Option and turning on the Update to Beta Releases option. If a beta release is available, you will get prompted each time the app opens up. Full Changelog: https://www.launchbox-app.com/android-about/change-log Beta 1: Optimized navigation sounds initialization for faster startup Fixed rare crash encountered when entering an empty game list Fixed unexpected crash occurring when navigating away from a settings page with no menu items Fixed device-specific crash related to internet connectivity detection Beta 2: Improved video handling for Custom Themes that remove the background or foreground video elements, automatically playing a video regardless of the user's View setting The media download process has been optimized for smoother performance, helping devices with limited resources Streaming videos will now automatically pause when your internet connection drops Added media indicators to all default views, so you'll always know when images or videos are being downloaded behind the scenes For Theme Developers: We've added new bindings that will give you more control over showing users when background media downloads are happening. Head over to the Documentation.pdf file in your Themes folder to learn more about these new bindings. Fixed a potential crash while downloading game media, especially on devices with lower resources Fixed crashes relating to the platform saving process Fixed an issue where a screenshot may not have displayed under certain conditions Fixed rare issue where where downloaded images on the games page wouldn't always display correctly until the view was refreshed Fixed an issue where a video's audio might play unexpectedly Beta 3: Improved stability when navigating game lists while game statistics syncing is enabled and while downloading game media Resolved issue preventing touch interactions on some game views (introduced in beta 2) Beta 4: The automatic media download feature will now download media for games that are visible on your screen Fixed the media download indicator appearing incorrectly in some situations Fixed potential crashes in filter sections like "Recently Played"

Do you remember which folder you added your games into within the LaunchBox\Games folder? By default, the system will not import any arcade based systems, so I'm curious how that happened for you. If you have any backups saved under LaunchBox\Backups, it might be best for you to load one of those up using Tools > File Management > Restore Data Backup

I'll reach back out in this thread once we have a beta to see if it improves the time on your devices.

We looked into this. As you know, LaunchBox has a feature designed to help display media files from external sources based on matching filenames. Unfortunately, we discovered a bug in this code that caused unintended consequences. This bug sometimes linked media to the wrong games, or even multiple incorrect games at once. The bug also allowed this association even if the filenames didn't perfectly match the game files, which sounds like what you have going in your library. The bad really outweighted the good here, so we fixed the bug to ensure accurate media association, which then also broke the association for any external media that only loosely matched the game's file name. We will continue to support media from outside sources in the way it was intended, but really for optimal functionality throughout LaunchBox, we strongly recommend using the in-app media tools.

Beta 6 just came out with a few more small changes: Improvement: "Sort Title" on a Platform is now factored in the order when arranging games by platform Fixed: The parent indicator now updates accurately alongside its child elements on the Dependency File sections Fixed: The keyboard shortcut for viewing the 3D box model has been updated to CTRL+ALT+M At this point we are gearing up for the release, which we are hopefully will come sometime next week. Thanks to everyone willing to test this round.

Check your LaunchBox\Updates folder for an older version. You would first need to delete LaunchBox off of your device, and then install the older apk. And just to update, we investigated what has changed and the only thing that has changed during the startup is a check for the new navigation sounds. Not sure why that would take a lot of time on low powered devices (we test for as low as the Retroid Pocket 2+ and haven't seen any slowdowns), but we are looking at potentially a better way at handling that check.

Beta 5 is out with the following changes: Improvement: The ROM Import Wizard now leverages the new dependency files logic Improvement: All Storefront IDs are now accurately displayed in the combine games drop-down window Improvement: The PCSX2 command line now automatically updates the fullscreen switch when pointed to the QT version Fixed: Wiki/Video URLs correctly update when using "Search for Metadata" from the Edit Game window Fixed: Resolved an issue where GOG games already imported were sometimes re-imported as additional applications Fixed: Auto rom scanning now accurately detects folders in some situations Fixed: The custom field sidebar filter now functions correctly in all circumstances Fixed: Legacy versions of PCSX2 will no longer cause the application to open during version lookups on the Manage Emulator and Edit Emulator windows

I see, that makes sense, thanks for following up.

Sorry to hear. This is definitely not the normal experience, we even test on a very similar device. Can you zip up your Data folder from your phone and PM it to me. We can at least take a look at it for you. Thanks for the report. We don't see this happening, but we'll take a closer look and see if anything funny is going on with your example.

Not exactly the way you are wanting to do this, but to identify multiple versions you can audit your games and sort by the Additional Apps column. Other badges do have various ways to either filter or arrange by them. Would be curious to know which ones you feel are missing outside of multiple versions/discs.

Like Retro is mentioning, if you have a specific example where you have an image file named after a ROM you have imported into LaunchBox, that could help track down what is going on with your library. We'd need the name of the image file that isn't linking, along with the launching section of a game's edit window showing the name of the ROM file.

It could either be an issue with where you are placing your music files, or an issue with a setting inside of Big Box itself. Hard to say without more information. For your files, if you want general background music, place it in: LaunchBox\Music\Background If you want platform specific background music, place it in: LaunchBox\Music\Background\Platforms\[PlatformName]\ For playlists just swap out the word Platforms for Playlists above.

Thanks for the report. We are currently cataloging all of the crash reports and we'll be patching them all up as quickly as we can.

It's been a while, but you should be able to wrap the index in a viewbox, and you can control its scale via the size of its parent.

Looks like a bad copy/paste job from another theme. I'll have to update that. Sorry for the confusion.

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This theme doesn't contain any views with video support unfortunately. It's possible in the future that more view types could be added that were specifically designed to play videos, but the current version of the theme doesn't have any.

Can you post some screenshots of what exactly you are seeing?

First thought was that I don't believe anything with the startup was adjusted, but we will take a look before the official release. You may also want to think about if you made any changes to your library, or to your device (like a device update). One thing to note is that the more games imported into LaunchBox, the longer it will take to load.

Thanks guys, I do feel even for shorter overviews, we could do a better job of displaying that information to make it more readable when trying to moderate overviews. We'll see what we can come up with.

Hi everyone, Beta 4 is out and this is another large update. This update introduces a brand new Dependency Files section within the Emulator window. We have it working for our supported emulators at the moment, which include RetroArch and PCSX2. Essentially, it's a page where you can find out information on potential dependency files (like bios files), so you are better informed as to why a particular platform may not be launching correctly. If we find that a dependency file might be required, and you try and play a game for that platform, you will get a prompt providing you with this information. If you have time to test this system out, that would be highly helpful to us. Changelog for Beta 4: New Feature: A new "Dependency Files" section is now available for supported emulators within their emulator window allowing you to more easily manage these essential files. Supported emulators include: RetroArch, PCSX2 New Feature: You will now receive a prompt, with potential solutions, when you try to play a game that requires missing dependency files Fixed: The version badge now displays correctly when combining two GOG games Fixed: A bug where images could incorrectly be linked to more than one game with similar names Fixed: The Amazon Games install flag now sets correctly on startup

Hi Everyone, We've deployed another round of updates to the LaunchBox Games Database. The complete changelog: Enhanced the upload process with PNG and transparency checks for specific image types. A user-friendly interface for advanced search options located next to the search bar has been added. The Changes Status and Moderation pages have been optimized for better readability. Refreshed the look of game lists by providing background images with the box art displayed on top.

Can you post a screenshot of everything inside of your LaunchBox\Data folder and all their subdirectories? It's possible that could help see what's going on with your build.

Sounds like you only had your game files on the SD Card? If so, you could adjust it on a per-platform basis. If you enter into one of your platforms, then open the top-right menu, you'll find an option called Change ROM Folder Paths. You can do this for each one of your platforms to update paths for all of your games.

Would love that too, however Android is much more sandboxed than Windows is, which essentially means that one app cannot monitor or affect another app while it's active.