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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)

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.

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.

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.

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).

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.

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. Turn on Startup Screens to see if that helps 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.

Maybe turn off transitions in options for the platform videos.

The LaunchBox 13.7 beta thread has been opened, and can be followed here:

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.

If you would like to use m3u files for this core, you're likely going to need to set up a manual file.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

See if either of these options help you out: Tools > Options > General, and turn on Minimize and Restore options. Or Tools > Options > Gameplay > Game Startup, and check the Use Game Startup Screen

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.

Can you explain what you are expecting to see instead of that keyboard icon? Also, what theme are you using?

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.