faeran

For what you are wanting to do, there's currently no way to change navigation like that. This is built into the backend of LaunchBox for the moment, on a per-view basis. I can think of a few ways to trickle this down to make it more theme controlled, but not sure when something like that would make its way into Big Box.

Check under Options > Parse/Add Android Games on Startup Make sure that's turned off.

I would also like to add that with whatever decision is made, remember that the reason the DB exists is to facilitate the seamless downloading of metadata and media into LaunchBox. So, for any type of change to the DB, the main question to ask is: will this interfere with the seamless downloading of metadata and media of a game that is imported into LaunchBox? As we get closer to us uncovering some of the changes we are making to the database, we will also bring with it a more robust vision and set of guidelines, but whatever we end up sending out, just remember that it's all in the pursuit of better metadata and media scraping inside of LaunchBox.

Yes, would be something like: <Image Source="{Binding ActiveGame.Platform, StringFormat='{}LAUNCHBOX_THEME_FOLDER/Image Folder/{0}.jpg'}" /> This will look inside the "Image Folder" for filenames based on the active game's platform.

Just realized I'm pretty sure it's the theme you are using that's causing it. You can see the option is called "Use 3D Models for Box Images (Unless Mandated by Theme), well, pretty sure that theme mandates the use of the 3D Model in that location. You would have to use an older version of that theme, or use a different version of that theme, like the basic Unified theme. You can download older versions of themes under the changelog section of any download. Also, you have either placed 3D Box Images into your Box - Front image folders, or your added 3D Box Images into your Box - Front image priorities in the options. I don't recommend doing either as this will cause weirdness like you are seeing where a 3D box image is being placed on the 3D model.

Can anyone still facing this issue provide what Video playback engine they are using in Big Box, and whether changing to the other playback engine fixes the issue for you.

My best guess is you forgot to disable the option under: Game Details > Use 3D Models for Box Images If that's not the case, you may need to provide the other stuff I asked for.

Sounds like you may have possibly missed one of the options. Are you able to confirm what theme you are using, and what view you are using in that theme, and which options you disabled. Screenshots would help with what you are seeing, it kind of sounds like you may have added 3D Box Images into your Box Front priorities, instead of keeping them in their own priority group.

It uses your Background image group. Basically, whatever image types you have listed in Tools > Options > Media > Background Priorities

Best to ask in one of the CTC threads, since your question is specific to that program.

I believe this is the file you are looking for: LaunchBox\Data\Platforms.xml

Send me a PM, as this thread will end up getting locked, the information being buried, and at this point we are off-topic to the beta.

VisioN View File A stylish, background heavy focused theme with inspiration from the unreleased Aura 4k theme by iGarikoitz. The theme itself uses your clear logo images, fanart - background images, screenshot images, and game video snaps to create this completed theme. There is a number of white platform clear logos made by Dan Patrick and 100+ platform/playlist/category backgrounds are included that I have curated with the ability to add your own. This theme will gracefully fall back to different images to make sure something is always displayed. Requirements LaunchBox must be on version 13.1 or higher (or you'll get errors) Theme is made for a 16:9 aspect ratio Views Platform Wheel 1 - The main platform wheel for this theme Text Filters View - Used primarily when viewing other filter sections Horizontal Wheel 1 - The main game view for this theme Horizontal Wheel 2 - An alternate game view that uses your screenshots and video snaps Text Games View - Mostly used for the Game Details Menu view, but could be used as a game view Things to Note 100+ Platform Backgrounds have been included in this theme. You can include your own by placing them in the following folders (The file name needs to match the name of your platform, category, or playlist): Platform Images: LAUNCHBOX\Themes\VisioN\Images\Platforms\Fanart Category Images: LAUNCHBOX\Themes\VisioN\Images\Platform Categories\Fanart Playlist Images: LAUNCHBOX\Themes\VisioN\Images\Playlists\Fanart White Platform Clear Logos have been included by Dan Patrick. You can add your own by placing them into the following folders (The file name needs to match the name of your platform, category, or playlist): Platform Images: LAUNCHBOX\Themes\VisioN\Images\Platforms\Clear Logo Category Images: LAUNCHBOX\Themes\VisioN\Images\Platform Categories\Clear Logo Playlist Images: LAUNCHBOX\Themes\VisioN\Images\Playlists\Clear Logo You can add your own Game Backgrounds that are specific to this theme. You can place them into the following folder (file name must either be based on the game's title, replacing special characters, or named after the LaunchBox Game ID. Check folder for some examples.) LAUNCHBOX\Themes\VisioN\Images\Games\Game Background\[platform name] For Theme Developers There are a number of features in this theme that have never been done before. You can examine the code to learn the following: Use of a progress bar with the game count bindings that provides dynamic visual feedback of where you are in your game list as you are navigating around Use of the Index Visibility binding to provide animation triggers. This allows you to provide smooth animations to any element when opening and closing the alpha-numeric index The use of FlowImage (and its bindings) to provide performant image fallbacks. Using FlowImage over an Image element increases performance by loading images in an off-thread, provides better disposal logic, and doesn't lock the file that is located on the hard drive. The use of an item offset converter, which allows you to display images (or metadata) for games that are (+ or -) around the game or platform that is selected. Thanks to Dan Patrick - for use of his white clear logo pack iGarikoitz - for the initial concept inspiration for this theme Submitter faeran Submitted 01/17/2023 Category Custom Themes  

Beta 7 is out with the following: The Center Selection behavior will now properly center the Game Details menu (for theme devs) The List View Model will now update its properties from within the Text Games View (for theme devs) Forcing a 16:9 aspect ratio in the theme settings should properly constraint the theme on monitors wider than 16:9 At this point this is looking to be the release candidate. We will be trying to find a release window this week. Thanks to everyone who participated in the beta testing!

The next official version has options to turn 3D Box Models off inside of the coverflow. You can update to the beta, or wait for the official release.

Haven't checked, but if that's true, @viking, we may need an upload.

Right click and Edit a game. In this screen, check the X next to the LaunchBox DB ID# (if it appears): Then, type in a different title and press the Search for Metadata button that now appears in the same spot. If you cannot find a match, it's possible the game doesn't appear in our database. You could either manually type in metadata info yourself into the fields, or see if the game needs to be added into our database. If it does need to be added to the database, you could give it a try and add it yourself if you are feeling adventurous.

If you are referring to the auto generated arcade playlists, you should be able to right click your Arcade platform while in the Platform Categories section and choose "Create Missing Arcade/MAME Playlists..."