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For people that might be interested: Lambda uses a slightly modified version of the old box grid from the old default theme where it sets a set height for everything, and you are beholden to that size. Default Plus is simply just Default with some minor changes, so it works just like current Default which dynamically reduces white space on a per-row basis. Beats uses a hybrid that takes on the dynamic reduction of white space, but vertically centers the images, and aligns the rest of the elements (like text) evenly on a per-row basis. All of this is theme specific and requires changes to the code.

Hmm, this still points to some kind of data file issue. What it could be, I'm not entirely sure. If you want, PM me your data files and when I get some time, I can look into it for you.

3-DIMENSIONS View File A showcase of the new 3-D Box Models in Big Box. This theme contains 8 game views, each with its own unique 3-D box model wheel layout. This theme can be utilized by theme developers as a way to learn how the new FlowModel works within and without a FlowControl. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask within the comments section of this file. Submitter faeran Submitted 11/16/2022 Category Custom Themes  

Beta 4 is now out with the following changes: Improvement: Added the following new bindings to the Big Box FlowControl - MinimumAnimationSpeed, DelaySelectedItemAnimation, EasingFunction, SelectedItemEasingFunction (for theme devs) Fixed: Potential error in Big Box attract mode caused by badgers (er, badges) Fixed: Potential missing videos when scraping EmuMovies for the Arcade platform Fixed: The premium message in Add/Edit Platform 3D Model tab was always displayed Fixed: Add/Edit Platform Folder tab didn't list the new image types At this point, we are gearing up towards an official release, so thanks to all for helping test this version. There were a lot of great ideas discussed by you guys and internally on our team for the new 3D Box Models. We will be looking to continue to expand on the 3D Box Model feature in future versions, so submitting bitbucket tickets and voting for the ones you want to see most is much appreciated.

This could be because of some weirdness going on with your ListCache.xml file. Close out LaunchBox (wait for it to remove from your processes), go into LaunchBox\Data and delete your ListCache.xml file. Reopen LaunchBox and run your Arcade media download again and see if it's any different.

For the default theme, this is an option that you turn on, either from the text button in the button's bar, or under View > Show / Hide > Text on All Games While the default theme will most likely remain this way, it's extremely customizable through theming, and a number of themes do this differently.

Right click the arcade platform in the side menu. You'll find it there.

Can you switch to a different theme and tell us if you are still seeing that.

The MAME High Scores feature is based on your LaunchBox Games Database account. Your friend would have to create an account and be signed into your LaunchBox in order to submit the high score. Alternatively, you could sign yourself out while others are playing, so that no high score is logged.

You can have one game exist in more than one playlist. Depending on how you imported your games, and depending on how you set up your playlists can change the way you do this. However, that one game entry cannot dynamically switch media depending on where you are viewing it in your library.

The first problem you have is that you posted a platform wheel view. Are you trying to adjust a platform view, or a game's vertical wheel view? If it's the game view, I gave you the name of the file above. I also gave you the property to change: StretchVideo

This is theme specific. The author of the theme has decided to stretch the videos in those views within the xaml code itself. This is a choice that theme creators make when building their themes, and it sounds like the author decided to stretch videos for that particular view. You could make the change yourself, but you would have to edit the theme files to do so. Open the Wheel4GamesView.xaml for that theme, and there's probably a property that says StretchVideo="True". Change that to false.

Beta 2 is out now with the following changes: New Premium Feature: LaunchBox now supports 3D models for boxes as well; they are available in most existing themes in the Game Details panel and can be rotated with a mouse or a controller New Feature: 3D model settings are now available as platform-specific settings under Tools > Manage > Platforms in LaunchBox. Each platform now has a new "3D Model Settings" tab that lets you customize everything from what type of box to use to the sizing and coloring of the boxes. Fixed: The Big Box Theme Manager should once again be accessible (introduced in 13.0 beta 1)

Can you be more specific about which platforms you are seeing this happen with? So far you've mentioned arcade games. Also, when you run tests, can you do it on the same small subset of games, and do it multiple times and see if you get the same results each time.

You would have to essentially create a copy of the default theme, dive into that view's files and make a code change. Basically: Make a copy of the LaunchBox\Themes\Default folder, and give the copy a new name. Navigate into your theme folder, and into the Views folder, and open PlatformWheel1FiltersView.xaml Find the coverFlow:FlowControl element and change the Endless property to False: Endless="False"

This all depends on what theme you are using. Certain themes are hard coded to stretch the video by the theme's author, while others are not.

I've personally never been able to reproduce this. I know there something is confusion when downloading videos. For example, if you only select to download HD Videos during the wizard, but EmuMovies only has a HQ video, you'll end up with nothing. If you want to maximize your chance of getting a video for any game, you should check HD, HQ, and LQ video options during the wizard, then LB should prioritize from high to low until it finds one. They also have theme videos for some games, but that will download independently of the others. If you have any specific examples of a game that will download videos within the edit game window, and won't download the same video during the import or media wizards, let us know. Screenshots would go a long way as well.

Sounds like you may have some files in the wrong spots causing these problems. Like a Big Box theme in the LaunchBox theme folder. Something like that anyway. You may want to clean out some of these folders until things return back to normal. Do it in small steps, like move all items from LBThemes into another folder somewhere else (outside of the LaunchBox folder), while LaunchBox is closed, then open LaunchBox and see what happens.

This is caused by old theme files, particular an old keyboard view file in your theme. Check your LaunchBox\Themes\[theme name]\Views\ folder and delete the KeyboardView.xaml file. The theme should then correctly fall back to the default theme's keyboard view.

You will only see the option during import if you don't already have RetroArch added within the Manage Emulators area, and you are importing a system that we've automatically configured to work with RetroArch. However, you do not need to download RA via an import wizard, you can simply click on Tools > Manage > RetroArch, to find the install options, then run the import wizard and RetroArch will show up as an option when choosing your emulator.

Welcome in! Nice cab there, and a very spacious workshop. One thing to note, if you import a full MAME arcade set, by default it will organize the games into different playlists automatically for you, including a light gun games section, which are accessible within both the Platform Category filter area and the Playlists filter area.

Deleting the image should be good enough. When you use the Download Metadata and Media wizard, you have the option to only download 1 image per image group, you also have the option to not replace any existing fields or media. With these options, it would not re-download another box front image if you already have one.

What's confusing here is that your first screenshot shows LaunchBox, while your other two screenshots show Big Box. What theme are you using?