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The metadata is local. However, if you are missing boxart, they do get downloaded from the LaunchBox Games Database. This is an EmuMovies server issue. We will see what we can do about poking them about it. If you import using the new MAME Arcade Full Set wizard, then you'll see that rompath argument, which helps user get up and running quickly, without having to open MAME or dive into any ini files first. Like JoeViking mentioned, you can either remove it from the command line which will then read your mame.ini file's paths, or add your CHD folder path to the command line. Either one will work for your specific case.

The first release won't have theming capabilities in Big Box, but the plan is to eventually allow for this in the future.

Beta 3 is out with the following: Fixed: Navigating with a controller in Big Box's Related Games pop-up.

Thanks! We'll have this fixed for the next beta.

Beta 2 has been released with the following: New Feature - Related Games has been added to Big Box. It can be accessed via the Game Details menu Fixed - The View Achievements pop-up within the Pause Screens was improperly displaying the tab item headers Fixed - Opening the Edit Emulator window would clear settings for some emulators (introduced in 12.10 beta 1)

If I had to guess, there may be some disconnect between where LaunchBox thinks your images are, and where they actually are. Your videos show indication that you may have some cached clear logo images, but then LaunchBox is having a hard time finding your actual clear logo image. Are you able to check your Images folders and make sure that images do exist in the correct folders? Maybe a screenshot of what they look like in your Clear Logos. Also, in LaunchBox, right click a platform, go into the folder tab, and take a screenshot of the clear logo folder path.

Thanks SpaceMidget. This is a known bug in the latest beta. It will be fixed for the next one.

The last community poll was last year. A new one is on the way though, so stay tuned.

There are a bunch of reasons to have the black bars there. I do feel like I mentioned this somewhere before, maybe in the beta thread that it was part of. It will remain in the default theme, but we made it so it's themeable for custom themes. This also is true for the game banner. So while possible with custom themes, we won't be adding it to the default. These don't appear to be related with the beta, you may want to start a separate thread for them. EmuMovies is definitely out of our control. What was in our control was the cancel button we added to their queries.

While you can edit the music notification's style and contents, I don't believe there's a way to edit its size and position. With a custom theme, you can edit the MusicNotificationView.xaml file, which is inside of LaunchBox\Themes\[theme name]\Views (if it's not there, you can copy and paste the one from the default theme). You cannot directly edit the themes that come with Big Box, which include the Default and CriticalZoneV2 - Default themes.

Glad you figured it out. For LaunchBox themes, the code will always be available in the Default theme.

If you don't want them in the actual wheel, then you can add them as an image element within your view. If you are using the CTC, then you create a folder inside of your project's Media folder. Call it whatever you want. Place your images in there. Then when you Edit a view, create an Image Element and choose: Image to display: Metadata Metadata image: Platform Image folder: [choose your folder you created above]

If you want them inside of your Wheel, make sure they are all named the same as your Platforms in LaunchBox, and then place them inside of this folder: For Platforms: LAUNCHBOX\Themes\[your theme]\Images\Platforms\Clear Logo For Categories: LAUNCHBOX\Themes\[your theme]\Images\Categories\Clear Logo For Playlists: LAUNCHBOX\Themes\[your theme]\Images\Playlists\Clear Logo Then refresh your image cache.

Sorry to hear Andy, but glad you are on the mend.

The 12.10 Beta thread has now been open:

Hey everyone, 12.10 beta 1 is out now with the following changes: New Feature: A Related Games section will now appear within Game Details, where you can discover games that are recommended, similar, or possible ports of the game that you have selected. (Rated #3 on the last Community Poll) - Currently in LaunchBox. Big Box implementation will be available in a later beta.* New Premium Feature: A Related Games options menu provides full control over the criteria that determines its game results Improvement: The "Scanning for Metadata" step during imports and metadata and media updates should now be significantly faster Fixed: On rare occasions, the Scrape As value would not save during an import, resulting in LaunchBox Database game mis-match Fixed: In Big Box, the KnownPlatformorPlaylist binding could incorrectly use a playlist's rule value in unexpected comparison types (for theme devs) Fixed: Configure will now use your Custom DOSBox Version EXE Path Fixed: The prioritize dropdown menu in the Platform/Playlist Theme Video window will now works with videos from EmuMovies *The Related Games feature will only be available in Default and Old Default until theme devs can incorporate it into their LaunchBox themes. Some major changes have taken place to make this beta happen, so a good amount of testing is always welcome Beta 2: New Feature - Related Games has been added to Big Box. It can be accessed via the Game Details menu Fixed - The View Achievements pop-up within the Pause Screens was improperly displaying the tab item headers Fixed - Opening the Edit Emulator window would clear settings for some emulators (introduced in 12.10 beta 1) Beta 3: Fixed: Navigating with a controller in Big Box's Related Games pop-up. Beta 4: New Feature: A new themes manager is now built into LaunchBox that will let you manage, download, and uninstall LaunchBox themes Improvement: When changes are made inside of the Options menu that require a restart, LaunchBox will automatically relaunch itself. Improvement: New bindings for theme developers that will display controller information in both LaunchBox and Big Box themes Fixed: Rare cases in Big Box's Wall Views where navigation was working improperly Fixed: The Play bindings in LaunchBox custom themes was shown as unavailable with games that use the built-in ScummVM implementation For LaunchBox theme developers, you can upload your themes here: https://www.launchbox-app.com/themes Just like for Big Box themes, there will be a higher threshold of entry into our LaunchBox Themes Manager. Please continue to use the forums to release your themes and get the bugs out. Then, when you are ready, upload your theme to the Themes Manager. At that point, we may provide some feedback for improvement.

At the moment, this is not currently possible, but on the long list of items to investigate. If you'd like, you can make a formal request we can keep track of using the HELP & SUPPORT > REQUEST A FEATURE link at the top of the page.

This is not currently possible to have different themes for different platform level filters. With a ton of clever work, a theme dev could probably create a theme that has drastically different looks between the sections.

If you've placed an image in the correct location, and named it correctly, then LaunchBox will recognize it. You may need to refresh a cache, but that's about it. For example, if you are in LaunchBox, and you are in Images View, using the Boxes Image group, and you replace a Box for a game, then you can select the game and press F5 to cache the new image.

The good news is that everything you mentioned is already a choice that the person creating the theme would have to make. Platform-specific game views has been a thing for a while, and stretching images is a choice you have to make while developing the theme.

You don't actually need to change the title, just the Sort Title:

Did you remove just the items within your LaunchBox\Data folder, while LaunchBox was closed (including closed within your task manager), and then open LaunchBox?

I do believe the RetroAchievements website does have a list of compatible emulators you can take a look at. Here it is: https://retroachievements.org/download.php Just remember to get RetroAchievements set up and working inside of whatever emulator you are using whether it be RetroArch or something else.

Yes. You should be able to transfer over your BigBoxSettings.xml file within your LaunchBox\Data folder. You may also want to bring over the InputBindings.xml file as well. If you want to transfer over all your Big Box themes, then you'd bring over your entire LaunchBox\Themes folder.