faeran

Hey everyone, 12.9 beta 1 is now out with a couple fixes and small improvements: Improvement - During a ROM import, the RetroArch core dropdown menu will only appear when the platform is missing from the emulator's Associated Platform section. Improvement - The Arrange By menu in LaunchBox can now be used in List View Fixed - Rare null reference error when changing platforms while using Images View (introduced in 12.8) Fixed - Rare error when attempting to display a message box @sagaopc @neil9000 @lexx, please let us know if this fixes the error you were seeing on the 12.8 beta thread.

Put both items inside of a container (like a Grid), and turn on "Clip to Region" on the container.

Just letting you know, Big Details 1.1 is now out, which has support for resizing the Game Details panel. It was a fairly large change, but should be working. There's a full changelog on its file change.

I may be mistaken, but the CTC doesn't currently support gradient animations. Maybe there's another way. What's your end goal with this?

Still unsure of what exactly you are trying to do, so this will be a shot in the dark. You are trying to animate a gradient, which I assume has a bunch of colors on it. Not sure where a mask fits into this scenario, but could you just separate the gradient onto another element that the mask isn't on?

You'd have to build a plugin to get that true crossfade effect, as it requires you to hold onto the previous image while the next one is loading in. You can get to a faux fading effect, but one would have to be gone before the next comes in. You should be able do this with code using triggers, or in the CTC using visibility conditioning.

I think I may have a solution, although it required me to restructure every element in Game Details to make it work. Thanks @helloiamjack. What do you mean by banner type image for a playlist? Do you mean the Game Details background image?

While not exactly what you want, why not weed these out on the first page of the import wizard when it asks you which files to import? The file explorer allows you to sort by file type, or you can search for a specific file type. Alternatively, you could just open a file explorer, get the correct file types sorted or filtered, highlight the games and drag and drop them directly over LaunchBox in order to start the import process. From the way you are explaining it, it sounds like you are first telling LaunchBox to import a ton of non-game files, then at the end of the wizard, you want to clean it up.

If you add your instruction files as additional app on your game, it will show up as an available option in any pause screen.

It's not something I added in, but could potentially in the future. It's a little tricky as it encompasses a lot of content in there, so it can't get too small. What resolution monitor are you using?

Yeah, this is a good way of doing it. There's a tool in LaunchBox called Change ROMs Folder Path for Selected Games... found under Tools > File Management. I would use it on a platform by platform basis. Select your platform, highlight all your games and run the tool.

You can have LaunchBox do this for you. In LaunchBox, make sure you are in Platform Categories filter. Right click your Arcade platform and choose: Create Missing Arcade/MAME Playlists. If you want more control, you could also do this manually by creating your own Auto-populate playlists by right clicking your Arcade Platform and going to Add > New Playlist. The Auto-Populate tab contains the rules you'd want to make, like Platform is equal to Arcade, Developer contains SNK... adjust as needed. You can check your results if you go into the Games tab.

I probably won't be doing that, however, anyone could add that piece of code into this theme if they wish. You could also get away with copying the SideBarView.xaml of Default Plus and adding it into Big Details.

If an update failed to install correctly, you can always go into your LaunchBox\Updates folder and run the 12.8 update manually. Make sure to install it overtop your current LaunchBox install (it's easy to mistakenly install a second LaunchBox inside your first one, creating a LaunchBox\LaunchBox folder situation).

Big Details View File The newest version of this theme requires version 13.4, or higher. Big Details is a new theme that reimagines what the LaunchBox interface can be. Every piece of the interface has been tweaked and adjusted to provide a smooth and modern experience with subtle animations across the theme. The main highlight is the transition to a banner-type horizontal Game Details view. There's a lot to unbundle in this one, and any potential theme developers are welcome to take a peak into the code to get inspiration. Some features of this theme include: Banner style game details view with Uniform Image Grid View with rounded corners and vertically aligned images New controls pop-up that houses the music controls, and image and volume sliders Redesigned top menu bar Dynamic Play button with multiple version support, and states for: Play, Install, Unavailable Submitter faeran Submitted 03/01/2022 Category Custom Themes