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Not a big deal, either way. More of an interesting observation.

The oddities of Windows sometimes. Glad it worked out!

This most likely started happening due to a forum update, although shouldn't cause any issues with the contents. I've also not be able to get it to happen in my testing today, are you still seeing it?

Thanks @Johnny T. At least I can say that on my main computer, I do use 3 screens, and they can cycle between them without issue. Long shot, but maybe play around with the positioning of the screens in Windows and see if that makes any difference. You can also unplug one of your other monitors temporarily just to test if Big Box is able to display anything on that screen.

Just curious, when you are cycling through the Big Box screen options, does it never land on the portrait monitor?

I do have a build on my main computer, along with one attached to my TV and another on a CRT.

Cool thought, although I don't believe this is possible, as they are technically 2 separate views that load independent of each other. Unsure if it's a technical possibility, but will definitely keep it in mind.

If you are looking for a way to start Big Box as you log into Windows, this is possible through a few different means. You could add a Big Box shortcut to your startup folder (as per this video) or you could create a task within the task scheduler to start Big Box as Windows logs in.

Beta 6 is out with the following: Improvement: All Wall Views in Default Theme now have an alphanumeric index accessible through the new Open Index input binding Improvement: All Wall Views will now remember last game for each platform if the option is enabled Improvement: Wall View 4 has received a visual update and no longer looks like Wall View 1 (default theme only) Fixed: Duplicated string in Add/Edit Game's Image Type context menu (introduced 12.2 beta 5) Fixed: Add/Edit Game's image type context menu wasn't changing the image type (introduced 12.2 beta 5) Fixed: Wrong context menu would show up after editing a game with a paged arrange by (introduced 12.2 beta 4) Fixed: Badge menu premium notification was showing up too many times when a parent was clicked (introduced in 12.2 beta 4)

I tested this out, but couldn't get this to happen. I'm assuming your Epic games are installed and playable. If you are changing a game's metadata but it doesn't save, you may have an issue with file permissions, or file locking, inside of your Data folder. A few common issues on this could be: LaunchBox is located in a file sync location on your hdd (like dropbox) and that program is locking your files You may have unwanted files within your LaunchBox\Data\Platforms folder. There should only be 1 file per platform Your Windows user doesn't have the right permissions to make changes to the folder (don't run LaunchBox as admin)

This would depend on how you imported the DOS games. I'm assuming you used one of the DOS import wizards to do so. Based on that assumption, I would start by focusing on one game that isn't working. Go into the game's Edit Game window and see how things are set up. Make sure the Application Path (under Launching) is pointing to a file that exists and is accessible by your computer. Under DOSBox, make sure it's enabled to use DOSBox to play the game, and make sure you have any Mounts to the correct media (if applicable). You could also check Root Folder to make sure that it's pointing to the correct game folder. This will, at least, give you an idea of what could be happening.

You could place the platform xml files into LAUNCHBOX\Data\Platforms (make sure you have any backups of your current data files before doing this, just in case) If you have any other Data file backups, you could also put them in the appropriate area in the Data folder as well. LaunchBox should then show your games, but you'd then have to work on fixing the rest up. Potentially things like: Fixing ROM paths (you can use the Change ROMs Folder path for Selected Games tool) Adding back emulators and repointing your games to use them Downloading game media

PauseShift View File A simple Pause theme inspired by Nintendo Switch Online. This theme showcases a few things that have yet to be done in a Pause Theme: The textlist is aligned to the right Binding the selected item to an image (As represented in the image in the bottom left) Please learn from the code and create your own Pause Theme. Installation Instructions Extract the folder into your LaunchBox\PauseThemes folder Open LaunchBox or BigBox and change the Pause Theme to PauseShift Submitter faeran Submitted 11/03/2021 Category Pause Themes  

You are on the right track. Depending on what version of LaunchBox you are on, the platform name should be a dropdown where you can select your Sony PlayStation platform, and core should also be a dropdown where you can select the matching core. You don't need to add any extra command-line parameters, what's shown in the video was replaced with the 'core' column (Don't forget the PS1 does require BIOS files to function). M3U will auto create m3u files for your multi-disc systems (like PlayStation) to make it easier to swap Discs.

Beta 5 is out with the following changes: New Feature: An Open Index mapping has been added to Big Box, which will open the alphanumeric index in supported views Improvement: EmuMovies downloads now use the same multi-threaded downloader that LaunchBox Games Database uses which should result in faster download speeds Fixed: Corrected logic in the IBigBoxMainViewModel.ShowGames(FilterType, Name) function (for plugin developers) Fixed: MAME High Score integration should now work with MAME .237 and newer Fixed: Several issues reported when adding RetroArch as a new emulator Fixed: Visual corrections to the Image Grid in LaunchBox when no images are displayed Fixed: Using MAME Metadata during a ROM Import could sometimes yield undesired results @CriticalCid You able to confirm you are no longer seeing the issues with RetroArch? Anyone using Lambda or LB Galaxy may see some visual bugs. If you do, you can download a new copy from the forums or fix it yourself by removing the following from the BoxesContentView.xaml file Height="{Binding ItemHeight}"

Your in animation territory here. You will need to set up animations so that during selection, the wheel is showing, and once you have an item selected, the wheel animates away. Add a text element, then set the metadata to the information you want to see Same as #2 Maybe you can clarify this, what edits or changes are you wanting to see when a game is selected?

You could place another element behind the video. Either a rectangle that you color, or another image.

The black screen, I'm guessing is happening because elements need to load and behind those elements is nothing, which shows up on screen as black. Can you give an example of one of your views? What elements are in play and when the blackness appears.

Hi @Jass_167. Hoping you can be a bit more descriptive here. Is this related to the platform specific background images while on your platform view you are building?

Was not able to replicate this on a few different setups I have. Does this happen each time for you? I'm not able to see this. Do you maybe have duplicate fanart background images downloaded? This sounds more like you need to refresh your image cache. Have you tried to select all your images and press F5, or click on View > Media > Refresh All Images

I think at this point let's try and bring this thread back on track. Performance issues are noted and have been added to the list to work on. And for anyone else, we are reading your posts of any suggestions and will always do our best to accommodate.

I'm not entirely sure how you have things set up. Remember that LaunchBox has Categories, Platforms, and Playlists. The recommended way to set up LaunchBox is to import one Platform, say, Sony PlayStation, with all your games, then create Playlists to split up the platform into multiple sections, in your case, into Regions. So, in this scenario, you would only have 1 Sony PlayStation platform, so you only need to change the ROM path once. If, instead, you create multiple Sony PlayStation "Platforms", then each one would have to have their ROM path changed.