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Hi everyone, 12.0 beta 2 is now live with the following changes: New Feature: Marquee's now have an IsActive binding theme developers can use (binding will change when a game is/is not running) Improvement - Marquee videos can now play audio when Big Box is active (they will mute when it isn't) Improvement - Add/Edit Additional Application now uses Dialog Theming (dark mode) Improvement - Add/Edit Emulator has been reworked to look more like Add/Edit Game Fixed: Add/Edit Game window will now trim any trailing or leading spaces from string fields Fixed: Drag and dropping images to Add/Edit Game window, when you don't have any images already, is working again (introduced in 12.0 beta 1) Fixed: Added logic to restart the image queue if you get a 404 error (introduced in 11.18 beta 4) Fixed: Can now right click anywhere in the Add/Edit Games Notes to get the Copy/Paste menu (introduced in 12.0 beta 1) As always, please report any issues with the beta here, and thanks for your help in testing LaunchBox.

Take this file and replace the one that's in this folder: LAUNCHBOX\Themes\COINOPS REDUX ThemeSettings.XML The Background Fade option should now function properly.

Hi @Hollingsbee. You can do this on a per-platform basis in LaunchBox by right clicking your platform, choosing edit. In the Folders tab, change the Video path.

I'll definitely keep that in mind for a future update.

Just ran a few tests and seems like it all should still work. Send me a PM if you need help.

Hi @Tempest. I just ran a test but am not seeing the double spacing issue. Do you have some examples of games where you are seeing this?

Opt into beta within LaunchBox Options, under Updates. It should prompt you to update shortly after. If you then uncheck the beta option, you won't be prompted to update to another beta again.

This will depend on the type of ROMs you have. They do come with the MAME full sets. If these are the ones you have, make sure you are using the ROM import wizard. Make sure you choose "Force importing duplicate games" and "Force using MAME metadata" when going through the wizard.

Yes, there's some fixes in the beta for this. @vaderag You can upgrade to the beta and see if that fixes your issue, or wait until it gets officially released.

Hi @Huckin The Dubz. Pulse is a custom theme that is forcing 2D Boxes to appear within its wheel. This is why you can't change the box using the Big Box setting, as it's designed to only work with a specific piece of code from the default theme that Pulse isn't utilizing. If you feel adventurous, you can dive into the View's code and make the following change. The files are located in: LaunchBox\Themes\Pulse\Views Looks like you are using one of the Horizontal views, open the one you are using and find the property: ImageType="Boxes" Change that to: ImageType="3D Boxes" Make the save and load up Big Box.

There are many themes out there, but each theme can only have 1 Game Details View. The Default theme that comes with Big Box has the code necessary to utilize the Background Fade option. If you are using a custom theme, it may not work properly. Looks like this: If you like the effect, I can help you alter the code within the theme that you are using so you get the desired effect.

You can try and remove the games from your library and re-import. All images should remain on your hard drive and they should re-associate with your games after import. Just make sure during the import wizard that you don't select any media to download. Just uncheck it all. It should re-import your games pretty quickly.

There's a couple options I can think of. In Big Box Options, go to Views and find Background Fade. You can increase this to fade out the background enough for you to read the text. If you just want the part behind the text to be darker, you would have to create a custom theme and add a background to the parts that display text. If you would like to go through route I could do this for you. I'm assuming you are currently using the Default Theme.

Neptune View File The newest version of this theme requires version 13.3, or higher. A LaunchBox Custom Theme I developed to help me understand the code behind themes. Because of this, most items within the XAML files are commented, which were added in order to help me keep track of what was going on. Sources of inspiration include the Lambda theme and GOG Galaxy. The notable item this theme accomplishes is the tab approach to the Game Details Page. Please feel free to use parts of this theme in your own creations. Installation Extract the Neptune folder into LaunchBox\LBThemes In LaunchBox, open Options, under Visuals > Main Window Theme and select Neptune from the dropdown. Submitter faeran Submitted 09/28/2021 Category Custom Themes  

Hi @Ble3azy. This doesn't appear to be a wide spread issue with LaunchBox itself, so I would check some of your security/firewall settings that you may have set up, local or remote, to determine if you have anything that may be blocking LaunchBox from connecting to the internet.

Hi @Mainiack, You can try to enable the "Show Hidden Games" option, under View. Hide all your games, and then turn that option off when you are done.

Hi Steve, Are you referring to LaunchBox or Big Box here? Also, if you could provide a screenshot that could definitely help with providing you a good solution to this.

If I'm reading the question correctly, you should be able to select all the affected games and use the "Change ROMs Folder Path for Selected Games" option, under Tools.

Yes, the theme was created as part of the old theme stream live streams. I do believe in the video it's shown how to generate your own images based on the marquee and screenshot images you have in your LaunchBox library.

RetroMags - [Theme Workshop] View File RetroMags was built during a Theme Workshop live stream. If you are interested in creating themes, subscribe to the Unbroken Software YouTube channel. RetroMags A Big Box theme designed to look like the Retro Magazine's of old. The theme was designed using the COMMUNITY Theme Creator, along with some manual code changes in order to utilize the new wheel CoverFlow features not yet currently in the Theme Creator. This theme relies on 1 System Hardware graphic and 3 platform specific game graphics for each platform/playlist/category. I did not include a graphic for every platform out there. If people would like to help contribute platform specific graphics, PM me, or post in this thread and I'll add them to the main theme in a future update. Graphic locations: System Hardware: LaunchBox\Themes\RetroMags\Media\Console Images Graphic 1: LaunchBox\Themes\RetroMags\Media\Platform Image 1 Graphic 2: LaunchBox\Themes\RetroMags\Media\Platform Image 2 Graphic 3: LaunchBox\Themes\RetroMags\Media\Platform Image 3 Please note: The COMMUNITY Theme Creator Project Files are provided for you to learn. If you would like to publish the theme, it will be missing the Platform Wheel and the 2 Wall View wheels. These would have to be added back manually to the theme. They can be found in the theme files within their respective xaml files. Watch this theme being built: Watch on YouTube: Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Qe96FXHd3c Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYm7dVuDCIM Credits COMMUNITY Theme Creator by @y2guru. Find it here: https://forums.launchbox-app.com/files/file/2115-community-theme-creator-for-bigbox/ Rincewind's awesome character graphic's pack is included (at a much reduced resolution) Subscribe to catch future live stream: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSIht6UXIEXIgz4eXAEShxA Submitter faeran Submitted 09/27/2021 Category Big Box Custom Themes  

Thanks for the report! I'm a bit curious about the video image fallback you are seeing, as that's not controlled by the theme at all. The platform textlist oddities will be fixed before the theme gets officially released.

Hi @huffyX0, Looks like you managed to solve most of your issues there. Yes, that LaunchBox image in your last screenshot is showing that you are missing artwork for that game. If I remember correctly, you should be able to download the COMMUNITY Theme Creator files and load them up into the CTC to generate your own images.

I've also seen Nahimic causing visual bugs like this in Big Box. You may want to check your system and see if you have Nahimic installed and the service running. If you do, google how you can remove it from your system.